2018 Caribbean Club Championship

Atlántico

Atlético Pantoja

Real Hope

Racing FC

Arnett Gardens

Portmore United

Central

W Connection

Location of teams of the 2018 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship

The CONCACAF Council, at its meeting on 25 July 2017 in San Francisco, California approved the implementation of the following two-tier competitions for affiliated clubs of Caribbean Member Associations starting in 2018:

• The Tier 1 competition, known as the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship, is contested by the champions and runners-up of the top professional and semi-professional leagues in year 1 (2018), and open to only fully professional leagues in year 2 (2019) and onwards.
• The Tier 2 competition, known as the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield, is contested by the champions of the top leagues in Member Associations that have no professional or semi-professional leagues in year 1 (2018), and open to amateur and semi-professional leagues in year 2 (2019) and onwards.

The new two-tier format of the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship and CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield, as well as the teams participating in each tournament, were announced by CONCACAF on 15 December 2017.[2] Among the 31 CFU member associations, four of them were classified as professional leagues and each may enter two teams in the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship.

A total of eight teams from four associations entered the 2018 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship (officially the 2018 Flow CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship for sponsorship reasons).[3]

Association	Team	Qualification method
Dominican Republic	Atlántico	2017 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol champions
	Atlético Pantoja	2017 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol runners-up
Haiti	Real Hope	2017 Ligue Haïtienne Série d'Ouverture champions
	Racing	2017 Ligue Haïtienne Série d'Ouverture runners-up
Jamaica	Arnett Gardens	2016–17 National Premier League champions
	Portmore United	2016–17 National Premier League runners-up
Trinidad and Tobago	Central	2016–17 TT Pro League champions
	W Connection	2016–17 TT Pro League runners-up

The draw for the group stage was held on 21 December 2017, 11:00 EST (UTC−5), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami, United States,[4] and was streamed on YouTube.[5] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four. The two group stage hosts were placed in Pot 1, while the remaining six teams were placed in Pot 2. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.

The matches were played between 31 January – 4 February 2018 (Group A) and 7–11 February 2018 (Group B).[6] The top two teams of each group advanced to the final stage.

Group A

Host venue: Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, Trinidad and Tobago. All times local, AST (UTC−4).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlético Pantoja	3	2	1	0	6	0	+6	7	Final stage
2	Arnett Gardens	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	4
3	W Connection (H)	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
4	Real Hope	3	1	0	2	1	7	−6	3

Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host.

31 January 2018 (2018-01-31)

17:00

Atlético Pantoja	0–0	Arnett Gardens
	Report

Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva

Referee: Ricangel de Leça (Aruba)

31 January 2018 (2018-01-31)

20:00

W Connection	0–1	Real Hope
	Report	Jeudy  3'

Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva

Referee: Oscar Macías (Mexico)

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2 February 2018 (2018-02-02)

17:00

Real Hope	0–3	Atlético Pantoja
	Report	Espinal  35', 59' Maita  41'

Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva

Referee: Reon Radix (Grenada)

2 February 2018 (2018-02-02)

20:00

W Connection	2–1	Arnett Gardens
Joseph  2', 13'	Report	Reid  62' (pen.)

Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva

Referee: Gladwyn Johnson (Guyana)

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4 February 2018 (2018-02-04)

17:00

Arnett Gardens	4–0	Real Hope
Reid  65', 86' (pen.), 90+2' Strickland  90'	Report

Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva

Referee: Oscar Macías (Mexico)

4 February 2018 (2018-02-04)

20:00

W Connection	0–3	Atlético Pantoja
	Report	Espinal  27' Maita  31' López  65' (pen.)

Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva

Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

Group B

Host venue: Estadio Cibao FC, Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. All times local, AST (UTC−4).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Central	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6	Final stage
2	Portmore United	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
3	Atlántico (H)	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Racing	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3

Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host.

