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Four teams are representing CONCACAF in the World Cup of Qatar 2022, three of them obtained their ticket directly, Canada, Mexico and the United States and the other one had to resort to an intercontinental playoff, Costa Rica, and despite one of the worst starts in the history of this great event, the numbers are clear and are in their favor.

The Central Americans started the tournament with a scandalous 7-0 defeat at the hands of the powerful Spanish national team, which put them as the main candidate to be the last place among the 32 teams attending Qatar 2022.

Costa Rica recovered from the worst possible start

However, this Sunday they pulled off a great surprise by defeating Japan by a score of 1-0, which placed them in third place in Group E equal with the Asians in points and one point behind the Iberians, surprisingly, the last place is held by Germany with only 1 point.

But the most impressive thing of all is that after all the CONCACAF teams have already played two of their three first round games, the Ticos are the only ones who have managed to win and only they and the United States can say that if they win their last game it is 100% certain that they will play in the round of 16.

What do CONCACAF teams need to do to qualify for the round of 16?

Costa Rica will face Germany in their last game of the first phase, while the USMNT will face Iran, the advantage that “La Sele” has against Team USA is that even a draw could give them qualification if Spain and Japan do not draw, while, if Gregg Berhalter’s team draws or loses, they are eliminated.

Mexico has 1 point and will be in its eighth consecutive World Cup in the round of 16 if they beat Saudi Arabia by four goals or with complicated combinations in the duel between Argentina and Poland, while Canada is mathematically eliminated after losing its first two games.

CONCACAF definitely did not have a good start to the Qatar 2022 World Cup, as for the first time since South Africa 2010, none of the representatives of this Confederation managed to get a victory in their first game during this tournament.

First, the United States gave up an early lead to draw with Wales in Group B, a day later, Mexico could not beat a rocky Poland and drew goalless in Group C, the next day the story was much worse, first Spain humiliated Costa Rica, who took the worst drubbing so far in this competition by losing 7-0 in Group E and finally Canada suffered terrible refereeing decisions to fall 1-0 against the powerful Belgium in Group F.

Odds of CONCACAF teams for winning their Group

Obviously, because they earned at least one point in their debut, the odds of winning their group are higher for the USMNT and Mexico than for Canada and Costa Rica, but if we look at the odds of winning their group, we can see which country has an easier path to the Round of 16.

If we take the parameter of winning their Group from Vegasinsider. com, Tata Martino‘s El Tri would be the most likely to advance for the eighth consecutive time to the round of 16, according to the aforementioned website, it pays +300 ($300 profit for every $100 bet), in the case of Gregg Berhalter‘s USMNT it is +600 ($600 profit for every $100 bet), Canada’s is +1,000 ($1,000 profit for every $100 bet) and Costa Rica’s is +1,500 ($1,500 profit for every $100 bet).

Odds of CONCACAF teams for advancing to the quarterfinals

However, if we take another parameter as the odd to reach at least the quarterfinals, in this case the United States occupies the first place at Draftkings Sportsbook with +450 ($450 profit per $100 wagered), Mexico is second with +500 ($500 profit per $100 wagered), Canada remains in third place with +1,200 ($1,200 profit per $100 wagered) and Costa Rica is not only the last place of CONCACAF, it is the last place of the 32 national teams of the World Cup with a +8,000 ($8,000 profit per $100 wagered).