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2014 FIFA World Cup Qualification – CONCACAF Fourth Round
In the CONCACAF fourth round of 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the United States men's national soccer team, United States, Costa Rica national football team, Costa Rica, and Honduras national football team, Honduras finished in the top three places and qualified directly for the 2014 World Cup. Mexico national football team, Mexico finished in fourth place and defeated New Zealand national football team, New Zealand in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF – OFC play-off), CONCACAF – OFC play-off to gain a spot in the World Cup. Mexico finished in fourth place ahead of Panama national football team, Panama after the United States scored two goals against Panama in stoppage time in the final match of qualifying; had Panama retained its 2–1 lead, they would have finished in fourth place and eliminated Mexico on goals scored, who had qualified for the previous five World Cups. Format The fourth round saw the three group w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football, abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; typeset for branding purposes since 2018 as Concacaf), is one of FIFA's six continental governing bodies for association football. Its 41 member associations represent countries and territories mainly in North America, including the Caribbean and Central America, and, for geopolitics, geopolitical reasons, 3 nations from the Guianas Subregion#South America, subregion of South America-Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana (an overseas department and region, overseas region of French Fifth Republic, France). The CONCACAF's primary functions are to organize competitions for national teams and clubs, and to conduct the FIFA World Cup, World Cup and FIFA Women's World Cup, Women's World Cup qualifying tournaments. The CONCACAF was founded in its current form on 18 September 1961 in Mexico City, Mexico, with the merger of the North American Football Confederation, NAFC and the Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |