1994 Caribbean Cup

1994 Shell Caribbean Cup 1994 Trinidad and Tobago 21 1 Trinidad and Tobago 3 Martinique snake Guadeloupe local SUR 1993 1995 The 1994 Caribbean Cup (known as the Shell Caribbean Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth edition of the Caribbean Cup, the football championship of the Caribbean, one of the CONCACAF zones. The final stage was hosted by Trinidad and Tobago. Entrants Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Barbados British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands old Cuba (Disqualified) Dominica Dominican Republic GUF French Guiana Grenada Guadeloupe Guyana Haiti Jamaica Martinique snake (Defending Champions) Montserrat Puerto Rico 1952 Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten Suriname Trinidad and Tobago (Hosts) Qualifying tournament MTQ snake (holders) and TRI (hosts) automatically qualified for the Final Round. Regulation An unusual rule was imposed in the qualifying tournament: every match was required to have a winner. If the two teams had the same score after 90 minutes, they played a sudden death extra time in which the golden goal was counted as two goals. If no team scored in the extra time, then a penalty shootout determined the winner. Group 1 main WDL Q n y BRB BRB GRN GRN PUR PUR 1952 1 1 4 3 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 2 #ccffcc A complete Jan 23, 1994 BRB 0–1 PUR 1952 Jan 25, 1994 GRN 2–0 (asdet ) PUR 1952 Jan 27, 1994 BRB 4–2 (asdet ) GRN Anomaly Barbados 4–2 Grenada Grenada went into the match with a superior goal difference, meaning that Barbados needed to win by at least two goals to progress to the finals. Barbados exploited two unusual rules variations in its final group stage game. First, unlike most group stages in football competitions, the organizers had deemed that all games must have a winner. All games drawn over 90 minutes would go to sudden death extra time. The second unusual rule stated that in sudden death extra time, the golden goal would count as two goals. Barbados was leading 2–0 until the 83rd minute, when an own goal by a Bajan defender made the score 2–1 and brought a new ruling into play. Approaching the dying moments, the Barbadians realized they had little chance of scoring past Grenada's mass defense in the time available, so they deliberately scored an own goal to tie the game at 2–2. This would send the game into extra time and give them another half-hour to break down the defense. The Grenadians realized what was happening and attempted to score an own goal as well, which would put Barbados back in front by one goal and would eliminate Barbados from the competition. The Barbados players started defending their opposition's net to prevent them from doing this, and during the game's last five minutes, Grenada tried to score in either net while Barbados defended both ends of the pitch. Barbados successfully held off Grenada for the final five minutes, sending the game into extra time. In extra time, Barbados scored the game winner, and was awarded a 4–2 victory, which put them through to the next round.Mikkelson David Soccer Team Scores on Itself to Win Cup Match https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/football-follies/ Snopes December 24, 2022 en 23 June 2000Longmore, Andrew. in Sport "Absurd Cup Rule Obscures Football's Final Goal." 1 February 1994.The Guardian. "Sixth Column." 5 February 1994 (Sports; p. 17). Made of CFU (Caribbean Football Union) Group 2 Played in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. main WDL Q n y y GLP GLP local VIN VIN AIA AIA 2 0 11 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 11 #ccffcc A complete GPE local 9–0 Anguilla VIN 2–0 Anguilla VIN 0–2 GPE local Group 3 Played in Suriname main WDL Q n y SUR SUR GUF GUF French Guiana GUY GUY 2 0 4 0 1 1 2 3 0 2 1 4 #ccffcc A complete SUR 2–0 (asdet ) GUF French Guiana GUY 1–1 (asdet) (4–5 pen.) GUF French Guiana SUR 2–0 GUY Group 4 Played in Saint Kitts and Nevis main WDL Q n y y DMA DMA SKN SKN ATG ATG MSR MSR 2 0 7 4 1 1 11 5 1 1 10 3 0 2 1 17 #ccffcc A complete SKN 9–1 MSR DMA 3–2 ATG SKN 2–4 (asdet ) DMA ATG 8–0 MSR SKN ?