Concacaf and FIFA confirm schedule for January’s Final Round matches of men’s World Cup Qualifying
| 2 games will be played between January 27 and February 2, 2022 Miami, FL (Friday, December 17, 2021) – Concacaf and FIFA have confirmed the schedule for the region’s men’s FIFA World Cup Qualifying matches taking place during the International Match Window of January 2022. For the Final Round of Concacaf’s Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 (sometimes referred to as the “Octagonal”), the eight national teams play each other home and away. The Octagonal kicked off in September 2021 and will resume play next year, during the FIFA Match Window of January. To view the match results and the current standings click here. The schedule for the matches taking place in January is as follows: *Home nation listed first and in local time (eastern time): Thursday, January 27, 2022 18:30 (18:30) USA vs El Salvador – Lower.com Field, Columbus, OH, USA 19:00 (19:00) Jamaica vs Mexico – National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica 19:05 (20:05) Honduras vs Canada – Estadio Olimpico, San Pedro Sula, Honduras 20:05 (21:05) Costa Rica vs Panama – Estadio Nacional, San Jose, Costa Rica Sunday, January 30, 2022 15:05 (15:05) Canada vs USA – Tim Horton Field, Hamilton, Canada 17:00 (18:00) Mexico vs Costa Rica – Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico 17:05 (18:05) Panama vs Jamaica – Estadio Rommel Fernandez, Panama City, Panama 18:05 (19:05) Honduras vs El Salvador – Estadio Olimpico, San Pedro Sula, Honduras Wednesday, February 2, 2022 19:00 (19:00) Jamaica vs Costa Rica – National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica 19:00 (20:00) Mexico vs Panama – Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico 19:30 (19:30) USA vs Honduras – Allianz Field, St. Paul, MN, USA 20:00 (21:00) El Salvador vs Canada – Estadio Cuscatlan, San Salvador, El Salvador |
The last round of the region’s World Cup Qualifying will take place during the FIFA Match Window of March 2022.
At the end of qualifying, the top three finishing teams will guarantee their participation in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. The fourth-placed team will advance to a single-leg FIFA Intercontinental Playoff, scheduled to be played in Qatar, in June 2022.
The draw for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 intercontinental playoffs took place on November 26. The pairings are as follows: AFC Team v. CONMEBOL Team and Concacaf Team v. OFC Team.
