| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | 22 – 31 March 2015 |
| Teams | 14 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 14 |
| Goals scored | 51 (3.64 per match) |
| Attendance | 35,468 (2,533 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | (3 goals each) |
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Thefirst round ofCONCACAF matches for2018 FIFA World Cup qualification was played between 22 and 31 March 2015.[1][2]
A total of 14 teams (teams ranked 22–35 in theCONCACAF entrant list) played home-and-away overtwo legs. The seven winners advanced to thesecond round.
The draw for the first round was held on 15 January 2015, 19:40EST (UTC−5), at the W Hotel atMiami Beach, Florida, United States.[3]
The seeding was based on theFIFA World Rankings of August 2014 (shown in parentheses).[1][4] The 14 teams were seeded into two pots:
Each tie contained a team from Pot 1 and a team from Pot 2, with the order of legs decided by draw.
Note:Bolded teams qualified for thesecond round.
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| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Bahamas | 0–8 | 0–5 | 0–3 | |
| British Virgin Islands | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | |
| Barbados | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 12–4[note 1] | 6–2 | 6–2 | |
| Nicaragua | 8–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | |
| Belize | 1–1 (a) | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Curaçao | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
Bermuda won 8–0 on aggregate and advanced to thesecond round againstGuatemala.
| British Virgin Islands | 2–3 | |
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Dominica won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to thesecond round againstCanada.
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 0–4 | |
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Barbados won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to thesecond round againstAruba.
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 2–6 | |
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Saint Kitts and Nevis won 12–4 on aggregate and advanced to thesecond round againstEl Salvador.
Nicaragua won 8–0 on aggregate and advanced to thesecond round againstSuriname.
| Cayman Islands | 1–1 | |
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1–1 on aggregate.Belize won on theaway goals rule and advanced to thesecond round againstDominican Republic.
| Curaçao | 2–1 | |
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| Montserrat | 2–2 | |
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Curaçao won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to thesecond round againstCuba.
There were 51 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 3.64 goals per match.
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal