# 2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Cup

The 2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Cup was the first edition of the CONCACAF Caribbean Cup, the first-tier annual international club football competition in the Caribbean region. It was contested by clubs whose football associations are affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), a sub-confederation of CONCACAF.
The winners of the 2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Cup qualified to the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16, and the second and third place teams qualified to Round One.

## Teams

Ten teams from five CFU member associations qualified for the football tournament. Eight teams from three nations qualified based on results from their domestic leagues and the remaining two teams qualified from the 2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Shield.
Originally, Haiti had two berths reserved for its teams in the tournament. However, the CONCACAF Council decided that Haitian clubs were not able to qualify and participate in the tournament as their domestic league is inactive since May 2021 due to the ongoing Haitian crisis. As a result, the two Haitian berths were awarded one to Dominican Republic and one to Jamaica based on the performance of their clubs in the past five editions of the defunct Caribbean Club Championship.
The entry berths were as follows:
* CONCACAF Caribbean Shield: 2 berths (champions and runners-up)
* Dominican Republic and Jamaica: 3 Berths
* Trinidad and Tobago: 2 berths
| Association | Team | Qualification method |
| Dominican Republic (3 berths) | Cibao | 2022 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol champions |
| Dominican Republic (3 berths) | Atlético Pantoja | 2022 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol runners-up |
| Dominican Republic (3 berths) | Moca | 2022 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol non-finalists with best aggregate record in regular season and Liguilla |
| Jamaica (3 berths) | Harbour View | 2022 National Premier League champions |
| Jamaica (3 berths) | Dunbeholden | 2022 National Premier League runners-up |
| Jamaica (3 berths) | Cavalier | 2022 National Premier League third place |
| Martinique (0+1 berth) | Golden Lion | 2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Shield runners-up |
| Suriname (0+1 berth) | Robinhood | 2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Shield champions |
| Trinidad and Tobago (2 berths) | Port of Spain | 2023 TT Premier Football League first placed team as 2 June 2023 |
| Trinidad and Tobago (2 berths) | Defence Force | 2023 TT Premier Football League second placed team as 2 June 2023 |

### Notes

* ^ Trinidad and Tobago (TRI): 2023 TT Premier Football League ends on 17 June 2023. Since CONCACAF announced Trinidadian teams will be confirmed on 28 May the top 2 placed teams as 2 June 2023 are qualified to the competition.

## Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 8 June 2023 at 17:00 EDT (UTC−4) in Miami, Florida, United States. The 10 involved teams were previously seeded into five pots of two teams each based on their CONCACAF Club Ranking as of 28 May 2023, except for the teams in pot 5, which was reserved for the champions and runners-up of the 2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Shield.
| Pot | Team | Rank | Pts |
| 1 | Cibao | 87 | 1,056 |
| 1 | Defence Force | 105 | 1,029 |
| 2 | Cavalier | 108 | 1,025 |
| 2 | Atlético Pantoja | 114 | 1,020 |
| 3 | Moca | 119 | 1,016 |
| 3 | Harbour View | 130 | 1,006 |
| 4 | Dunbeholden | 131 | 1,006 |
| 4 | Port of Spain | 159 | 946 |
| 5 | Robinhood | — | — |
| 5 | Golden Lion | — | — |

### Notes

* ^ $^{CCS}$ The identity of the champions (Robinhood) and runners-up (Golden Lion) of the 2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Shield was not known at the time the pots were determined.

## Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.
| Stage | Round | First leg | Second leg |
| Group Stage | Matchday 1 | 23–25 August | 23–25 August |
| Group Stage | Matchday 2 | 29–31 August | 29–31 August |
| Group Stage | Matchday 3 | 19–21 September | 19–21 September |
| Group Stage | Matchday 4 | 26–28 September | 26–28 September |
| Group Stage | Matchday 5 | 3–5 October | 3–5 October |
| Knockout | Semifinals | 24–26 October | 31 October – 2 November |
| Knockout | Finals and 3rd place | 28–30 November | 5–7 December |

## Group stage

In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away basis, where each club played every other club in their group once, two matches at home and two matches away.
The first and second-place finishers advanced to the knockout stage.

### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CAV | MOC | DFO | GLI | POS |
| 1 | Cavalier | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 10 | Advance to semi-finals | — | 3–0 | — | — | 2–1 |
| 2 | Moca | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 | Advance to semi-finals | — | — | — | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Defence Force | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 5 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Golden Lion | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 3 | | 2–5 | — | 0–1 | — | — |
| 5 | Port of Spain | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 1 | | — | — | 1–1 | 2–3 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ROB | HAR | CIB | DUN | APA |
| 1 | Robinhood | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 9 | Advance to semi-finals | — | — | 1–0 | — | 3–1 |
| 2 | Harbour View | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | Advance to semi-finals | 3–2 | — | — | 1–0 | — |
| 3 | Cibao | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | | — | 2–1 | — | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Dunbeholden | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | — | — |
| 5 | Atlético Pantoja | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | | — | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | — |

## Knockout stage

The knockout stage was played on a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:
* Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The home team of the second leg in each tie was determined separately for each round as follows (Regulations Article 12.9):
** In the semi-finals, the group winners hosted the second leg.
** In the finals, the higher-ranked team based on total points accumulated in the group stage and semi-finals hosted the second leg.
* In the semi-finals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used. If still tied, the penalty shoot-out would be directly used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 12.8.2).
* In the third place play-offs and finals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would also be used. If still tied, 30 minutes of extra time would be played but the away goals scored during this time would not serve as a tie-breaking criteria. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 12.8.3).

### Qualified teams

The winners and runners-up of each of the four groups in the group stage advanced to the quarter-finals.
| Group | Winners | Runners-up |
| A | Cavalier | Moca |
| B | Robinhood | Harbour View |

### Bracket

The bracket was pre-determined as follows.
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Moca | Moca | 1 | 0 | 1 (2) | | | | | |
| Robinhood (p) | Robinhood (p) | 0 | 1 | 1 (3) | | | | | |
| Robinhood (p) | Robinhood (p) | 0 | 1 | 1 (3) | Robinhood | Robinhood | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | | | | | Cavalier | Cavalier | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harbour View | Harbour View | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cavalier | Cavalier | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cavalier | Cavalier | 5 | 0 | 5 | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | Harbour View | Harbour View | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| | | | | | Moca | Moca | 2 | 1 | 3 |

### Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 24–25 October, and the second legs were played on 31 October – 2 November 2023.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Harbour View | 0–5 | Cavalier | 0–5 | 0–0 |
| Moca | 1–1 (2–3 p) | Robinhood | 1–0 | 0–1 |

### Third place play-offs

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Harbour View | 2–3 | Moca | 1–2 | 1–1 |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Robinhood | 3–0 | Cavalier | 1–0 | 2–0 |

## Goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | GS1 | GS2 | GS3 | GS4 | GS5 | SF1 | SF2 | TP1 | F2 | Total |
| 1 | Shaniel Thomas | Cavalier | 1 | | 3 | | 3 | 1 | | | | 8 |
| 2 | Shaquille Cairo | Robinhood | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | | | 5 |
| 3 | Gustavo Ascona | Moca | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | 4 |
| 4 | Shaqueil Bradford | Harbour View | | | | 2 | 1 | | | | | 3 |
| 4 | Jalmaro Calvin | Cavalier | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 | | | | 3 |
| 4 | Jamilhio Rigters | Robinhood | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Thierry Catherine | Golden Lion | | | 1 | | 1 | | | | | 2 |
| 7 | Reon Moore | Defence Force | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 7 | Víctor Sánchez | Moca | | | | 2 | | | | | | | 2 |
| 7 | Franklin Singodikromo | Robinhood | | | | | | | 1 | | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Omar Thompson | Harbour View | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | 2 |