The third round of CONCACAF matches for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, nicknamed the Octagonal (for the eight teams participating),[1] was played from September 2021 to March 2022.
[3][4] The match was seen by 2.1 million viewers in the United States on the day of its original broadcast, becoming Telemundo's most-watched sporting event since the 2019 Copa América final.
[11] The top five teams based on the FIFA rankings of July 2020 (shown in parentheses) received a bye to the third round.
[13] Teams were drawn from a single pot, and then were allocated a position (from 1 to 8) to determine the match schedule.
6 goals5 goals4 goals3 goals2 goals1 goal1 own goalCONCACAF announced the following squad as the best eleven of the third round of qualifying after the conclusion of the campaign.