CONCACAF gives particulars for 2023 Caribbean Membership Competitions
Miami, FL – CONCACAF on Friday confirmed necessary particulars for the Confederation’s two Caribbean membership competitions happening in 2023, the CONCACAF Caribbean Membership Defend and the brand new CONCACAF Caribbean Cup.
Each competitions are a part of CONCACAFf’s new membership ecosystem introduced in September 2021 and function qualifiers for Confederation-wide competitions.
“The continued development and growth of Caribbean membership soccer is a serious precedence for CONCACAF, and we’re extraordinarily happy to announce the construction and format of the Caribbean Defend, and the CONCACAF Caribbean Cup which is able to qualify three groups into the brand new expanded CONCACAF Champions League. We imagine these competitions will elevate leagues and golf equipment throughout the Caribbean and we glance ahead with nice anticipation to them commencing in August this 12 months,” stated CONCACAF Normal Secretary, Philippe Moggio.
“I additionally need to place on document our gratitude to the St. Kitts and Nevis Soccer Affiliation for providing to host the 2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Membership Defend. We’re very a lot wanting ahead to working with them to ship this necessary competitors,” added Moggio.
2023 CONCACAF CARIBBEAN SHIELD
The fifth version of the CONCACAF Caribbean Defend will probably be hosted by the Saint Kitts and Nevis Soccer Affiliation and will probably be performed between August 3-13, 2023.
The expanded competitors will characteristic a complete of 16 golf equipment from 16 CONCACAF Caribbean Member Associations, that are working with CONCACAF in direction of a long-term imaginative and prescient to professionalize the membership sport throughout the area.
The event in Saint Kitts and Nevis will kick off with a Group Stage (4 teams of 4 golf equipment every). After round-robin play, the group winners (4 groups in whole) will advance to the semi-finals. The Semi-final winners (two golf equipment) will dispute the event’s closing and safe a berth within the 2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Cup.
To date, 15 of the 16 members have been confirmed. These are, in alphabetical order by Member Affiliation: SV Dakota (Aruba), Students Worldwide SC (Cayman Islands), CRKSV Jong Holland (Curacao), Sagicor South East FC (Dominica), OyM FC (Dominican Republic), Solidarité Scolaire (Guadeloupe), AS Etoile De Matoury (French Guiana), Waterhouse FC (Jamaica), B1 Soccer Membership (St Lucia), Golden Lion (Martinique), Metropolitan FA (Puerto Rico), St. Pauls United FC (Saint Kitts and Nevis), Junior Stars (Saint Martin), SV Robinhood (Suriname), and SWA Sharks FC (Turks and Caicos Islands). The final collaborating membership, from Trinidad and Tobago, will probably be confirmed by Could 28, 2023.
The official draw for the 2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Defend will happen on June 8.
2023 CONCACAF CARIBBEAN CUP
The primary version of the CONCACAF Caribbean Cup will characteristic 10 Caribbean golf equipment divided into two teams of 5 golf equipment every.
After round-robin play, the place every membership will play each different membership of their group as soon as (a complete of 4 matches, two at house and two away), the 2 finest golf equipment in every group will advance to the knockout stage.
The knockout stage of the competitors will probably be composed of three rounds (semi-finals, third place play-in, and closing), with the champion, runner-up, and third place finisher (three golf equipment) advancing to the brand new and expanded CONCACAF Champions League, which will probably be performed within the spring of 2024. The Caribbean Cup Champion will obtain a bye to the CONCACAF Champions League Spherical of 16.
To date, six golf equipment have secured their participation on this competitors. They’re, in alphabetical order by Member Affiliation: Cibao FC (Dominican Republic), Moca FC (Dominican Republic), Membership Atletico Pantoja (Dominican Republic), Cavalier SC (Jamaica), Dunbeholden FC (Jamaica), and Harbour View FC (Jamaica).
The remaining 4 members will probably be confirmed at a later date. They’ll embody two Trinidadian golf equipment and the champion and runner-up of the 2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Defend.
In the meantime, The CONCACAF Council ratified the choice that Haitian golf equipment won’t be able to take part within the upcoming CONCACAF Membership Competitions (2023/24). This unlucky determination needed to be taken in view that the Haitian league didn’t begin any soccer actions in 2022 and has not but resumed play, due to this fact, no groups have been capable of qualify (along with different membership licensing necessities). Consequently, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica have been awarded an extra berth within the competitors (based mostly on the efficiency of golf equipment up to now 5 editions).
2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Cup Schedule Home windows
Group Stage: August 22-24 (week 1), August 29-31 (week 2), September 19-21 (week 3), September 26-28 (week 4), and October 3-5 (week 5).
Semi-finals: October 24-26 (first legs) and October 31- November 2 (second legs).
Closing and Third Place Play-In: November 28-30 (first legs) and December 5-7 (second legs).
The official draw for the 2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Cup will happen on June 8.
NEW CCL FORMAT FROM 2024
From 2024 onwards, the SCCL will probably be changed by an expanded 27-club CONCACAF Champions League. The Confederation-wide competitors will embody 5 rounds (Spherical One, Spherical of 16, Quarter-finals, Semi-finals, and Closing) and can proceed to be performed in a direct elimination format.
Moreover, the Scotiabank Concacaf League will probably be changed by three regional cup competitions – Leagues Cup, Central American Cup, and Caribbean Cup, that will probably be performed within the fall of every 12 months. These three new cups will qualify golf equipment for the expanded Champions League.