30 entrants: three qualify

Caribbean Zone

First-Round Pairings

Series A — Aruba vs. Dominican Republic

Series B — Guyana vs. Grenada

Series C — Bahamas vs. St. Kitts & Nevis

Series D — Dominica vs. Antigua

Second-Round Pairings

Bermuda vs. Trinidad & Tobago

Puerto Rico vs. St. Vincent & Grenadines

Cayman Islands vs. Cuba

Series B winner vs. St. Lucia

Series C winner vs. Haiti

Surinam vs. Jamaica

Series D winner vs. Barbados

Series A winner vs. Netherlands Antilles

Third Round

The eight winners from the second round will be paired for home and away matches to reduce the Caribbean group to four nationa.

Central American Zone

First Round

Two leg playoff, home team for opening leg listed first.

Nicaragua vs. Guatemala Belize vs. Panama

Semifinals

Group 1 — Caribbean D, Costa Rica, United States, Nicaragua-Guatemala winner

Group 2 — Canada, Caribbean A, El Salvador, Panama-Belize winner

Group 3 — Caribbean B, Caribbean C, Honduras, Mexico.

The top two teams in each semifinal group advance to the final group of six teams, which will play home and away matches against each other. The top three teams qualify for France ’98.