# 2017 Caribbean Club Championship

The 2017 Caribbean Club Championship was the 19th edition of the Caribbean Club Championship (also known as the CFU Club Championship), the annual international club football competition in the Caribbean region, held amongst clubs whose football associations are affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), a sub-confederation of CONCACAF.
The top four teams qualified for next season's CONCACAF club competitions, an increase from the previous three following the expansion of the CONCACAF club competition platform. The champions qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League tournament proper, while the second through fourth place teams qualified for the new Champions League qualifying tournament, the CONCACAF League.
Cibao won the tournament by defeating San Juan Jabloteh in the final, becoming the first team from the Dominican Republic to be crowned Caribbean club champions and the first to qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League. Runners-up San Juan Jabloteh, together with third place Portmore United and fourth place Central, who were the two-time defending champions, qualified for the first edition of the CONCACAF League.

## Teams

The tournament was open to all league champions and runners-up from each of the 31 CFU member associations, once their competition ended by the end of 2016.
A total of 21 teams from 12 CFU associations entered the competition. This is the first CFU Club Championship to feature a team from Sint Maarten, and the first since 2004 to feature a team from Montserrat.
The defending champions Central received a bye to the final round (to make room in the first round for Puerto Rico FC, who were left out of the original draw), while the other 20 teams entered the first round.
| Association | Team | Qualification method |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Hoppers | 2015–16 Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division champions |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Grenades | 2015–16 Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division runners-up |
| Cayman Islands | Scholars International | 2015–16 Cayman Islands Premier League champions |
| Cayman Islands | Elite | 2015–16 Cayman Islands Premier League runners-up |
| Dominican Republic | Barcelona Atlético | 2016 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol champions |
| Dominican Republic | Cibao | 2016 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol runners-up |
| Guadeloupe | USR | 2015–16 Guadeloupe Division of Honor champions |
| Guadeloupe | CS Moulien | 2015–16 Guadeloupe Division of Honor runners-up |
| Haiti | Don Bosco | 2015 Ligue Haïtienne Série d'Ouverture champions |
| Haiti | Racing des Gonaïves | 2016 Ligue Haïtienne Série d'Ouverture champions |
| Jamaica | Montego Bay United | 2015–16 National Premier League champions |
| Jamaica | Portmore United | 2015–16 National Premier League runners-up |
| Montserrat | Police | 2016 Montserrat Championship champions |
| Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico FC | 2016 Copa Luis Villarejo champions |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | System 3 | 2016 NLA Premier League champions |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Bequia United | 2016 NLA Premier League runners-up |
| Sint Maarten | Flames United | 2015 Sint Maarten League champions |
| Suriname | Inter Moengotapoe | 2015–16 SVB Hoofdklasse champions |
| Suriname | Transvaal | 2015–16 SVB Hoofdklasse runners-up |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Central | 2015–16 TT Pro League champions (bye to final round as title holders) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | San Juan Jabloteh | 2015–16 TT Pro League runners-up |

### Notes

* ^ Haiti (HAI): FICA, champions of the 2016 Ligue Haïtienne Série de Clôture, did not enter the tournament. So Don Bosco, champions of the 2015 Ligue Haïtienne Série d'Ouverture, were selected instead, having participated in the 2016 CFU Club Championship and qualified for the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League.
* ^ Puerto Rico (PUR): Puerto Rico's first division, the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Puerto Rico (LNF), was not played in 2016. A new domestic cup tournament, the Copa Luis Villarejo, was inaugurated and involved teams from the LNF, the second tier Puerto Rico Soccer League (PRSL), as well as Puerto Rico FC of the North American Soccer League (NASL), a second tier league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation. The champions and runners-up of this tournament were to be eligible to enter the CFU Club Championship. The champions Puerto Rico FC announced that they would enter the CFU Club Championship, but the runners-up Criollos de Caguas (a top tier club) announced that they would not enter the CFU Club Championship, citing financial difficulties. The Puerto Rican Football Federation stated that only champions Puerto Rico FC would enter, but added that they had requested permission from CONCACAF to allow semi-finalist Metropolitan FA (a second tier club) to replace Criollos de Caguas, but this eventually did not happen. However, in the original draw announced on 16 January 2017, Puerto Rico FC were left out. Puerto Rico FC President Tom Payne tweeted that his team should have been involved in the draw and that a mistake had been made between the Puerto Rican Football Federation, Caribbean Football Union and CONCACAF. They were admitted to the competition on 26 January, taking defending champion Central's place as Group D hosts, while Central were given a bye to the final round.
* ^ Sint Maarten (SXM): No domestic league competition was completed in 2016 in Sint Maarten, so they were represented by Flames United, champions of the 2015 Sint Maarten League.

