Caribbean Nations Cup 2007

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The Digicel Caribbean Cup 2007 is the most recent edition of the bi-annual Caribbean Cup. In all 24 countries participated (5 did not enter and 1 withdrew).

[edit] Prize Money

The Winner will receive US$120,000 (UK £64,022)
The runner up will receive US$70,000 (UK £37,350)
The team that wins the third place playoff will receive US$50,000 (UK £26,680)
The team that loses the third place playoff will receive US$30,000 (UK £16,009)
Each Host Country will receive a subsistence package of US$20,000 (UK £10,673) (10 countries) and the Host of the Digicel Caribbean Cup Final will receive US$150,000 (UK £80,047), because it’s an eight team final the costs have been increased.

(UK £ values calculated on 28 September 2006)

[edit] Stage One

Trinidad & Tobago receive bye to final round. Aruba, French Guiana, Montserrat, Puerto Rico and Sint Maarten did not enter.

[edit] Summary

The first round produced some notable upsets, Guyana surprised many by dominating Group A, while group host Netherlands Antilles finished last by capturing a lone draw. Surinam qualified for the second round as well. Group B did not go to form either when host Antigua & Barbuda advanced at the expense of St. Kitts & Nevis. St. Kitts had a late penalty kick to be taken by Atiba Harris that if made would have eliminated Antigua & Barbuda in the group's final game, but the goalkeeper saved the penalty. Barbados won the group. Group C went to form save that the British Virgin Islands withdrew before group play started. Bermuda expectedly dominated the group. The shocker of the round though occurred in Jamaica though, where the host did not advance to the second round. Jamaica lost their second game to St. Vincent & Grenadines 2-1. Playing in the final game on the group's last day knowing they had to defeat Haiti by 3 goals to qualify based on the earlier result of St. Lucia-St. Vincent & Grenadines, Jamaica could only muster a 2-0 victory, meaning that St. Vincent & Grenadines pulled the upset and advanced to the second round based on goals scored. Haiti won the group based on goal difference over St. Vincent & Grenadines and Jamaica. Cuba as host won Group E with the Bahamas advancing as well, defeating a surprisingly competitive Turks & Caicos team. In Group F, the French departments of Martinique and host Guadeloupe carried on easily, with the host winning the group.

[edit] Group A

To be played in Netherlands Antilles at Stadion Ergilio Hato.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Guyana	9	3	3	0	0	11	0	+11
Suriname	6	3	2	0	1	2	5	-3
Grenada	1	3	0	1	2	1	3	-2
Netherlands Antilles	1	3	0	1	2	1	7	-6

6 September 2006
	Suriname	0 – 5	Guyana	Stadion Ergilio Hato Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles Attendance: ? Referee: Rudolph Angela (Aruba)
			Gregory Richardson 4' Nigel Codrington 16', 73' Randolph Jerome 42' Jerome Abrahams 90'

6 September 2006
	Netherlands Antilles	1 – 1	Grenada	Stadion Ergilio Hato Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles Attendance: ? Referee: Willy Minyetty (Dominican Republic)
	Tyron Maria 1'		Dennis Rennie 52'

8 September 2006
	Suriname	1 – 0	Grenada	Stadion Ergilio Hato Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles Attendance: ? Referee: Lee Davis (Trinidad & Tobago)
	Gorden Kinsaine 35'

8 September 2006
	Netherlands Antilles	0 – 5	Guyana	Stadion Ergilio Hato Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles Attendance: ? Referee: Felix Suazo (Dominican Republic)
			Gregory Richardson 31' Nigel Codrington 58', 73' Randolph Jerome 64' Jerome Abrahams 90'

Scorers are different for Netherlands Antilles vs. Guyana in two separate articles, Guyana reach next phase of Digicel Caribbean Cup at the Official Digicel Caribbean Cup Site and Guyana secures berth into Caribbean Second Round at the CONCACAF site.

