2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Cup

2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Cup

Tournament details
Dates	23 August – 7 December
Teams	10 (from 5 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Robinhood (1st title)
Runners-up	Cavalier
Third place	Moca
Fourth place	Harbour View
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
Goals scored	69 (2.46 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Shaniel Thomas (8 goals)
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The 2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Cup was the first edition of the CONCACAF Caribbean Cup, the first-tier annual international club football competition in the Caribbean region. It was contested by clubs whose football associations are affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), a sub-confederation of CONCACAF.

The winners of the 2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Cup qualified to the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16, and the second and third place teams qualified to Round One. ^{[1] [2]}

Teams

Cibao

Moca

Atlético Pantoja

Kingston

Dunbeholden

Golden Lion

Robinhood

AC Port of Spain

Defence Force

Kingston teams
Cavalier
Harbour View

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Location of teams of the 2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Cup

Ten teams from five CFU member associations qualified for the tournament. Eight teams from three nations qualified based on results from their domestic leagues and the remaining two teams qualified from the 2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Shield. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Originally, Haiti had two berths reserved for its teams in the tournament. ^[5] However, the CONCACAF Council decided that Haitian clubs were not able to qualify and participate in the tournament as their domestic league is inactive since May 2021 due to the ongoing Haitian crisis. ^{[6] [7]} As a result, the two Haitian berths were awarded one to Dominican Republic and one to Jamaica based on the performance of their clubs in the past five editions of the defunct Caribbean Club Championship. ^[2]

The entry berths were as follows:

• CONCACAF Caribbean Shield: 2 berths (champions and runners-up)
• Dominican Republic and Jamaica: 3 Berths
• Trinidad and Tobago: 2 berths

Association	Team	Qualification method
Dominican Republic (3 berths)	Cibao	2022 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol champions
	Atlético Pantoja	2022 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol runners-up
	Moca	2022 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol non-finalists with best aggregate record in regular season and Liguilla
Jamaica (3 berths)	Harbour View	2022 National Premier League champions
	Dunbeholden	2022 National Premier League runners-up
	Cavalier	2022 National Premier League third place
Martinique (0+1 berth)	Golden Lion	2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Shield runners-up
Suriname (0+1 berth)	Robinhood	2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Shield champions
Trinidad and Tobago (2 berths)	Port of Spain	2023 TT Premier Football League first placed team as 2 June 2023 [Note TRI]
	Defence Force	2023 TT Premier Football League second placed team as 2 June 2023 [Note TRI]

Notes

1. ^
   Trinidad and Tobago (TRI): 2023 TT Premier Football League ends on 17 June 2023. Since CONCACAF announced Trinidadian teams will be confirmed on 28 May the top 2 placed teams as 2 June 2023 are qualified to the competition. ^[8]

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 8 June 2023 at 17:00 EDT (UTC−4) in Miami, Florida, United States. The 10 involved teams were previously seeded into five pots of two teams each based on their CONCACAF Club Ranking as of 28 May 2023, ^{[9] [10]} except for the teams in pot 5, which was reserved for the champions and runners-up of the 2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Shield.

Pot	Team	Rank	Pts
1	Cibao	87	1,056
	Defence Force	105	1,029
2	Cavalier	108	1,025
	Atlético Pantoja	114	1,020
3	Moca	119	1,016
	Harbour View	130	1,006
4	Dunbeholden	131	1,006
	Port of Spain	159	946
5	Robinhood [CCS]	—
	Golden Lion [CCS]	—

Notes

1. ^
   ^CCS The identity of the champions (Robinhood) and runners-up (Golden Lion) of the 2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Shield was not known at the time the pots were determined.

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows. ^[9]

Stage	Round	First leg	Second leg
Group Stage	Matchday 1	23–25 August
	Matchday 2	29–31 August
	Matchday 3	19–21 September
	Matchday 4	26–28 September
	Matchday 5	3–5 October
Knockout	Semifinals	24–26 October	31 October – 2 November
	Finals and 3rd place	28–30 November	5–7 December

Group stage

Main article: 2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Cup group stage

In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away basis, where each club played every other club in their group once, two matches at home and two matches away.

