NEW YORK CITY, CMC – Three Caribbean Football Union women’s national teams can now chart their course for a place in the 2011 Women’s World Cup in Germany.
Guyana, Haiti, and Trinidad & Tobago now have their schedule for the final round of CONCACAF qualification to be staged in the Mexican cities of Playa del Carmen and Cancun from October 28 to November 8.
Two teams will qualify directly for next year’s World Cup, and another will advance to a playoff against Europe’s fifth-best for a place.
The eight teams for the final round of CONCACAF qualifiers have been divided into two groups, with Canada, Mexico, T&T, and Guyana forming Group-A, and the United States, Costa Rica, Haiti, and Guatemala comprising Group-B.
The Haitians will feature on the opening day, when they tackle the United States on October 28 in the second match of a double-header.
The following day, Trinidad & Tobago face Canada in the first match of another double-header, and Guyana meet Mexico in the second.
Group matches continue until November 2 before the semi-finals are contested on November 5, and the Finals on November 8.
This will only be the second time the final round of CONCACAF women’s qualifiers has been staged outside of the United States or Canada, and first since the inaugural event in Haiti in 1991.
Final round of CONCACAF Women’s World Cup qualifying
All Times East Caribbean
First Round
Group A: Canada, Mexico, Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana
Group B: United States, Costa Rica, Haiti, Guatemala
Thursday, October 28
At Playa del Carmen
Costa Rica vs. Guatemala, 6 p.m.
United States vs. Haiti, 8:30 p.m.
Friday, October 29
At Cancun
Trinidad & Tobago vs. Canada, 6 p.m.
Mexico vs. Guyana, 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 30
At Playa del Carmen
Haiti vs. Costa Rica, 6 p.m.
United States vs. Guatemala, 8:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 31
At Cancun
Canada vs. Guyana, 7 p.m.
Mexico vs. Trinidad & Tobago, 9:30 p.m.
Monday, November 1
At Playa del Carmen
Guatemala vs. Haiti, 7 p.m.
United States vs. Costa Rica, 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday, November 2
At Cancun
Guyana vs. Trinidad & Tobago, 7 p.m.
Mexico vs. Canada, 9:30 p.m.
Semi-final
Friday, November 5
At Cancun
Group A winner vs. Group B runner-up, 7 p.m.
Group B winner vs. Group A runner-up, 10 p.m.
Finals
Monday, November 8
At Cancun
Third-Place
Semifinal losers, 6 p.m.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Semifinal winners, 9 p.m.