7 February 2018 (2018-02-07)

17:00

Central	0–2	Portmore United
	Report	Morris  47' Lynch  86'

Estadio Cibao FC, Santiago de los Caballeros

Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz (Mexico)

7 February 2018 (2018-02-07)

20:00

Atlántico	2–1	Racing
Briceño  7' (pen.) Herrera  16'	Report	Charles  27'

Estadio Cibao FC, Santiago de los Caballeros

Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

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9 February 2018 (2018-02-09)

17:00

Racing	0–3	Central
	Report	Marcano  11' Paul  40' (o.g.) Charles  49'

Estadio Cibao FC, Santiago de los Caballeros

Referee: Trevester Richards (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

9 February 2018 (2018-02-09)

20:00

Atlántico	2–2	Portmore United
Cuica  77', 87'	Report	East  41' Grandison  72' (pen.)

Estadio Cibao FC, Santiago de los Caballeros

Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)

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11 February 2018 (2018-02-11)

17:00

Portmore United	0–1	Racing
	Report	Daniel  27'

Estadio Cibao FC, Santiago de los Caballeros

Referee: Sherwin Moore (Guyana)

11 February 2018 (2018-02-11)

20:00

Atlántico	0–1	Central
	Report	Melo  60' (o.g.)

Estadio Cibao FC, Santiago de los Caballeros

Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

Jamaica was announced as the host nation of the final stage on 1 May 2018.[7] The matches were played between 11–16 May 2018.

Bracket

The semi-final matchups are:

• Group A Winners vs. Group B Runners-up
• Group B Winners vs. Group A Runners-up

	Semi-finals				Final
	11 May
	Atlético Pantoja	4
					13 May
	Portmore United	3
					Atlético Pantoja (p)	0 (6)
	11 May
					Arnett Gardens	0 (5)
	Arnett Gardens	2
	Central	0
					Third place
					13 May
					Portmore United	2
					Central	1

Host venue: Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex, Kingston, Jamaica. All times local, EST (UTC−5).

Semi-finals

11 May 2018 (2018-05-11)

18:00

Atlético Pantoja	4–3	Portmore United
Espinal  24', 45+1' Centeno  30', 69'	Report	East  27', 34' Lynch  52'

Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex, Kingston

Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

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11 May 2018 (2018-05-11)

21:00

Arnett Gardens	2–0	Central
Edwards  35' Morgan  55'	Report

Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex, Kingston

Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)

Third place match

Winners qualified for 2018 CONCACAF League. Losers advanced to CONCACAF League playoff against the 2018 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield winners for a place in the 2018 CONCACAF League.

13 May 2018 (2018-05-13)

17:00

Portmore United	2–1	Central
Harriott  58' Lynch  63'	Report	Muckette  27'

Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex, Kingston

Referee: Kimbell Ward (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

Final

Winners qualified for 2019 CONCACAF Champions League. Losers qualified for 2018 CONCACAF League.

13 May 2018 (2018-05-13)

20:00

Atlético Pantoja	0–0	Arnett Gardens
	Report
Penalties
López Rebollo Centeno Quintero Maita Russell Báez	6–5	Russell Sterling Nesbeth Reid Jackson Johnson Martin

Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex, Kingston

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

CONCACAF League playoff

Qualified teams from 2018 Caribbean club competitions

CONCACAF Champions League	Atlético Pantoja
CONCACAF League	Arnett Gardens Portmore United Club Franciscain

The CONCACAF League playoff was played between the 2018 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship fourth-placed team, Central, and the 2018 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield winners, Club Franciscain, with the winners qualifying for the 2018 CONCACAF League.

16 May 2018 (2018-05-16)

19:30

Central	1–2	Club Franciscain
Wolfe  15'	Report	Maingé  27' Marajo  45+1'

Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex, Kingston

Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)

• 2018 Caribbean Club Shield
• 2018 CONCACAF League
• 2019 CONCACAF Champions League

• CFU Club Championship, CFUfootball.org