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CONCACAF draw confirms positions and match-ups for the Final Round of World Cup Qualifying

The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) and FIFA executed today the official draw for the Final Round of CONCACAF Qualifying for the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018, at CONCACAF headquarters on Miami Beach.

Friday morning’s draw determined the schedule of matches for the six-team, round-robin qualifying round known as the “Hexagonal.”

The schedule was drawn according to the final positions of each team in each of the three, four-team semifinal groups, which will be determined after the semi-final round is completed in September. The top two teams from each semifinal group advance to the Final round, and will play each other in the order determined by the draw, according to the place each team finishes in its group.