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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Former Gold Cup champion Canada was placed in a group with St. Kitts & Nevis, Puerto Rico and St. Lucia while Trinidad & Tobago was joined with Guyana, Barbados and Bermuda in Saturday's World Cup preliminary draw.

The event set the matches for the first league stage of CONCACAF qualifying for the 2014 championship, dividing 24 teams into six groups of four.

Five preliminary phase winners: Bahamas, Belize, the Dominican Republic, St. Lucia and the U.S. Virgin Islands - plus Bermuda which received a bye -- were joined by 18 others for the draw.

El Salvador led Group Awith Suriname, Cayman Islands and the Dominican Republic; Trinidad topped Group B; Group C consisted of Panama, Dominica, Nicaragua and the Bahamas; Group D was the Canada group; Group E was comprised of Gold Cup qualifiers Grenada and Guatemala as well as St. Vincent & the Grenadines and Belize; while Group F was made up of Haiti, Antigua & Barbuda, Curacao and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Play will commence on September 6 with the first of six rounds, finishing on November 15.

The six group winners will advance to the 12-team semifinal round with the United States, Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Jamaica and Cuba.

The draw also set the groupings for that stage with the United States and Jamaica facing the winners from Groups E and F; Mexico and Costa Rica will play with winners from Groups A and B; and Honduras and Cuba facing the winners from Groups C and D.

Two teams from each of those groups will advance to the final round of qualifying - commonly known as the "hexagonal".

Three teams from CONCACAF are guaranteed to qualify for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, with the fourth-placed team from the hexagonal facing off against the Oceania winner.

World Cup Preliminary Draw Results
CONCACAF
First Group Round
Group A
El Salvador
Suriname
Cayman Islands
Dominican Republic

Group B
Trinidad & Tobago
Guyana
Barbados
Bermuda

Group C
Panama
Dominica
Nicaragua
Bahamas

Group D
Canada
St. Kitts & Nevis
Puerto Rico
St. Lucia

Group E
Grenada
Guatemala
St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Belize

Group F
Haiti
Antigua & Barbuda
Curacao
U.S. Virgin Islands

Friday, September 2
Group A
El Salvador vs. Dominican Republic
Suriname vs. Cayman Islands
Group B
Trinidad & Tobago vs. Bermuda
Guyana vs. Barbados
Group C
Panama vs. Bahamas
Dominica vs. Nicaragua
Group D
Canada vs. St. Lucia
St. Kitts & Nevis vs. Puerto Rico
Group E 
Grenada vs. Belize
Guatemala vs. St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Group F
Haiti vs. U.S. Virgin Islands
Antigua & Barbuda vs. Curacao

Tuesday, September 6
Group A
Cayman Islands vs. El Salvador
Dominican Republic vs. Suriname
Group B
Barbados vs. Trinidad & Tobago
Bermuda vs. Guyana
Group C
Nicaragua vs. Panama
Bahamas vs. Dominica
Group D
Puerto Rico vs. Canada
St. Lucia vs. St. Kitts & Nevis
Group E
St. Vincent & the Grenadines vs. Grenada
Belize vs. Guatemala
Group F
Curacao vs. Haiti
U.S. Virgin Islands vs. Antigua & Barbuda

Friday, October 7
Group A
Dominican Republic vs. El Salvador
Cayman Islands vs. Suriname
Group B
Bermuda vs. Trinidad & Tobago
Barbados vs. Guyana
Group C
Bahamas vs. Panama
Nicaragua vs. Dominica
Group D
St. Lucia vs. Canada
Puerto Rico vs. St. Kitts & Nevis
Group E
Belize vs. Grenada
St. Vincent & the Grenadines vs. Guatemala
Group F
U.S. Virgin Islands vs. Haiti
Curacao vs. Antigua & Barbuda

Tuesday, October 11
Group A
El Salvador vs. Cayman Islands
Suriname vs. Dominican Republic
Group B
Trinidad & Tobago vs. Barbados
Guyana vs. Bermuda
Group C
Panama vs. Nicaragua
Dominica vs. Bahamas
Group D
Canada vs. Puerto Rico
St. Kitts & Nevis vs. St. Lucia
Group E
Grenada vs. St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Guatemala vs. Belize
Group F
Haiti vs. Curacao
Antigua & Barbuda vs. U.S. Virgin Islands

Friday, November 11
Group A
Suriname vs. El Salvador
Dominican Republic vs. Cayman Islands
Group B
Guyana vs. Trinidad & Tobago
Bermuda vs. Barbados
Group B
Dominica vs. Panama
Bahamas vs. Nicaragua
Group D
St. Kitts & Nevis vs. Canada
St. Lucia vs. Puerto Rico
Group E
Guatemala vs. Grenada
Belize vs. St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Group F
Antigua & Barbuda vs. Haiti
U.S. Virgin Islands vs. Curacao

Tuesday, November 15
Group A
El Salvador vs. Suriname
Cayman Islands vs. Dominican Republic
Group B
Trinidad & Tobago vs. Guyana
Barbados vs. Bermuda
Group C
Panama vs. Dominica
Nicaragua vs. Bahamas
Group D
Canada vs. St. Kitts & Nevis
Puerto Rico vs. St. Lucia
Group E
Grenada vs. Guatemala
St. Vincent & the Grenadines vs. Belize
Group F
Haiti vs. Antigua & Barbuda
Curacao vs. U.S. Virgin Islands