Caribbean Club Shield

The Caribbean Club Shield, also known as the CFU Club Shield, is an annual Caribbean football competition that are members of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU). It is a second-tier competition to the Caribbean Club Championship, and was introduced in 2018 for clubs from non-professional leagues which are working towards professional standards.[1] It is currently run by CONCACAF and is officially known as the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield.

Caribbean Club Shield
Founded2018 (2018)
RegionCaribbean (CFU)
Number of teamsVarious (13 in 2019)
Current champions Robinhood (1st title)
(2019)
Most successful club(s) Club Franciscain
Robinhood
(1 title each)
WebsiteCONCACAF homepage
2021 Caribbean Club Shield

The winner of this competition, as long as it fulfills the CONCACAF Regional Club Licensing criteria, will play against the fourth-placed team of the Caribbean Club Championship for a place in the CONCACAF League.

With the expansion of the CONCACAF Champions League starting from the 2023–24 edition, the 2022 edition of the Caribbean Club Shield will be the last held. Instead, a regional cup tournament, the Caribbean Cup, will be launched as a qualifying tournament of the CONCACAF Champions League for teams from the Caribbean, besides those which qualify directly through their professional leagues.[2]

History

The CONCACAF Council, at its meeting on 25 July 2017 in San Francisco, California approved the implementation of the following two-tier competitions for affiliated clubs of Caribbean Member Associations starting in 2018:

  • The Tier 1 competition, known as the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship, is contested by the champions and runners-up of the top professional and semi-professional leagues in year 1 (2018), and open to only fully professional leagues in year 2 (2019) and onwards.
  • The Tier 2 competition, known as the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield, is contested by the champions of the top leagues in Member Associations that have no professional or semi-professional leagues in year 1 (2018), and open to amateur and semi-professional leagues in year 2 (2019) and onwards.

Results
Season Hosts Winners Score Runners-up Third Place Score Fourth Place
2018  Dominican Republic Club Franciscain 2–1 Inter Moengotapoe Real Rincon 3–1 Nacional
2019  Curaçao Robinhood 1–0 Club Franciscain Weymouth Wales and Jong Holland
2020  Curaçao Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[3]

See also

Notes and references
  1. "Dominican Republic Selected to Host Inaugural CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield". mailchi.mp. CONCACAF. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  2. "Concacaf Champions League to expand with innovative new format starting 2023/24". CONCACAF Champions League. 4 February 2021.
  3. "Update on Concacaf Caribbean Club Shield and Flow Concacaf Caribbean Club Championship". CONCACAF. 25 August 2020.
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