Football Caribbean Championship 2008

Football Caribbean Championship 2008
Digicel Caribbean Cup 2008

Number of nations	8 (of 23 applicants)
Caribbean champion	Jamaica Jamaica (4th title)
venue	Jamaica Jamaica
Opening game	November 3, 2008 (final round)
Endgame	December 14, 2008
Games	16
Gates	47 (⌀: 2.94 per game)
Top scorer	Grenada Kithson Bain Luton Shelton (5 goals each) Jamaica
yellow cards	58 (⌀: 3.63 per game)
Yellow-red cards	2 (⌀: 0.13 per game)
Red cards	1 (⌀: 0.06 per game)

The Digicel Caribbean Cup 2008 was the 14th game of the soccer Caribbean championship . The competition began with the first round of qualification on July 27, 2008. The final round took place from November 3 to December 14, 2008 in Jamaica. The games were played at National Stadium Independence Park in Kingston , Jarett Park in Montego Bay and Greenfield Stadium in Trelawny Parish . The name sponsor of the tournament was the telecommunications company Digicel , based in Jamaica.

The four best teams in this tournament took part in the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup . In addition to the winner Jamaica , these were Grenada , Guadeloupe and Cuba .

qualification

A total of 23 teams had registered for the competition. Defending champions Haiti and hosts Jamaica were seeded for the finals without qualifying. All were members of the Caribbean Football Union , a regional subsidiary of CONCACAF .

The Bahamas , Dominican Republic , Montserrat , Puerto Rico , Turks and Caicos Islands , the US Virgin Islands, and St. Lucia did not participate.

French Guiana and Sint Maarten withdrew shortly before the start of the qualification, so that ultimately 16 teams competed in the first and three more in the second round of qualification.

1 round

The first round of qualification consisted of five groups. The first in the group and the four best runners-up qualify for the second round.

Group A

All games took place at the Ergilio Hato stadium in Willemstad on Curaçao .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles	2	1	1	0	002-000	+2	04th
2.	Grenada Grenada	2	1	0	1	003: 300	± 0	03
3.	Aruba Aruba	2	0	1	1	001: 300	−2	01


July 27th
Netherlands Antilles	-	Aruba	0-0
29th of July
Grenada	-	Aruba	3: 1
July 31
Netherlands Antilles	-	Grenada	2-0

Group B

All games took place at the National Stadium in Providence , Guyana .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Guyana Guyana	2	1	1	0	004: 100	+3	04th
2.	Suriname Suriname	2	1	1	0	004: 200	+2	04th
3.	Dominica Dominica	2	0	0	2	001: 600	−5	00


8th August
Guyana	-	Dominica	3-0
August 9
Suriname	-	Dominica	3: 1
August 10
Guyana	-	Suriname	1: 1

Group C

All games took place at Truman Bodden Stadium in George Town in the Cayman Islands .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda	3	2	1	0	008: 300	+5	07th
2.	Cayman Islands Cayman Islands	3	1	2	0	004: 100	+3	05
3.	Bermuda Bermuda	3	1	1	1	007: 400	+3	04th
4th	Saint Martin Saint Martin	3	0	0	3	002:140	−12	00


August 27
Bermuda	-	Antigua and Barbuda	0: 4
August 27
Cayman Islands	-	Saint Martin	3-0
August 30th
Cayman Islands	-	Antigua and Barbuda	1: 1
August 30th
Saint Martin	-	Bermuda	0: 7
August 31
Antigua and Barbuda	-	Saint Martin	3: 2
August 31
Cayman Islands	-	Bermuda	0-0

Group D

All games took place at Warner Park in Basseterre , St. Kitts and Nevis .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Barbados Barbados	2	2	0	005: 200	+3	06th
2.	Saint Kitts Nevis St. Kitts and Nevis	2	1	1	005: 300	+2	03
3.	British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands	2	0	2	001: 600	−5	00


September 24th
St. Kitts and Nevis	-	British Virgin Islands	4-0
September 26th
British Virgin Islands	-	Barbados	1: 2
September 28th
St. Kitts and Nevis	-	Barbados	1: 3

Group E

All games took place at the Stade Louis Achille in Fort-de-France , Martinique .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Martinique Martinique	2	2	0	006: 100	+5	06th
2.	Saint Vincent Grenadines St. Vincent and the Grenadines	2	1	1	003: 400	−1	03
3.	Anguilla Anguilla	2	0	2	000: 600	−6	00


September 15th
Martinique	-	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	3-0
17th of September
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	-	Anguilla	3: 1
September 19th
Martinique	-	Anguilla	3: 1

2nd round

The national teams from Cuba , Trinidad and Tobago and Guadeloupe were set for the second round . The group first and second qualified for the final round.

