2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification (CFU–UNCAF play-off)
The 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification (CFU–UNCAF play-off) was a home-and-away two-legged qualification play-off that took place on the 25th and 29th of March 2015 to determine the final team that qualified for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[1] In March 2014, CONCACAF Vice-President Horace Burrell announced that the fifth-placed teams from the 2014 Caribbean Cup and 2014 Copa Centroamericana would meet in the play-off.[1]
| Event | 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification | ||||||
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| First leg | |||||||
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| Date | March 25, 2015 | ||||||
| Venue | Stade Municipal Dr. Edmard Lama, Cayenne | ||||||
| Referee | César Ramos (Mexico) | ||||||
| Second leg | |||||||
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| Date | March 29, 2015 | ||||||
| Venue | Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula | ||||||
| Referee | Mark Geiger (United States) | ||||||
Overview
The Caribbean Football Union (CFU) representative, French Guiana, met the Central American Football Union (UNCAF) representative, Honduras, in the play-off.
The CONCACAF-published Free Kick magazine confirmed that there would be two legs to the competition.[2]
The games took place on 25 and 29 March 2015 during the only international window on the FIFA International Match Calendar that occurred after the completion of the 2014 Caribbean Cup and before the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup is scheduled to begin.[3] The games were originally scheduled to take place in January 2015.[4]
Qualified teams
| Zone | Placement | Team |
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| CFU | 2014 Caribbean Cup fifth place |  |
| UNCAF | 2014 Copa Centroamericana fifth place |  |
Matches
First leg
Second leg
| Honduras | 3–0 | |
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Najar  Lozano |
Report |
Honduras won 4–3 on aggregate and qualified for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
References
- Williams, Sean (18 March 2014). "Jamaica to host 2014 Caribbean Cup". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- CONCACAF Free Kick. CONCACAF.com. June–July 2014. p. 7.
- "Listo rival de Honduras en repechaje para la Copa Oro 2015" (in Spanish). elheraldo.hn. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- "Honduras defined date and time for playoff against French Guyana". uncaf.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
External links
- CONCACAF Gold Cup, CONCACAF.com