2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF first round

2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF first round

Tournament details
Dates	22–26 March 2024
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	4 (1 per match)
Attendance	1,780 (445 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Luke Paris Hugo Liziario Billy Forbes Jett Blaschka (1 goal each)
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The first round of CONCACAF matches for 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification were played on 22 and 26 March 2024.^[1]

Four teams, ranked as the bottom four in the CONCACAF entrant list, played home-and-away over two legs in two ties. The two winners advanced to the second round.^[2]

The seeding was based on the FIFA Men's World Ranking of December 2023 (shown in parentheses).^[3][4]

Note: Bolded teams qualified for the second round.

The first round ties were predetermined as follows:

• First-ranked team vs fourth-ranked team
• Second-ranked team vs third-ranked team

The lower-ranked teams hosted the first leg, while the higher-ranked teams hosted the second leg.

The first legs were played on 22 March, while the second legs were played on 26 March 2024.^[5]

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Anguilla	1–1 (4–3 p)	Turks and Caicos Islands	0–0	1–1 (a.e.t.)
U.S. Virgin Islands	1–1 (2–4 p)	British Virgin Islands	1–1	0–0 (a.e.t.)

22 March 2024 (2024-03-22)

15:00 UTC−4

Anguilla	0–0	Turks and Caicos Islands
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

Raymond E. Guishard Technical Centre, The Valley

Attendance: 618^[6]

Referee: Natalie Simon (United States)

26 March 2024 (2024-03-26)

19:00 UTC−4

Turks and Caicos Islands	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Anguilla
Forbes 23'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Paris 45+3' (pen.)
Penalties
Cadet Louisy Paul Howell Forbes Martin	3–4	Lawrence Paris Deans Connor Carpenter Duncan

TCIFA National Academy, Providenciales

Attendance: 337

Referee: Reginald Gumbs (St. Kitts and Nevis)

1–1 on aggregate. Anguilla won 4–3 on penalties and advanced to the second round (Group F).

22 March 2024 (2024-03-22)

17:00 UTC−4

U.S. Virgin Islands	1–1	British Virgin Islands
Blaschka 73'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Liziario 90+2'

Bethlehem Soccer Stadium, Upper Bethlehem

Attendance: 295^[7]

Referee: Katia Itzel García (Mexico)

26 March 2024 (2024-03-26)

15:00 UTC−4

British Virgin Islands	0–0 (a.e.t.)	U.S. Virgin Islands
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)
Penalties
Bertie Wiltshire Gallimore Forbes Callwood	4–2	Kendall Whyte Blaschka J. Ramos

A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground, Road Town

Attendance: 530

Referee: Ken Pennyfeather (Antigua and Barbuda)

1–1 on aggregate. British Virgin Islands won 4–2 on penalties and advanced to the second round (Group E).

There were 4 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 1 goal per match.

1 goal

A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following infractions:^[8]

• Receiving a red card (red card suspensions may be extended for serious infractions)
• Receiving two yellow cards in two different matches (yellow card suspensions are carried forward to further qualification rounds, but not the finals or any other future international matches)

There were no suspensions served during the first round.

• Official FIFA World Cup qualifiers website
• World Cup Qualifying – Men, CONCACAF.com