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2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Cup
The 2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Cup was the first edition of the CONCACAF Caribbean Cup, the first-tier annual international club football competition in the Caribbean region. It was contested by clubs whose football associations are affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), a sub-confederation of CONCACAF. The winners of the 2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Cup qualified to the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16, and the second and third place teams qualified to Round One.[1][2] Teams  Kingston  Location of teams of the 2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Cup Ten teams from five CFU member associations qualified for the tournament. Eight teams from three nations qualified based on results from their domestic leagues and the remaining two teams qualified from the 2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Shield.[2][3][4] Originally, Haiti had two berths reserved for its teams in the tournament.[5] However, the CONCACAF Council decided that Haitian clubs were not able to qualify and participate in the tournament as their domestic league is inactive since May 2021 due to the ongoing Haitian crisis.[6][7] As a result, the two Haitian berths were awarded one to Dominican Republic and one to Jamaica based on the performance of their clubs in the past five editions of the defunct Caribbean Club Championship.[2] The entry berths were as follows:
DrawThe draw for the group stage was held on 8 June 2023 at 17:00 EDT (UTC−4) in Miami, Florida, United States. The 10 involved teams were previously seeded into five pots of two teams each based on their CONCACAF Club Ranking as of 28 May 2023,[9][10] except for the teams in pot 5, which was reserved for the champions and runners-up of the 2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Shield.
ScheduleThe schedule of the competition was as follows.[9]
Group stageIn the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away basis, where each club played every other club in their group once, two matches at home and two matches away. The first and second-place finishers advanced to the knockout stage. Group A
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results (points, goal difference, goals scored); 5) Disciplinary points; 6) Drawing of lots. Group B
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results (points, goal difference, goals scored); 5) Disciplinary points; 6) Drawing of lots. Knockout stageThe knockout stage was played on a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:[11]
Qualified teamsThe winners and runners-up of each of the four groups in the group stage advanced to the quarter-finals.
BracketThe bracket was pre-determined as follows.
Semi-finalsThe first legs were played on 24–25 October, and the second legs were played on 31 October – 2 November 2023.
Third place play-offs
Finals
Goalscorers Team eliminated for this round. Team inactive for this round.
See alsoReferences
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