2008 Caribbean Cup

2008 Digicel Caribbean Cup 2008 Jamaica 22 July–9 November (qualifying)3–17 December (finals) 21 1 3 3 Jamaica 4 Grenada Guadeloupe local Cuba 16 181 GRN Kitson BainJAM Luton Shelton(5 goals each) JAM Eric Vernan 2007 2010 The 2008 Caribbean Cup (known as the Digicel Caribbean Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 2008 edition of the Caribbean Championship, an international football championship for national teams affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) of the CONCACAF region. The finals were held in Jamaica from 3–14 December 2008. The four semifinalists – Jamaica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, and Cuba – all qualified for the 2009 edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.aspx?id=4261 Caribbean Qualification to 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup begins in Netherlands Antilles CONCACAF 2008-07-22 2008-07-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20080729045353/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.aspx?id=4261 29 July 2008 dead dmy-all although Cuba later withdrew and was replaced by Haiti.http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.aspx?id=4657 Gold Cup to be played in record 13 different U.S. cities July 3–26 CONCACAF 2009-03-09 2009-03-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20090312232753/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.aspx?id=4657 12 March 2009 dead Qualifying began in July 2008. The qualifying rounds were used to qualify a total of six teams to the final round of the tournament to join the hosts, Jamaica, and the reigning champions, Haiti, who were given direct entry to the final group stage. The name was changed this year from Digicel Caribbean Cup to Digicel Caribbean Championship.Championship kicks off next weekend Qualification 2008 Caribbean Championship qualification Group stage Played in Jamaica from 3–14 December. HAI and JAM automatically qualified for this round. Group I main WDL Q n y CUB CUB GPE GPE local HAI HAI ATG ATG 2 0 1 5 2 1 1 1 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 0 2 1 3 6 #ccffcc A A complete 4 December 2008 HAI 1–1 http://www.concacaf.com/competitions/matchreport/7530.pdfSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes ATG Nordé 53 Byers 72 Jarrett Park, Montego Bay Mark Forde (Barbados) 4 December 2008 GPE local 1–2 http://caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/matches/2008/guadeloupevscuba1242008.html CUB Hannany 27 Fernandez 8Linares 74 Jarrett Park, Montego Bay Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago) 6 December 2008 CUB 3–0 http://caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/matches/2008/cubavsantiguaandbarbuda1262008.html ATG Marquez 7Linares 20Colomé 35 pen Greenfield Stadium, Trelawny Courtney Campbell (Jamaica) 6 December 2008 HAI 2–3 GPE local Boucicaut 45 pen.Ednerson 68 Antoine-Curier 14Niçoise 17Lambourde 90 Greenfield Stadium, Trelawny Trevor Taylor (Barbados) 8 December 2008 CUB 0–1 HAI Boucicaut 35 Jarrett Park, Montego Bay Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago) 8 December 2008 ATG 2–2 http://caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/matches/2008/antiguaandbarbudavsguadeloupe1282008.html GPE local Byers 35 82 Antoine-Curier 1Gendrey 63 Jarrett Park, Montego Bay Courtney Campbell (Jamaica) Group J main WDL Q n y JAM JAM GRN GRN TRI TRI BRB BRB 2 1 0 7 2 2 0 1 6 7 1 1 1 4 4 0 0 3 4 8 #ccffcc A A complete 3 December 2008 TRI 1–2 https://web.archive.org/web/20110611042408/http://www.concacaf.com/competitions/matchreport/7523.pdf GRN Leo 70 Bain 36Charles 90+ Independence Park, Kingston Otis James (Guyana) 3 December 2008 JAM 2–1 http://caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/matches/2008/jamaicavsbarbados1232008.html BRB Austin 76Shelton 82 pen. Williams 45+ Independence Park, Kingston Joel Aguilar (El Salvador) 5 December 2008 BRB 1–2 http://caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/matches/2008/barbadosvstrinidadandtobago1252008.html TRI Goodridge 13 McFarlane 42 pen. 73 pen. Jarrett Park, Montego Bay Javier Jauregui (Netherlands Antilles) 5 December 2008 JAM 4–0 http://caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/matches/2008/jamaicavsgrenada1252008.html GRN Vernan 7Shelton 18Williams 53Phillips 78 Jarrett Park, Montego Bay Roberto Moreno (Panama) 7 December 2008 GRN 4–2 http://caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/matches/2008/grenadavsbarbados1272008.html BRB Bain 14 28 67Julien 22 Williams 71 78 Greenfield Stadium, Trelawny Joel Aguilar (El Salvador) 7 December 2008 JAM 1–1 http://caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/matches/2008/jamaicavstrinidadandtobago1272008.html TRI Vernan 46 McFarlane 81 Greenfield Stadium, Trelawny Roberto Moreno (Panama) Knockout phase Semi-finals 11 December 2008 17:00 (UTC-5) http://caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/matches/2008/cubavsgrenada12112008.html CUB 2–2 GRN Yoel Colomé 14Linares 33 Charles 12 pen.Bain 80 Independence Park, Kingston Roberto Moreno (Panama) Cervantes Martínez Colomé Minoso Márquez Urguelles Fernández 5–6 Modeste Rennie Bain Marshall Charles Langaigne Williams 11 December 2008 19:00 (UTC-5) http://caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/matches/2008/jamaicavsguadeloupe12112008.html JAM 2–0 GPE local Thompson 11 Shelton 57 Independence Park, Kingston Joel Aguilar (El Salvador) Third Place Playoff 14 December 2008 15:30 (UTC-5) CUB 0–0 GPE local Match Facts Independence Park, Kingston Trevor Taylor (Barbados) Cervantes Martínez Márquez Minoso Colomé 4–5 Nabab Hannany Vertot Antoine-Curier Lambourde Final 14 December 2008 18:00 (UTC-5) JAM 2–0 GRN Shelton 17 pen. 71 pen. http://caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/matches/2008/jamaicavsgrenada12142008.html Independence Park, Kingston Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago) fb 2008 Caribbean Cup winner Jamaica Fourth Goalscorers Goals only from the final tournament 5 goals 18em GRN Kitson Bain JAM Luton Shelton 3 goals 18em BAR Riviere Williams CUB Roberto Linares ATG Peter Byers TRI Errol McFarlane 2 goals 18em CUB Yenier Márquez GRN Ricky Charles GPE local Mickaël Antoine-Curier HAI Alexandre Boucicaut JAM Eric Vernan TRI Devon Jorsling 1 goal 18em BAR Gregory Goodridge CUB Jaime Colomé CUB Yoel Colomé CUB Reysander Fernández GRN Marcus Julien GPE local Gregory Gendrey GPE local Lery Hannany GPE local Jean-Luc Lambourde GPE local Michaël Niçoise HAI Raymond Ednerson HAI Sony Norde JAM Rudolph Austin JAM Demar Phillips JAM Oneil Thompson JAM Andy Williams TRI Dwayne Leo References External links Caribbean Championships official site CONCACAF Gold Cup site CONCACAF competition results site 2008 2008 Category:2007–08 in Caribbean football Category:2007–08 in Jamaican football Category:Football competitions in Kingston, Jamaica Category:December 2008 sports events in North America