The first and second-place finishers advanced to the knockout stage.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CAV	MOC	DFO	GLI	POS
1	Cavalier	4	3	1	0	11	4	+7	10	Advance to semi-finals		—	3–0	—	—	2–1
2	Moca	4	3	0	1	6	3	+3	9			—	—	—	3–0	1–0
3	Defence Force	4	1	2	1	3	4	−1	5			1–1	0–2	—	—	—
4	Golden Lion	4	1	0	3	5	11	−6	3			2–5	—	0–1	—	—
5	Port of Spain	4	0	1	3	4	7	−3	1			—	—	1–1	2–3	—

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results (points, goal difference, goals scored); 5) Disciplinary points; 6) Drawing of lots.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ROB	HAR	CIB	DUN	APA
1	Robinhood	4	3	0	1	8	4	+4	9	Advance to semi-finals		—	—	1–0	—	3–1
2	Harbour View	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	7			3–2	—	—	1–0	—
3	Cibao	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	4			—	2–1	—	—	1–1
4	Dunbeholden	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2	4			0–2	—	2–1	—	—
5	Atlético Pantoja	4	0	3	1	4	6	−2	3			—	1–1	—	1–1	—

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results (points, goal difference, goals scored); 5) Disciplinary points; 6) Drawing of lots.

Knockout stage

Main article: 2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage was played on a single-elimination tournament with the following rules: ^[11]

• Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The home team of the second leg in each tie was determined separately for each round as follows (Regulations Article 12.9):
  • In the semi-finals, the group winners hosted the second leg.
  • In the finals, the higher-ranked team based on total points accumulated in the group stage and semi-finals hosted the second leg.
• In the semi-finals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used. If still tied, the penalty shoot-out would be directly used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 12.8.2).
• In the third place play-offs and finals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would also be used. If still tied, 30 minutes of extra time would be played but the away goals scored during this time would not serve as a tie-breaking criteria. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 12.8.3).

Qualified teams

The winners and runners-up of each of the four groups in the group stage advanced to the quarter-finals.

Group	Winners	Runners-up
A	Cavalier	Moca
B	Robinhood	Harbour View

Bracket

The bracket was pre-determined as follows.

	Semi-finals							Finals
	Moca		1	0	1 (2)
	Robinhood (p)		0	1	1 (3)
								Robinhood		1	2	3
								Cavalier		0	0	0
	Harbour View		0	0	0
	Cavalier		5	0	5			Third place
								Harbour View		1	1	2
								Moca		2	1	3

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 24–25 October, and the second legs were played on 31 October – 2 November 2023.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Harbour View	0–5	Cavalier	0–5	0–0
Moca	1–1 (2–3 p)	Robinhood	1–0	0–1

Third place play-offs

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Harbour View	2–3	Moca	1–2	1–1

Finals

Main article: 2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Cup knockout stage § Finals

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Robinhood	3–0	Cavalier	1–0	2–0

Goalscorers

  Team eliminated for this round.

  Team inactive for this round.

Rank	Player	Team	GS1	GS2	GS3	GS4	GS5	SF1	SF2	TP1	TP2	F1	F2	Total
1	Shaniel Thomas	Cavalier	1		3		3	1						8
2	Shaquille Cairo	Robinhood		1	2	1	1							5
3	Gustavo Ascona	Moca				1	1	1		1				4
4	Shaqueil Bradford	Harbour View				2	1							3
	Jalmaro Calvin	Cavalier		1			1	1
	Jamilhio Rigters	Robinhood				1	1						1
7	Thierry Catherine	Golden Lion			1		1							2
	Reon Moore	Defence Force	1	1
	Víctor Sánchez	Moca				2
	Franklin Singodikromo	Robinhood							1				1
	Omar Thompson	Harbour View			1	1

See also

• 2023 CONCACAF Central American Cup
• 2023 Leagues Cup
• 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup

References

1. "Concacaf launches major expansion of its Champions League as part of new calendar of regional club competitions". CONCACAF. 21 September 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
2. "Concacaf announces details for 2023 Concacaf Caribbean Club Competitions". CONCACAF. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
3. "Eight teams secure places in 2023 Concacaf Caribbean Cup". CONCACAF. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
4. Oinam, Jayanta (27 April 2023). "CONCACAF Caribbean Cup: A brand new tournament to crown the best club". FIFA . Retrieved 2 July 2022.
5. "Concacaf announces qualification criteria for Confederation's expanded Champions League starting in 2024". CONCACAF. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
6. Goodman, Eric (15 March 2023). "Austin FC Upset Is About "More Than Football" for Haitian Underdogs Violette". The Austin Chronicle . Retrieved 19 September 2023.
7. Nalton, James (17 March 2023). "Violette AC's heroics versus Austin should draw attention to Haiti situation". Morning Star . Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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10. "Concacaf Club Ranking as of May 28, 2023". CONCACAF. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
11. "CONCACAF Caribbean Cup 2023 Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF. 19 July 2023 [Approved on 24 February 2023]. Retrieved 21 July 2023.

External links

• Official website