2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF fifth round

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2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF fifth round
Tournament details
Dates	11 November 2016 – 10 October 2017
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	76 (2.53 per match)
Attendance	840,331 (28,011 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Christian Pulisic (5 goals)
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International football competition

The fifth round (also known as the Hexagonal or Hex) of CONCACAF matches for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification was played from 11 November 2016 to 10 October 2017. Mexico, Costa Rica, and Panama qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, while Honduras advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs. The United States (who failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in 32 years) and Trinidad and Tobago were eliminated in this round.

Format

A total of six teams which had advanced from the fourth round (the three group winners and the three group runners-up) played against each other home-and-away in a double round-robin format in a single group. The top three teams in the group qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and the fourth-placed team advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs to face the fifth-placed team from the AFC. This stage is referred to as the Hexagonal or Hex, and has been used by CONCACAF to determine its World Cup finals entrants since the qualification tournament for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. The United States, Mexico, and Costa Rica have qualified for every "Hex" since it first began in 1998.

The draw for the fifth round (to decide the fixtures) was held on 8 July 2016, 10:00 EDT (UTC−4), at the CONCACAF headquarters in Miami Beach, United States. As the draw was held before the fourth round was completed, only Mexico was assured a Hex spot as Group A winners of the fourth round qualifiers; the rest of the fourth round qualifiers were not known at the time of the draw.

Qualified teams

Group (4th round)	Winners	Runners-up
A	Mexico	Honduras
B	Costa Rica	Panama
C	United States	Trinidad and Tobago

The draw position of each team (to decide the fixtures) was as follows.

Note: Bolded teams qualified for the World Cup. Honduras advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.

Draw position	Team
1	United States
2	Panama
3	Honduras
4	Costa Rica
5	Mexico
6	Trinidad and Tobago

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	10	6	3	1	16	7	+9	21	Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup	—	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–1
2	Costa Rica	10	4	4	2	14	8	+6	16		1–1	—	0–0	1–1	4–0	2–1
3	Panama	10	3	4	3	9	10	−1	13		0–0	2–1	—	2–2	1–1	3–0
4	Honduras	10	3	4	3	13	19	−6	13	Advance to inter-confederation play-offs	3–2	1–1	0–1	—	1–1	3–1
5	United States	10	3	3	4	17	13	+4	12		1–2	0–2	4–0	6–0	—	2–0
6	Trinidad and Tobago	10	2	0	8	7	19	−12	6		0–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

Matchday 1

11 November 2016 (2016-11-11)14:35 UTC−6

Honduras	0–1	Panama
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Escobar 22'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro SulaAttendance: 38,000Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)

11 November 2016 (2016-11-11)19:05 UTC−4

Trinidad and Tobago	0–2	Costa Rica
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Bolaños 65' Matarrita 90+2'

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of SpainAttendance: 13,500Referee: Óscar Moncada (Honduras)

11 November 2016 (2016-11-11)20:01 UTC−5

United States	1–2	Mexico
Wood 49'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Layún 20' Márquez 89'

Mapfre Stadium, ColumbusAttendance: 24,640Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

Matchday 2

15 November 2016 (2016-11-15)16:05 UTC−6

Honduras	3–1	Trinidad and Tobago
Quioto 16' Izaguirre 19' Hernández 81'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Mitchell 52'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro SulaAttendance: 32,900Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

15 November 2016 (2016-11-15)20:05 UTC−6

Costa Rica	4–0	United States
Venegas 44' Bolaños 68' Campbell 74', 78'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San JoséAttendance: 35,400Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

15 November 2016 (2016-11-15)21:05 UTC−5

Panama	0–0	Mexico
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama CityAttendance: 26,500Referee: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)

Matchday 3

24 March 2017 (2017-03-24)19:00 UTC−4

Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	Panama
Molino 37'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of SpainAttendance: 12,000Referee: Melvin Matamoros (Honduras)

24 March 2017 (2017-03-24)19:50 UTC−6

Mexico	2–0	Costa Rica
J. Hernández 8' Araujo 45'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityAttendance: 61,697Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

24 March 2017 (2017-03-24)19:55 UTC−7

United States	6–0	Honduras
Lletget 5' Bradley 27' Dempsey 32', 49', 54' Pulisic 46'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

Avaya Stadium, San JoseAttendance: 17,729Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

Matchday 4

28 March 2017 (2017-03-28)15:00 UTC−6

Honduras	1–1	Costa Rica
Lozano 34'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Waston 68'

Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro SulaAttendance: 15,800Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

28 March 2017 (2017-03-28)19:00 UTC−4

Trinidad and Tobago	0–1	Mexico
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	D. Reyes 58'

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of SpainAttendance: 14,822Referee: Valdin Legister (Jamaica)

28 March 2017 (2017-03-28)21:05 UTC−5

Panama	1–1	United States
Gómez 43'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Dempsey 39'

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama CityAttendance: 23,052Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

