NEW YORK - On Wednesday, CONCACAF President Jeffrey Webb, CONCACAF General Secretary Enrique Sanz, and FIFA Head of Olympic and World Cup Qualifying Gordon Savic will hold the draw for the CONCACAF Hexagonal, the fourth and final qualifying round for the 2014 FIFA World Cup™. The draw, which will determine the schedule for the final qualifying round, will take place at 8:00 p.m. EST at The W South Beach (2201 Collins Avenue) in Miami Beach, Florida. The event will also be live-streamed at www.CONCACAF.com.

Six countries have advanced to the CONCACAF Hexagonal: Costa Rica, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, and the United States. These teams represent the top two finishers from group play of the third round of World Cup qualifiers. Representatives from all six countries will be on hand to attend the draw and discuss the results with media.

In the Hexagonal, each team will play every other team twice—once at home, once away—for a total of 10 matches per team, and 30 matches total. The CONCACAF draw will determine the schedule of play to occur between February and October 2013.

The top three teams from the Hexagonal will qualify directly to the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™. The fourth-place team will have to play an inter-confederation two-game playoff series against Oceania Football Confederation's first-place team to determine the national association that qualifies to the 2014 FIFA World Cup™.

The final draw for the 2014 World Cup Brazil™ will take place on Dec. 6, 2013 in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil.

WHAT:

Drawing to determine the schedule of play for the CONCACAF Hexagonal, the fourth and final qualifying round for the 2014 FIFA World Cup™.

WHO:

Jeffrey Webb, CONCACAF President
Enrique Sanz, CONCACAF General Secretary
Gordon Savic, FIFA Head of Olympic and World Cup Qualifying
Rodolfo Villalobos, Member, Costa Rican Football Federation
Capt. Horace Burrell, President, Jamaican Football Federation
Justino Compeán, President, Mexican Football Federation
Sunil Gulati, President, United States Soccer Federation
Jurgen Klinsmann, Head Coach, US Men's National Team
Alfredo Hawit, General Secretary, Honduran Football Federation
Pedro Chaluja, President, Panamanian Football Federation
Julio Dely Valdes, Head Coach, Panama Men's National TeamDRAW MECHANICS:

DRAW MECHANICS:

For the purpose of the draw, there will be two pots: Pot 1 which will contain the names of the six teams who have advanced from round three of qualifying and Pot 2 which will contain the match calendar positions for each team (1 through 6). During the draw, one ball will be extracted from Pot 1 unveiling the team's name, followed immediately by one ball from Pot 2, which will determine the position in the calendar. This procedure will repeat itself five times until all teams have been matched with their corresponding match calendar number.

By the completion of the draw with the last two balls, the entire match calendar will be automatically populated.