2017 CFU Club Championship

2017 CFU Club Championship
2017 CFU Club Champions’ Cup
Tournament details
Teams TBD (from maximum of 31 associations)

The 2017 CFU Club Championship will be the 19th edition of 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). The top three teams in the tournament will qualify for the 2017–18 CONCACAF Champions League.

Central won the previous two tournaments. They are eligible to enter this tournament and, if they do so, they will have the opportunity to defend their back-to-back titles.

Teams

The tournament is open to all league champions and runners-up from each of the 31 CFU member associations, once their competition ends on or before the end of 2016.[1]

Association Team Qualification method
Anguilla Anguilla Salsa Ballers 2015–16 AFA Senior Male League champions
Diamond 2015–16 AFA Senior Male League runners-up
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda Hoppers 2015–16 Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division champions
Grenades 2015–16 Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division runners-up
Aruba Aruba Racing Club Aruba 2015–16 Aruban Division di Honor champions
Dakota 2015–16 Aruban Division di Honor runners-up
The Bahamas Bahamas Bears 2016 BFA Senior League champions
Western Warriors 2016 BFA Senior League runners-up
Barbados Barbados UWI Blackbirds 2016 Barbados Premier Division champions
Barbados Defence Force 2016 Barbados Premier Division runners-up
Bermuda Bermuda Dandy Town Hornets 2015–16 Bermudian Premier Division champions
Robin Hood 2015–16 Bermudian Premier Division runners-up
Bonaire Bonaire Atlétiko Flamingo 2015–16 Bonaire League champions
Real Rincon 2015–16 Bonaire League runners-up
British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands No domestic league competition completed in 2016
Cayman Islands Cayman Islands Scholars International 2015–16 Cayman Islands Premier League champions
Elite 2015–16 Cayman Islands Premier League runners-up
Cuba Cuba Villa Clara 2016 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba champions
Guantanamo 2016 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba runners-up
Curaçao Curaçao Centro Dominguito 2016 Curaçao Sekshon Pagá champions
Scherpenheuvel 2016 Curaçao Sekshon Pagá runners-up
Dominica Dominica Dublanc 2015–16 Dominica Premiere League champions
Bath Estate 2015–16 Dominica Premiere League runners-up
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic Barcelona Atlético 2016 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol champions
Cibao 2016 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol runners-up
French Guiana French Guiana Matoury 2015–16 French Guiana Division d'Honneur champions
Le Geldar 2015–16 French Guiana Division d'Honneur runners-up
Grenada Grenada 2016 GFA Premier Division champions
2016 GFA Premier Division runners-up
Guadeloupe Guadeloupe Sainte-Rose 2015–16 Guadeloupe Division d'Honneur champions
Le Moule 2015–16 Guadeloupe Division d'Honneur runners-up
Guyana Guyana Slingerz 2015–16 GFF Elite League champions
Alpha United 2015–16 GFF Elite League runners-up
Haiti Haiti Racing des Gonaïves 2016 Ligue Haïtienne Série de Ouverture champions
2016 Ligue Haïtienne Série de Clôture champions
Jamaica Jamaica Montego Bay United 2015–16 National Premier League champions
Portmore United 2015–16 National Premier League runners-up
Martinique Martinique Golden Lion 2015–16 Martinique Championnat National champions
Club Franciscain 2015–16 Martinique Championnat National runners-up
Montserrat Montserrat No domestic league competition in 2016
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico FC 2016 Copa Luis Villarejo champions[Note PUR]
Criollos de Caguas 2016 Copa Luis Villarejo runners-up[Note PUR]
Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis Cayon 2015–16 Saint Kitts and Nevis Premier Division champions
Conaree 2015–16 Saint Kitts and Nevis Premier Division runners-up
Saint Lucia Saint Lucia 2016 Saint Lucia Gold Division champions
2016 Saint Lucia Gold Division runners-up
Collectivity of Saint Martin Saint-Martin Marigot 2016 Saint-Martin Championships champions
Junior Stars 2016 Saint-Martin Championships runners-up
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines System 3 2016 NLA Premier League champions
Bequia United 2016 NLA Premier League runners-up
Sint Maarten Sint Maarten No domestic league competition completed in 2016
Suriname Suriname Inter Moengotapoe 2015–16 SVB Hoofdklasse champions
Transvaal 2015–16 SVB Hoofdklasse runners-up
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Central 2015–16 TT Pro League champions
San Juan Jabloteh 2015–16 TT Pro League runners-up
Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands AFC Academy 2016 WIV Provo Premier League champions
Full Physic 2016 WIV Provo Premier League runners-up
United States Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands Raymix 2016 U.S. Virgin Islands Championship champions
Helenites 2016 U.S. Virgin Islands Championship runners-up
Notes
  1. ^ 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 are eligible to enter the CFU Club Championship.[2][3]

References

  1. "CFU Beacon (February 2015, Volume 3, Issue 2, Caribbean Football Union Newsletter)" (PDF). Caribbean Football Union.
  2. "Cerca el cierre de inscripciones para la Copa Luis Villarejo" (in Spanish). Federación Puertorriqueña de Fútbol. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  3. Edwin R. Jusino (6 October 2016). "Puerto Rico FC entre los 8 que disputarán Copa Luis Villarejo" (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 October 2016.

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