2017 Caribbean Club Championship
The 2017 Caribbean Club Championship was the 19th edition of the Caribbean 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, a sub-confederation of CONCACAF.
The top four teams qualified for next season's CONCACAF club competitions, an increase from the previous three following the expansion of the CONCACAF club competition platform. The champions qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League tournament proper, while the second through fourth place teams qualified for the new Champions League qualifying tournament, the CONCACAF League.
Cibao won the tournament by defeating San Juan Jabloteh in the final, becoming the first team from the Dominican Republic to be crowned Caribbean club champions and the first to qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League. Runners-up San Juan Jabloteh, together with third place Portmore United and fourth place Central, who were the two-time defending champions, qualified for the first edition of the CONCACAF League.
Teams
The tournament was open to all league champions and runners-up from each of the 31 CFU member associations, once their competition ended by the end of 2016.A total of 21 teams from 12 CFU associations entered the competition. This is the first CFU Club Championship to feature a team from Sint Maarten, and the first since 2004 to feature a team from Montserrat.
The defending champions Central received a bye to the [|final round], while the other 20 teams entered the first round.
Association | Team | Qualification method |
Antigua and Barbuda | Hoppers | 2015–16 Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division champions |
Antigua and Barbuda | Grenades | 2015–16 Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division runners-up |
Cayman Islands | Scholars International | 2015–16 Cayman Islands Premier League champions |
Cayman Islands | Elite | 2015–16 Cayman Islands Premier League runners-up |
Dominican Republic | Barcelona Atlético | 2016 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol champions |
Dominican Republic | Cibao | 2016 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol runners-up |
Guadeloupe | USR | 2015–16 Guadeloupe Division of Honor champions |
Guadeloupe | CS Moulien | 2015–16 Guadeloupe Division of Honor runners-up |
Haiti | Don Bosco | 2015 Ligue Haïtienne Série d'Ouverture champions |
Haiti | Racing des Gonaïves | 2016 Ligue Haïtienne Série d'Ouverture champions |
Jamaica | Montego Bay United | 2015–16 National Premier League champions |
Jamaica | Portmore United | 2015–16 National Premier League runners-up |
Montserrat | Police | 2016 Montserrat Championship champions |
Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico FC | 2016 Copa Luis Villarejo champions |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | System 3 | 2016 NLA Premier League champions |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Bequia United | 2016 NLA Premier League runners-up |
Sint Maarten | Flames United | 2015 Sint Maarten League champions |
Suriname | Inter Moengotapoe | 2015–16 SVB Hoofdklasse champions |
Suriname | Transvaal | 2015–16 SVB Hoofdklasse runners-up |
Trinidad and Tobago | Central | 2015–16 TT Pro League champions |
Trinidad and Tobago | San Juan Jabloteh | 2015–16 TT Pro League runners-up |
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;Associations which did not enter a team
- Anguilla
- Aruba
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Bermuda
- Bonaire
- British Virgin Islands
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Dominica
- French Guiana
- Grenada
- Guyana
- Martinique
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint-Martin
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- U.S. Virgin Islands
Schedule
First round
In the first round, the 20 teams were divided into five groups of four teams. Each group was played on a round-robin basis, hosted by one of the teams at a centralized venue. The winners of each group advanced to the final round to join the defending champions Central.Group A
Host venue: Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda----
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Group B
Host venue: Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti----
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Group C
Host venue: Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay, Jamaica----
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Group D
Host venue: Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, Bayamón, Puerto Rico----
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Group E
Host venue: Victoria Park, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines----
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Final round
In the final round, the six teams were drawn into two groups of three teams. Each group was played on a round-robin basis. The winners of each group advanced to the final, while the runners-up advanced to the third place match.The draw of the final round was held on 29 March 2017. Central, as the hosts of the final round, and San Juan Jabloteh, as the best performing team in the first round, were seeded into Groups A and B respectively.
The champions qualified for the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League, while the teams finishing second through fourth qualified for the 2017 CONCACAF League.
Host venue: Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Group A
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Group B
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