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Twenty-five teams look to secure four Gold Cup places via Caribbean Cup

Aug 29, 2012 Sports

Guyana drawn in Group 2 with host St. Lucia, Curacao & SVG

Guyana is one of 25 teams that will vie for the biennial Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Caribbean Cup title and four berths in the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup, starting September 5 with a doubleheader in Martinique.
Montserrat will face Suriname before Martinique plays the British Virgin Islands in Stade En Camee in Riviere-Pilote in Group 3, with subsequent matches on September 7 and September 9.
The Golden Jaguars have been drawn in Group 2 along with host St. Lucia, Curacao and St. Vincent and the Grenadines; dates have not been set for Group 2.
Group 1 in Haiti with Bermuda, Puerto Rico and Saint- Martin will be played September 7-11 in Port-au-Prince, while Group 4 in Bridgetown, Barbados, is set for September 23-27 with the host country, Aruba, Dominica and the Dominican Republic.
Two other first-round groups will have St. Kitts hosting Anguilla, Trinidad & Tobago and French Guyana in Group 5 October 10-14.
The winners and runners-up from Groups 1-3 as well as the best runner-up from Group 4 or Group 5 will advance to a second, three-group round in late October, when Grenada, Guadeloupe and Cuba will join the fray.
The top two teams from each second-round group will qualify for the Caribbean Cup finals set for December 3-15 along with two-time defending champion Jamaica and host Antigua & Barbuda.
CFU Caribbean Cup
FIRST ROUND
Group 1
At Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Bermuda, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Saint-Martin
Friday, September 7
Bermuda vs. Puerto Rico
Haiti vs. Saint-Martin
Sunday, September 9
Puerto Rico vs. Saint-Martin
Haiti vs. Bermuda
Tuesday, September 11
Saint-Martin vs. Bermuda
Haiti vs. Puerto Rico
Group 2
At Gros Islet, St. Lucia
Curacao, Guyana, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Schedule TBA
Group 3
At Riviere-Pilote, Martinique
British Virgin Islands, Martinique, Montserrat, Suriname
Wednesday, September 5
Montserrat vs. Suriname
Martinique vs. British Virgin Islands
Friday, September 7
British Virgin Islands vs. Suriname
Martinique vs. Montserrat
Sunday, September 9
British Virgin Islands vs. Montserrat
Martinique vs. Suriname
Group 4
At Bridgetown, Barbados
Aruba, Barbados, Dominica, Dominican Republic
Sunday, September 23
Aruba vs. Dominican Republic
Barbados vs. Dominica
Tuesday, September 25
Dominica vs. Aruba
Barbados vs. Dominican Republic
Thursday, September 27
Dominican Republic vs. Dominica
Barbados vs. Aruba
Group 5
At Basseterre, St. Kitts
St. Kitts & Nevis, Anguilla, Trinidad & Tobago, French Guyana
October 10-14
Complete schedule TBA
SECOND ROUND
Group 6
At St. George’s, Grenada
Grenada, Group 1 winner, Group 2 winner, Group 4 or 5 runner-up
October 20-24
Group 7
At Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe, Group 3 winner, Group 4 winner, Group 1 runner-up
October 23-27
Group 8
At  Trinidad
Cuba, Group 5 winner, Group 2 runner-up, Group 3 runner-up
FINAL ROUND
At Antigua & Barbuda
December 3-15
Group A
Antigua & Barbuda, Group 6 winner, Group 8 winner, Group 7 runner-up
Group B
Jamaica, Group 7 winner, Group 6 runner-up, Group 8 runner-up

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