1981 CFU Championship

October 2024 CFU Championship 1981 Puerto Rico 19–25 October 1981 4 TRI 1 VIN 1979 GLP PUR 1952 6 18 1979 1983 The 1981 CFU Championship was the third international association football championship for members of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU). Hosted by Puerto Rico, the competition ran from 19–25 October 1981 and was contested by the national teams of Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad and Tobago won the competition for the first time after defeating hosts Puerto Rico 6–0 in final match of the round-robin tournament. Background The Caribbean Football Union (CFU) was founded in January 1978 as a sub-confederation of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF).About Us https://www.cfufootball.org/inside-cfu/about-us/ Caribbean Football Union 5 May 2026 Later the same year, the first CFU Championship was organised in Trinidad and Tobago.McKain Chris J. Cruickshank Mark CFU Championship https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/shellcar.html RSSSF 5 May 2026 19 September 2019 Haiti were the defending champions after winning the previous edition in Suriname.Cruickshank Mark Courtney Barrie Garin Erik Morrison Neil CFU Championship 1979 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cfu79.html RSSSF 5 May 2026 12 April 2018 Haiti and Suriname were the joint-most successful teams in the history of the competition with one title each. Format Four qualifying rounds were held to determine three of the four teams that would participate in the final tournament. Hosts Puerto Rico qualified automatically. In the first round, the 10 teams were drawn into five two-legged ties. The team scoring more goals on aggregate in each tie would advance to the next stage. In the second round, two of the remaining five teams were drawn into a two-legged tie. The team scoring more goals on aggregate, along with the three other teams, would advance to the next stage.Cruickshank Mark Courtney Barrie Lugo Erik Francisco Garin Erik CFU Championship 1981 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cfu81.html RSSSF 5 May 2026 30 March 2021 In the semi-final round, the remaining four teams were drawn into two two-legged ties. The team scoring more goals on aggregate in each tie would qualify for the final tournament. A two-legged play-off round was then held between the two losing teams from the semi-final round. The team scoring more goals on aggregate would qualify for the final tournament. The final tournament was played as a single round-robin where each team would play all of the others once. The winner would be decided by the total number of points obtained across all matches played. Participants 22em BRB DMA 1981 GUF GLP JAM MTQ snake PUR LCA 1979 TRI VIN 1979 SUR Qualification The qualification stage ran from June to September 1981. First round In the first round, Trinidad and Tobago defeated Jamaica 4–2 on aggregate, Guadeloupe defeated Dominica 8–2 on aggregate and St Vincent and the Grenadines defeated Martinique 4–2 on aggregate. Suriname and French Guyana drew 4–4 on aggregate and Suriname won a play-off 1–0. St Lucia withdrew and Barados received a walkover to the second round. main n First round 3 Play-off BRB w/o LCA 1979 null null nil JAM 2–4 TRI 2–0 0–4 nil GLP 8–2 DMA 1981 5–0 3–2 nil SUR 4–4 GUF 3–1 1–3 1–0 VIN 1979 4–2 MTQ snake 2–1 2–1 nil St Lucia withdrew. Results BRB Cancelled LCA 1979 LCA 1979 Cancelled BRB St Lucia withdrew, Barbados advanced. 7 June 1981 JAM 2–0 TRI Hyde Russell National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica 19 June 1981 TRI 4–0 JAM Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago won 4–2 on aggregate. 21 June 1981 GLP 5–0 DMA 1981 Stade de Les Abymes, Les Abymes 5 July 1981 DMA 1981 2–3 GLP Windsor Park, Roseau Guadeloupe won 8–2 on aggregate. 7 June 1981 SUR 3–1 GUF National Stadion, Paramaribo 21 June 1981 GUF 3–1 SUR Stade de Baduel, Cayenne 4–4 on aggregate. 5 July 1981 VIN 1979 2–1 MTQ snake Arnos Vale Stadium, Arnos Vale 19 July 1981 MTQ snake 1–2 VIN 1979 Stade Louis Achille, Fort-de-France St Vincent and the Grenadines won 4–2 on aggregate. Play-off 19 July 1981 SUR 1–0 GUF National Stadion, Paramaribo Second round In the second round, Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados drew 2–2 on aggregate and Trinidad and Tobago won 4–2 on penalties. main n Second round TRI 2–2 (4–2 p) BRB 1–1 1–1 Results 5 July 1981 BRB 1–1 TRI National Stadium, Bridgetown 17 July 1981 TRI 1–1 4–2 BRB Skinner Park, San Fernando 2–2 on aggregate. Trinidad and Tobago won 4–2 on penalties. Semi-final round In the semi-final round, Trinidad and Tobago defeated Suriname 4–3 on aggregate and Guadeloupe defeated St Vincent and the Grenadines 4–2 on aggregate to qualify for the final tournament. main n Semi-final round SUR 3–4 TRI 1–1 2–3 GLP 4–3 VIN 1979 3–0 1–3 Results 8 August 1981 SUR 1–1 TRI National Stadion, Paramaribo 15 August 1981 TRI 3–2 SUR Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago won 4–3 on aggregate. 2 August 1981 GLP 3–0 VIN 1979 Arnos Vale Stadium, Arnos Vale 16 August 1981 VIN 1979 3–1 GLP Stade de Les Abymes, Les Abymes Guadeloupe won 4–3 on aggregate. Play-off In the play-off, St Vincent and the Grenadines defeated Suriname 5–4 on aggregate to qualify for the final tournament. main n Play-off VIN 1979 5–4 SUR 2–1 3–3 Results 13 September 1981 VIN 1979 2–1 SUR Arnos Vale Stadium, Arnos Vale 27 September 1981 SUR 3–3 VIN 1979 National Stadion, Paramaribo St Vincent and the Grenadines won 5–4 on aggregate. Final tournament The final tournament was held from 19–25 October 1981. After winning their opening two matches, Trinidad and Tobago were crowned champions when they defeated Puerto Rico 6–0 in their final match. Table main WDL Q 2 TRI TRI VIN VIN 1979 GLP GLP PUR PUR 1952 3 0 0 10 0 2 0 1 5 3 0 1 2 2 6 0 1 2 1 9 green1 A complete Results 19 October 1981 PUR 1952 1–1 GLP Rivera 58 Beauzor 70 Estadio Sixto Escobar, San Juan 19 October 1981 TRI 2–0 VIN 1979 Eddy Skinner Estadio Sixto Escobar, San Juan 21 October 1981 PUR 1952 0–2 VIN 1979 Lewe 68 Millington 87 Estadio Sixto Escobar, San Juan 21 October 1981 TRI 2–0 GLP Skinner 25 Eddy 79 Estadio Sixto Escobar, San Juan 24 October 1981 VIN 1979 3–1 GLP Estadio Sixto Escobar, San Juan 25 October 1981 TRI 6–0 PUR 1952 Craig 16 Skinner x2 Corneal 47 Mendes x2 Estadio Sixto Escobar, San Juan References Category:Caribbean Cup CFU Category:International association football competitions hosted by Puerto Rico Category:1981 in Puerto Rico