Pot 1 (Four highest-ranked teams): Mexico, USA, Costa Rica, Canada.
Pot 2 (Four next best-ranked teams): Panama, Haiti, Jamaica, Guatemala.
Pot 3 (Four lowest-ranked teams): Honduras, El Salvador, Cuba, Nicaragua.
Pot 4: Qatar, *Winner Prelims 7, *Winner Prelims 8, and *Winner Prelims 9.
Draw: April 14, noon PT (3 p.m. ET) at SoFi Stadium, in Inglewood, California.
*Twelve teams will compete in preliminaries to take place June 16-20.

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