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The North, Central American and Caribbean section of the  acts as qualifiers for the, to be held in Russia, for national teams which are members of the (CONCACAF). A total of 3.5 slots (3 direct slots and 1 inter-confederation play-off slot) in the final tournament are available for CONCACAF teams.

Format
The qualification structure is as follows:
 * First round: A total of 14 teams (teams ranked 22–35) played home-and-away over two legs. The seven winners advanced to the second round.
 * Second round: A total of 20 teams (teams ranked 9–21 and seven first round winners) played home-and-away over two legs. The ten winners advanced to the third round.
 * Third round: A total of 12 teams (teams ranked 7–8 and ten second round winners) played home-and-away over two legs. The six winners advanced to the fourth round.
 * Fourth round: A total of 12 teams (teams ranked 1–6 and six third round winners) were divided into three groups of four teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The top two teams of each group advanced to the fifth round.
 * Fifth round: The six teams which advance from the fourth round will play home-and-away round-robin matches in one single group (often referred to as the "Hexagonal"). The top three teams will qualify for the, and the fourth-placed team will advance to the.

First round
The first legs were played on 22–27 March, and the second legs were played on 26–31 March 2015. Notes: Scores are on aggregates, as matches played by home and away (two legs).
 * Bahamas 0-8 Bermuda
 * British Virgin Islands 2-3 Dominica
 * Barbados 4-1 U.S. Virgin Islands
 * Saint Kitts and Nevis 12-4 Turks and Caicos Islands
 * Nicaragua 8-0 Anguilla
 * Belize 1-1 Cayman Islands (Belize won on away goal)
 * Curaçao 4-3 Montserrat

Second round
The first legs were played on 7, 10–12 June, and the second legs were played on 14–16 June 2015.

Notes: Scores are on aggregates, as matches played by home and away (two legs).
 * Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4-4 Guyana (St. Vincent won on away goals)
 * Antigua and Barbuda 5-4 Saint Lucia
 * Puerto Rico 1-2 Grenada
 * Dominica 0-6 Canada
 * Dominican Republic 1-5 Belize
 * Guatemala 1-0 Bermuda
 * Aruba 3-2 Barbados
 * Saint Kitts and Nevis 3-6 El Salvador
 * Curaçao 1-1 Cuba (Curaçao won on away goals)
 * Nicaragua 4-1 Suriname

Third round
The third round was played from 4 to 8 September 2015. The first legs were played on 4 September, and the second legs were played on 8 September 2015.

Fourth round
Fourth round was played from 13 November 2015 to 6 September 2016.

Fifth round
The fifth round (also known as the Hexagonal or Hex) is played from 11 November 2016 to 10 October 2017.

Updated to match(es) played on 13 June 2017.