2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF final round

The CONCACAF final round of the CONCACAF zone of the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification, was contested between the six remaining teams of the qualification process. The teams were placed into a single group, with matches played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The top three teams would qualify for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Costa Rica topped the group with 23 points, and finished with the best record of any CONCACAF team in the history of the hexagonal.

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification            
1   Costa Rica 10 7 2 1 17 7 +10 23 Qualified to the 2002 FIFA World Cup 0–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 3–0
2   Mexico 10 5 2 3 16 9 +7 17 1–2 1–0 3–0 4–0 3–0
3   United States 10 5 2 3 11 8 +3 17 1–0 2–0 2–3 2–1 2–0
4   Honduras 10 4 2 4 17 17 0 14 2–3 3–1 1–2 1–0 0–1
5   Jamaica 10 2 2 6 7 14 −7 8 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0
6   Trinidad and Tobago 10 1 2 7 5 18 −13 5 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–4 1–2
Source: FIFA

Matches

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Matchday 1

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Jamaica  1–0  Trinidad and Tobago
Marshall   16' Report
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

United States  2–0  Mexico
Report
Attendance: 24,329
Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador)

Costa Rica  2–2  Honduras
Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

Matchday 2

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Mexico  4–0  Jamaica
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Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

Costa Rica  3–0  Trinidad and Tobago
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Attendance: 17,500
Referee: Kim Young-Joo (South Korea)

Honduras  1–2  United States
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Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Freddy Burgos (Guatemala)

Matchday 3

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Jamaica  1–1  Honduras
Gardner   56' Report Caballero   80'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)

Trinidad and Tobago  1–1  Mexico
Andrews   14' Report Pardo   61'

United States  1–0  Costa Rica
Wolff   70' Report
Attendance: 37,319
Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

Matchday 4

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Mexico  1–2  Costa Rica
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Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

Jamaica  0–0  United States
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Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)

Trinidad and Tobago  2–4  Honduras
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Matchday 5

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United States  2–0  Trinidad and Tobago
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Attendance: 31,211
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

Honduras  3–1  Mexico
Pavón   16', 55', 64' (pen.) Report Ruiz   86'

Costa Rica  2–1  Jamaica
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Matchday 6

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Trinidad and Tobago  1–2  Jamaica
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Mexico  1–0  United States
Borgetti   16' Report
Attendance: 110,000
Referee: Kim Young-Joo (South Korea)

Honduras  2–3  Costa Rica
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Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Matchday 7

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United States  2–3  Honduras
Report
RFK Stadium
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Attendance: 54,282
Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

Trinidad and Tobago  0–2  Costa Rica
Report Gómez   4', 35'

Jamaica  1–2  Mexico
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Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Gamal Ghandour (Egypt)

Matchday 8

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Mexico  3–0  Trinidad and Tobago
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Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Jose Farias Martinez (Canada)

Honduras  1–0  Jamaica
Núñez   53' Report
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Qasem Shaban (Kuwait)

Costa Rica  2–0  United States
Fonseca   40' (pen.), 68' Report
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

Matchday 9

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Costa Rica  0–0  Mexico
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Honduras  0–1  Trinidad and Tobago
Report John   61'

United States  2–1  Jamaica
Moore   4', 81' (pen.) Report Lawrence   14'
Attendance: 40,483
Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador)

Matchday 10

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Mexico  3–0  Honduras
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Attendance: 105,405
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)


Jamaica  0–1  Costa Rica
Report Sunsing   5'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)

Goalscorers

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There were 73 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.43 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

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