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2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)

Field	Value
tourney_name	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
dates	February 28th 2004 - November 16th 2005
num_teams	34
confederations	1
matches	110
goals	377
attendance
top_scorer	Jared Borgetti
(14 goals)
prevseason	[2002](2002-fifa-world-cup-qualification-concacaf)
nextseason	[2010](2010-fifa-world-cup-qualification-concacaf)

(14 goals) Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for North, Central America and the Caribbean. A total of 34 teams took part (out of 35 eligible – only Puerto Rico declined to participate), competing for 3.5 places in the World Cup.

The qualification process was divided in four stages. In the first stage, the 34 teams were divided in 10 groups of three teams each and two groups of two teams each. Groups with three teams had two rounds, with the best ranked team according to FIFA in each group entering the competition in the second round. In each group, teams were paired 2-by-2 and played home-and-away matches.

The 12 winners of the second stage advanced to the third stage, where they were divided into three groups of four teams each. Teams in each group would play against each other home-and-away, and the two teams with most points in each group would advance to the final round.

In the fourth stage, the six teams were put in a single group, and played against each other home-and-away. The three teams with most points qualified to the World Cup. The fourth placed team advanced to the AFC–CONCACAF play-off against the winner of a play-off between third placed teams in the third round of Asia.

Format

The first and second rounds reduced the 34 entrants to 24 and 12 teams, respectively. The remaining 12 teams were then placed into three third round groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the fourth and final qualification group. The third round began in August 2004 and ended in November 2004. The top three teams from the fourth round group of six (held from February 2005 to October 2005) qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The fourth-placed team competed in a home-and-away play-off against the fifth-placed team from Asia.

First round

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF first round

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Second round

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round

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Third round

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF third round

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Fourth round

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF fourth round

Inter-confederation play-offs

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF–AFC play-off)

The Fourth Round fourth-placed team then played the fifth-placed team of the AFC qualifying group, Bahrain, in a home-and-away play-off. The winner of this play-off qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals.

Qualified teams

The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup[1](1)
			7 ([1930](1930-fifa-world-cup), [1934](1934-fifa-world-cup), [1950](1950-fifa-world-cup), [1990](1990-fifa-world-cup), [1994](1994-fifa-world-cup), [1998](1998-fifa-world-cup), [2002](2002-fifa-world-cup))
			12 ([1930](1930-fifa-world-cup), [1950](1950-fifa-world-cup), [1954](1954-fifa-world-cup), [1958](1958-fifa-world-cup), [1962](1962-fifa-world-cup), [1966](1966-fifa-world-cup), [1970](1970-fifa-world-cup), [1978](1978-fifa-world-cup), [1986](1986-fifa-world-cup), [1994](1994-fifa-world-cup), [1998](1998-fifa-world-cup), [2002](2002-fifa-world-cup))
			2 ([1990](1990-fifa-world-cup), [2002](2002-fifa-world-cup))
			0 (debut)

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

Top goalscorers

Below are full goalscorer lists for each round:

References

fr:Phase qualificative de la Coupe du monde de football 2006#Amérique du Nord, centrale et Caraïbes lb:Foussball-Weltmeeschterschaft 2006/Qualifikatioun#Nord- a Mëttelamerika

References

[[Puerto Rico national football team. Puerto Rico]] decided not to participate.

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