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(CFU), a sub-confederation of

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. The winners of the 2018 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship would qualify to the

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, the second and third place teams would qualify to the 2018 CONCACAF League, while the fourth place team would play against the winners of the

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, as long as the Shield winners fulfill the CONCACAF Regional Club Licensing criteria, in a playoff match to determine the final Caribbean spot to the 2018 CONCACAF League.

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were the title holders, but were not eligible to enter since they failed to reach the final of the

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. For the second season in a row, the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship was won by a team from the

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, with

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crowned champions and qualifying for the CONCACAF Champions League. Runners-up Arnett Gardens and third place

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qualified for the CONCACAF League, but fourth-placed

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lost to Shield winners Club Franciscain in a playoff and failed to qualify for the CONCACAF League.

Teams

The CONCACAF Council, at its meeting on 25 July 2017 in

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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

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, 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. The new two-tier format of the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship and CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield, as well as the teams participating in each tournament, were announced by CONCACAF on 15 December 2017. Among the 31 CFU member associations, four of them were classified as professional leagues and each may enter two teams in the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship. A total of eight teams from four associations entered the 2018 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship (officially the 2018 Flow CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship for sponsorship reasons).

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 21 December 2017, 11:00 EST ( UTC−5), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in

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, and was streamed on

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. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four. The two group stage hosts were placed in Pot 1, while the remaining six teams were placed in Pot 2. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group. The matches were played between 31 January – 4 February 2018 (Group A) and 7–11 February 2018 (Group B). The top two teams of each group advanced to the final stage.

Group A

Host venue:

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. All times local, AST ( UTC−4). ---- ----

Group B

Host venue:

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. All times local, AST ( UTC−4). ---- ----

Final stage

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was announced as the host nation of the final stage on 1 May 2018. The matches were played between 11–16 May 2018.

Bracket

The semi-final matchups are: *Group A Winners vs. Group B Runners-up *Group B Winners vs. Group A Runners-up Host venue:

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, Jamaica. All times local, EST ( UTC−5).

Semi-finals

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Third place match

Winners qualified for 2018 CONCACAF League. Losers advanced to CONCACAF League playoff against the

winners for a place in the 2018 CONCACAF League.

Final

Winners qualified for

. Losers qualified for 2018 CONCACAF League.

CONCACAF League playoff

The CONCACAF League playoff was played between the 2018 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship fourth-placed team,

, and the

winners, Club Franciscain, with the winners qualifying for the 2018 CONCACAF League.

Top goalscorers

References

External links

CFU Club Championship
CFUfootball.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Caribbean Club Championship 2018

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