2025 CONCACAF Caribbean Cup group stage

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The 2025 CONCACAF Caribbean Cup group stage is being played from 19 August to 2 October 2025. [1] A total of 10 teams compete in the group stage to decide the 4 places in the knockout stage of the 2025 CONCACAF Caribbean Cup. [2]

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Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 3 June 2025 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 2 June 2025, except for the teams in pot 5, which was reserved for the champions and runners-up of the 2025 CFU Club Shield. [3] [4]

PotTeamRankPts
1 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Cibao 801,066
Flag of Jamaica.svg Mount Pleasant 861,058
2 Flag of Jamaica.svg Cavalier 911,052
Flag of Suriname.svg Robinhood 1011,042
3 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Defence Force 1041,040
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg O&M 1321,001
4 Flag of Haiti.svg Juventus des Cayes 136993
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Central 168937
5 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Moca [CCS]
Flag of Barbados.svg Weymouth Wales [CCS]
Notes
  1. ^
    CCS The identity of the champions (Moca) and runners-up (Weymouth Wales) of the 2025 CFU Club Shield was not known at the time the pots were determined.

For the group stage, the 10 teams were drawn into two groups (Groups A and B) of five containing a team from each of the five pots. Teams from pot 1 were drawn first and were placed in the first position of their group, starting with Group A and then Group B. The same procedure was followed for teams from pots 2, 3, 4 and 5, and they were placed in positions 2, 3, 4 and 5, respectively, within the group to which they were drawn. Each group must contain no more than two clubs from the same national association. [3] No restrictions were applied at the time of drawing the groups.

The draw resulted in the following groups: [5]

Group A
PosTeam
A1 Flag of Jamaica.svg Mount Pleasant
A2 Flag of Suriname.svg Robinhood
A3 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg O&M
A4 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Central
A5 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Moca [CCS]
Group B
PosTeam
B1 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Cibao
B2 Flag of Jamaica.svg Cavalier
B3 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Defence Force
B4 Flag of Haiti.svg Juventus des Cayes
B5 Flag of Barbados.svg Weymouth Wales [CCS]
Notes
  1. ^
    CCS The identity of the champions (Moca) and runners-up (Weymouth Wales) of the 2025 CFU Club Shield was not known at the time of the draw.

Format

In the group stage, each group is played on a single home-and-away round-robin basis, with teams playing against each other once, for a total of four matches per team (two home and two away). The teams are ranked according to the following criteria (Regulations Article 12.8.1).: [2]

  1. Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss);
  2. Goal difference;
  3. Goals scored;
  4. If two or more teams are still tied after applying the above criteria, their rankings would be determined as follows:
    1. Points in the matches played among the tied teams;
    2. Goal difference in the matches played among the tied teams (if more than two teams are equal on points);
    3. Goals scored in the matches played among the tied teams (if more than two teams are equal on points);
    4. The lowest number of disciplinary points, based on the following criteria:
      1. Yellow card: plus 1 point;
      2. Second yellow card/indirect red card: plus 3 points;
      3. Direct red card: plus 4 points;;
      4. Yellow card and direct red card: plus 5 points;
  5. Drawing of lots by CONCACAF.

The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals of the knockout stage.

Schedule

Matches in the competition are being played on either Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday as decided by CONCACAF. The schedule of each week is as follows (Regulations Article 2). [2] [5] [6]

WeeksDatesMatches
Week 119–21 AugustTeam 1 vs. Team 2, Team 3 vs. Team 4
Week 226–28 AugustTeam 5 vs. Team 1, Team 2 vs. Team 4
Week 316–18 SeptemberTeam 4 vs. Team 5, Team 2 vs. Team 3
Week 423–25 SeptemberTeam 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 5
Week 530 September – 2 OctoberTeam 1 vs. Team 3, Team 5 vs. Team 2

Groups

All match times are in EDT (UTC−4) and local times, if different, are in parentheses as listed by CONCACAF. [6]

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification O&M MTP MOC ROB CEN
1 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg O&M 110020+23Advance to semi-finals 24 Sep 2–0
2 Flag of Jamaica.svg Mount Pleasant 110010+13 30 Sep 1–0
3 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Moca 00000000 27 Aug 30 Sep
4 Flag of Suriname.svg Robinhood 10010110 18 Sep 26 Aug
5 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Central 10010220 23 Sep 16 Sep
Updated to match(es) played on 20 August 2025. Source: CONCACAF
Mount Pleasant Flag of Jamaica.svg 1–0 Flag of Suriname.svg Robinhood
McCalla Soccerball shade.svg35' Report
Independence Park, Kingston
Referee: Shavin Greene (Guyana)
O&M Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg 2–0 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Central
Report

Robinhood Flag of Suriname.svg v Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Central
Moca Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg v Flag of Jamaica.svg Mount Pleasant

Central Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg v Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Moca
Robinhood Flag of Suriname.svg v Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg O&M

Central Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg v Flag of Jamaica.svg Mount Pleasant
O&M Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg v Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Moca
TBC, TBC

Moca Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg v Flag of Suriname.svg Robinhood
Mount Pleasant Flag of Jamaica.svg v Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg O&M

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification CIB DFO WEY JDC CAV
1 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Cibao 110020+23Advance to semi-finals 1 Oct 2–0
2 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Defence Force 110010+13 25 Sep 1–0
3 Flag of Barbados.svg Weymouth Wales 00000000 26 Aug 1 Oct
4 Flag of Haiti.svg Juventus des Cayes 10010110 23 Sep 18 Sep
5 Flag of Jamaica.svg Cavalier 10010220 17 Sep 28 Aug
Updated to match(es) played on 21 August 2025. Source: CONCACAF
Cibao Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg 2–0 Flag of Jamaica.svg Cavalier
Report
Defence Force Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg 1–0 Flag of Haiti.svg Juventus des Cayes
Molino Soccerball shade.svg53' Report

Weymouth Wales Flag of Barbados.svg v Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Cibao
Cavalier Flag of Jamaica.svg v Flag of Haiti.svg Juventus des Cayes

Cavalier Flag of Jamaica.svg v Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Defence Force
Juventus des Cayes Flag of Haiti.svg v Flag of Barbados.svg Weymouth Wales

Juventus des Cayes Flag of Haiti.svg v Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Cibao
Defence Force Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg v Flag of Barbados.svg Weymouth Wales

Weymouth Wales Flag of Barbados.svg v Flag of Jamaica.svg Cavalier
TBC, TBC
Cibao Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg v Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Defence Force

Notes

    References

    1. "Concacaf confirms key details for 2025 Concacaf Caribbean Cup". CONCACAF. 8 May 2025. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
    2. 1 2 3 "CONCACAF Caribbean Cup 2025 Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF. 27 April 2025 [Approved on 13 March 2025]. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
    3. 1 2 "Concacaf confirms 2025 Concacaf Caribbean Cup participating clubs and draw pots". Miami, FL: CONCACAF. 2 June 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
    4. "Concacaf Club Ranking as of June 2, 2025". CONCACAF. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
    5. 1 2 "Draw delivers groups for 2025 Concacaf Caribbean Cup". Miami, FL: CONCACAF. 3 June 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
    6. 1 2 "Concacaf announces schedule for 2025 Concacaf Caribbean Cup". Miami, FL: CONCACAF. 9 June 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.