Belize "A" Tournament 2002/03 NB: following the withdrawal of the BPFL from the Football Federation of Belize, 8 former second level teams competed in the "A" Tournament for the Belize championship. Start September 28. Participants: North Zone: Lazio FC (Orange Walk) San Joaquin FC (Corozal) Hattieville 2002 FC (Belize City) Costena FC (Orange Walk) South Zone: Highlanders FC (San Ignacio) New Erei FC (Dangriga) Cosmos FC (Toledo) Capital United FC (Belmopan) Final [Jan 4,5] New Site Erei 4-2 Cayo Highlanders [Jan 12, Norman Broaster Stadium, San Ignacio Town] Cayo Highlanders 2-2 New Site Erei NB: New Site Erei "champions of Belize", will enter "CONCACAF Champion of Champions Tournament" scheduled for August 2003. NB: "A" Tournament 2003 (2003/04)? [Apr 26,27] New Site Erie 4-1 Capital United Boca Juniors 3-1 Cayo Highlanders NB: unclear whether this is part of new championship, but apparently Boca Juniors (San Ignacio) qualified for the CONCACAF Champions Cup 2003/04. BPFL Regent Challenge Champions Cup 2002/03 NB: the BPFL withdrew from the Football Federation of Belize and therefore now is a league unaffiliated to the CONCACAF/FIFA. First Stage Table: 1.Kulture Yabra (Belize City) 14 10 0 4 22-10 30 2.Sagitún (Independence) 14 6 6 2 21-13 24 3.Builders Hardware Bandits (Belmopan) 14 7 1 6 27-20 22 [26-20?] 4.San Pedro FC (S.Pedro Ambergris Caye) 14 5 5 4 21-21 20 [21-20?] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.Juventus (Orange Walk) 14 4 6 4 26-20 18 [27-21?] [*1] 6.Corozál Victory 14 4 4 6 18-28 16 [19-28?] [*2] 7.Acros Real Verdes (Cayo) 14 3 5 6 16-20 14 8.Griga United (Dangriga) 14 2 3 9 11-30 9 NB: goal differences between brackets indicated by source (overall goal differrence there +1) [*1] Juventus Stars were renamed Juventus [*2] La Victoria were renamed Corozál Victory Round 1 [Sep 14] Bandits 3-4 Real Verdes Juventus 2-3 San Pedro Griga U. 1-1 Victory Sagitun 0-1 Kulture Yabra Round 2 [Sep 21,22] Bandits 0-1 Kulture Yabra Victory 1-1 Real Verdes Sagitun 2-2 Juventus San Pedro 0-0 Griga U. Round 3 [Sep 28,29] Kulture Yabra 2-0 Real Verdes Sagitun 2-0 Griga U. Juventus 3-1 Bandits Victory 2-5 San Pedro Round 4 [Oct 5] Sagitun 3-1 Victory Bandits 3-0 Griga U. San Pedro 0-0 Real Verdes [Oct 9] Juventus 1-0 Kulture Yabra Round 5 [Oct 12] Kulture Yabra 1-0 Griga U. [Oct 13] Victory 3-1 Bandits Real Verdes 1-1 Juventus Sagitun 1-1 San Pedro Round 6 [Oct 19] San Pedro 1-3 Bandits [Oct 20] Griga U. 1-4 Juventus Sagitun 2-2 Real Verdes Victory 0-1 Kulture Yabra Round 7 [Oct 26] Sagitún 4-1 Bandits [Oct 27] Victory 1-1 Juventus Kulture Yabra 1-0 San Pedro Griga U. 2-1 Real Verdes Round 8 [Nov 9] Sagitún 1-0 Kulture Yabra [Nov 10] San Pedro 2-2 Juventus Griga U. 1-3 Victory Bandits 1-0 Real Verdes Round 9 [Nov 17] Kulture Yabra 2-1 Bandits Juventus 2-2 Sagitún Griga U. 0-2 San Pedro Victory 2-1 Real Verdes Round 10 [Nov 23] Sagitún 1-0 Griga U. Bandits 1-0 Juventus [Nov 24] San Pedro 1-0 Victory Real Verdes 1-0 Kulture Yabra Round 11 [Nov 30, Dec 1: inferred] Victory 1-1 Sagitun Griga U. 1-3 Bandits [1-2?] Real Verdes 2-2 San Pedro Kulture Yabra 2-1 Juventus [3-2?] Round 12 [Dec 7] San Pedro 2-1 Sagitún Bandits 5-0 Victory Real Verdes 2-1 Juventus [Dec 12] Kulture Yabra 7-2 Griga United Round 13 [Dec 14] Sagitún 1-0 Real Verdes [Dec 15] San Pedro 1-4 Bandits Griga U. 1-1 Juventus Victory 2-1 Kulture Yabra Round 14 [Dec 21] Bandits 0-0 Sagitún [Dec 22] Kulture Yabra 3-1 San Pedro Real Verdes 1-2 Griga U. Juventus 5-1 Victory Table: 1.Kulture Yabra (Belize City) 14 10 0 4 22-10 30 2.Sagitún (Independence) 14 6 6 2 21-13 24 3.Builders Hardware Bandits (Belmopan) 14 7 1 6 27-20 22 [26-20?] 