2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF semi-finals

The CONCACAF Semi-final Round of the CONCACAF zone of the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification, was contested between the 12 remaining teams of the qualification process. The teams were divided into 3 groups of 4 teams each. They would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners and runners-up would advance to the Final Round.

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up qualify for the final round

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Trinidad and Tobago 6501147+715
 Mexico 6411172+1513
 Canada 612318−75
 Panama 6015116−151

July 16, 2000
Panama  0 - 1  Mexico
Report Zepeda  88'
Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Brian Hall (USA)

July 16, 2000
Canada  0 - 2  Trinidad and Tobago
Report Eve  43'
Yorke  73'
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Rodolfo Alexander Sibrian (SLV)

July 23, 2000
Panama  0 - 0  Canada
Report
Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Samuel Richard (DOM)

July 23, 2000
Trinidad and Tobago  1 - 0  Mexico
Latapy  86' Report
Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Kevin Stott (USA)

August 15, 2000
Mexico  2 - 0  Canada
Abundis  48'
Fenwick  81' (o.g.)
Report
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: William Mattus (CRC)

August 16, 2000
Trinidad and Tobago  6 - 0  Panama
Rougier  2'
Dely Valdés  26' (o.g.)
Yorke  36',  61'
Eve  59'
Pierre  77'
Report
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Peter Prendergast (JAM)

September 3, 2000
Mexico  7 - 1  Panama
Ruiz  8' (p)
Abundis  36'
Zepeda  44'
Blanco  47',  90' (p)
Márquez  54'
Ramírez  75'
Report Dely Valdés  54'
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Nelson Calix (HON)

September 3, 2000
Trinidad and Tobago  4 - 0  Canada
Latapy  28'
Carrington  30'
Mason  54'
Eve  90'
Report
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Olger Mejia (CRC)

October 8, 2000
Mexico  7 - 0  Trinidad and Tobago
Blanco  20',  28' (p)
Borgetti  26',  30',  71'
Davino  66'
Ruiz  75' (p)
Report
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Carlos Batros Gonzalez (GUA)

October 9, 2000
Canada  1 - 0  Panama
Brennan  82' Report
Winnipeg Soccer Complex, Winnipeg
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Nery Alfaro Zepeda (SLV)

November 15, 2000
Panama  0 - 1  Trinidad and Tobago
Report Pierre  15' (p)
Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama city
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian (SLV)

November 15, 2000
Canada  0 - 0  Mexico
Report
Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Attendance: 6,564
Referee: Samuel Richard (DOM)

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Honduras 65012552015
 Jamaica 640274312
 El Salvador 6303131309
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6006225-230

July 16, 2000
El Salvador  2 - 5  Honduras
Montes  8'
Cienfuegos  89'
Report Caballero  12'
Turcios  37'
Pavón  42',  62'
Suazo  88'
Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Carlos Batres (GUA)

July 16, 2000
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  0 - 1  Jamaica
Report Lowe  23'
Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Noel Bynoe (TRI)

July 23, 2000
El Salvador  7 - 1  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Montes  19'
Castro  34'
Rivera  49',  60'
Arce  63',  83',  85'
Report Ballantyne  9'
Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Felipe De Jesus Ramos (MEX)

July 23, 2000
Jamaica  3 - 1  Honduras
Whitmore  27'
Lowe  69'
Burton  77'
Report Ramírez  2'
Independence Park, Kingston
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Timothy Weyland (USA)

August 16, 2000
Jamaica  1 - 0  El Salvador
Lowe  34' Report
Independence Park, Kingston
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Edgar Rangel Perez (Mexico)

August 16, 2000
Honduras  6 - 0  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Pavón  5',  86'
Ramírez  19',  59'
Guevara  27'
Bengoché  88'
Report
Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Jose Farias Martinez (CAN)

