2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF semi-finals

The CONCACAF Semi-final round of the CONCACAF zone of the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification, was contested between the 12 remaining teams of the qualification process. The teams were divided into three groups of four teams each. They would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners and runners-up would advance to the Final round.

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Trinidad and Tobago	6	5	0	1	14	7	+7	15	Advance to the final round	—	1–0	4–0	6–0
2	Mexico	6	4	1	1	17	2	+15	13	Advance to the final round	7–0	—	2–0	7–1
3	Canada	6	1	2	3	1	8	−7	5		0–2	0–0	—	1–0
4	Panama	6	0	1	5	1	16	−15	1		0–1	0–1	0–0	—

Source: ^[1]

16 July 2000

Panama	0–1	Mexico
	Report	Zepeda 88'

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Brian Hall (United States)

16 July 2000

Canada	0–2	Trinidad and Tobago
	Report	Eve 43' Yorke 73'

Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Rodolfo Alexander Sibrian (El Salvador)

23 July 2000

Panama	0–0	Canada
	Report

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Samuel Richard (Dominican Republic)

23 July 2000

Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	Mexico
Latapy 86'	Report

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Kevin Stott (United States)

15 August 2000

Mexico	2–0	Canada
Abundis 48' Fenwick 81' (o.g.)	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: William Mattus (Costa Rica)

16 August 2000

Trinidad and Tobago	6–0	Panama
Rougier 2' Dely Valdés 26' (o.g.) Yorke 36', 61' Eve 59' Pierre 77'	Report

Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

3 September 2000

Mexico	7–1	Panama
Ruiz 8' (pen.) Abundis 36' Zepeda 44' Blanco 47', 90' (pen.) Márquez 54' Ramírez 75'	Report	Dely Valdés 54'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Nelson Calix (Honduras)

3 September 2000

Trinidad and Tobago	4–0	Canada
Latapy 28' Carrington 30' Mason 54' Eve 90'	Report

Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain

Attendance: 26,000

Referee: Olger Mejia (Costa Rica)

8 October 2000

Mexico	7–0	Trinidad and Tobago
Blanco 20', 28' (pen.) Borgetti 26', 30', 71' Davino 66' Ruiz 75' (pen.)	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Carlos Batros Gonzalez (Guatemala)

9 October 2000

Canada	1–0	Panama
Brennan 82'	Report

Winnipeg Soccer Complex, Winnipeg

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Nery Alfaro Zepeda (El Salvador)

15 November 2000

Panama	0–1	Trinidad and Tobago
	Report	Pierre 15' (pen.)

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador)

15 November 2000

Canada	0–0	Mexico
	Report

Varsity Stadium, Toronto

Attendance: 6,564

Referee: Samuel Richard (Dominican Republic)

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Honduras	6	5	1	25	5	+20	15	Advance to the final round	—	1–0	5–0	6–0
2	Jamaica	6	4	2	7	4	+3	12	Advance to the final round	3–1	—	1–0	2–0
3	El Salvador	6	3	3	13	13	0	9		2–5	2–0	—	7–1
4	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6	0	6	2	25	−23	0		0–7	0–1	1–2	—

Source: ^[1]

16 July 2000

El Salvador	2–5	Honduras
Montes 8' Cienfuegos 89'	Report	Caballero 12' Turcios 37' Pavón 42', 62' Suazo 88'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

16 July 2000

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0–1	Jamaica
	Report	Lowe 23'

Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Noel Bynoe (Trinidad and Tobago)

23 July 2000

El Salvador	7–1	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Montes 19' Castro 34' Rivera 49', 60' Arce 63', 83', 85'	Report	Ballantyne 9'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Felipe De Jesús Ramos (Mexico)

23 July 2000

Jamaica	3–1	Honduras
Whitmore 27' Lowe 69' Burton 77'	Report	Ramírez 2'

Independence Park, Kingston

Attendance: 23,000

Referee: Timothy Weyland (United States)

16 August 2000

Jamaica	1–0	El Salvador
Lowe 34'	Report

Independence Park, Kingston

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Edgar Rangel Pérez (Mexico)

16 August 2000

Honduras	6–0	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Pavón 5', 86' Ramírez 19', 59' Guevara 27' Bengoché 88'	Report

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: José Farías Martínez (Canada)

2 September 2000

Honduras	5–0	El Salvador
Pavón 20', 43', 58' Suazo 47' Caballero 84'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 42,000

Referee: Fredy Burgos (Guatemala)

3 September 2000

Jamaica	2–0	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Williams 45' Lowe 50'	Report

Independence Park, Kingston

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)

8 October 2000

Honduras	1–0	Jamaica
Turcios 90'	Report

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela (United States)

8 October 2000

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1–2	El Salvador
James 79'	Report	Velasquez 3' Cubías 89'

Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Urvin Faneyte (Netherlands Antilles)

14 November 2000

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0–7	Honduras
	Report	Ramírez 26', 31' Velásquez 46' C. Santamaría 52' L. Santamaría 77' Caballero 85' Bengoché 89'

Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown

Attendance: 1,800

Referee: Noel Egan (Antigua and Barbuda)

15 November 2000

El Salvador	2–0	Jamaica
Padilla 17' Rodríguez 24' (pen.)	Report

Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca, San Salvador

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Ali Saheli (United States)

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	6	3	2	1	14	3	+11	11	Advance to the final round	—	0–0	1–0	7–0
2	Costa Rica	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	10^[a]	Advance to the final round	2–1	—	2–1	3–0
3	Guatemala	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	10^[a]		1–1	2–1	—	2–0
4	Barbados	6	1	0	5	3	20	−17	3		0–4	2–1	1–3	—

Source: ^[1]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b As Costa Rica and Guatemala finished level on points, goal differential, goals scored and head-to-head record, a play-off on neutral ground was played to determine second place. Costa Rica won the play-off 5–2 to finish second.

16 July 2000