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The 2018 Caribbean Club Shield was the first edition of the
Caribbean Club Shield The CFU Club Shield, also known as the CFU Caribbean Club Shield and formerly as the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield, is an annual Caribbean football competition for clubs that are members of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU). It is a second-tier ...
(also known as the CFU Club Shield), the second-tier annual international club
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competition in the
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region, held amongst clubs whose football associations are affiliated with the
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(CFU), a sub-confederation of
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. The tournament was played in the
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between 13–21 April 2018. The winners of the 2018 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield, as long as they fulfill the CONCACAF Regional Club Licensing criteria, would play against the fourth place team of the 2018 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship in a playoff match to determine the final Caribbean spot to the
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.
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won the inaugural CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield, and later defeated Central in a playoff 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 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield, 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, 27 of them were classified as non-professional leagues and each may enter one team in the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield. A total of 12 teams from 12 associations entered the 2018 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield. ;Associations which did not enter a team * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *


Venues

The
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was announced as the host nation on 15 February 2018. Host venues, all located at
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, were: *
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* PUCMM * Universidad ISA


Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 15 February 2018, 11:00 EST ( UTC−5), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in
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, and was streamed on
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. The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four without any seeding. The winners of each group and the best runners-up advanced to the semi-finals. All times local,
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( UTC−4).


Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Ranking of group winners and runners-up


Knockout stage


Bracket

The semi-final matchups are: *Best Group Winners vs. Best Group Runners-up *2nd Best Group Winners vs. 3rd Best Group Winners


Semi-finals

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Third place match


Final

Winners advanced to CONCACAF League playoff against the 2018 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship fourth-placed team for a place in the
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.


Top goalscorers


See also

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2018 Caribbean Club Championship The 2018 Caribbean Club Championship was the 20th edition of the Caribbean Club Championship (also known as the CFU Club Championship), the first-tier annual international club football competition in the Caribbean region, held amongst clubs whose ...
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2018 CONCACAF League The 2018 CONCACAF League (officially the 2018 Scotiabank CONCACAF League for sponsorship purposes) was the second edition of the CONCACAF League, a football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Cent ...
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2019 CONCACAF Champions League The 2019 CONCACAF Champions League (officially the 2019 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League) was the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current name, and overall the 54th edition of the premier football club competition orga ...


References


External links


Caribbean Club Shield
CONCACAF.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Caribbean Club Shield 2018
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