Thierry Henry, Christian Karembeu and Lilian Thuram are just a handful of players who hail from various French Outre-Mer's ( overseas departments and territories) but have gone on to represent Les Bleus, often with great success, at international level. These islands and regions are, in the main, on the international side-lines with limited or no recognition from FIFA. However in 2008 the French Football Federation created a tournament which brought these remote teams to the Paris suburbs for a week in order to challenge for the Coupe de l'Outre-Mer, which is held every two years. Seven sides contested the inaugural edition with Runion, from the Indian Ocean, defeating the Caribbean island Martinique 1-0 in the final in Crteil. The tiny islands of Saint Pierre et Miquelon boosted the number of teams to 8 in 2010, but the outcome was familiar, only this time Martinique gained revenge on 'Club R', winning on penalties after a scoreless draw. The other territories that enter the competition are FIFA members Tahiti and New Caledonia from Oceania, Indian Ocean islanders Mayotte and CONCACAF associates French Guiana and Guadeloupe. The 'Gwada Boys', as the Guadeloupians are known, are one of the strongest sides in the Caribbean but are slightly hindered at the Outre-Mer as only home-based players can be selected. These eight teams gathered in the outskirts of Paris at the end of September to compete for the third edition of the games. Group A looked the toughest with Runion, French Guiana and, many people's favourites,