Group F.

All games took place at the Stade René Serge Nabajoth in Les Abymes in Guadeloupe .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Guadeloupe Guadeloupe	3	3	0	0	012: 300	+9	09
2.	Grenada Grenada	3	1	1	1	007: 600	+1	04th
3.	Martinique Martinique	3	1	1	1	004: 500	−1	04th
4th	Cayman Islands Cayman Islands	3	0	0	3	003:120	−9	00


October 11th
Martinique	-	Grenada	2: 2
October 11th
Guadeloupe	-	Cayman Islands	7: 1
October 13th
Cayman Islands	-	Martinique	0: 1
October 13th
Guadeloupe	-	Grenada	2: 1
15th October
Grenada	-	Cayman Islands	4: 2
15th October
Guadeloupe	-	Martinique	3: 1

Group G

All games took place in the Estadio Pedro Marrero in Havana , Cuba .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Cuba Cuba	3	2	1	0	014: 200	+12	07th
2.	Barbados Barbados	3	2	1	0	006: 400	+2	07th
3.	Suriname Suriname	3	1	0	2	004:100	−6	03
4th	Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles	3	0	0	3	003:110	−8	00


23rd October
Barbados	-	Suriname	3: 2
23rd October
Cuba	-	Netherlands Antilles	7: 1
October 25
Suriname	-	Netherlands Antilles	2: 1
October 25
Cuba	-	Barbados	1: 1
October 27
Netherlands Antilles	-	Barbados	1: 2
October 27
Cuba	-	Suriname	6-0

Group H.

All games took place at the Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya , Trinidad and Tobago .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago	3	2	1	0	007: 400	+3	07th
2.	Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda	3	2	0	1	008: 700	+1	06th
3.	Guyana Guyana	3	0	2	1	003: 400	−1	02
4th	Saint Kitts Nevis St. Kitts and Nevis	3	0	1	2	005: 800	−3	01


November 5th
Guyana	-	St. Kitts and Nevis	1: 1
November 5th
Trinidad and Tobago	-	Antigua and Barbuda	3: 2
November 7th
Antigua and Barbuda	-	Guyana	2: 1
November 7th
Trinidad and Tobago	-	St. Kitts and Nevis	3: 1
November 9th
St. Kitts and Nevis	-	Antigua and Barbuda	3: 4
November 9th
Trinidad and Tobago	-	Guyana	1: 1

Finals

The game was played in two groups of four teams. The two best teams in each group qualified for the semi-finals and the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2009.

Group I.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Cuba Cuba	3	2	0	1	005: 200	+3	06th
2.	Guadeloupe Guadeloupe	3	1	1	1	006: 600	± 0	04th
3.	Haiti Haiti	3	1	1	1	004: 400	± 0	04th
4th	Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda	3	0	2	1	003: 600	−3	02


November 4th (Jarett Park)
Haiti	-	Antigua and Barbuda	1: 1
November 4th (Jarett Park)
Guadeloupe	-	Cuba	1: 2
November 6th (Greenfield Stadium)
Cuba	-	Antigua and Barbuda	3-0
November 6th (Greenfield Stadium)
Haiti	-	Guadeloupe	2: 3
December 8 (Jarett Park)
Antigua and Barbuda	-	Guadeloupe	2: 2
December 8 (Jarett Park)
Cuba	-	Haiti	0: 1

Group J

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Jamaica Jamaica	3	2	1	0	007: 200	+5	07th
2.	Grenada Grenada	3	2	0	1	006: 700	−1	06th
3.	Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	1	1	004: 400	± 0	04th
4th	Barbados Barbados	3	0	0	3	004: 800	−4	00


November 3rd (Independence Park)
Trinidad and Tobago	-	Grenada	1: 2
November 3rd (Independence Park)
Jamaica	-	Barbados	2: 1
November 5th (Jarett Park)
Barbados	-	Trinidad and Tobago	1: 2
November 5th (Jarett Park)
Jamaica	-	Grenada	4-0
December 7th (Greenfield Stadium)
Grenada	-	Barbados	4: 2
December 7th (Greenfield Stadium)
Jamaica	-	Trinidad and Tobago	1: 1

Semifinals


December 11th (Independence Park)
Cuba Cuba	-	Grenada Grenada	2: 2 a.d. , 5: 6 in E.
December 11th (Independence Park)
Jamaica Jamaica	-	Guadeloupe Guadeloupe	2-0

Game for third place


December 14th (Independence Park)
Cuba Cuba	-	Guadeloupe Guadeloupe	0: 0, 4: 5 i. E.

final


December 14th (Independence Park)
Grenada Grenada	-	Jamaica Jamaica	0: 2

Web links

Details about the tournament on rsssf.com