The CONCACAF Caribbean Shield, also known as the CONCACAF 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), introduced in 2018 for clubs which worked towards professional standards.[1] It is organized by CONCACAF.
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| Organising body | CFU CONCACAF |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 |
| Region | Caribbean |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| Qualifier for | CONCACAF Caribbean Cup |
| Current champions |  Robinhood (2nd title) |
| Most successful club(s) | Robinhood (2 titles) |
| Television broadcasters | CONCACAF (YouTube) |
 2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Shield | |
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 a place in the CONCACAF League. As of 2023, the winner and runner-up qualify for the CONCACAF Caribbean Cup.[2]
History edit
On 25 July 2017 in San Francisco, California, 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, and open to only fully professional leagues in year two 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.[citation needed]
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 edit
| Season | Hosts | Winners | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 |  Dominican Republic
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 Club Franciscain
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2–1 | Inter Moengotapoe
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 Real Rincon
|
3–1 |  Nacional
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| 2019 |  Curaçao
|
Robinhood
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1–0 | Club Franciscain
|
 Weymouth Wales and Jong Holland
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| 2020 | Curaçao
|
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[4] | |||||
| 2021 | Curaçao
|
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[5] | |||||
| 2022 |  Puerto Rico
|
Bayamón FC
|
2–1 (a.e.t.) | Inter Moengotapoe
|
 AS Gosier
|
2–0 | Jong Holland
|
| 2023 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
Robinhood
|
5–1 |  Golden Lion
|
 Club Sando
|
6–1 | Metropolitan
|
Participating leagues edit
- Legend
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| Team | 2018
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2019
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2020
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2021
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2022
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2023
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Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Antigua and Barbuda
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- | QF | x | - | - | - | 1 |
| Aruba
|
4th | GS | x | x | GS | GS | 4 |
| Barbados
|
GS | SF | x | - | - | - | 2 |
| Bonaire
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3rd | GS | x | x | GS | - | 4 |
 British Virgin Islands
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- | - | x | - | - | - | 0 |
 Cayman Islands
|
GS | GS | x | - | - | GS | 3 |
 Cuba
|
- | QF | x | - | - | - | 1 |
| Curaçao
|
GS | SF | x | x | 4th | GS | 4 |
 Dominica
|
- | - | x | x | GS | GS | 2 |
| Dominican Republic
|
- | - | - | - | - | GS | 1 |
 Grenada
|
GS | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
 French Guiana
|
- | - | - | x | - | GS | 1 |
| Guadeloupe
|
GS | QF | x | x | 3rd | GS | 4 |
 Guyana
|
- | GS | - | x | - | - | 1 |
| Martinique
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1st | 2nd | x | x | GS | 2nd | 4 |
| Puerto Rico
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- | - | x | x | 1st | 4th | 2 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis
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GS | QF | - | x | - | GS | 3 |
 Saint Lucia
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- | GS | x | x | - | GS | 2 |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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GS | - | x | x | - | - | 1 |
 Sint Maarten
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- | - | - | x | GS | GS | 2 |
| Suriname
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2nd | 1st | x | x | 2nd | 1st | 4 |
| Trinidad and Tobago
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- | - | - | - | - | 3rd | 1 |
 Turks and Caicos Islands
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- | - | - | - | GS | GS | 2 |
| Total | 12 | 13 | 0 (15) | 0 (14) | 10 | 15 |
See also edit
Notes and references edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Concacaf announces details for 2023 Concacaf Caribbean Club Competitions". Concacaf. 21 April 2023. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ^ "CONCACAF Caribbean Cup: A brand new tournament to crown the best club". FIFA. Archived from the original on 29 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Update on 2021 Concacaf Caribbean Club Competitions". Concacaf. concacaf.com. 23 April 2021. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
External links edit
- Caribbean Football Union
- CFU Championship, RSSSF.com