CONCACAF Caribbean Cup

The CONCACAF Caribbean Cup is an upcoming annual football competition for clubs that are members of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU). Beginning with the inaugural tournament in 2023, the new competition will serve as qualification to the CONCACAF Champions League for clubs from the region.[1] The tournament is the successor to the Caribbean Club Championship which ran from 1997 to 2022.[2]

This article is about the club competition. For the defunct national team tournament, see Caribbean Cup.
CONCACAF Caribbean Cup
Organising bodyCFU
CONCACAF
Founded2021
RegionCaribbean
Number of teams10
Qualifier forCONCACAF Champions League
Related competitionsCONCACAF Caribbean Shield
Television broadcastersCONCACAF (YouTube)
2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Cup

The top three clubs from the Caribbean Cup will qualify for the Champions League, with the winner entering the round of 16 and second and third-place finishers entering in round one.[1]

History

CONCACAF announced in September 2021 that beginning in 2024, the CONCACAF Champions League would be expanded from 16 to 27 clubs. At that time, it was announced that clubs from the Caribbean subregion would qualify via the new Caribbean Cup, but specific details were not revealed.[3] Further details were announced in June 2022.[4]

Participants

Eight of the ten competing clubs will be the current title-holders and runners-up of the four leagues in the region which meet CONCACAF's professional licensing standards.[5] For the 2023–24 competition cycle, Haiti's berths have been re-allotted to the Dominican Republic and Jamaica.[6]

Nation League Participants
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic Liga Dominicana de Fútbol Winner and runner-up
Haiti Haiti Ligue Haïtienne Winner and runner-up
Jamaica Jamaica National Premier League Winner and runner-up
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago TT Pro League Winner and runner-up
TBA CONCACAF Caribbean Shield Winner and runner-up

Format

The ten participating clubs will be divided into two groups of five teams. The clubs will play a round-robin style tournament within their group. The top two clubs from each group will play knockout rounds to determine final positions and, therefore, the round they will enter the Champions League.[7]

Notes and references
  1. Ramphal, Vidia. "Concacaf launches new Caribbean Cup, three teams for Champions League". Loop News. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  2. Oinam, Jayanta. "CONCACAF Caribbean Cup: A brand new tournament to crown the best club". FIFA. Retrieved 29 April 2023. Founded in 1997 as the Caribbean Club Championship
  3. "CONCACAF launches major expansion of its Champions League". The Guyana Chronicle. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  4. Williams, Sean. "Expansion of Concacaf club platform launching pad for regional clubs — stakeholders". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  5. "NEW RULES: For Concacaf Champions League starting in 2024". Front Row Soccer. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  6. "Concacaf announces details for 2023 Concacaf Caribbean Club Competitions". Concacaf. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  7. Ravello, Jovan. "New Format For Concacaf Champions League". TTT News. Retrieved 3 April 2023.

See also
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