10 September 2006
	Grenada	0 – 1	Guyana	Stadion Ergilio Hato Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles Attendance: ? Referee: Rudolph Angela (Aruba)
			Shawn Bishop 46'

10 September 2006
	Netherlands Antilles	0 – 1	Suriname	Stadion Ergilio Hato Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles Attendance: ? Referee: Felix Suazo (Dominican Republic)
			Orlando Grootfaam 5'

[edit] Group B

To be played in Antigua and Barbuda at Antigua Recreation Ground.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Barbados	7	3	2	1	0	11	3	+8
Antigua and Barbuda	6	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1
Saint Kitts and Nevis	4	3	1	1	1	7	3	+4
Anguilla	0	3	0	0	3	5	18	-13

20 September 2006
	Barbados	1 - 1	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Antigua Recreation Ground St. Johns, Antigua and Barbuda Attendance: 300 Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
	Paul Ifill 42'		Atiba Harris 60

20 September 2006
	Antigua and Barbuda	5 - 3	Anguilla	Antigua Recreation Ground St. Johns, Antigua and Barbuda Attendance: 300 Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)
	Peter Byers 8 pen, 16, 71 pen Tamarley Thomas 29 Jaime Thomas 90+		Gtaekward St. Hillaire 13 Kapil Assent 51 Richard O'Connor 90+

22 September 2006
	Anguilla	1 - 6	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Antigua Recreation Ground St. Johns, Antigua and Barbuda Attendance: 500 Referee: George Phillips (Grenada)
	Richard O'Connor 20		George Isaac 14, 68, 79 Ian Lake 30, 46 Jevon Francis 81

22 September 2006
	Antigua and Barbuda	1 - 3	Barbados	Antigua Recreation Ground St. Johns, Antigua and Barbuda Attendance: 2500 Referee: Hillaren Frederick (US Virgin Islands)
	Peter Byers 16		Jeffery Williams 47 Mark McCammon 56 Paul Lovell 89

24 September 2006
	Antigua and Barbuda	1 - 0	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Antigua Recreation Ground St. Johns, Antigua and Barbuda Attendance: 2800 Referee: Enrico Wijngaard (Suriname)
	Grayson Gregory 76

24 September 2006
	Barbados	7 - 1	Anguilla	Antigua Recreation Ground St. Johns, Antigua and Barbuda Attendance: ? Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
	Mark McCammon 35, 50, 87 Paul Ifill 40, 58, 87 Bryan Niblett 75		Girdon Connor 46

[edit] Group C

To be played in United States Virgin Islands at Lionel Roberts Park.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Bermuda	6	2	2	0	9	1	+8
Dominican Republic	3	2	1	1	7	4	+3
U.S. Virgin Islands	0	2	0	2	1	12	-11

British Virgin Islands withdrew.

27 September 2006
	Dominican Republic	cancelled	British Virgin Islands	Lionel Roberts Park Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
				Lionel Roberts Park Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

27 September 2006
	U.S. Virgin Islands	0 - 6	Bermuda	Lionel Roberts Park Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Attendance: 150 Referee: Royon Small (Barbados)
			Kwame Steede 1, 34 Domico Coddington 30, 53 John Barry Nusum 37 Keith Jennings 87

29 September 2006
	Bermuda	cancelled	British Virgin Islands	Lionel Roberts Park Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
				Lionel Roberts Park Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

29 September 2006
	Bermuda	3 - 1	Dominican Republic	Lionel Roberts Park Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Attendance: Referee:
	Anjaime Zuill 25 Darius Cox 48 Kwame Steede 55		Jonathan Faña 85

1 October 2006
	U.S. Virgin Islands	cancelled	British Virgin Islands	Lionel Roberts Park Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
				Lionel Roberts Park Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

1 October 2006
	U.S. Virgin Islands	1 - 6	Dominican Republic	Lionel Roberts Park Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Attendance: 250 Referee: Lee Travis (Trinidad & Tobago)
	Bryce Pierre 7'		Luis Corporan 14' Jonathan Faña 25', 55', 82', 89' Kerbi Rodriguez 87'

[edit] Group D

To be played in Jamaica at Independence Park.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Haiti	6	3	2	1	11	3	+8
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5
Jamaica	6	3	2	1	7	2	+5
Saint Lucia	0	3	0	3	1	19	-18

27 September 2006
	Haiti	4 – 0	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	National Stadium Kingston, Jamaica Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Mark Forde (Barbados)
	Josue Mayard 18' Jean Baptiste Fritzson 54' Jean-Jacques Pierre 79' Herold Marc Gracien 90'+

