| Year: | 2005 |
| Other Titles: | Digicel Caribbean Cup 2005 |
| Country: | Barbados |
| Num Teams: | 30 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Finalists: | 4 |
| Champion: | Jamaica |
| Count: | 3 |
| Second: | Cuba |
| Third: | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Fourth: | BRB |
| Matches: | 52 |
| Goals: | 175 |
| Top Scorer: | Luton Shelton (9 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 2001 |
| Nextseason: | 2007 |
The 2005 Caribbean Cup (known as the Digicel Caribbean Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the thirteenth edition of the Caribbean Cup hosted by Barbados and won by Jamaica.[1] [2] In all, 30 countries were invited, of which, 22 participated and 8 withdrew.
Group A Qualifier: Saint-Martin w/o (Sint Maarten withdrew)
Played in Kingston, Jamaica
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Played in Martinique
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Group C qualifier: withdrew.
Bahamas qualified but they also withdrew; their place was taken by Guyana. The participants were supposed to be:,,,, and the matches were planned to be played in Cuba. However, Netherlands Antilles, Guyana, Dominican Republic all withdrew later, and so Cuba won the group automatically.
Group D qualifier: both through . The matches were scheduled to be played on 5 and 11 September but Guyana were requested to replace the Bahamas from Group C who withdrew so Suriname was drawn into Group D.
Played in Trinidad and Tobago
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Group E qualifier: w/o (Aruba withdrew)
Played in Saint Vincent; originally planned for Cayman Islands, but rescheduled due to hurricane damage
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NB: Bermuda have protested the eligibility of three BVI players (Montgomery Butler, Avondale Williams, Venton James) as being Saint Vincentians.
Group F qualifier: w/o (Anguilla withdrew)
Played in Saint Kitts and Nevis
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NB: qualified as hosts
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Jamaica, Cuba and Trinidad and Tobago qualified for CONCACAF Gold Cup 2005
| Name | Goals | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luton Shelton | 9 |
| 2 | 7 | |
| 3 | 6 | |
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| 6 | ||
| 6 | 5 | |
| 7 | Jevon Francis | 4 |
| 4 | ||