1994 Caribbean Cup

A strange rule was imposed in the qualifying tournament: every match must have a winner. If the two teams make a draw in 90 minutes, then they go to a sudden death extra time, where the golden goal will be counted as two goals. If no team scores in the extra time, then they go to the penalty shootout to determine the winner.

Grenada went into the match with a superior goal difference, meaning that Barbados needed to win by at least two goals to progress to the finals. The trouble was caused by two things. First, unlike most group stages in football competitions, the organizers had deemed that all games must have a winner. All games drawn over 90 minutes would go to sudden death extra time. Secondly and most importantly, there was an unusual rule which stated that in the event of a game going to sudden death extra time the goal would count double, meaning that the winner would be awarded a two-goal victory.

Barbados was leading 2–0 until the 83rd minute, when Grenada scored, making it 2–1. Approaching the dying moments, the Barbadians realized they had little chance of scoring past Grenada's mass defense in the time available, so they deliberately scored an own goal to tie the game at 2–2. This would send the game into extra time and give them another half-hour to break down the defense. The Grenadians realized what was happening and attempted to score an own goal as well, which would put Barbados back in front by one goal and would eliminate Barbados from the competition.

However, the Barbados players started defending their opposition's goal to prevent them from doing this, and during the game's last five minutes, the fans were treated to the incredible sight of Grenada trying to score in either goal while Barbados defended both ends of the pitch. Barbados successfully held off Grenada for the final five minutes, sending the game into extra time. In extra time, Barbados notched the game-winner, and, according to the rules, was awarded a 4–2 victory, which put them through to the next round.[1][2][3]

Played in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Guadeloupe	2	2	0	0	11	0	+11	6
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
Anguilla	2	0	0	2	0	11	−11	0

Guadeloupe	9–0	Anguilla

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2–0	Anguilla

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0–2	Guadeloupe

Played in Suriname

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Suriname	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6
French Guiana	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3
Guyana	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Suriname	2–0 (asdet )	French Guiana

Guyana	1–1 (asdet) (4–5 pen.)	French Guiana

Suriname	2–0	Guyana

Played in Saint Kitts and Nevis

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Dominica	2	2	0	0	7	4	+3	6
Saint Kitts and Nevis	2	1	0	1	11	5	+6	3
Antigua and Barbuda	2	1	0	1	10	3	+7	3
Montserrat	2	0	0	2	1	17	−16	0

Saint Kitts and Nevis	9–1	Montserrat

Dominica	3–2	Antigua and Barbuda

Saint Kitts and Nevis	2–4 (asdet )	Dominica

Antigua and Barbuda	8–0	Montserrat

Saint Kitts and Nevis	?–?	Antigua and Barbuda

The winner of this match should have had more goal difference than Dominica but since Dominica did appear in the final tournament, it is most likely that the match wasn't played at all.

Dominica	(cancelled)	Montserrat

The match between was cancelled because of crowd trouble.

Played in Cayman Islands

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cayman Islands	3	3	0	0	13	2	+11	9
Jamaica	3	2	0	1	18	5	+13	6
Sint Maarten	3	1	0	2	5	9	−4	3
British Virgin Islands	3	0	0	3	0	20	−20	0

Cayman Islands	5–0	British Virgin Islands

Jamaica	4–2 (asdet )	Sint Maarten

Cayman Islands	5–0	Sint Maarten

Jamaica	12–0	British Virgin Islands

Sint Maarten	3–0	British Virgin Islands

Cayman Islands	3–2	Jamaica

 Cuba withdrew.

March 10

Dominican Republic	0–1	Haiti

Played in Trinidad and Tobago.