2008 Caribbean Cup

The 2008 Caribbean Cup (known as the Digicel Caribbean Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 2008 edition of the Caribbean Championship, an international football championship for national teams affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) of the CONCACAF region. The finals were held in Jamaica from 3–14 December 2008. The four semifinalists – Jamaica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, and Cuba – all qualified for the 2009 edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup,^[1] although Cuba later withdrew and was replaced by Haiti.^[2]

2008 Caribbean Cup

Digicel Caribbean Cup 2008
Tournament details
Host country	Jamaica
Dates	22 July–9 November (qualifying) 3–17 December (finals)
Teams	21 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Jamaica (4th title)
Runners-up	Grenada
Third place	Guadeloupe
Fourth place	Cuba
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	181 (11.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kitson Bain Luton Shelton (5 goals each)
Best player(s)	Eric Vernan
← 2007 2010 →

Qualifying began in July 2008. The qualifying rounds were used to qualify a total of six teams to the final round of the tournament to join the hosts, Jamaica, and the reigning champions, Haiti, who were given direct entry to the final group stage. The name was changed this year from Digicel Caribbean Cup to Digicel Caribbean Championship.^[3]

Qualification

Further information: 2008 Caribbean Championship qualification

Group stage

Played in Jamaica from 3–14 December.

 Haiti and  Jamaica automatically qualified for this round.

Group I

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cuba	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
Guadeloupe	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
Haiti	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Antigua and Barbuda	3	0	2	1	3	6	−3	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

4 December 2008

Haiti	1–1	Antigua and Barbuda
Nordé 53'	http://www.concacaf.com/competitions/matchreport/7530.pdf[permanent dead link]	Byers 72'

Jarrett Park, Montego Bay

Referee: Mark Forde (Barbados)

4 December 2008

Guadeloupe	1–2	Cuba
Hannany 27'	Report	Fernandez 8' Linares 74'

Jarrett Park, Montego Bay

Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

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6 December 2008

Cuba	3–0	Antigua and Barbuda
Marquez 7' Linares 20' Colomé 35' (pen.)	Report

Greenfield Stadium, Trelawny

Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

6 December 2008

Haiti	2–3	Guadeloupe
Boucicaut 45' (pen.) Ednerson 68'		Antoine-Curier 14' Niçoise 17' Lambourde 90'

Greenfield Stadium, Trelawny

Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados)

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8 December 2008

Cuba	0–1	Haiti
		Boucicaut 35'

Jarrett Park, Montego Bay

Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

8 December 2008

Antigua and Barbuda	2–2	Guadeloupe
Byers 35', 82'	Report	Antoine-Curier 1' Gendrey 63'

Jarrett Park, Montego Bay

Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

Group J

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Jamaica	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7
Grenada	3	2	0	1	6	7	−1	6
Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Barbados	3	0	0	3	4	8	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

3 December 2008

Trinidad and Tobago	1–2	Grenada
Leo 70'	Report	Bain 36' Charles 90+'

Independence Park, Kingston

Referee: Otis James (Guyana)

3 December 2008

Jamaica	2–1	Barbados
Austin 76' Shelton 82' (pen.)	Report	Williams 45+'

Independence Park, Kingston

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

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5 December 2008

Barbados	1–2	Trinidad and Tobago
Goodridge 13'	Report	McFarlane 42' (pen.), 73' (pen.)

Jarrett Park, Montego Bay

Referee: Javier Jauregui (Netherlands Antilles)

5 December 2008

Jamaica	4–0	Grenada
Vernan 7' Shelton 18' Williams 53' Phillips 78'	Report

Jarrett Park, Montego Bay

Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

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7 December 2008

Grenada	4–2	Barbados
Bain 14', 28', 67' Julien 22'	Report	Williams 71', 78'

Greenfield Stadium, Trelawny

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

7 December 2008

Jamaica	1–1	Trinidad and Tobago
Vernan 46'	Report	McFarlane 81'

Greenfield Stadium, Trelawny

Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

11 December 2008

17:00 (UTC-5)

Cuba	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Grenada
Yoel Colomé 14' Linares 33'	Report	Charles 12' (pen.) Bain 80'
Penalties
Cervantes Martínez Colomé Minoso Márquez Urguelles Fernández	5–6	Modeste Rennie Bain Marshall Charles Langaigne Williams

Independence Park, Kingston

Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

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11 December 2008

19:00 (UTC-5)

Jamaica	2–0	Guadeloupe
Thompson 11' Shelton 57'	Report

Independence Park, Kingston

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Third Place Playoff

14 December 2008

15:30 (UTC-5)

Cuba	0–0	Guadeloupe
	Match Facts
Penalties
Cervantes Martínez Márquez Minoso Colomé	4–5	Nabab Hannany Vertot Antoine-Curier Lambourde

Independence Park, Kingston

Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados)

Final

14 December 2008

18:00 (UTC-5)

Jamaica	2–0	Grenada
Shelton 17' (pen.), 71' (pen.)	Report

Independence Park, Kingston

Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

2008 Caribbean Cup winner
Jamaica Fourth title

Goalscorers

Goals only from the final tournament

5 goals

• Kitson Bain
• Luton Shelton

3 goals

• Riviere Williams
• Roberto Linares
• Peter Byers
• Errol McFarlane

2 goals

• Yenier Márquez
• Ricky Charles
• Mickaël Antoine-Curier
• Alexandre Boucicaut
• Eric Vernan
• Devon Jorsling

1 goal

• Gregory Goodridge
• Jaime Colomé
• Joel Colomé
• Reysandry Fernandez
• Marcus Julien
• Gregory Gendrey
• Lery Hannany
• Jean-Luc Lambourde
• Michaël Niçoise
• Raymond Ednerson
• Sony Norde
• Rudolph Austin
• Demar Phillips
• Oneil Thompson
• Andy Williams
• Dwayne Leo