27 September 2006
	Jamaica	4 – 0	Saint Lucia	National Stadium Kingston, Jamaica Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Atilio Tamayo (Cuba)
	Wilfred Smith 3' Kevin Lamey 22' Demar Phillips 31' Kevin Lamey 36'

29 September 2006
	Saint Lucia	1 – 7	Haiti	National Stadium Kingston, Jamaica Attendance: Referee:
	Germal Valcin 90+		Jean Jacques Jamil 4, 14 Jean Baptiste Fritzon 17, 82 Mones Chery 42 Fabrice Noël 63 Josue Mayard 80

29 September 2006
	Jamaica	1 – 2	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	National Stadium Kingston, Jamaica Attendance: Referee:
	Roland Dean 73		Wesley John 49 Kendall Velox 70

1 October 2006
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	8 – 0	Saint Lucia	National Stadium Kingston, Jamaica Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Atilio Tamayo (Cuba)
	Andrew Douglas 11' Shandel Samuel 26, 42', 56', 76', 90' + Wesley John 52' Renson Haynes 84'

1 October 2006
	Jamaica	2 – 0	Haiti	National Stadium Kingston, Jamaica Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad & Tobago)
	Wilfred Smith 9' Fabian Dawkins 31'

[edit] Group E

To be played in Cuba.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Cuba	9	3	3	0	19	0	+19
Bahamas	6	3	2	1	6	9	-3
Turks and Caicos Islands	3	3	1	2	4	9	-5
Cayman Islands	0	3	0	3	1	12	-11

2 September 2006
	Bahamas	3 - 1	Cayman Islands	Estadio Pedro Marrero La Habana, Cuba Attendance: ? Referee: Victor Stewart (Jamaica)
	Arden Rivers 6 og Ryan Moseley 35 Shemod Thompson 80		Gary Whittaker 76

2 September 2006
	Cuba	6 - 0	Turks and Caicos Islands	Estadio Pedro Marrero La Habana, Cuba Attendance: ? Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
	Osvaldo Alonso 5 Rudy Lay Arencibia 19 Reinier Alcántara 20, 60, 75 Ramon Ocaña 86

4 September 2006
	Cayman Islands	0 - 2	Turks and Caicos Islands	Estadio Pedro Marrero La Habana, Cuba Attendance: 100 Referee: Howard Stennett (Jamaica)
			Gavin Glinton 14 Maxime Fleuriot 72

4 September 2006
	Cuba	6 - 0	Bahamas	Estadio Pedro Marrero La Habana, Cuba Attendance: 100 Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)
	Reinier Alcantara 22, 50, 63 Jaime Colome 30 pen Ramon Ocaña 40 Ariel Martinez 42

6 September 2006
	Turks and Caicos Islands	2 - 3	Bahamas	Estadio Pedro Marrero La Habana, Cuba Attendance: 120 Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
	Gavin Glinton 51, 72		Dalles Nassies 59 Happy Hall 63 Nesly Jean 87

6 September 2006
	Cuba	7 - 0	Cayman Islands	Estadio Pedro Marrero La Habana, Cuba Attendance: 120 Referee: Victor Stewart (Jamaica)
	Reinier Alcántara 6 Ramón Ocãna 10, 34 Ariel Martinez 44, 57 Jaime Colomé 80 Hensy Muñoz 83

[edit] Group F

To be played in Guadeloupe at Stade René Serge Nabajoth.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Guadeloupe	9	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6
Martinique	6	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1
Saint-Martin	1	3	0	1	2	0	2	-2
Dominica	1	3	0	1	2	0	5	-5

20 September 2006
	Guadeloupe	1 - 0	Saint-Martin	Stade René Serge Nabajoth Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe Attendance: 1500 Referee: Martin Charles (Dominica)
	Jean Luc Lamanorne 85

20 September 2006
	Dominica	0 - 4	Martinique	Stade René Serge Nabajoth Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe Attendance: 1000 Referee: Francis Fanus (Saint Lucia)
			Steeve Meslien pen 23 Girier Du Fornier 43 Johan Sourava 63 Augustin Saint Louis 85

22 September 2006
	Martinique	1 - 0	Saint-Martin	Stade René Serge Nabajoth Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe Attendance: 1200 Referee: Gilles Arthur (Saint Lucia)
	Judes Vaton 18

