Coupe de l'Outre-Mer

The Coupe de l'Outre-Mer ("Overseas Cup ") was a football tournament in which all teams from the following French overseas territories were eligible to participate: Guadeloupe , French Guiana , Martinique , Saint-Martin , Saint Pierre and Miquelon , Réunion , Tahiti ( French -Polynesia ), New Caledonia , Mayotte as well as Wallis and Futuna . Theoretically, the team from the Antilles island of Saint-Barthélemy could have participated, a regional body that has been independent of Guadeloupe since 2007, like Saint-Martin .

Formally, these are only regional selections in the French self-image, because the associations eligible to participate are subdivisions of the French national football association, the Fédération Française de Football (FFF). However, the associations of Tahiti and New Caledonia are also full FIFA members; five others are associated members of a continental association: La Réunion in the African and Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Saint-Martin in the North and Central American association .

The FFF acted as the host of the tournament. The competition has been held every two years since 2008 and was held in late summer / early autumn at various locations in Île-de-France . In 2014, the association ended the competition due to the "disappointing results in terms of its external impact".

Competition mode

The participants are drawn into two groups and each play one game against the other group members. There are four points for a win after 90 minutes; in the case of games that are tied at this point in time, a penalty shoot-out takes place without further overtime , the winner of which receives two and the loser receives one point. After the preliminary round, the two group winners contest the final, the two runners-up play for third place. In these placement games there is extra time and possibly a penalty shoot-out if no winner has been determined by then.

The individual events

2008

Seven of these associations registered for the competition premiere; Saint-Martin, Wallis and Futuna, and Saint Pierre and Miquelon were missing. The tournament took place from September 24th to October 4th, 2008. After the group games, the following final tables resulted:

Pl.	team	Sp	G	G i. E.	V	V i. E.	Goal difference	Pts.
Group 1
1.	Martinique	3	2	1	0	0	03: 01	10
2.	Guadeloupe	3	2	0	1	0	05: 01	8th
3.	New Caledonia	3	1	0	1	1	02: 05	5
4th	Tahiti	3	0	0	3	0	00: 03	0

Pl.	team	Sp	G	G i. E.	V	V i. E.	Goal difference	Pts.
Group 2
1.	Reunion	2	2	0	0	0	08: 01	8th
2.	French Guiana	2	1	0	1	0	04: 04	4th
3.	Mayotte	2	0	0	2	0	03:10	0

In the final, Réunion defeated Martinique at the Stade Dominique-Duvauchelle of Créteil 1-0; Third was Guadeloupe with a 4-0 win against Guiana. A game was also played for 5th place in 2008 in which New Caledonia defeated Mayotte 3-2. These two placement games took place in La Courneuve . The most successful goalscorer was Mamoudou Diallo (Réunion) with 4 goals.

2010

From September 22nd to October 2nd, 2010, eight participants fought for the trophy this time; the team from Saint Pierre and Miquelon also took part for the first time. However, the newcomer had to accept 28 goals in his three group games.

Pl.	team	Sp	G	G i. E.	V	V i. E.	Goal difference	Pts.
Group A
1.	Reunion	3	3	0	0	0	14: 01	12
2.	Mayotte	3	1	1	1	0	13: 04	6th
3.	French Guiana	3	1	0	1	1	09: 03	5
4th	Saint Pierre-Miquelon	3	0	0	3	0	00:28	0

Pl.	team	Sp	G	G i. E.	V	V i. E.	Goal difference	Pts.
Group B
1.	Martinique	3	2	0	1	0	08: 03	8th
2.	Guadeloupe	3	1	0	0	2	04: 02	6th
3.	Tahiti	3	0	2	1	0	03: 06	4th
4th	New Caledonia	3	0	1	1	1	02: 06	3

As in 2008, Réunion and Martinique again reached the final in Créteil. This time Martinique won, after tying goalless at the end of extra time, they got the upper hand 5-3 on penalties. In the game for third place, Guadeloupe beat Mayotte at the Stade Bauer in Saint-Ouen 4-0. The most successful goal scorers were Ludovic Gotin (Guadeloupe), Patrick Percin (Martinique) and El Habib N'Daka (Mayotte) with 4 goals each.

2012

The third event took place from September 22 to 29, 2012 with eight participants. The group draw took place on April 20 of that year; the finalists from 2010 were set as group heads. The finals were played as a double event in the Stade Michel-Hidalgo in Saint-Gratien . There were also placement games for ranks five and seven this year.

Pl.	team	Sp	G	G i. E.	V	V i. E.	Goal difference	Pts.
Group A
1	Reunion	3	3	0	0	0	14: 01	12
2	Guadeloupe	3	2	0	1	0	18: 04	8th
3	French Guiana	3	1	0	2	0	13: 07	4th
4th	Saint Pierre-Miquelon	3	0	0	3	0	01:34	0

Pl.	team	Sp	G	G i. E.	V	V i. E.	Goal difference	Pts.
Group B
1	Martinique	3	2	0	1	0	07: 03	8th
2	Mayotte	3	2	0	1	0	05: 04	8th
3	Tahiti	3	2	0	1	0	05: 05	8th
4th	New Caledonia	3	0	0	3	0	00: 05	0

The third event also saw the final between Réunion and Martinique, whose group victory this time was only due to the best goal difference between three teams with equal points. Réunion only won the cup after a long penalty shoot-out (10: 9) after the game ended 2-2. In the game for third place, Guadeloupe defeated Mayotte 1-0. French Guiana won 2-1 for fifth place and New Caledonia 16-1 for seventh.

Participants and placements

"V" = eliminated after the preliminary round, no placement game; "-" = not participated

selection	2008	2010	2012
French Guiana (Guyane)	4th	V	5.
Guadeloupe	3.	3.	3.
Martinique	2.	1.	2.
Mayotte	6th	4th	4th
New Caledonia (N ^elle Calédonie)	5.	V	7th
Reunion	1.	2.	1.
Saint Martin	-	-	-
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	-	V	8th.
Tahiti (Polynesia)	V	V	6th
Wallis and Futuna	-	-	-