The ABCS Tournament is an annual
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
tournament between the representative teams of
Aruba,
Bonaire,
Curaçao and
Suriname.
Louis Giskus, the President of the Suriname Football Federation said that the competition was formed "to strengthen the relationship between the Dutch speaking countries in the Caribbean".
If the scores are level after 90 minutes plus injury time, the game proceeds straight to penalty kicks. No extra time is allocated.
Venues
Tournaments
;Notes
Teams' achievements
Medals by nations (2010–2021)
Update after
2022 ABCS Tournament (7th).
Tournament history
ABCS Tournament 2010
Also known as the ''Pais Positivo Cup 2010''.
First round
Third place playoff
1 Players of
Bonaire
Bonaire is a Caribbean island in the Leeward Antilles, and is a Caribbean Netherlands, special municipality (officially Public body (Netherlands), "public body") of the Netherlands. Its capital is the port of Kralendijk, on the west (Windward an ...
walked off the pitch after a disagreement over a penalty kick being given against them.
Final
ABCS Tournament 2011
First round
Third place playoff
Final
ABCS Tournament 2012
The 2012 edition of the tournament is to be hosted in Aruba between 13 and 15 July.
First round
Third place playoff
Final
ABCS Tournament 2013
The 2013 edition of the tournament was hosted in Curaçao between 14 and 16 November.
First round
Third place playoff
Final
ABCS Tournament 2014
It was initially announced that the 2014 edition of the tournament would be hosted by Suriname from 7–9 November. All matches were to be played at
André Kamperveen Stadion. Following a strong performance by
Curacao during
2014 Caribbean Cup qualification, the tournament was moved to 28–30 November since Curacao would be participating in the finals of the
2014 Caribbean Cup.
It was later announced that the tournament had been postponed until 2015 because Curacao had just finished a long Caribbean Cup process.
ABCS Tournament 2015
The 2015 edition of the tournament was hosted in Suriname between 30 January and 1 February.
First round
Third place playoff
Final
2018 ABCS Cup
The 2018 edition of the tournament was scheduled to be played 11–13 May 2018 at the
Trinidad Stadium
Guillermo Prospero Trinidad Stadium (officially known as ''Estadio Guillermo Próspero Trinidad'' which is part of the ''Compleho Deportivo Guillermo Prospero Trinidad''), is a multi-purpose stadium in Oranjestad, Aruba, Oranjestad, Aruba. It is Ar ...
in
Oranjestad, Aruba
Oranjestad ( , , ; literally "Prince of Orange, Orange City"), the Capital city, capital and most populous of Aruba's eight regions, is located on the southwestern coast of the island. In Papiamento, the local language, Oranjestad is commonly r ...
but was cancelled after
Curaçao
Curaçao, officially the Country of Curaçao, is a constituent island country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located in the southern Caribbean Sea (specifically the Dutch Caribbean region), about north of Venezuela.
Curaçao includ ...
withdrew and
qualification
Qualification may refer to:
Processes
* Qualifications-Based Selection (QBS), a competitive contract procurement process established by the United States Congress
* Process qualification, ensures that manufacturing and production processes can ...
for the
2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League was announced.
2021 ABCS Tournament
The ABCS tournament 2021 between Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao and Curaçao U20 took place between 1 and 3 October. Curaçao, whose football association got 100 years old in 2021, hosted.
First round
Third place playoff
Final
2022 ABCS Tournament
The 2022 ABCS Tournament was hosted by Curaçao and was the 7th edition.
The tournament was played from 24 to 26 November 2022. This edition featured all four countries of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao and Suriname for the first time since 2015.
First round
Third place playoff
Final
References
External links
Wildsat.com Caribbean football databasepokie real
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