4.San Pedro FC (S.Pedro Ambergris Caye) 14 5 5 4 21-21 20 [21-20?] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.Juventus (Orange Walk) 14 4 6 4 26-20 18 [27-21?] [*1] 6.Corozál Victory 14 4 4 6 18-28 16 [19-28?] [*2] 7.Acros Real Verdes (Cayo) 14 3 5 6 16-20 14 8.Griga United (Dangriga) 14 2 3 9 11-30 9 NB: goal differences between brackets indicated by source (overall goal differrence there +1) [*1] Juventus Stars were renamed Juventus [*2] La Victoria were renamed Corozál Victory Topscorers: 8 Rudolph Flowers (Juventus) 7 Vallan Symms (Yabra) 6 Dean Flowers (Juventus) Bent Burgess (Sagitun) Jair Pereira (Bandits) Rupert Smith (Corozal) Christopher Hendricks (San Pedro) Championship Playoff Table: 1.Builders Hardware Bandits (Belmopan) 6 2/0 3/0 1/0 8- 6 15 Final 2.Sagitún (Independence) 6 4/0 0/2 0/0 9- 4 12 Final 3.Kulture Yabra (Belize City) 6 3/0 0/1 2/0 9- 4 9 4.San Pedro FC (S.Pedro Ambergris Caye) 6 0/0 0/0 6/0 3-15 0 NB: all wins count for 3, all losses for 0 points. Round 1 [Jan 4] Sagitún 1-1 Bandits [aet, 3-4 pen] Kulture Yabra 4-0 San Pedro Round 2 [Jan 11] Bandits 1-2 Kulture Yabra [Jan 12] San Pedro 2-4 Sagitun Round 3 [Jan 18] Sagitun 1-0 Kulture Yabra [Jan 19] San Pedro 0-1 Bandits Round 4 [Jan 25] Sagitun 1-0 San Pedro [Jan 26] Kulture Yabra 1-1 Bandits [aet, 1-3 pen] Round 5 [Feb 1] Bandits 1-1 Sagitun [aet, 6-5 pen] [Feb 2] San Pedro 0-2 Kulture Yabra Round 6 [Feb 8] Bandits 3-1 San Pedro [Feb 9] Kulture Yabra 0-1 Sagitun Table: 1.Builders Hardware Bandits (Belmopan) 6 2/0 3/0 1/0 8- 6 15 Final 2.Sagitún (Independence) 6 4/0 0/2 0/0 9- 4 12 Final 3.Kulture Yabra (Belize City) 6 3/0 0/1 2/0 9- 4 9 4.San Pedro FC (S.Pedro Ambergris Caye) 6 0/0 0/0 6/0 3-15 0 NB: all wins count for 3, all losses for 0 points. Championship Final First Leg [Feb 15] Sagitún 1-1 Bandits [4-3 pen] Second Leg Bandits 1-1 Sagitún [aet, 2-3 pen] Sagitún BPFL Champions 2002/03. Cups 2002/03 Prime Minister's Cup Knockout Tournament 2003 (8 invited teams) Quarterfinals First Legs [May 1] Sagitun 2-1 Jacintoville U. [May 4] Kulture Yabra 2-0 Grigamandala [Vallan Symns 22pen, Deon Frazier 24] San Pedro Sea Hawks 2-2 Juventus Real Verdes 2-2 Valley Pride NB: Grigamandala bought out the Corozal Victory franchise. San Pedro Turquoise were renamed San Pedro Sea Hawks Second Legs [May 10] Jacintoville U. 0-2 Sagitun [May 9] Valley Pride drw Real Verdes [5-4 pen] [May 11] Grigamandala 0-2 Kulture Yabra Juventus 2-3 San Pedro Sea Hawks [Orland Lyons 22, ?; Jose Lara, Ashton Lewis, Marion Sihonga] Semifinals First Legs [May 17] Kulture Yabra 1-0 Sagitún [Emory Nunez] [May 18] Valley Pride 1-5 San Pedro Sea Hawks [Elroy Smith (pen); Mark Leslie 15, Orlando Pinelo 16, Edon Rawley, Landi Pinelo, Mario Sihonga] Second Legs [May 25] San Pedro Sea Hawks awd Valley Pride [awarded 3-0, Valley Sagitún 0-2 Kulture Yabra Pride dns] [Emory Nunez, Norman Nunez] Final First Leg [Jun 1] Kulture Yabra 3-0 San Pedro Sea Hawks Second Leg [Jun 8] San Pedro Sea Hawks 1-1 Kulture Yabra BPFC Marathon 2002 Quarterfinals [Sep 8?] Kulture Yabra 1-0 Corozal Victory Bandits 2-0 Griga U. Juventus 1-0 San Pedro Turquoise Sagitún 1-1 Real Verdes [4-2 pen] Semifinals Kulture Yabra 2-0 Juventus Bandits 2-0 Sagitún Final Kulture Yabra abd Bandits [abd