The 2019 Caribbean Club Shield was the second edition of the

Caribbean Club Shield The Caribbean Club Shield, also known as the CFU Club Shield, was an annual Caribbean football competition for clubs that were members of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU). It was a second-tier competition to the Caribbean Club Championship, an ...

(also known as the CFU Club Shield), the second-tier annual international club football competition in the Caribbean region, held amongst clubs whose football associations are affiliated with the

Caribbean Football Union The Caribbean Football Union (CFU) is the representative organization for football associations in the Caribbean. It represents 25 FIFA member nations, as well as 6 territories that are not affiliated to FIFA. The Union was established in Januar ...

(CFU), a sub-confederation of

CONCACAF The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football,, ; french: Confédération de football d'Amérique du Nord, d'Amérique centrale et des Caraïbes, . Dutch uses the English name. abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; types ...

. The tournament was played in

Curaçao Curaçao ( ; ; pap, Kòrsou, ), officially the Country of Curaçao ( nl, Land Curaçao; pap, Pais Kòrsou), is a Lesser Antilles island country in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region, about north of the Venezuela coas ...

between 5–15 April 2019. The winners of the 2019 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield, as long as they fulfill the CONCACAF Regional Club Licensing criteria, would play against the fourth place team of the 2019 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship in a playoff match to determine the final Caribbean spot to the 2019 CONCACAF League. Robinhood defeated title holders Club Franciscain in the final to win their first CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield, and later defeated Real Hope in a playoff to qualify for the CONCACAF League.

Teams

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 13 teams (from 13 associations) entered the 2019 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield. ;Associations which did not enter a team * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Venues

The matches were played at the

Ergilio Hato Stadium Stadion Ergilio Hato ( nl, Ergilio Hatostadion, also in Papiamento: ''Sentro Deportivo Korsou SDK'') is a multi-purpose stadium in Willemstad, Curaçao. It is also known as Sentro Deportivo Korsou (SDK) and is the island's largest stadium, with a ...

and

Stadion dr. Antoine Maduro Stadion dr. Antoine Maduro is a multi-use stadium in Willemstad, Curaçao. It is currently used mostly for football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the wo ...

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Match officials

Referees * Jaime Herrera ( El Salvador) * William Anderson ( Puerto Rico) * Ricangel de Leca ( Aruba) * Sherwin Johnson ( Guyana) * Charvis Delsol ( Dominica) * Moeth Gaymes ( Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) * Damien Rosa (

Martinique Martinique ( , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Matinik or ; Kalinago language, Kalinago: or ) is an island and an Overseas department and region, overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France. An integral part of ...

) * Steven Madrigal ( Costa Rica) * Benbito Celima (

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

) * Patrick Senecharles (

) * Gregory Prevot ( French Guiana) * Juniel Adelina (

) Assistant Referees * Jermaine Yee Sing (

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of Hispan ...

) * Wasnah Barnarde ( Antigua and Barbuda) * Jairo Morales ( Puerto Rico) * José Mangandi ( El Salvador) * Kleon Lindey ( Guyana) * Jade Garcia Salamatin ( Aruba) * Clide Cadette ( Dominica) * Wilson Tilus (

) * Yordanis Gomez (

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

) * Clenton Daniel ( Grenada) * Rayner Goedgedrag (

) * Alegandro Wilson (

)

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 11 January 2019, 11:00 EST ( UTC−5), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in

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, United States. The 13 teams were drawn into four groups: one group of four teams and three groups of three teams. The team from the host association

, Jong Holland, were allocated to position A1, while the remaining 12 teams were drawn into the other group positions without any seeding. The winners and runners-up of each group advance to the quarter-finals. The third-placed teams play in the consolation matches. All times local, AST ( UTC−4).

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

Qualified teams

Bracket

Consolation matches

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

Winners advanced to CONCACAF League playoff against 2019 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship fourth-placed team for a place in 2019 CONCACAF League preliminary round.

Top goalscorers

References

External links

Caribbean Club Shield
CONCACAF.com
Concacaf Caribbean Club Shield Curaçao
Facebook page {{DEFAULTSORT:Caribbean Club Shield 2019

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Teams

Venues

Match officials

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Qualified teams

Bracket

Consolation matches

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Top goalscorers

See also

References

External links