Olympic qualifying to begin in June

May 19, 2011 Sports

Port-of -Spain, Trinidad – Cuba will host Guyana and Aruba in Group C to begin the first round of Caribbean Olympic football qualifying from June 23-27.
The Caribbean Football Union announced Tuesday that Suriname will host Group A with Jamaica, St. Vincent & the Grenadines and the Cayman Islands August 3-7, while St. Kitts & Nevis will be the site for Group D with Haiti, Antigua & Barbuda and St. Lucia July 21-25.
Group B will be played in Dominica with Trinidad & Tobago and Curacao July 20-24. The group winners will advance to a second group phase, from which two will qualify for the eight-team CONCACAF finals next year in the United States.
In the women’s competition, Aruba will host one of two first-round groups that also will include Cuba, Haiti and Suriname June 29 – July 3, while the Dominican Republic will host the other group July 5-9 with Trinidad & Tobago, Bermuda and Dominica.
The group winners and best runner-up will qualify for the January women’s finals in Canada.
Men’s Qualifying First Round
Group A – Paramaribo, Suriname August 3-7
Suriname, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Group B – Dominica July 20-24
Dominica, Curacao, Grenada, Trinidad & Tobago
Group C – Havana, Cuba June 23-27
Cuba, Aruba, Guyana
Group D – Bassaterre, St. Kitts July 21-25
St. Kitts & Nevis, Antigua & Barbuda, Haiti, St. Lucia
Women’s Qualifying
First Round
Group A – Oranjestad, Aruba June 29-July 3
Aruba, Cuba, Haiti, Suriname
Group B – San Cristobal, Dominican Republic July 5-July 9
Dominican Republic, Bermuda, Dominica, Trinidad & Tobago

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