2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Caribbean Zone

2002 FIFA World Cup qualification - CONCACAF Caribbean Zone

The CONCACAF Caribbean Zone of 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification was contested between 24 CONCACAF members located in the Caribbean area.

The 24 teams were divided into three groups of eight teams each. The teams would play in a knockout tournament, with matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the semi-final round. The runners-up would advance to the play-offs.

Group 1

First round Second round Third round
            
 Cuba 4 0 4
 Cayman Islands 0 0 0
 Cuba 1 0 1
 Suriname 0 0 0
 Saint Lucia 1 0 1 (1)
 Suriname (p) 0 1 1 (3)
 Cuba 1 1 2 (4)
 Barbados (p) 1 1 2 (5)
 Aruba 4 2 6
 Puerto Rico 2 2 4
 Aruba 1 0 1
 Barbados 3 4 7
 Barbados (a.e.t.) 2 3 5
 Grenada 2 2 4

First round

Cuba 4–0 Cayman Islands
Report
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Hughil Thompson (Jamaica)
Cayman Islands 0–0 Cuba
Report
Attendance: 800
Referee: Ibrahim Brohim (Dominica)

Cuba won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.


Saint Lucia 1–0 Suriname
Regis 46' Report
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Noel Egan (Antigua and Barbuda)


Suriname 1–0 (a.e.t.) Saint Lucia
Doesburg 80' Report
Penalties
3–1
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Harlem Villar (Aruba)

1–1 on aggregate. Suriname won 3–1 on penalties and advanced to the second round.


Aruba 4–2 Puerto Rico
  • Gross 47'
  • Filomina 54', 70'
  • Mackay 85'
Report
Attendance: 800
Referee: Roger Gurley (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
Puerto Rico 2–2 Aruba
Report
  • Mackay 37'
  • Kross 43'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Urvin Faneijte (Netherlands Antilles)

Aruba won 6–4 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.


Barbados 2–2 Grenada
Alexander 31', 47' Report Modeste 75', 77'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Franklyn Dorset (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Grenada 2–3 (a.e.t.) Barbados
Report

Barbados won 5–4 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Second round

Aruba 1–3 Barbados
Gross 89' Report
  • Riley 2'
  • Alexander 22', 85'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Timothy Hazelwood (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
Barbados 4–0 Aruba
Report

Barbados won 7–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.


Cuba 1–0 Suriname
Hernández 19' Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)
Suriname 0–0 Cuba
Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Wilson Saint-Claire (Haiti)

Cuba won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Third round

Cuba 1–1 Barbados
More 45' Report Riley 16'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Richard Samuel (Dominican Republic)
Barbados 1–1 (a.e.t.) Cuba
Cruzata 74' (o.g.) Report More 73'
Penalties
5–4
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Noel Bynoe (Trinidad and Tobago)

2–2 on aggregate. Barbados won 5–4 on penalties and advanced to the semi-finals. Cuba advanced to the play-offs.

Group 2

First round Second round Third round
            
 Antigua and Barbuda (w/o)
 Guyana
 Antigua and Barbuda (a) 0 1 1
 Bermuda 0 1 1
 British Virgin Islands 1 0 1
 Bermuda 5 9 14
 Antigua and Barbuda 2 0 2
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 4 5
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9 5 14
 U.S. Virgin Islands 0 1 1
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 2 3
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 1 1
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8 6 14
 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 0 0

First round

Guyana were suspended by FIFA, thus Antigua and Barbuda obtained a bye to the second round.


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9–0 U.S. Virgin Islands
  • Jack 6', 15', 48'
  • Guy 18', 20', 31'
  • Chewitt 74', 86'
  • Gonsalves 81'
Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Floyd Alexander (Saint Lucia)
U.S. Virgin Islands 1–5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Santos 72' Report
  • Gonsalves 7'
  • Chewitt 15', 35', 51', 89'
Attendance: 425
Referee: Mark Forde (Barbados)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines won 14–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.


