# ABCS Tournament

The ABCS Tournament is an annual football tournament between the representative teams of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao and Suriname.
Louis Giskus, the President of the Suriname Football Federation said that the competition was formed "to strengthen the relationship between the Dutch speaking countries in the Caribbean".
If the scores are level after 90 minutes plus injury time, the game proceeds straight to penalty kicks. No extra time is allocated.

## Venues

| Stadium | Capacity | Location | Year(s) |
| Ergilio Hato Stadium | 10,000 | Willemstad, Curaçao | 2010, 2013 |
| Frank Essed Stadion | 3,500 | Paramaribo, Suriname | 2011, 2015 |
| Trinidad Stadium | 5,500 | Oranjestad, Aruba | 2012 |
| Stadion Rignaal 'Jean' Francisca | 3,000 | Willemstad, Curaçao | 2021–2022 |

## Tournaments

| Year | Final | Final | Final | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match |
| Year | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place |
| 2010 (Details) | Suriname | 2–2 (6−5 p) | Curaçao | Aruba | 3–3 | Bonaire |
| 2011 (Details) | Bonaire | 2–2 (4−3 p) | Aruba | Suriname | 2–0 | Curaçao |
| 2012 (Details) | Aruba | 1–0 | Suriname | Curaçao | 9–2 | Bonaire |
| 2013 (Details) | Suriname | 3–1 | Curaçao | Bonaire | 2–1 | Aruba |
| 2014 | Postponed | Postponed | Postponed | Postponed | Postponed | Postponed |
| 2015 (Details) | Suriname | 1–0 | Aruba | Curaçao | 4–1 | Bonaire |
| 2018 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2021 (Details) | Curaçao | 1–0 | Bonaire | Aruba | 2–2 (4−1 p) | Curaçao U-20 |
| 2022 (Details) | Curaçao | 2–2 (6−5 p) | Suriname | Aruba | 1–0 | Bonaire |

### Notes

* ↑ Players of Bonaire walked off the pitch after a disagreement over a penalty kick being given against them

## Teams' achievements

| | Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place |
| 1 | Suriname | 3 (2010, 2013, 2015) | 2 (2012, 2022) | 1 (2011) | |
| 2 | Curaçao | 2 (2021, 2022) | 2 (2010, 2013) | 2 (2012, 2015) | 1 (2011) |
| 3 | Aruba | 1 (2012) | 2 (2011, 2015) | 3 (2010, 2021, 2022) | 1 (2013) |
| 4 | Bonaire | 1 (2011) | 1 (2021) | 1 (2013) | 4 (2010, 2012, 2015, 2022) |
| | Curaçao U-20 | | | | 1 (2021) |

## Medals by nations (2010–2021)

Update after 2022 ABCS Tournament (7th).
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Suriname (SUR) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Curaçao (CUR) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Aruba (ARU) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Bonaire (BOE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

## Tournament history
### ABCS Tournament 2010

Also known as the Pais Positivo Cup 2010.

#### Third place playoff

$^1$ Players of Bonaire walked off the pitch after a disagreement over a penalty kick being given against them.

#### Final
### ABCS Tournament 2012

The 2012 edition of the tournament is to be hosted in Aruba between 13 and 15 July.

#### Final
### ABCS Tournament 2013

The 2013 edition of the tournament was hosted in Curaçao between 14 and 16 November.

#### Final
### ABCS Tournament 2014

It was initially announced that the 2014 edition of the tournament would be hosted by Suriname from 7–9 November. All matches were to be played at André Kamperveen Stadion. Following a strong performance by Curacao during 2014 Caribbean Cup qualification, the tournament was moved to 28–30 November since Curacao would be participating in the finals of the 2014 Caribbean Cup. It was later announced that the tournament had been postponed until 2015 because Curacao had just finished a long Caribbean Cup process.

### ABCS Tournament 2015

The 2015 edition of the tournament was hosted in Suriname between 30 January and 1 February.

#### Final
### 2018 ABCS Cup

The 2018 edition of the tournament was scheduled to be played 11–13 May 2018 at the Trinidad Stadium in Oranjestad, Aruba but was cancelled after Curaçao withdrew and qualification for the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League was announced.

### 2021 ABCS Tournament

The ABCS tournament 2021 between Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao and Curaçao U20 took place between 1 and 3 October. Curaçao, whose football association got 100 years old in 2021, hosted.

#### Final
### 2022 ABCS Tournament

The 2022 ABCS Tournament was hosted by Curaçao and was the 7th edition. The tournament was played from 24 to 26 November 2022. This edition featured all four countries of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao and Suriname for the first time since 2015.