- 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
19:30 (20:30) 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