Saint Kitts and Nevis 8–0 Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Saddler 22', 53' (pen.), 66'
  • Isaac 29'
  • Francis 47'
  • Crawford 50'
  • Gumbs 75'
  • Smith 86'
Report
Attendance: 853
Referee: Leroy Bryan (Anguilla)
Turks and Caicos Islands 0–6 Saint Kitts and Nevis
Report
  • Huggins 20', 62'
  • Gumbs 30' (pen.)
  • Isaac 58'
  • Francis 69'
  • Smith 73'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ian Phillips (Cayman Islands)

Saint Kitts and Nevis won 14–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.


British Virgin Islands 1–5 Bermuda
Williams 61' Report
Attendance: 450
Referee: Caudel McNabb (Bahamas)
Bermuda 9–0 British Virgin Islands
Report
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Rosnick Grant (Haiti)

Bermuda won 14–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Second round

Antigua and Barbuda 0–0 Bermuda
Report
Attendance: 1,040
Referee: Martin Charles (Dominica)
Bermuda 1–1 Antigua and Barbuda
Burgess 60' Report Grayson 74'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Alexander Williams (Saint Lucia)

1–1 on aggregate. Antigua and Barbuda advanced to the third round on away goals.


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1–0 Saint Kitts and Nevis
James 82' Report
Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Noel Egan (Antigua and Barbuda)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 1–2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Gumbs 65' Report
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Noel Bynoe (Trinidad and Tobago)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Third round

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4–0 Antigua and Barbuda
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mark Forde (Barbados)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals. Antigua and Barbuda advanced to the play-offs.

Group 3

First round Second round Third round
            
 Trinidad and Tobago 5 1 6
 Netherlands Antilles 0 1 1
 Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 4
 Dominican Republic 0 0 0
 Dominican Republic 3 3 6
 Montserrat 0 1 1
 Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 4
 Haiti 1 1 2
 Haiti 4 3 7
 Dominica 0 1 1
 Haiti 9 4 13
 Bahamas 0 0 0
 Anguilla 1 1 2
 Bahamas 3 2 5

First round

Trinidad and Tobago 5–0 Netherlands Antilles
Report
Attendance: 12,435
Referee: Argelio Sabillon (Honduras)
Netherlands Antilles 1–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Martina 41' Report Andrews 90+2'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

Trinidad and Tobago won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.


Dominican Republic 3–0 Montserrat
  • Zapata 31'
  • Pérez 38'
  • Reyes 44'
Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Luis Yero (Cuba)
Montserrat 1–3 Dominican Republic
  • Dyer 83'
Report
  • Sanchez 43'
  • Gregorio 66'
  • Zapata 76'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Lazaro Rojas (Cuba)

Dominican Republic won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.


Haiti 4–0 Dominica
Report
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Samuel Richard (Dominican Republic)
Dominica 1–3 Haiti
  • Peters 6'
Report
Windsor Park, Roseau
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Lenfort Levy (Puerto Rico)

Haiti won 7–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.


Anguilla 1–3 Bahamas
  • Hughes 69' (pen.)
Report
  • Haven 12'
  • Moussis 29'
  • Davies 32'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Stuart Crockwell (Bermuda)
Bahamas 2–1 Anguilla
Report
Attendance: 330
Referee: Valman Bedeau (Grenada)

Bahamas won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Second round

Haiti 9–0 Bahamas
Report
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Nery Alfaro (El Salvador)
Bahamas 0–4 Haiti
Report
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Mark Forde (Barbados)

Haiti won 13–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.


Trinidad and Tobago 3–0 Dominican Republic
Report
Attendance: 6,180
Referee: Stuart Crockwell (Bermuda)
Dominican Republic 0–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Report Pierre 72'

Trinidad and Tobago won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Third round

Trinidad and Tobago 3–1 Haiti
Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)
Haiti 1–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Gilberto Alcala (Mexico)

Trinidad and Tobago won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals. Haiti advanced to the play-offs.

Goalscorers

There were 147 goals scored in 40 matches, for an average of 3.67 goals per match.

10 goals

6 goals

  • Barbados Jerry Alexander
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines James Chewitt

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Antigua and Barbuda Phillip Skeal (against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
  • Aruba Carlos Geerman (against Puerto Rico)
  • Barbados Kirk Babb (against Greneda)
  • Cuba Alexander Cruzata (against Barbados)

External links

  • FIFA official page
  • RSSSF - 2002 World Cup Qualification
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