Concacaf on Monday unveiled a 3-round qualifying format for the next World Cup, to be held in Qatar from November 21-December 18, 2022. Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, there have been some changes, including a 8-team final round instead of 6 teams as in recent cycles.
Round 1 begins in October, where teams ranked 6th-35th in the confederation rankings as of July 15 will be split up into 6 pre-seeded groups of 5, with El Salvador, Canada, Curaçao, Panama, Haiti, and Trinidad and Tobago the top seeds in groups A-F, respectively, by virtue of their rankings within Concacaf.