September 2, 2000
Honduras  5 - 0  El Salvador
Pavón  20',  43',  58'
Suazo  47'
Caballero  84'
Report
Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Fredy Burgos (GUA)

September 3, 2000
Jamaica  2 - 0  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Williams  45'
Lowe  50'
Report
Independence Park, Kingston
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (TRI)

October 8, 2000
Honduras  1 - 0  Jamaica
Turcios  90' Report
Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela (USA)

October 8, 2000
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  1 - 2  El Salvador
James  79' Report Sagastizaga  3'
Cubías  89'
Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Urvin Faneyte (ANT)

November 14, 2000
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  0 - 7  Honduras
Report Ramírez  26',  31'
Velasquez  46'
C. Santamaría  52'
L. Santamaría  77'
Caballero  85'
Bengoche  89'
Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Noel Egan (ATG)

November 15, 2000
El Salvador  2 - 0  Jamaica
Padilla  17'
Rodríguez  24' (p)
Report
Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca, San Salvador
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ali Saheli (USA)

Group 3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 6321143+1111
 Costa Rica 631296+310
 Guatemala 631296+310
 Barbados 6105320−173

Costa Rica and Guatemala finished level on points, goal differential, goals scored and head-to-head record. A play-off on neutral ground was played to determine who would advance to the Final Round.

July 16, 2000
Guatemala  1 - 1  United States
Ruíz  88' Report Razov  45'
Estadio Carlos Salazar Hijo, Mazatenango
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Armando Archundia (MEX)

July 16, 2000
Barbados  2 - 1  Costa Rica
Riley  49'
Forde  89'
Report Madrigal  48'
Barbados National Stadium, Bridgetown
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Mauricio Navarro (CAN)

July 22, 2000
Guatemala  2 - 0  Barbados
Ruíz  2'
García  83'
Report
Estadio Mario Camposeco, Quetzaltenango
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mike Seiffert (CAN)

July 23, 2000
Costa Rica  2 - 1  United States
Fonseca  10'
Medford  90' (pen.)
Report Stewart  66'
Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San José
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Peter Prendergast (JAM)

August 15, 2000
Costa Rica  2 - 1  Guatemala
Wanchope  33',  48' Report Pezzarossi  68'
Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Argelio Sabillon (HON)

August 16, 2000
United States  7 - 0  Barbados
Pope  14'
McBride  28'
Moore  45',  82'
O'Brien  46'
Ramos  72'
Stewart  74'
Report
Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough
Attendance: 18,334
Referee: Jose Pineda Fernandez (HON)

September 3, 2000
Costa Rica  3 - 0  Barbados
Soto  36'
Fonseca  41'
Medford  54'
Report
Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San José
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Eduardo Brizio (MEX)

September 3, 2000
United States  1 - 0  Guatemala
McBride  72' Report
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 51,996
Referee: Edgar Rangel (MEX)

October 8, 2000
Barbados  1 - 3  Guatemala
Riley  24' Report García  3'
Ruíz  10'
Acevedo  84'
Barbados National Stadium, Bridgetown
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo (MEX)

October 11, 2000
United States  0 - 0  Costa Rica
Report
Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus
Attendance: 24,430
Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (TRI)

November 15, 2000
Guatemala  2 - 1  Costa Rica
Ruíz  53',  87' Report Fonseca  71'
Estadio Carlos Salazar Hijo, Mazatenango
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo (MEX)

November 15, 2000
Barbados  0 - 4  United States
Report Mathis  63'
Stewart  73'
Jones  77'
Razov  90'
Barbados National Stadium, Bridgetown
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (TRI)

Play-off

January 6, 2001
Costa Rica  5 - 2  Guatemala
Wanchope  7'
Fonseca  43',  59'
Parks  58'
Soto  73'
Report Ruíz  4',  89' (pen.)
Miami Orange Bowl, Miami
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Rodolfo Alexander Sibrian (El Salvador)

Costa Rica qualified for the Final Round

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