CONCACAF Caribbean Shield

The CONCACAF Caribbean Shield, formerly known as the Caribbean Club Shield, is an annual Caribbean football competition for clubs that are members of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU). It is a second-tier competition to the CONCACAF Caribbean Cup (and formerly the Caribbean Club Championship), and was introduced in 2018 for clubs which worked towards professional standards.[1] It is organized by CONCACAF.

CONCACAF Caribbean Shield
Organising bodyCFU
CONCACAF
Founded2018 (2018)
RegionCaribbean
Number of teams16 (2023)
Current championsPuerto Rico Bayamón FC
(1st title)
Most successful club(s)Puerto Rico Bayamón FC
Martinique Club Franciscain
Suriname Robinhood
(1 title each)
Television broadcastersCONCACAF (YouTube)
WebsiteOfficial website

Until 2022, the winner of this competition, as long as it fulfilled the licensing criteria, played against the fourth-placed team of the Caribbean Club Championship for the place in the CONCACAF League. As of 2023, the winner and runner-up qualify for the CONCACAF Caribbean Cup.[2]

History

On 25 July 2017 in San Francisco, California, the CONCACAF Council approved the implementation of a two-tier competition for affiliated clubs of Caribbean Member Associations starting in 2018. The tier-one competition, known as the Caribbean Club Championship, would be contested by the champions and runners-up of the top professional and semi-professional leagues in year one (2018), and open to only fully professional leagues in year two (2019) onwards. The tier-two competition, known as the Caribbean Club Shield, would be contested by the champions of the leagues that had no professional teams in year one (2018), opened to semi-professional standards in year two (2019) and planned to be open to fully professional leagues by 2022.

In 2023, both tournaments will be restructured and renamed. The winner and runner-up of the second-tier Caribbean Shield will now qualify for the first-tier CONCACAF Caribbean Cup to be held later in the same month.[3]

Results
Season Hosts Winners Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
2018  Dominican Republic Club Franciscain Martinique 2–1 Suriname Inter Moengotapoe Real Rincon Bonaire 3–1 Aruba Nacional
2019  Curaçao Robinhood Suriname 1–0 Martinique Club Franciscain Barbados Weymouth Wales and Curaçao Jong Holland
2020  Curaçao Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[4]
2021  Curaçao Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[5]
2022  Puerto Rico Bayamón FC Puerto Rico 2–1 (a.e.t.) Suriname Inter Moengotapoe AS Gosier Guadeloupe 2–0 Curaçao Jong Holland
2023  Saint Kitts and Nevis

See also

Notes and references
  1. "Dominican Republic Selected to Host Inaugural CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield". mailchi.mp. CONCACAF. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  2. "Concacaf announces details for 2023 Concacaf Caribbean Club Competitions". Concacaf. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  3. "CONCACAF Caribbean Cup: A brand new tournament to crown the best club". FIFA. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  4. "Update on Concacaf Caribbean Club Shield and Flow Concacaf Caribbean Club Championship". CONCACAF. 25 August 2020. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  5. "Update on 2021 Concacaf Caribbean Club Competitions". concacaf.com. 23 April 2021. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
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