2018 Barbados Premier League

Barbados Premier League
Season	2018
Champions	Weymouth Wales
Caribbean Club Shield	Weymouth Wales
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The 2018 Barbados Premier League (officially the Digicel Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the 72nd season of the highest tier of football in Barbados. The season began on 11 March and ended on 8 July 2018.^[1]

Format edit

The 12 teams will be divided into two zones of six teams each. Each team will play the other teams in their own zone twice and the teams in the other zone once, for a total of 16 matches. The teams finishing first in each zone will play in the championship match for the title, while the teams finishing second in each zone will play in the third place match. The teams finishing last in each zone will be relegated, while the teams finishing fifth will play over two matches with the loser also relegated.^[2]

Teams change edit

Promoted from previous season

Empire
Silver Sands
Porey Springs

Relegated from previous season

Regular season edit

Zone 1 edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Weymouth Wales (C)	16	14	2	0	50	6	+44	44	Championship Final
2	Paradise	16	10	2	4	42	16	+26	32	Third Place Match
3	Brittons Hill	16	9	2	5	27	15	+12	29
4	Empire	16	8	2	6	35	30	+5	26
5	Notre Dame (O)	16	8	0	8	28	30	−2	24	Relegation Playoff
6	Silver Sands (R)	16	3	2	11	17	53	−36	11	Relegated

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Zone 2 edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barbados Defence Force (BDF) (C)	16	11	2	3	39	10	+29	35	Championship Final
2	University of the West Indies	16	9	3	4	40	14	+26	30	Third Place Match
3	Ellerton	16	6	3	7	30	22	+8	21
4	Porey Springs	16	1	6	9	22	50	−28	9
5	Waterford Compton (R)	16	0	4	12	16	55	−39	4	Relegation Playoff
6	Rendezvous^[a] (R)	16	1	4	11	22	67	−45	−5	Relegated