2010 Caribbean Cup
Digicel Caribbean Cup 2010
A red and white logo of a shield containing an interpretation of a player kicking a ball.
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)Grenada Kithson Bain
Jamaica Dane Richards
(3 goals each)
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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.

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]
Seed Team Bye Notes
1  Martinique Final group stage 2010 hosts
2  Jamaica Title holders
3  Grenada Second preliminary round Runner-up
4  Guadeloupe Third place
5  Cuba Fourth place
6  Trinidad and Tobago Eliminated in group stage with 4 points
7  Haiti Eliminated in group stage with 4 points
8  Antigua and Barbuda Eliminated in group stage with 2 points
9  Barbados No bye awarded Eliminated in group stage with 0 points

Qualification

Main article: 2010 Caribbean Championship 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

Main article: 2010 Caribbean Championship 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: [citation needed]
Trinidad and Tobago 0–2 Cuba
Report J. Colomé 23'
Linares 79'
Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Stanley Lancaster (Guyana)
Martinique 1–1 Grenada
Goron 79' (pen.) Report Bain 29'
Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Raymond Bogle (Jamaica)
Grenada 1–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Bain 69' Report
Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France
Attendance: 500
Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)
Martinique 0–1 Cuba
Report Márquez 28'
Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France
Attendance: 500
Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados)
Cuba 0–0 Grenada
Report
Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Raymond Bogle (Jamaica)
Martinique 0–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Report Hector 47'
Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France
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: [citation needed]
Guyana 1–1 Guadeloupe
D. Jacobs 86' Report Loval 70'
Stade En Camée, Rivière-Pilote
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Lee Davis (Trinidad and Tobago)
Jamaica 3–1 Antigua and Barbuda
Shelton 14', 37'
Richards 40'		 Report Gregory 48'
Stade En Camée, Rivière-Pilote
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)
Antigua and Barbuda 1–0 Guyana
Gregory 69' Report
Stade En Camée, Rivière-Pilote
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)
Guadeloupe 0–2 Jamaica
Report Francis 53'
Johnson 90+3'
Stade En Camée, Rivière-Pilote
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)
Guadeloupe 1–0 Antigua and Barbuda
Lambourde 41' Report
Stade En Camée, Rivière-Pilote
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)
Guyana 0–4 Jamaica
Report Richards 42'
Morgan 49', 75'
Vernan 90'
Stade En Camée, Rivière-Pilote
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'
Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)
Jamaica 2–1 (a.e.t.) Grenada
Richards 7'
Smith 96'		 Report Bain 13'
Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados)

Third Place Playoff

Grenada 0–1 Cuba
Report Linares 12'
Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

Final

Guadeloupe 1–1 (a.e.t.) Jamaica
Gotin 37' Report Cummings 32'
Penalties
Clavier soccer ball with check mark
Gendrey soccer ball with check mark
Collet soccer ball with check mark
Antoine-Curier soccer ball with check mark
Lambourde soccer ball with red X		 4–5 soccer ball with check mark Austin
soccer ball with check mark Shelton
soccer ball with check mark Woodbine
soccer ball with check mark Vernan
soccer ball with check mark Smith
Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)


 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. ^ a b c "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.

External links

2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Caribbean Cup
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