the final tournament was held in the united states from 15 to 26 october 2014, and the final group draw took place on 5 september. the united states and mexico received byes to the tournament's final round, where they were joined by costa rica and guatemala from central america and by haiti, jamaica, martinique, and trinidad and tobago from the caribbean zone. both finalists and the third placed team qualified automatically to the 2015 women's world cup. the fourth placed team advanced to play the third placed team from conmebol for an additional world cup berth. it was announced during the final draw on 5 september that martinique was not able to advance beyond the group round, and that the next best team would have taken their place in the semifinals if they finished in the top two in their group.