2010 Caribbean Cup

The 2010 Caribbean Cup (also known as Digicel Caribbean Cup 2010 for sponsorship reasons) was the 2010 edition of the Caribbean Championship, an international football championship for national teams affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) of the CONCACAF region. The final stage was hosted by Martinique. Martinique were selected as hosts over fellow bidders Guadeloupe and Barbados. The competition was originally scheduled to begin on 18 August with the final match taking place on 28 November.[1] However, at the beginning of August 2010, the CFU released a different schedule that showed the competition being postponed until 2 October.[2] Also, the Bahamas pulled out of the competition, leaving 23 teams. The groups were changed, allowing Cuba and Antigua and Barbuda to get a bye to the second qualifying round at the expense of Guyana and the Netherlands Antilles.

2010 Caribbean Cup
Digicel Caribbean Cup 2010
Tournament details
Host countryMartinique
Dates2 October – 5 December
Teams23 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Jamaica (5th title)
Runners-up Guadeloupe
Third place Cuba
Fourth place Grenada
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored30 (1.88 per match)
Top scorer(s) Kithson Bain
Dane Richards
(3 goals each)
Alternate logo.

The top four teams qualified for the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Participants

A total of 23 entered into the tournament. Aruba had initially entered but withdrew shortly before the tournament began, dropping the total from the initial 24 entrants. Seven CFU teams – Aruba, Bahamas, Bermuda, French Guiana, Sint Maarten, Turks and Caicos Islands, and United States Virgin Islands – did not enter, meaning two more participants than in the 2008 edition. Martinique and Jamaica were given byes into the tournament proper as hosts and title holders, respectively.[3] The six highest-ranking teams – Grenada, Guadeloupe, Cuba, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, and Antigua and Barbuda – based on the results of the 2008 tournament, were given byes into the second qualifying round.[3] All remaining entrants – Anguilla, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Suriname – were drawn into the first qualifying round.

Seeding and bye allocation[3]
SeedTeamByeNotes
1 MartiniqueFinal group stage2010 hosts
2 JamaicaTitle holders
3 GrenadaSecond preliminary roundRunner-up
4 GuadeloupeThird place
5 CubaFourth place
6 Trinidad and TobagoEliminated in group stage with 4 points
7 HaitiEliminated in group stage with 4 points
8 Antigua and BarbudaEliminated in group stage with 2 points
9 BarbadosNo bye awardedEliminated in group stage with 0 points

Qualification

The qualifying competition for the 2010 Caribbean Championship was held from 2 October to 14 November 2010 to determine the qualifying teams for the final tournament. 21 teams competed, with six qualifying to join hosts Martinique and title holders Jamaica. The competition was played over two rounds, with the second through seventh highest-ranked teams from the 2008 Caribbean Championship given byes to the second round.

Squads

At least 30 days prior to the tournament, all teams competing in the final tournament were required to provide a provisional list of between 20 and 30 players. 10 days prior, the teams were required to finalize a list of 20 players for the tournament.[4]

Group stage

The final round was contested in Martinique from 26 November – 5 December. It consisted of two groups of four, and the top two teams from each group progressed to the semifinals. Jamaica and Martinique automatically qualified for the final group stage as title holder and host, respectively.

Group H

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Cuba 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7
 Grenada 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
 Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 0 2 1 3 2 3
 Martinique 3 0 1 2 1 3 2 1
Source:
Trinidad and Tobago 0–2 Cuba
Report J. Colomé  23'
Linares  79'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Stanley Lancaster (Guyana)
Martinique 1–1 Grenada
Goron  79' (pen.) Report Bain  29'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Raymond Bogle (Jamaica)

Grenada 1–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Bain  69' Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)
Martinique 0–1 Cuba
Report Márquez  28'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados)

Cuba 0–0 Grenada
Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Raymond Bogle (Jamaica)
Martinique 0–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Report Hector  47'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados)

Group I

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Jamaica 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9
 Guadeloupe 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 4
 Antigua and Barbuda 3 1 0 2 2 4 2 3
 Guyana 3 0 1 2 1 6 5 1
Source:
Guyana 1–1 Guadeloupe
D. Jacobs  86' Report Loval  70'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Lee Davis (Trinidad and Tobago)
Jamaica 3–1 Antigua and Barbuda
Shelton  14', 37'
Richards  40'
Report Gregory  48'

Antigua and Barbuda 1–0 Guyana
Gregory  69' Report
Guadeloupe 0–2 Jamaica
Report Francis  53'
Johnson  90+3'

Guadeloupe 1–0 Antigua and Barbuda
Lambourde  41' Report
Guyana 0–4 Jamaica
Report Richards  42'
Morgan  49', 75'
Vernan  90'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)

Knockout phase

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Cuba1
 
 
 
 Guadeloupe2
 
 Guadeloupe1 (4)
 
 
 
 Jamaica (pen)1 (5)
 
 Jamaica (aet)2
 
 
 Grenada1
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 Cuba1
 
 
 Grenada0

Semi-finals

Cuba 1–2 Guadeloupe
R. Fernández  34' Report Gendrey  55' (pen.)
Lambourde  78'

Jamaica 2–1 (a.e.t.) Grenada
Richards  7'
Smith  96'
Report Bain  13'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados)

Third Place Playoff

Grenada 0–1 Cuba
Report Linares  12'

Final

 2010 Caribbean Cup
Winner 

Jamaica
Fifth title

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. "Caribbean cup to start August 18". CONCACAF.com. CONCACAF. 7 June 2010. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
  2. "St. Vincent to host Group B of Caribbean Cup". concacaf.org. CONCACAF. 25 August 2010. Archived from the original on 3 October 2010. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
  3. "Digicel Cup Kicks Off". caribbeanfootballunion.org. Caribbean Football Union. Archived from the original on 9 September 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
  4. "Digicel Caribbean Cup: 2010 Tournament Regulations" (PDF). Caribbean Football Union. 2010. p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
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