Caribbean Cup
| Organiser(s) | CFU |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1989 |
| Abolished | 2017 |
| Region | Caribbean |
| Teams | 31 |
| Related competitions | CFU Championship Copa Centroamericana/Copa de Naciones UNCAF North American Nations Cup |
| Last champions | File:Flag of Curaçao.svg Curaçao (1st title) |
| Most championships | File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago (8 titles) |
| Website | www.caribbeancup.org |
The Caribbean Cup was an association football competition organized by CFU as its top regional tournament for men's senior national teams from the Caribbean. The tournament was held from 1989 to 2017, as the direct successor competition of the CFU Championship and also served as a qualification method for the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Trinidad and Tobago, eight-time champions, and Jamaica, six-time champions, were the most successful teams, winning a combined 14 titles of 18 editions. Martinique, Haiti, Cuba and Curaçao also won the tournament.
In 1990 on the day of the final, an insurrection in Trinidad and Tobago, the host nation, by the Jamaat al Muslimeen forced an abandonment of the tournament with only the final and 3rd place play-off game remaining. Also, the tournament was not held in 2000, 2002 and 2003.
The 2017 edition of the tournament was the 19th and final. The tournament was discontinued in favour of participation in the CONCACAF Nations League.[1]
Sponsors
[edit | edit source]Over the years, the tournament has been named after its respective sponsors. Shell had sponsored the competition since its inception in 1989.[2]
By February 1996, Jack Warner had announced a new sponsorship from sports apparel company Umbro for the 1996 Caribbean Cup.[3] The tournament was also co-sponsored by Umbro in 1997 before Shell re-attained sole-sponsorship for the 1998 event.
In October 1998, during the first and only year of sponsorship from the Asia Sport Group (now World Sport Group), the competition changed its name to Copa Caribe. CFU's chairman Jack Warner stated that the change was made to highlight the competition being a branch of the Copa de Oro.[4] Florida-based Inter/Forever (now Traffic Group) agreed a sponsorship deal to replace the Asia Sport Group agreement in January 1999.[5] The competition retained the title Copa Caribe for the 1999 and 2001 editions.
There was no competition held in 2003, instead teams focused on a group-stage only qualifying tournament.
Caribbean-based mobile phone company Digicel took over the sponsorship in 2004,[6] in June 2007 they agreed to sponsor the 2008 and 2010 events.[7] The 2012 and 2014 editions of the competition had no title sponsor, while the last tournament (in 2017) was sponsored by Scotiabank.[8]
Results
[edit | edit source]Participating teams
[edit | edit source]The 31 members of CFU participated on the tournament and qualification:
- File:Flag of Anguilla.svg Anguilla
- File:Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Antigua and Barbuda
- File:Flag of Aruba.svg Aruba
- File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas
- File:Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados
- File:Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda
- File:Flag of Bonaire.svg Bonaire
- File:Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg British Virgin Islands
- File:Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Cayman Islands
- File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
- File:Flag of Curaçao.svg Curaçao
- File:Flag of Dominica.svg Dominica
- File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic
- File:Flag of French Guiana.svg French Guiana
- File:Flag of Grenada.svg Grenada
- File:Flag of Guadeloupe (local).svg Guadeloupe
- File:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana
- File:Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti
- File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica
- File:Flag-of-Martinique.svg Martinique
- File:Flag of Montserrat.svg Montserrat
- File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico
- File:Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg Saint Kitts and Nevis
- File:Flag of Saint Lucia.svg Saint Lucia
- File:Flag of France.svg Saint Martin
- File:Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- File:Flag of Sint Maarten.svg Sint Maarten
- File:Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname
- File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago
- File:Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg Turks and Caicos Islands
- File:Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg U.S. Virgin Islands
Performances
[edit | edit source]- Notes
Italic — Hosts
Awards
[edit | edit source]Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ No third place playoff was played. Third place was awarded based on table standings.
- ^ Play was suspended when Jamaat al Muslimeen attempted a coup d'état of the government of Trinidad and Tobago. The tournament was abandoned altogether after Tropical storm Arthur forced the cancellation of the final round of games. Trinidad and Tobago were to meet Martinique in the final, and Jamaica and Barbados were to meet in the third place match.
- ^ The third place match was cancelled due to condition of field after the final was already played.
See also
[edit | edit source]- CFU
- UNCAF
- NAFU
- CFU Championship
- Copa Centroamericana/Copa de Naciones UNCAF
- North American Nations Cup
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Caribbean Football Union
- RSSSF archive
- CONCACAF's official site for the Caribbean Cup (in English and Spanish)
- Caribbean Cup
- International association football competitions in the Caribbean
- Men's international association football competitions in North America
- Defunct international association football competitions in North America
- Association football competitions in North America for men's national teams
- CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification
- 1989 establishments in North America
- 2017 disestablishments in North America
- Recurring sporting events established in 1989
- Recurring events disestablished in 2017