The 2017 Caribbean Club Championship was the 19th edition of the Caribbean Club Championship (also known as the CFU Club Championship), the annual international club football competition in the Caribbean region, held amongst clubs whose football associations are affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), a sub-confederation of CONCACAF.
| 2017 CFU Club Championship | |
|---|---|
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| Tournament details | |
| Dates | 22 February – 21 May 2017 |
| Teams | 21 (from 12 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Cibao (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  San Juan Jabloteh |
| Third place |  Portmore United |
| Fourth place | Central |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 38 |
| Goals scored | 164 (4.32 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Babalito Tevaughn Harriette(7 goals each) |
The top four teams qualified for next season's CONCACAF club competitions, an increase from the previous three following the expansion of the CONCACAF club competition platform.[1] The champions qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League tournament proper, while the second through fourth place teams qualified for the new Champions League qualifying tournament, the CONCACAF League.
Cibao won the tournament by defeating San Juan Jabloteh in the final, becoming the first team from the Dominican Republic to be crowned Caribbean club champions and the first to qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League. Runners-up San Juan Jabloteh, together with third place Portmore United and fourth place Central, who were the two-time defending champions, qualified for the first edition of the CONCACAF League.
Teams
editThe tournament was open to all league champions and runners-up from each of the 31 CFU member associations, once their competition ended by the end of 2016.
A total of 21 teams from 12 CFU associations entered the competition.[2] This is the first CFU Club Championship to feature a team from Sint Maarten, and the first since 2004 to feature a team from Montserrat.
The defending champions Central received a bye to the final round (to make room in the first round for Puerto Rico FC, who were left out of the original draw), while the other 20 teams entered the first round.[2]
- Notes
- ^ Haiti (HAI): FICA, champions of the 2016 Ligue Haïtienne Série de Clôture, did not enter the tournament. So Don Bosco, champions of the 2015 Ligue Haïtienne Série d'Ouverture, were selected instead, having participated in the 2016 CFU Club Championship and qualified for the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League.[3]
- ^ Puerto Rico (PUR): Puerto Rico's first division, the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Puerto Rico (LNF), was not played in 2016. A new domestic cup tournament, the Copa Luis Villarejo, was inaugurated and involved teams from the LNF, the second tier Puerto Rico Soccer League (PRSL), as well as Puerto Rico FC of the North American Soccer League (NASL), a second tier league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation. The champions and runners-up of this tournament were to be eligible to enter the CFU Club Championship.[4][5] The champions Puerto Rico FC announced that they would enter the CFU Club Championship, but the runners-up Criollos de Caguas (a top tier club) announced that they would not enter the CFU Club Championship, citing financial difficulties. The Puerto Rican Football Federation stated that only champions Puerto Rico FC would enter, but added that they had requested permission from CONCACAF to allow semi-finalist Metropolitan FA (a second tier club) to replace Criollos de Caguas,[6] but this eventually did not happen. However, in the original draw announced on 16 January 2017, Puerto Rico FC were left out. Puerto Rico FC President Tom Payne tweeted that his team should have been involved in the draw and that a mistake had been made between the Puerto Rican Football Federation, Caribbean Football Union and CONCACAF.[7] They were admitted to the competition on 26 January, taking defending champion Central's place as Group D hosts, while Central were given a bye to the final round.
