2018 Caribbean Club Shield

2018 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield

Tournament details
Host country	Dominican Republic
City	Santiago de los Caballeros
Dates	13–21 April 2018
Teams	12 (from 12 associations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Club Franciscain (1st title)
Runners-up	Inter Moengotapoe
Third place	Real Rincon
Fourth place	Nacional
Tournament statistics
Matches played	19
Goals scored	75 (3.95 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Stefano Rijssel (6 goals)[1]
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The 2018 Caribbean Club Shield was the first edition of the Caribbean Club Shield (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 (CFU), a sub-confederation of CONCACAF. The tournament was played in the Dominican Republic 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 2018 CONCACAF League.^[2]

Club Franciscain won the inaugural CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield, and later defeated Central in a playoff to qualify for the CONCACAF League.

The CONCACAF Council, at its meeting on 25 July 2017 in San Francisco, California 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.^[3] 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.

Association	Team	Qualification method
Aruba	Nacional	2016–17 Aruban Division di Honor champions
Barbados	Weymouth Wales	2017 Barbados Premier League champions
Bonaire	Real Rincon	2016–17 Bonaire League champions
Cayman Islands	Bodden Town	2016–17 Cayman Islands Premier League champions
Curaçao	Centro Dominguito	2017 Curaçao Sekshon Pagá champions
Grenada	Hard Rock	2016 GFA Premier Division champions
Guadeloupe	USR	2016–17 Guadeloupe Division of Honor champions
Guyana	Guyana Defence Force	2016–17 GFF Elite League champions
Martinique	Club Franciscain	2016–17 Martinique Championnat National champions
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Cayon Rockets	2016–17 SKNFA Super League champions
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Avenues United	2017 NLA Premier League champions
Suriname	Inter Moengotapoe	2016–17 SVB Topklasse champions

Associations which did not enter a team

The Dominican Republic was announced as the host nation on 15 February 2018.^[4] Host venues, all located at Santiago de los Caballeros, were:

• Estadio Cibao FC
• PUCMM
• Universidad ISA

The draw for the group stage was held on 15 February 2018, 11:00 EST (UTC−5), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami, United States,^[5] and was streamed on YouTube.^[6] 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, AST (UTC−4).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Inter Moengotapoe	3	3	0	0	15	1	+14	9	Semi-finals
2	Nacional	3	2	0	1	5	7	−2	6
3	USR	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	3
4	Weymouth Wales	3	0	0	3	3	10	−7	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Real Rincon	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	4	Semi-finals
2	Avenues United	2	1	1	0	5	4	+1	4
3	Hard Rock	2	0	0	2	3	6	−3	0
4	Guyana Defence Force	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew[7]

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Club Franciscain	3	2	0	1	12	4	+8	6	Semi-finals
2	Centro Dominguito	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
3	Bodden Town	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	4
4	Cayon Rockets	3	0	1	2	3	10	−7	1

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Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	Inter Moengotapoe	3	3	0	0	15	1	+14	9	Semi-finals
2	C	Club Franciscain	3	2	0	1	12	4	+8	6
3	B	Real Rincon	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	4
4	A	Nacional	3	2	0	1	5	7	−2	6	Semi-finals
5	C	Centro Dominguito	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
6	B	Avenues United	2	1	1	0	5	4	+1	4

The semi-final matchups are:

• Best Group Winners vs. Best Group Runners-up
• 2nd Best Group Winners vs. 3rd Best Group Winners

	Semi-finals				Final
	19 April
	Inter Moengotapoe	4
					21 April
	Nacional	0
					Inter Moengotapoe	1
	19 April
					Club Franciscain	2
	Club Franciscain	2
	Real Rincon	0
					Third place
					21 April
					Nacional	1
					Real Rincon	3

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

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Stefano Rijssel	Inter Moengotapoe	6
2	Romeo Kastiel	Inter Moengotapoe	5
	Yann Thimon	Club Franciscain
4	Djénhael Maingé	Club Franciscain	4
5	Stéphane Abaul	Club Franciscain	3
6	Joël Baja	Inter Moengotapoe	2
	Steeve Désert	USR
	Donnegy Fer	Inter Moengotapoe
	Romano Holtuin	Inter Moengotapoe
	Samuel Matheus	Centro Dominguito
	Devis Oliveros	Nacional
	Kenroy Ranger	Nacional
	Yurick Seinpaal	Real Rincon
	Romano Snagg	Avenues United

• 2018 Caribbean Club Championship
• 2018 CONCACAF League
• 2019 CONCACAF Champions League

• Caribbean Club Shield, CONCACAF.com