2008 Caribbean Cup Explained

Year:2008
Other Titles:Digicel Caribbean Cup 2008
Country:Jamaica
Dates:22 July–9 November (qualifying)
3–17 December (finals)
Num Teams:21
Confederations:1
Finalists:8
Venues:3
Cities:3
Champion:Jamaica
Count:4
Second:Grenada
Third:Guadeloupe
Third-Flagvar:local
Fourth:Cuba
Matches:16
Goals:181
Top Scorer: Kitson Bain
Luton Shelton
(5 goals each)
Player: Eric Vernan
Prevseason:2007
Nextseason:2010

The 2008 Caribbean Cup (known as the Digicel Caribbean Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 2008 edition of the Caribbean Championship, an international football championship for national teams affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) of the CONCACAF region. The finals were held in Jamaica from 3–14 December 2008. The four semifinalists – Jamaica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, and Cuba – all qualified for the 2009 edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup,[1] although Cuba later withdrew and was replaced by Haiti.[2]

Qualifying began in July 2008. The qualifying rounds were used to qualify a total of six teams to the final round of the tournament to join the hosts, Jamaica, and the reigning champions, Haiti, who were given direct entry to the final group stage. The name was changed this year from Digicel Caribbean Cup to Digicel Caribbean Championship.[3]

Group stage

Played in Jamaica from 3–14 December.

and automatically qualified for this round.

Group I

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Group J

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Knockout phase

Semi-finals

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Final

Goalscorers

Goals only from the final tournament

5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Caribbean Qualification to 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup begins in Netherlands Antilles. CONCACAF. 2008-07-22. 2008-07-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20080729045353/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.aspx?id=4261. 29 July 2008. dead. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: Gold Cup to be played in record 13 different U.S. cities July 3–26 . . 2009-03-09 . 2009-03-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090312232753/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.aspx?id=4657 . 12 March 2009 . dead .
  3. http://www.antiguasun.com/paper/?as=view&as=view&sun=113340107707172008&an=160109066307172008&ac=Sports&shwef=243836116607202008&pstamp=AS&CFID=32940176&CFTOKEN=17360487&jsessionid=9830e2ffd3be444e52Caribbean Championship kicks off next weekend