- ^ Sint Maarten (SXM): No domestic league competition was completed in 2016 in Sint Maarten, so they were represented by Flames United, champions of the 2015 Sint Maarten League.[8]
- Associations which did not enter a team
Schedule
editThe original groups and schedule were announced by CFU and CONCACAF on 16 January 2017,[9][10][11] with the revised groups and schedule after the admission of Puerto Rico FC announced on 26 January 2017.[2]
| Round | Dates | |
|---|---|---|
| First round | Group A | 22–26 February 2017 |
| Groups B & C | 1–5 March 2017 | |
| Groups D | 14–18 March 2017 | |
| Groups E | 8–12 March 2017 | |
| Final round | 14–21 May 2017 | |
First round
editIn the first round, the 20 teams were divided into five groups of four teams. Each group was played on a round-robin basis, hosted by one of the teams at a centralized venue. The winners of each group advanced to the final round to join the defending champions Central.[2]
Group A
editHost venue: Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda (all times UTC−4)[12]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 | Final round | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 |
(H) Hosts
| Racing des Gonaïves | 2–2 | |
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| Hoppers | 2–1 | |
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| Hoppers | 0–2 | |
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Group B
editHost venue: Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti (all times UTC−5)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | +17 | 7 | Final round | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 37 | −37 | 0 |
(H) Hosts
Group C
editHost venue: Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay, Jamaica (all times UTC−5)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 | Final round | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 |
(H) Hosts
| Montego Bay United | 2–3 | |
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| Grenades | 2–2 | |
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Group D
editHost venue: Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, Bayamón, Puerto Rico (all times UTC−4)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 | Final round | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 |
(H) Hosts
| Scholars International | 0–2 | |
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| Puerto Rico FC | 0–1 | |
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| Portmore United | 6–1 | |
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Group E
editHost venue: Victoria Park, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (all times UTC−4)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 9 | Final round | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 26 | −24 | 0 |
(H) Hosts
| System 3 | 0–4 | |
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| San Juan Jabloteh | 4–1 | |
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Final round
editIn the final round, the six teams (the defending champions Central, which received a bye to the final round, and the five group winners from the first round) were drawn into two groups of three teams (initially the final round was to be played in one group).[13] Each group was played on a round-robin basis. The winners of each group advanced to the final, while the runners-up advanced to the third place match.[14][15]
The draw of the final round was held on 29 March 2017. Central, as the hosts of the final round, and San Juan Jabloteh, as the best performing team in the first round, were seeded into Groups A and B respectively.[16]
The champions qualified for the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League, while the teams finishing second through fourth qualified for the 2017 CONCACAF League.[1]
Host venue: Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (all times UTC−4)
Group A
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Final | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | Third place match and 2017 CONCACAF League | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 |
(H) Hosts
Group B
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Final | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Third place match and 2017 CONCACAF League | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 |
(H) Hosts
| San Juan Jabloteh | 2–0 | |
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| San Juan Jabloteh | 2–2 | |
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Third place match
editFinal
editWinners qualified for 2018 CONCACAF Champions League. Runners-up qualified for 2017 CONCACAF League.
| Cibao | 1–0 | |
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Top goalscorers
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "CONCACAF expands club competition field, implements new Champions League format". CONCACAF. 23 January 2017. Archived from the original on Mar 3, 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Puerto Rico FC added to Caribbean Club Championship field". CONCACAF. 26 January 2017. Archived from the original on 26 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ^ "Don Bosco reçoit en Haïti, Racing FC se rend à Antiguaet- Barbuda". Le National. 15 January 2017. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ^ "Cerca el cierre de inscripciones para la Copa Luis Villarejo" (in Spanish). Federación Puertorriqueña de Fútbol. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ Edwin R. Jusino (6 October 2016). "Puerto Rico FC entre los 8 que disputarán Copa Luis Villarejo" (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ Edwin R. Jusino (23 December 2016). "En espera de CONCACAF participación segundo equipo de Puerto Rico" (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ Tom Payne [@PRFCPres] (15 January 2017). "Re cfu, we r very aware of draw. Working w fpf to figure out this mess. We did what we had to do. Now up 2 fpf, cfu, concacaf to sort & fast" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Flames United to represent at CFU Club championship". The Daily Herald. 7 March 2017. Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ "2017 Caribbean Club Championship schedule and groups". Caribbean Football Union. 16 January 2017. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ^ "2017 Caribbean Club Championship teams, groups & schedule announced". CONCACAF. 16 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-01-17. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
- ^ "Caribbean Club Championship 2017 Schedule" (PDF). CONCACAF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
- ^ "Caribbean Club Championship kicks off in Antigua and Barbuda". Caribbean Football Union. 23 February 2017. Archived from the original on 24 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "The Road to the Champions League Begins on Tuesday: How PRFC will Qualify". Puerto Rico FC. 11 March 2017. Archived from the original on Jun 26, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Draw Determines Matchups for the Finals of the Caribbean Club Competition 2017". CONCACAF. 29 March 2017. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ "Groups Set for Caribbean Club Competition 2017 Finals". Caribbean Football Union. 31 March 2017. Archived from the original on 3 April 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
- ^ "Official Draw: Final Stage of the Caribbean Club Championship 2017". CONCACAF. 29 March 2017. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ "Cibao edge Jabloteh to take Caribbean crown and Concacaf Champions League place". TT Pro League. 22 May 2017. Archived from the original on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
External links
edit- CFU Club Championship, CFUfootball.org