Caribbean Club Shield

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Caribbean Club Shield
Founded2018; 4 years ago (2018)
RegionCaribbean (CFU)
Number of teamsVarious (13 in 2019)
Current championsSuriname Robinhood (1st title)
(2019)
Most successful club(s)Martinique Club Franciscain
Suriname Robinhood
(1 title each)
WebsiteCONCACAF homepage
2021 Caribbean Club Shield

The Caribbean Club Shield, also known as the CFU 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 Caribbean Club Championship, and was introduced in 2018 for clubs from non-professional leagues which are working towards professional standards.[1] It is currently run by CONCACAF and is officially known as the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield.

The winner of this competition, as long as it fulfills the CONCACAF Regional Club Licensing criteria, will play against the fourth-placed team of the Caribbean Club Championship for a place in the CONCACAF League.

With the expansion of the CONCACAF Champions League starting from the 2023–24 edition, the 2022 edition of the Caribbean Club Shield will be the last held. Instead, a regional cup tournament, the Caribbean Cup, will be launched as a qualifying tournament of the CONCACAF Champions League for teams from the Caribbean, besides those which qualify directly through their professional leagues.[2]

History[]

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.

Results[]

Season Hosts Winners Score Runners-up Third Place Score Fourth Place
2018  Dominican Republic Club Franciscain Martinique 2–1 Suriname Inter Moengotapoe Real Rincon Bonaire 3–1 Aruba Nacional
2019  Curaçao Robinhood Suriname 1–0 Martinique Club Franciscain Barbados Weymouth Wales and Curaçao Jong Holland
2020  Curaçao Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[3]
2021  Curaçao Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[4]

See also[]

Notes and references[]

  1. ^ "Dominican Republic Selected to Host Inaugural CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield". mailchi.mp. CONCACAF. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Concacaf Champions League to expand with innovative new format starting 2023/24". CONCACAF Champions League. 4 February 2021. Archived from the original on 18 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Update on Concacaf Caribbean Club Shield and Flow Concacaf Caribbean Club Championship". CONCACAF. 25 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Update on 2021 Concacaf Caribbean Club Competitions". concacaf.com. 23 April 2021.

External links[]

Retrieved from ""