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Digicel Caribbean Championship…Dominica is 3rd team in Guyana group, Aruba for group A
Dominica is the 3rd team in group B of the 2008 Digicel Caribbean Football Championship which is set for Guyana from August 6.
Since the championship was launched in Curacao last week, it was not confirmed who was the third team that will battle the host and Suriname.
But sponsors of the Championship Digicel, Saturday announced that Dominica, who was originally scheduled to play in group A which kicked off yesterday in the Netherlands Antilles, Curacao has been slotted in. Aruba on the other hand have agreed to take part in Group A.
The Aruban F.A. the release stated answered the call from the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) after flight irregularities threatened Dominica’s participation in the tournament. “Dominica now moves to Group B, taking place in Guyana, and Aruba plays Netherlands Antilles Curacao at the Ergilio Hato Stadium, reigniting the derby atmosphere between the neighboring countries in what will be the first meeting between the two sides since 2004 as well as the opening match of the DCC.”
Group A also features Grenada, whose first match takes place today against Aruba to be followed by the deciding game between hosts, Netherlands Antilles and challengers Grenada 2 days later.
The tournament ball will then move to Georgetown, Guyana for Group B action from August 6. All three teams in Group A have been training hard in preparation for this year’s tournament which is set to be bigger and better than ever before.
Netherlands Antilles Coach, Etienne Siliee, yesterday spoke about his team’s preparation. “We’ve been training furiously over the past few months and the players are focused on making a good start this weekend against Aruba. We have some great talent on the squad and we’re confident that we will make it through to the next stage of the tournament.”
Digicel Group Head of Sponsorship, Kieran Foley, in Curacao overseeing the final preparations for yesterdays match, said, “With only one day left till kick-off on Sunday night (tonight), we are excited about the opportunity to bring bigger and better football to the people of the Caribbean once again. We want to make sure that football supporters come out and support their National teams as they fight for the right to call themselves the football champions of the Caribbean.”
In all, the Digicel Caribbean Championships visits five countries around the region in Stage One, before moving onto Guadeloupe, Trinidad & Tobago and Cuba for Stage Two. The final of the tournament will take place in December in Jamaica after nearly five months of top flight international football between 21 Caribbean teams.
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