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The North, Central America and Caribbean Zone will contest play-off matches in June 2011 in order to reduce the number of teams included in the Preliminary Draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ in Rio de Janeiro on 30 July 2011.

The region’s ten lowest ranked teams according to March’s FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking were paired against each other to produce a series of five play-off matches which will be played on a two-legged, home and away basis.

Montserrat-Belize
Anguilla-Dominican Republic
US Virgin Islands-British Virgin Islands
Aruba-St. Lucia
Bahamas-Turks and Caicos Islands

The winners of these fixtures will join the remaining 25 higher-ranked teams from the region in the Preliminary Draw.

The two legs are scheduled for June and July.

The teams taking part in this extra preliminary round of fixtures and their rank in the region according to March’s FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking are as follows:

26. Belize
27. Dominican Republic
28. British Virgin Islands
29. St. Lucia
30. Turks and Caicos Islands
31. Bahamas
32. Aruba
33. US Virgin Islands
34. Anguilla
35. Montserrat

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Viciao81 (USA)

05/07/2011 at 23:14

I hope that the D.R does well, so that the good outcome helps to bring more Dominican followers to Football.

dieivi8 (Canada)

18/06/2011 at 20:32

Yeah!CONCACAF gets the World Cup ball rolling and the world feels the excitment!!Yeah CONCACAF!iT'S A GREAT NEIGHBOURHOOD!We get no respect but there are numerous local rivalries and Mexico is everybody's rival.And a great rival to have.Hey!The Gold Cup Quarter-finals go today!C'mon CONCACAF!!!

2701Ghana_go (USA)

17/06/2011 at 06:09

My predictions for the first round winners are Belize, Dominican Republic, US Virgin Islands, St. Lucia and Turks and Caicos Islands.