Copa América Centenario qualifying play-offs

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Main article: Copa América Centenario

The Copa América Centenario qualifying play-offs were the international football matches to determine the final two CONCACAF national teams that progressed as qualifiers to the Copa América Centenario final tournament.[1] The two play-off matches (Panama against Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago against Haiti) were held at the Estadio Rommel Fernández in Panama City, Panama on 8 January 2016.[2]

Background

Among the 16 teams participating in the Copa América Centenario, six of them are from CONCACAF. Four of the six CONCACAF representative teams have already qualified prior to the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup:

Team Zone Method of qualification
 United States NAFU Automatically qualified
 Mexico
 Costa Rica UNCAF 2014 Copa Centroamericana winner
 Jamaica CFU 2014 Caribbean Cup winner

The two remaining places were determined by a play-off system which itself was determined by the outcome of the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The system is as follows:[1]

  • If a team other than the four teams already qualified wins the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup, the Gold Cup winner will qualify for the Copa América Centenario, while the two highest-ranked teams outside of those already qualified for the Copa América Centenario from the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup will compete in a play-off.
  • If a team that has already qualified wins the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup, the four highest-ranked teams outside of those already qualified for the Copa América Centenario from the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup will compete in two play-offs, with the highest-ranked team facing the fourth highest-ranked team, and the second highest-ranked team facing the third highest-ranked team.

Since the winners of the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup (Mexico) have already qualified for the Copa América Centenario, a total of four teams will play in the qualifying play-offs.

2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament ranking

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Note: Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

Seeding

The four teams are seeded based on the Gold Cup results:

  1.  Panama
  2.  Trinidad and Tobago
  3.  Haiti
  4.  Cuba

The match-ups in the play-offs are:

  • Seed #2 vs Seed #3
  • Seed #1 vs Seed #4

It was reported that each tie would be played over two legs in October 2015.[3] However, on 29 October 2015 CONCACAF confirmed that the ties would be played as a single-match doubleheader hosted at the Estadio Rommel Fernández in Panama City, Panama on 8 January 2016, with Panama earning the hosting rights as the highest-seeded team.[2]

Matches

8 January 2016 (2016-01-08)
17:10 UTC−5
Trinidad and Tobago  0–1  Haiti
Report Belfort[notes 1] Goal 83'

Haiti qualified for the Copa América Centenario.

8 January 2016 (2016-01-08)
20:30 UTC−5
Panama  4–0  Cuba
Gómez Goal 4'
Tejada Goal 18' (pen.)
Cooper Goal 52'
Pérez Goal 89'		 Report
Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

Panama qualified for the Copa América Centenario.

Notes

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References

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External links

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  4. ↑ https://twitter.com/CONCACAF/status/685618680160497664


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