1996 Caribbean Cup

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1996 Caribbean Cup
Shell/Umbro Caribbean Cup 1996
Tournament details
Host countryTrinidad and Tobago
Teams19 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Trinidad and Tobago (5th title)
Runners-up Cuba
Third place Martinique
Fourth place Suriname
Tournament statistics
Matches played35
Goals scored97 (2.77 per match)
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The 1996 Caribbean Cup (also known as the Shell/Umbro Caribbean Cup for sponsorship reasons), was the 8th edition of the Caribbean Cup, the biennial football championship of the Caribbean region (CFU). It was held in Trinidad, where it began on 24 May 1996 and concluded on 7 June.

In the tournament, the hosts Trinidad and Tobago were to be joined by 7 nations who advanced from the qualification process that began in April 1996 and involved 18 Caribbean national teams.

A total of 16 games were played. Trinidad and Tobago won the tournament and landed their fifth Caribbean.

Qualifying Tournament[]

Group 1[]

First round[]

Netherlands Antilles 0–1 Grenada

Netherlands Antilles withdrew and the return round was not played

Second round[]

Grenada 1–1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3–1 Grenada

Group 2[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 2 0 0 11 0 +11 6
 Sint Maarten 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 3
 Anguilla 2 0 0 2 0 12 −12 0
Source:[citation needed]

All matches were played in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Kitts and Nevis 8–0 Anguilla
Sint Maarten 4–0 Anguilla
Saint Kitts and Nevis 3–0 Sint Maarten

Group 3[]

Both matches were played in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Haiti 6–0 Dominican Republic
Haiti 1–1 Dominican Republic

Group 4[]

Cayman Islands 0–4 Cuba

The return round was not played

Group 5[]

First round[]

Dominica 0–1 Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia 1–1 Dominica
St. Lucia

Second round[]

Martinique 1–0 Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia 1–0 Martinique
St. Lucia

Group 6[]

Jamaica 2–0 Barbados
Young Goal 44' (pen.)
Davis Goal 89'
Barbados 2–0 (aet)
(3–4 pen)		 Jamaica
Goodridge Goal 51'
Sobers Goal 55' (pen.)

Group 7[]

First round[]

French Guiana 1–2 Suriname
Suriname 1–1 French Guiana

Second round[]

Suriname 2–1 Guyana
Guyana 2–1 (aet)
(3–5 pen.)		 Suriname

Final tournament[]

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Trinidad and Tobago 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9
 Suriname 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
 Jamaica 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 0 1 2 3 10 −7 1
Source:[citation needed]
Trinidad and Tobago 1–0 Jamaica
Latapy Goal 32'
Attendance: 5,000
Jamaica 4–1 Saint Kitts and Nevis
Wright Goal 21'
Davis Goal 61', 72'
Palmer Goal 87'		 Grumbs Goal 89'
Attendance: 4,000
Trinidad and Tobago 3–0 Suriname
Latapy Goal 58', 61'
Rougier Goal 88'
Attendance: 6,500
Suriname 3–1 Jamaica
Goal 6'
Goal 7', 44'		 Lowe Goal 45'
Attendance: 7,000
Trinidad and Tobago 5–1 Saint Kitts and Nevis
Latapy Goal 21', 29', 80'
Marcelle Goal 45'
Dwarika Goal 81'		 Goal 79'
Attendance: 7,000
Suriname 1–1 Saint Kitts and Nevis
Goal 54' Goal 72'
Attendance: 2,000

Group B[]

Played in San Fernando and Arima, Trinidad and Tobago

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Cuba 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7
 Martinique 3 2 0 1 4 1 +3 6
 Haiti 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Source:[citation needed]
Cuba 2–0 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Sebrango Goal 48'
Goal 59'
Attendance: 2,500
Martinique 1–0 Haiti
Goal 53'
Attendance: 1,500
Haiti 2–2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Golman Goal 50', 56' Hendrickson Goal 60', 89'
Attendance: 5,000
Cuba 1–0 Martinique
Darcourt Goal 72'
Attendance: 3,300
Haiti 0–0 Cuba
Attendance: 3,000
Martinique 3–0 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Goal 3'
Goal 23', 34'
Attendance: 1,000

Semifinals[]

Trinidad and Tobago 2–1 Martinique
John Goal 90', 117' Carole Goal 88'
Attendance: 11,000
Cuba 4–0 Suriname
Darcourt Goal 35', 55'
Martínez Goal 75'
Goal 83'

3rd Place Playoff[]

 Martinique1–1 (aet)
(3–2 pen.)		Suriname 
Goal 48' Goal 76'
Attendance: 2,000

Finals[]

Trinidad and Tobago 2–0 Cuba
Dwarika Goal
Nixon Goal


 1996 Caribbean Cup Winner 

Trinidad and Tobago
Fifth title
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