Matchday 5

8 June 2017 (2017-06-08)18:00 UTC−6

United States	2–0	Trinidad and Tobago
Pulisic 52', 62'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce CityAttendance: 19,188Referee: Óscar Moncada (Honduras)

8 June 2017 (2017-06-08)20:00 UTC−6

Costa Rica	0–0	Panama
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San JoséAttendance: 35,040Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

8 June 2017 (2017-06-08)21:00 UTC−5

Mexico	3–0	Honduras
Alanís 35' Lozano 63' Jiménez 66'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityAttendance: 38,565Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)

Matchday 6

11 June 2017 (2017-06-11)19:30 UTC−5

Mexico	1–1	United States
Vela 23'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Bradley 6'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityAttendance: 71,537Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

13 June 2017 (2017-06-13)20:35 UTC−5

Panama	2–2	Honduras
Pérez 41' R. Torres 90'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Quioto 5' Elis 66'

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama CityAttendance: 25,900Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

13 June 2017 (2017-06-13)20:00 UTC−6

Costa Rica	2–1	Trinidad and Tobago
Calvo 1' Ruiz 44'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Molino 35'

Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San JoséAttendance: 34,429Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)

Matchday 7

1 September 2017 (2017-09-01)18:55 UTC−4

United States	0–2	Costa Rica
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Ureña 30', 82'

Red Bull Arena, HarrisonAttendance: 26,500Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

1 September 2017 (2017-09-01)20:00 UTC−4

Trinidad and Tobago	1–2	Honduras
J. Jones 67' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	A. López 7' Elis 16'

Ato Boldon Stadium, CouvaAttendance: 5,002Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

1 September 2017 (2017-09-01)20:30 UTC−5

Mexico	1–0	Panama
Lozano 53'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityAttendance: 37,845Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

Matchday 8

5 September 2017 (2017-09-05)15:36 UTC−6

Honduras	1–1	United States
Quioto 27'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Wood 85'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro SulaAttendance: 38,000Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

5 September 2017 (2017-09-05)20:05 UTC−6

Costa Rica	1–1	Mexico
Ureña 83'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Gamboa 42' (o.g.)

Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San JoséAttendance: 34,420Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

5 September 2017 (2017-09-05)21:05 UTC−5

Panama	3–0	Trinidad and Tobago
G. Torres 39' Mitchell 58' (o.g.) Arroyo 85'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama CityAttendance: 17,500Referee: Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)

Matchday 9

6 October 2017 (2017-10-06)19:35 UTC−4

United States	4–0	Panama
Pulisic 8' Altidore 19', 43' (pen.) Wood 63'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

Orlando City Stadium, OrlandoAttendance: 25,303Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

6 October 2017 (2017-10-06)20:40 UTC−5

Mexico	3–1	Trinidad and Tobago
Lozano 78' J. Hernández 88' Herrera 90+4'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Winchester 66'

Estadio Alfonso Lastras, San Luis PotosíAttendance: 25,111Referee: Kimbell Ward (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

7 October 2017 (2017-10-07)16:00 UTC−6

Costa Rica	1–1	Honduras
Waston 90+5'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Hernández 66'

Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San JoséAttendance: 24,948Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

Matchday 10

10 October 2017 (2017-10-10)18:00 UTC−6

Honduras	3–2	Mexico
Elis 34' Ochoa 53' (o.g.) Quioto 60'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Peralta 17' Vela 37'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro SulaAttendance: 37,000Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

10 October 2017 (2017-10-10)19:00 UTC−5

Panama	2–1	Costa Rica
G. Torres 53' R. Torres 88'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Venegas 36'

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama CityAttendance: 26,503Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

10 October 2017 (2017-10-10)20:00 UTC−4

Trinidad and Tobago	2–1	United States
Gonzalez 17' (o.g.) A. Jones 37'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Pulisic 47'

Ato Boldon Stadium, CouvaAttendance: 1,500Referee: Marlon Mejía (El Salvador)

Goalscorers

There were 76 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.53 goals per match.

5 goals

Christian Pulisic

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Cristian Gamboa (against Mexico)
Guillermo Ochoa (against Honduras)
Carlyle Mitchell (against Panama)
Omar Gonzalez (against Trinidad and Tobago)

Notes

Honduras were sanctioned by FIFA to play one home match (against Costa Rica on 28 March 2017) away from Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, for several incidents during their home match against Panama.
The Mexico v United States match was brought forward from 13 June 2017 to accommodate Mexico's participation in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.
The Costa Rica v Honduras match was originally scheduled for 6 October 2017, 20:00 local time, but was postponed to the next day, 16:00 local time, because of Tropical Storm Nate.

References

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^ "Mexico could open hex on road vs. U.S." ESPN.com. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
"Mexico to open Hex on the road". FIFA.com. 8 July 2016. Archived from the original on 9 July 2016.
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External links

Official FIFA World Cup website
- Qualifiers – North, Central America and Caribbean: Round 5, FIFA.com
World Cup Qualifying – Men, CONCACAF.com

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