Final Round Schedule Announced for Concacaf Men’s World Cup Qualifying

• Home-and-away round-robin matches set for September, October, and November
• Three group winners will qualify directly for the FIFA World Cup 2026
• Two best second-place finishers will advance to the FIFA Intercontinental Playoff

Miami, FL – Concacaf has announced today the match schedule for the region’s men’s World Cup Qualifying matches that will be played during the FIFA Match Windows of September, October, and November 2025.

The Final Round of the Concacaf Qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup features 12 national teams divided into three groups of four. Each team will compete in a home-and-away round-robin format, playing six matches (three at home and three away) across three FIFA Windows.

The official draw for the Final Round took place in Miami, FL, on Thursday, June 12, 2025. The 12 qualified teams were drawn into three groups of four as follows:

Group A Panama, El Salvador, Guatemala, Suriname

Group B Jamaica, Curacao, Trinidad and Tobago, Bermuda

Group C Costa Rica, Honduras, Haiti, Nicaragua

At the conclusion of the Final Round (36 matches in total), the top team from each group will earn direct qualification to next summer’s FIFA World Cup, joining tournament co-hosts Canada, Mexico, and the United States.

In addition, the two best second-place finishers from across the three groups will advance to a FIFA Intercontinental Playoff, where they will compete for two additional FIFA World Cup berths. The FIFA Intercontinental Playoff is scheduled to take place in March 2026.

For the first time in history, the Concacaf region could be represented by as many as eight teams in a men’s FIFA World Cup.

The Road to the FIFA World Cup 2026 for Concacaf Member Associations began in March 2024 and consists of three rounds of qualification. The First Round featured the four lowest-ranked teams, who competed for two available spots in the Second Round.

The Second Round included the two First Round winners alongside the 28 remaining Concacaf Member Associations that are also FIFA members, excluding the three World Cup hosts.

The kick-off times and venues for the matches scheduled for September are available here and below.

For October and November, matches will take place on the days listed below, with start times and venues to be announced at a later date. Additionally, all matches on November 18 will kick off simultaneously.

*Home team listed first and in Eastern time (local time)

Thursday, September 4, 2025 17:30 (18:30) Suriname vs Panama - Dr. Ir. Franklin Essed Stadion, Paramaribo, SUR 22:00 (20:00) Guatemala vs El Salvador - Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City, GUA

Friday, September 5, 2025 18:00 (19:00) Bermuda vs Jamaica - Bermuda National Sports Centre, Devonshire, BER 20:00 (20:00) Trinidad and Tobago vs Curacao - Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, TRI 20:00 (20:00) Haiti vs Honduras - Stadion Ergilio Hato, Willemstad, CUW 22:00 (20:00) Nicaragua vs Costa Rica - Estadio Nacional, Managua, NCA

Monday, September 8, 2025 20:30 (18:30) El Salvador vs Suriname - Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, SLV 21:30 (20:30) Panama vs Guatemala - Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, PAN

Tuesday, September 9, 2025 20:00 (19:00) Jamaica vs Trinidad and Tobago - National Stadium, Kingston, JAM 20:00 (20:00) Curacao vs Bermuda - Stadion Ergilio Hato, Willemstad, CUW 22:00 (20:00) Costa Rica vs Haiti - Estadio Nacional, San Jose, CRC 22:00 (20:00) Honduras vs Nicaragua - Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa, HON

Thursday, October 9, 2025 Honduras vs Costa Rica Nicaragua vs Haiti

Friday, October 10, 2025 El Salvador vs Panama Suriname vs Guatemala Curacao vs Jamaica Bermuda vs Trinidad and Tobago

Monday, October 13, 2025 Costa Rica vs Nicaragua Honduras vs Haiti

Tuesday, October 14, 2025 Panama vs Suriname El Salvador vs Guatemala Jamaica vs Bermuda Curacao vs Trinidad and Tobago

Thursday, November 13, 2025 Guatemala vs Panama Suriname vs El Salvador Trinidad and Tobago vs Jamaica Bermuda vs Curacao Haiti vs Costa Rica Nicaragua vs Honduras

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 Panama vs El Salvador Guatemala vs Suriname Jamaica vs Curacao Trinidad and Tobago vs Bermuda Costa Rica vs Honduras Haiti vs Nicaragua