FIFA and Concacaf today conducted the official draw for the Concacaf Qualifiers to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. The live event, held at the Home of FIFA in Zurich, was conducted by FIFA’s Director of Tournaments and Interim Competitions, Jaime Yarza, with the assistance of Concacaf Legends Shaun Goater (Bermuda) and David Suazo (Honduras). 

The new Concacaf Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 are comprised of three rounds and provide all participating Member Associations with the chance to compete for the Confederation’s three and a half World Cup spots. 

The First Round will be played between the Concacaf Member Associations ranked 6-35 based on the FIFA Men’s Ranking as of July 16, 2020. The 30 men’s national teams have been drawn into six groups of five, as follows:
Group A
El Salvador
Antigua and Barbuda
Grenada
Montserrat
US Virgin Islands

Group B
Canada
Suriname
Bermuda
Cayman Islands
Aruba
Group C
Curaçao
Guatemala
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Cuba
British Virgin Islands

Group D
Panama
Dominican Republic
Barbados
Dominica
Anguilla
Group E
Haiti
Nicaragua
Belize
St. Lucia
Turks and Caicos Islands

Group F
Trinidad and Tobago
St. Kitts and Nevis
Guyana
Puerto Rico
Bahamas

For Atlantans, keep your eyes peeled for locals Zahmyre Harris (USVI), Vixamar Don Deedson (HAI), and Andre Fortune II (TRI), the older brother of ATLUTD2’s Ajani Fortune.

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