MIAMI — The governing physique for North and Central American and Caribbean soccer says it should have six computerized qualifying spots within the 2030 World Cup and a seventh can be accessible as a part of an intercontinental playoff.
FIFA mentioned later Friday it has not introduced every confederation’s allocation of berths. The president of the South American confederation CONMEBOL has proposed increasing the match but once more to 64 nations.
– Infantino favors lifting FIFA’s ban on Russia
– Poch: WC ticket costs nothing to do with USMNT
– Spain will host ’30 World Cup remaining, federation says
Concacaf mentioned Friday that qualifying will begin in September 2027 with its groups ranked 14th by thirty fifth enjoying a home-and-home, total-goals first spherical.
The 11 winners will advance to the second spherical together with its high 13-ranked nations. The 24 groups can be break up into six four-team teams and every nation will play six matches, in October and November 2027, and March 2028.
The highest two groups in every group advance to a 12-nation remaining spherical, to be performed in June 2028, and September and October 2029. There can be three final-round teams, and every nation will play six matches. The highest two groups in every group will qualify for a 2030 World Cup that can be primarily in Spain, Portugal and Morocco, with one sport every in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.
The highest two third-place groups advance to a Concacaf home-and-home, total-goals playoff in November 2029. The winner will advance to FIFA’s intercontinental playoffs.
Beneath the format, the U.S. and Mexico doubtless wouldn’t meet in qualifying.
With the enlargement of the World Cup from 32 groups in 2022 to 48 this yr, Concacaf doubled its computerized berths to 6. United States, Mexico and Canada acquired computerized spots as co-hosts, Curaçao, Haiti and Panama earned berths in qualifying.
Jamaica has an opportunity to earn a seventh berth subsequent month in playoffs with New Caledonia and Congo.
Concacaf additionally mentioned its 2027 Nations League semifinals and remaining can be at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
