The 2017 Caribbean Cup qualification began in March 2016. The qualification competition determined which Caribbean national teams would play in the

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and the

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Participants

25 teams from the 31 CFU members entered the qualification tournament. Sint Maarten participated for the first time since

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Draw

Twenty five nations were involved in the draw, which took place on 16 January 2016, 21:00 AST ( UTC−4), at the Jolly Beach Resort & Spa resort in St. John's,

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. Four teams were given a bye due to their involvement in the

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. The draw was conducted by Sonia Bien-Aime, Kirsy Rijo Charles Kullman, Chet Green and Lance Whittaker. The CFU used their own rankings to determine which teams would be given seeds based on their previous performances in the competition.

Match schedule

;Notes *The second round was originally scheduled for 15–21 May 2016 which is not on the FIFA Calendar. *The fifth place play-off was originally scheduled for 9–15 November 2016. However, three third round matches were postponed to 9–13 November 2016 due to

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-related reasons. The fifth place play-off was rescheduled to be 4–8 January 2017, and also played in a single venue in

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instead of each team hosting one match.

Format

In each three-team group, each team plays one home match against one opponent, and an away match against another opponent. If any team withdraws, the remaining two teams play each other, with one home match and one away match. Should the score remain level after regular playing time, extra time will be played and should the score still be level after extra time has been played, a

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will take place to determine the match winners. This rule was introduced to reduce the chance of a team's fate being decided by a drawing of lots.

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to

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Qualified teams for fifth place play-off

3 teams from the third round (best three group runners-up) qualified for the fifth place play-off. There was confusion as to whether wins and goals scored in extra time count when comparing teams between different groups as laid out by the CFU regulations. Ultimately, they were counted and Haiti qualified to the fifth place play-off over Antigua and Barbuda.

Fifth place play-off

3 teams competed in the fifth place play-off: *3 teams qualified from the third round. 1 team from the fifth place play-off qualified for the CONCACAF Gold Cup CFU–UNCAF play-off. ---- ----

Qualified team for CONCACAF Gold Cup CFU–UNCAF play-off

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(fifth place play-off winner) qualified for the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup CFU–UNCAF play-off, but lost to

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and failed to qualify for the

Goalscorers

;7 goals * Gino van Kessel * Felitciano Zschusschen ;5 goals * Héctor Ramos ;4 goals * Leandro Bacuna * Julian Wade * Steeven Langil ;3 goals * Jonathan Faña * Rhudy Evens * Sloan Privat * Shavon John-Brown * Harry Panayiotou * Mitchell Kisoor * Kevin Molino * Shahdon Winchester ;2 goals * Peter Byers * Calaum Jahraldo-Martin *

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* Chad Bertrand * Kelrick Walters * Darly Batista * Arnold Abelinti *

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* Roy Contout * Jamal Charles * Shane Rennie * Anthony Abrams * Marcel Barrington *

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* Adrian Butters * Dwight Peters * Ricky Shakes *

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* Andrew Jean-Baptiste * Duckens Nazon * Cory Burke * Yoann Arquin * Kévin Parsemain * Juan Coca * Olvin Ortiz *

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* Ivanildo Rozenblad * Trevor Wrensford ;1 goal *

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* AJ George *

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* Keiran Murtagh * Josh Parker * Stefan Smith * Frederick Gomez * Romario Harewood * Reggie Lambe * Tre Ming * Jonte Smith * Alberto Gómez * Daniel Luis Sáez * Gevaro Nepomuceno * Rony Beard * Edipo Rodríguez * Alex Eric * Kévin Rimane * Moron Phillip * Jake Rennie * Kimo Sampson * Elbert Anatol * Claudio Beauvue * Gilles Dan *

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* Solomon Austin * Brandon Beresford * Neil Danns * Sheldon Holder * Kai McKenzie-Lyle * Devon Millington * Vurlon Mills *

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* Jonel Désiré *

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* Derrick Etienne * Charles Hérold Jr. * Mechack Jérôme * Shaun Francis * Je-Vaughn Watson * Dicoy Williams * Stéphane Abaul * Johan Audel * Jean-Sylvain Babin * Mathias Coureur * Jordy Delem * Bruno Grougi * Daniel Hérelle * Antoine Jean-Baptiste * Jorge Rivera * Mike Ramos * Javeim Blanchette *

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* Myron Samuel * Ramsleii Boelijn *

Dimitrie Apai Dimitrie Apai (born 19 July 1994) is a Surinamese footballer who plays for Transvaal, and the Suriname national football team. Club career Transvaal Apai began his career with S.V. Transvaal of Suriname's semi-professional Hoofdklasse. In late ...

* Sergino Eduard * Guno Kwasie * Galgyto Talea * Melvin Valies * Cordell Cato *

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* Asanti Herring ;Own goals * Ryan Dicker (playing against Dominica) * Malcolm Joseph (playing against Martinique) * Rick de Punder (playing against Grenada) * Gillermo Faerber (playing against Haiti)

References

External links

Caribbean Cup – Men
CONCACAF.com
Caribbean Cup
CFUfootball.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Caribbean Cup qualification 2017 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup 2015–16 in Caribbean football 2016–17 in Caribbean football Caribbean Cup qualification

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