### Associations which did not enter a team

* Anguilla
* Aruba
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Bermuda
* Bonaire
* British Virgin Islands
* Cuba
* Curaçao
* Dominica
* French Guiana
* Grenada
* Guyana
* Martinique
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Saint Lucia
* Saint-Martin
* Turks and Caicos Islands
* U.S. Virgin Islands

## Schedule

The original groups and schedule were announced by CFU and CONCACAF on 16 January 2017, with the revised groups and schedule after the admission of Puerto Rico FC announced on 26 January 2017.
| Round | Dates | Dates |
| First round | Group A | 22–26 February 2017 |
| First round | Groups B & C | 1–5 March 2017 |
| First round | Groups D | 14–18 March 2017 |
| First round | Groups E | 8–12 March 2017 |
| Final round | 14–21 May 2017 | 14–21 May 2017 |

## First round

In the first round, the 20 teams were divided into five groups of four teams. Each group was played on a round-robin basis, hosted by one of the teams at a centralized venue. The winners of each group advanced to the final round to join the defending champions Central.

### Group A

Host venue: Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda (all times UTC−4)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Racing des Gonaïves | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 | Final round |
| 2 | Inter Moengotapoe | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7 | |
| 3 | Hoppers (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Bequia United | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 | |

### Group B

Host venue: Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti (all times UTC−5)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cibao | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | +17 | 7 | Final round |
| 2 | Don Bosco (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 5 | |
| 3 | USR | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 4 | |
| 4 | Police | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 37 | −37 | 0 | |

### Group C

Host venue: Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay, Jamaica (all times UTC−5)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Grenades | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 | Final round |
| 2 | Barcelona Atlético | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 5 | |
| 3 | Montego Bay United (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 4 | |
| 4 | Elite | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 | |

### Group D

Host venue: Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, Bayamón, Puerto Rico (all times UTC−4)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Portmore United | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 | Final round |
| 2 | Puerto Rico FC (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | |
| 3 | Transvaal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Scholars International | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 | |

### Group E

Host venue: Victoria Park, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (all times UTC−4)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | San Juan Jabloteh | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 9 | Final round |
| 2 | CS Moulien | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 6 | |
| 3 | System 3 (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Flames United | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 26 | −24 | 0 | |

## Final round

In the final round, the six teams (the defending champions Central, which received a bye to the final round, and the five group winners from the first round) were drawn into two groups of three teams (initially the final round was to be played in one group). Each group was played on a round-robin basis. The winners of each group advanced to the final, while the runners-up advanced to the third place match.
The draw of the final round was held on 29 March 2017. Central, as the hosts of the final round, and San Juan Jabloteh, as the best performing team in the first round, were seeded into Groups A and B respectively.
The champions qualified for the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League, while the teams finishing second through fourth qualified for the 2017 CONCACAF League.
Host venue: Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (all times UTC−4)

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cibao | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Final |
| 2 | Central (H) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | Third place match and 2017 CONCACAF League |
| 3 | Grenades | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | San Juan Jabloteh (H) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Final |
| 2 | Portmore United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Third place match and 2017 CONCACAF League |
| 3 | Racing des Gonaïves | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | |

### Final

Winners qualified for 2018 CONCACAF Champions League. Runners-up qualified for 2017 CONCACAF League.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Babalito | Cibao | 7 |
| 1 | Tevaughn Harriette | Grenades | 7 |
| 3 | Kerlins Georges | Don Bosco | 6 |
| 4 | Nathan Lewis | San Juan Jabloteh | 5 |
| 4 | Domingo Peralta | Cibao | 5 |
| 6 | Larry Clavier | CS Moulien | 4 |
| 6 | Owayne Gordon | Montego Bay United | 4 |
| 6 | Vladimir Pascal | CS Moulien | 4 |
| 9 | Marckens Dorisca | Racing des Gonaïves | 3 |
| 9 | José Adolfo Guerra | Barcelona Atlético | 3 |
| 9 | Kareem Kwasie | Inter Moengotapoe | 3 |
| 9 | Jairo Lombardo | San Juan Jabloteh | 3 |
| 9 | Marc Mathaisan | USR | 3 |
| 9 | Jesús Meza | Barcelona Atlético | 3 |
| 9 | Ricardo Morris | Portmore United | 3 |
| 9 | Myron Samuel | System 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Keithy Simpson | San Juan Jabloteh | 3 |
| 9 | Patrick Serge Soko | Cibao | 3 |
| 9 | Azinho Solomon | System 3 | 3 |