22 September 2006
	Guadeloupe	1 - 0	Dominica	Stade René Serge Nabajoth Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe Attendance: 1100 Referee: Brian Willet (Antigua and Barbuda)
	Dominique Mocka 88

24 September 2006
	Dominica	0 - 0	Saint-Martin	Stade René Serge Nabajoth Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe Attendance: 500 Referee: Brian Willet (Antigua and Barbuda)

24 September 2006
	Guadeloupe	4 - 0	Martinique	Stade René Serge Nabajoth Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe Attendance: 2500 Referee: Charles Martin (Dominica)
	Ludovic Gotin 27, 60 Alain Vertot 54 Dominique Mocka 80

[edit] Stage Two

The top two in each group qualify for the second stage of the competition. The teams will be split into three groups of four teams, called Group G, H and I. The top two in each of these three groups will be qualify for the finals with Trinidad & Tobago, making seven teams. The other team (as the finals will consist of eight teams) will be consisted of the teams that finished third in Groups G, H and I. These three teams will be put together in a group and will play each other once. The winner of this group will join the seven other teams in the final.

[edit] Summary

Group I is said to be the "Group of Death" as all four teams in that group performed well in the first round. Contrary to the reports, the contest for automatic qualification ended after four matches only, with Cuba and hosts Martinique progressing smoothly. The other two groups will be contested and finished by the end of 28 November 2006.

[edit] Group G

To be played in Barbados at Barbados National Stadium.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Bahamas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Barbados	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bermuda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

19 November 2006
	Bermuda	-	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Barbados National Stadium Waterford, Bridgetown, Barbados Attendance: Referee:

19 November 2006
	Barbados	-	Bahamas	Barbados National Stadium Waterford, Bridgetown, Barbados Attendance: Referee:

21 November 2006
	Bahamas	-	Bermuda	Barbados National Stadium Waterford, Bridgetown, Barbados Attendance: Referee:

21 November 2006
	Barbados	-	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Barbados National Stadium Waterford, Bridgetown, Barbados Attendance: Referee:

23 November 2006
	Bahamas	-	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Barbados National Stadium Waterford, Bridgetown, Barbados Attendance: Referee:

23 November 2006
	Barbados	-	Bermuda	Barbados National Stadium Waterford, Bridgetown, Barbados Attendance: Referee:

[edit] Group H

To be played in Guyana at Bourda Cricket Ground.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Antigua and Barbuda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dominican Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guadeloupe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guyana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[edit] Group I

To be played in Martinique at Stade d'Honneur and Stade de Dillon.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Cuba	7	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3
Martinique	7	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2
Haiti	1	3	0	1	2	2	4	-2
Suriname	1	3	0	1	2	2	5	-3

8 November 2006
	Haiti	1 - 2	Cuba	Stade d'Honneur Fort-de-France, Martinique Attendance: 2500 Referee: Victor Stewart (Jamaica)
	Jean Baptiste Fritzon 87'		Jenier Marquez Molina 20' Lester Hennigham 77'

8 November 2006
	Martinique	1 - 0	Suriname	Stade de Dillon Fort-de-France, Martinique Attendance: ? Referee: Royon Small (Barbados)
	Rodrigue Audel 61'

10 November 2006
	Cuba	3 - 1	Suriname	Stade d'Honneur Fort-de-France, Martinique Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Howard Stennett (Jamaica)
	Yordinas Oropesa 4, 27 Jaime Valencia 40 pen		Sergio Aroepa 90

10 November 2006
	Martinique	1 - 0	Haiti	Stade de Dillon Fort-de-France, Martinique Attendance: ? Referee: Timothy H. Wood (St. Vin. & the Gren.)
	Xavier Bullet 3

12 November 2006
	Haiti	1 - 1	Suriname	Stade d'Honneur Fort-de-France, Martinique Attendance: ? Referee: ?
	John Jacques Jamil 78 pen		Vangellino Sastrodimedjo 75

12 November 2006
	Martinique	0 - 0	Cuba	Stade de Dillon Fort-de-France, Martinique Attendance: ? Referee: ?

[edit] Group J

The teams that are positioned third in the above groups will be grouped together and play each other once. The winner of the group advances to the finals.