The 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification, ran from 2000 to 2001 in order to determine the three representatives at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. For an overview of the qualification rounds, see

2002 FIFA World Cup qualification The 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification competition was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation — the AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South America ...

. A total of 35 CONCACAF teams entered the competition. Guyana withdrew before playing, leaving 34 nations in the race. Mexico, USA, Jamaica and Costa Rica, the four highest-ranked teams according to FIFA, received byes and advanced to the semi-finals, while Canada advanced directly to the "play-offs" between Caribbean and Central teams. The remaining teams were divided into two zones, based on geographical locations, as follows: * Caribbean Zone: The 24 teams were divided into groups of eight teams each. The teams played in a three-round knockout tournament. The winners would advance to the semi-finals, while the runners-up would advance to the play-offs. Due to Guyana not playing, Antigua & Barbuda joined the second round directly. * Central American Zone: The six teams were divided into two groups of three teams. The teams played against each other. The winners of the group would advance to the semi-finals, while the runners-up would advance to the play-offs. * In the play-offs, Canada and the five concerned teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. A team from North or Central America would play against a team from the Caribbean, and the three winners would advance to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals round, the 12 teams were divided into three groups of four teams each. They played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners and runners-up would advance to the final round. In the final round, the six teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The top three teams would qualify for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. This year there is no play-off against another continent.

Caribbean Zone

Group 1

Group 2

''In the first round, Guyana were suspended by FIFA, Antigua and Barbuda obtained a bye to Round 2.''

Group 3

Central American Zone

Group A

Group B

Caribbean/Central American Play-offs

Semifinal round

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Final round

Qualified teams

The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the final tournament. :

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

;15 goals * Carlos Pavón ;11 goals * Golman Pierre ;10 goals * Rolando Fonseca ;9 goals * Cuauhtémoc Blanco ;8 goals * Carlos Ruiz * Milton Núñez * Onandi Lowe * Earnie Stewart ;7 goals * Jerry Alexander * Paulo Wanchope *

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;6 goals * Samuel Caballero * Jared Borgetti *

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* Angus Eve ;5 goals * Llewlyn Riley * Freddy García * Francisco Ramírez * Alwyn Guy * Arnold Dwarika *

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;4 goals * Jean-Robert Menelas * Amado Guevara *

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* Marvin Andrews * Joe-Max Moore ;3 goals * Gregory Grayson *

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* Hernán Medford * Jorge Roberto Rodríguez *

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* José Manuel Abundis * Víctor Ruiz * Jorge Dely Valdés * Julio Dely Valdés * Keith Gumbs * Alexis Saddler *

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* Ante Razov ;2 goals * Theodore Filomina * Kevin Davies * Anton Haven *

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* John Barry Nusum * Rónald Gómez *

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* Lester Moré * Luis Omar Zapata *

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* David Suazo * Deon Burton * Antonio de Nigris *

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* Raphel Ortiz * Leroy Francis *

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* George Isaac *

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* Rafael Santana * George Moussis *

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* Emory Núñez *

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* Devarr Boyles *

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* Stanton Lewis * Kyle Lightbourne * Tokia Russell * Meshach Wade * Avondale Williams *

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* Rodrigo Cordero * Alejandro Madrigal * Luis Marín *

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* William Sunsing * Ariel Álvarez *

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* Osmin Hernández *

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* Kelvyn Peters * Vladimir Gregorio * Miguel Pérez * Carlos Reyes * Luis Omar Sanchez * Carlos Castro Borja * Ronald Cerritos *

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* Vladimir Cubías * Elmer Martínez * Roberto Guadalupe Martínez * Juan Carlos Padilla *

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* William Torres * Franklyn Baptiste * Otis Roberts *

Mario Acevedo Mario Giovany Acevedo Méndez (born February 15, 1969) is a Guatemalan football forward. He played for many local clubs, most famously CSD Municipal in the Guatemala's top division. Club career Nicknamed ''El Coyote'', Acevedo played the majo ...

* Juan Manuel Funes *

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* Rudy Ramírez * Édgar Valencia * Roosevelt Desir * Dieuphane Thelamour * Jorge Bengoché * Renán Bengoche *

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* Ivan Guerrero *

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* Francisco Antonio Pavón *

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* Jesús Arellano *

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* Alberto García Aspe *

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* Vincent John * Kendall Velox * Alberto Doesburg *

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* Stokely Mason *

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* John O'Brien *

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