In a stunner, Bahamas have withdrawn from FIFA World Cup qualifying for Brasil 2014 despite having advanced to the CONCACAF Second Round after a 10-0 aggregate defeat of Turks and Caicos. They will not be replaced in their group, leaving CONCACAF Group C with just three teams: Panama, Dominica, and Nicaragua. Only the winner of the group advances to round three. Bahamas were the fourth seed in the group.Bahamas withdrew due to the unavailability of their national team stadium for the next qualifying stage due to construction delays and the high costs of having to play six games away from home instead of just three.
Panama now have open dates on 2 September 2011 and 7 October 2011. Dominica have open dates on 6 September 2011 and 11 October 2011. Nicaragua now finish their slate of matches on matchday 4 and have open dates on the final 2 matchdays for the CONCACAF Second Round, 11 November 2011 and 15 November 2011.
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