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In the CONCACAF fourth round of qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the United States, Costa Rica, and Honduras finished in the top three places and qualified directly for the 2014 World Cup. Mexico finished in fourth place and defeated New Zealand in the CONCACAF – OFC play-off to gain a spot in the World Cup. Mexico finished in fourth place ahead of 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 winners and the three group runners-up from the third round compete in a single group of six teams. This stage is referred to as the Hexagonal or Hex, and has been used by CONCACAF to determine its World Cup finals entrants since the qualification tournament for the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

The matches were played from 6 February to 15 October 2013. The top three teams advanced to the World Cup finals tournament in Brazil, and the fourth-placed team advanced to a play-off against New Zealand, the winner of the Oceania qualifiers.

Qualified teams

The qualifiers for this round were determined by 16 October 2012.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	10	7	1	2	15	8	+7	22	Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup		—	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–0
2	Costa Rica	10	5	3	2	13	7	+6	18			3–1	—	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–0
3	Honduras	10	4	3	3	13	12	+1	15			2–1	1–0	—	2–2	2–2	2–0
4	Mexico	10	2	5	3	7	9	−2	11	Advance to inter-confederation play-offs		0–0	0–0	1–2	—	2–1	0–0
5	Panama	10	1	5	4	10	14	−4	8			2–3	2–2	2–0	0–0	—	0–0
6	Jamaica	10	0	5	5	5	13	−8	5			1–2	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	—

Matches

The representative from the six national associations met together on 19 October 2012, but could not agree on the schedule for the fourth round. The draw for the fixtures was conducted by CONCACAF and FIFA on 7 November 2012, in Miami Beach, Florida.

Honduras	2–1	United States
J. García 40' Bengtson 79'	Report	Dempsey 36'

Panama	2–2	Costa Rica
Henríquez 15' R. Torres 27'	Report	Saborío 39' Ruiz 84'

Mexico	0–0	Jamaica
	Report

Honduras	2–2	Mexico
Costly 77' Bengtson 80'	Report	Hernández 28', 54'

Jamaica	1–1	Panama
Elliott 23'	Report	Henríquez 66'

United States	1–0	Costa Rica
Dempsey 16'	Report

Costa Rica	2–0	Jamaica
Umaña 22' Calvo 82'	Report

Panama	2–0	Honduras
Tejada 1' Pérez 74'	Report

Mexico	0–0	United States
	Report

Jamaica	0–1	Mexico
	Report	De Nigris 48'

Jamaica	1–2	United States
Beckford 89'	Report	Altidore 30' Evans 90+2'

Panama	0–0	Mexico
	Report

Costa Rica	1–0	Honduras
Miller 25'	Report

Mexico	0–0	Costa Rica
	Report

Honduras	2–0	Jamaica
O. García 10' Rojas 88'	Report

United States	2–0	Panama
Altidore 36' E. Johnson 53'	Report

United States	1–0	Honduras
Altidore 73'	Report

Costa Rica	2–0	Panama
Ruiz 49' Borges 52'	Report

Mexico	1–2	Honduras
Peralta 6'	Report	Bengtson 63' Costly 66'

Costa Rica	3–1	United States
Acosta 2' Borges 9' Campbell 75'	Report	Dempsey 43' (pen.)

Panama	0–0	Jamaica
	Report

Jamaica	1–1	Costa Rica
Anderson 90+2'	Report	Brenes 74'

United States	2–0	Mexico
E. Johnson 49' Donovan 78'	Report

Honduras	2–2	Panama
Costly 28' Palacios 62'	Report	G. Torres 50' Chen 90+1'

Honduras	1–0	Costa Rica
Bengtson 64'	Report

United States	2–0	Jamaica
Zusi 77' Altidore 81'	Report

Mexico	2–1	Panama
Peralta 39' Jiménez 85'	Report	Tejada 81'

Costa Rica	2–1	Mexico
Ruiz 24' Saborío 63'	Report	Peralta 28'

Jamaica	2–2	Honduras
Claros 3' (o.g.) Austin 59' (pen.)	Report	Costly 2' Figueroa 32'

Panama	2–3	United States
G. Torres 18' Tejada 83'	Report	Orozco 64' Zusi 90+2' Jóhannsson 90+3'

Goalscorers

There were 63 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.1 goals per match.

4 goals

• Jerry Bengtson
• Carlo Costly
• Jozy Altidore

3 goals

• Clint Dempsey
• Oribe Peralta
• Bryan Ruiz
• Luis Tejada

2 goals

• Celso Borges
• Álvaro Saborío
• Javier Hernández
• Luis Henríquez
• Gabriel Torres
• Eddie Johnson
• Graham Zusi

1 goal

• Jhonny Acosta
• Randall Brenes
• Diego Calvo
• Joel Campbell
• Roy Miller
• Michael Umaña
• Maynor Figueroa
• Juan Carlos García
• Óscar García
• Wilson Palacios
• Roger Rojas
• Jermaine Anderson
• Rodolph Austin
• Jermaine Beckford
• Marvin Elliott
• Raúl Jiménez
• Aldo de Nigris
• Roberto Chen
• Blas Pérez
• Román Torres
• Landon Donovan
• Brad Evans
• Aron Jóhannsson
• Michael Orozco

1 own goal

• Jorge Claros (against Jamaica)

Notes

1. The fixture Jamaica v Mexico on 18 June was moved to 4 June to allow Mexico to participate in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.

References

1. Steven Goff (16 October 2013). "Wild finish to CONCACAF World Cup qualifying: U.S. late goals at Panama rescue Mexico". The Washington Post.
2. "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedure – North, Central and Caribbean Zone" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2011.
3. "FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) 2014, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
4. "Draw to decide CONCACAF hexagonal schedule". CONCACAF.com. 19 October 2012. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
5. "CONCACAF to Hold Draw for the Hexagonal Round of the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers". CONCACAF.com. 5 November 2012. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
6. ^ "Hexagonal fixtures confirmed in CONCACAF". FIFA.com. 8 November 2012. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012.

External links

• Results and schedule (FIFA.com version)
• Results and schedule (CONCACAF.com version)

• 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
• 2013 in American soccer
• United States at the 2014 FIFA World Cup
• 2012–13 in Mexican football
• 2013–14 in Mexican football
• 2012–13 in Costa Rican football
• Costa Rica at the 2014 FIFA World Cup
• 2012–13 in Honduran football
• Honduras at the 2014 FIFA World Cup
• 2012–13 in Jamaican football
• 2013–14 in Jamaican football
• 2012–13 in Panamanian football
• 2013–14 in Panamanian football
• Mexico at the 2014 FIFA World Cup