–? ATG The winner of this match should have had more goal difference than Dominica but since Dominica did appear in the final tournament, it is most likely that the match wasn't played at all. DMA (cancelled) MSR The match between was cancelled because of crowd trouble. Group 5 Played in Cayman Islands main WDL Q n y y CAY CAY old JAM JAM SXM Sint Maarten VGB VGB 3 0 13 2 2 1 18 5 1 2 5 9 0 3 0 20 #ccffcc A complete CAY old 5–0 VGB JAM 4–2 (asdet ) SXM CAY old 5–0 SXM JAM 12–0 VGB SXM 3–0 VGB CAY old 3–2 JAM Group 6 main WDL Q y y y HAI HAI DOM DOM CUB CUB 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 D #ccffcc A complete Cuba withdrew. March 10 DOM 0–1 HAI Final tournament First round Played in Trinidad and Tobago. Group A main WDL Q n y y TRI TRI GLP GLP local BRB BRB DMA DMA 2 1 0 7 0 1 2 0 7 2 0 2 1 3 5 0 1 2 1 11 #ccffcc A A complete 7 April 1994 BRB 1–1 DMA 7 April 1994 TRI 0–0 GPE local 9 April 1994 GPE local 5–0 DMA 9 April 1994 TRI 2–0 BRB Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain 11 April 1994 TRI 5–0 DMA 11 April 1994 GPE local 2–2 BRB Group B main WDL Q n y y MTQ MTQ snake SUR SUR HAI HAI CAY CAY old 2 1 0 6 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 4 6 0 1 2 3 6 #ccffcc A A complete 7 April 1994 HAI 3–2 CAY old Skinner Park, San Fernando 7 April 1994 MTQ snake 2–0 SUR Skinner Park, San Fernando 9 April 1994 MTQ snake 3–0 HAI Skinner Park, San Fernando 9 April 1994 SUR 2–0 CAY old Skinner Park, San Fernando 11 April 1994 MTQ snake 1–1 CAY old Skinner Park, San Fernando 11 April 1994 SUR 1–1 HAI Skinner Park, San Fernando Semi-finals 14 April 1994 TRI 3–2 (asdet) SUR Faustin Dwarika Tol Kampenaar Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain 14 April 1994 MTQ snake 4–2 GLP local Skinner Park, San Fernando 3rd place match 16 April 1994 GLP local 2–0 SUR Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Final 17 April 1994 TRI 7–2 MTQ snake report Thomas 46 Charles Pacheco Eve Fondelot Sophie Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, fb 1994 Caribbean Cup winner Trinidad and Tobago Third Haiti national team defection attempt Many in the Haitian national team did not want to return to Haiti following the events of the 1991 Haitian coup d'état, where Army General Raoul Cédras had led a military coup. Several Haitian players had criticized the coup d'état on a Miami-based radio station, and their messages had been played in Haiti. Guy Delva, a journalist who was reporting on the Haitian players at the time said, "I'm wondering if they really understand the gravity of the statements they made," and it was felt by some that the players and their immediate families were in danger. Following the Haitian team's exit from the competition, sixteen members of the national football team sought political asylum at the U.S. Embassy in Port of Spain on 14 April. They were told by embassy officials to apply from Haiti or the United States. Goalkeeper Jacques Tomaney claimed that six of his friends had already been killed in Haiti. Upon being told to return to Haiti, defender Patrick Nertilus said "We are very happy to be going home. We are the stars in our country".Andres Viglucci Turned away by U.S., Haitian athletes will have to face the music at home. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-15171475.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140611030906/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-15171475.html usurped 11 June 2014 Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service 3 February 2014 HighBeam Research subscription 20 April 1994 References Category:Caribbean Cup Caribbean Cup Ca Category:International association football competitions hosted by Trinidad and Tobago