at 1-1 in 87'] [With about three minutes left to play, the game was interrupted for nearly twenty minutes by a blackout. When the lights came back on, the players said that they were risking injury to warm up and play again, so they had decided to split the money equally between the teams. The move amounted to an insurrection since the remaining fans, officials, team managers, and media people wanted a conclusion to the affair. The players were adamant, however, and said they would not take the field, and rejected even finishing the game with penalty kicks.] Copa de Amistad 2002 Men Final [at Peoples Stadium] [Sep 8] Guinea Grass FC 2-1 Santos Santa Cruz [asdet] [Jose Westby, Silverio Santos; Douglas Guzman] Second Level 2002/03 "B" Tournament (2nd level after BPFL withdrew from Football Federation of Belize) Regional qualifiers: San Pedro Football Association First Division tournament underway in December Belize Rural Football Association First Division tournament completed, has a team set to play in the "B" tournament. Stann Creek Football Committee First Division tournament in January, including teams from Pomona, Silk Grass, Hopkins and Dangriga. Benque Viejo Football Committee First Division tournament plans to be announced before end of 2002. Belmopan Football Committee First Division tournament in planning stadium. Corozal Football Committee First Division tournaments in planning stadium, possible start Feb 2002. Known results: North East Zone [Dec 14] Caye Caulker 2-0 San Pedro Blue Tang [Dec 15] Rural All Stars 2-1 Cristo Rey Kings [Dec 22] Cristo Rey Kings 2-2 Caye Caulker [Jan 5, Ambergris] Cristo Rey Kings 2-1 San Pedro Blue Tang [Jan 5, Sandhill Village] Belize Rural All Stars 2-1 Caye Caulker [Jan 11, Ambergris] Belize Rural All Star 5-0 San Pedro Blue Tang [winless] [Jan 18, Ambergris] Caye Caulker 2-0 Belize Rural All Stars [first loss] [Jan 19] Cristo Rey Kings 1-0 San Pedro Blue Tang [Jan 26, Ambergris] San Pedro Blue Tang - Caye Caulker [Jan 26, San Pedro stadium, Corozal] Cristo Rey Kings - Belize Rural All Stars [Feb 1] Caye Caulker 2-1 Cristo Rey Kings [Feb 2, Sandhill] Belize Rural All Stars 3-0 San Pedro Blue Tang Final Ranking: 1.Belize Rural All Stars 2.Caye Caulker 3.Cristo Rey Kings (Corozal) South West Zone [Dec 15] Kulture 3-1 Yabra Rasta Jacintoville U. 1-1 Valley Pride [Dec 22] Kulture 2-2 Jacintoville U. [Jan 5, Belmopan] Athletic Club Milan 2-2 Kulture [Jan 5, Punta Gorda] Jacintoville United 4-1 Kulture United [Jan 12, MCC Grounds] Valley Pride 1-0 Kulture [Jan 12, Belmopan] Athletic Club Milan 0-3 Jacintoville United [Jan 17, MCC Grounds] Yabra United (winless) 3-0 AC Milan [Jan 19, New Site] Valley Pride 1-0 AC Milan 1.Valley Pride (New Site) 10 2.Jacintoville United (Punta Gorda) [Jan 25, MCC Grounds] Yabra United - Valley Pride [Jan 26, Punta Gorda] Jacintoville United - Kulture [Feb 1, MCC Grounds] Yabra United 2-1 Kulture [Feb 2, Belmopan] AC Milan 0-2 Valley Pride [Feb 8, New Site] Valley Pride 1-0 Kulture [Feb 9, Punta Gorda] Jacintoville United 4-1 AC Milan Final Ranking: 1.Jacintoville United (Punta Gorda) 2.Valley Pride (Pomona) 3.Yabra United Playoffs NB: structure unclear. Quarterfinals [Mar 9] Jacintoville United 0-2 Cristo Rey Kings Valley Pride 1-1 Caye Caulker Belize Rural All Stars lt Yabra United [B.R.A.S. led 1-0 after 5'] Second Leg or Replay? [Mar 16] Caye Caulker lt Valley Pride Quarterfinal Replay (?) [Apr 13, Corozal Town] Jacintoville United 3-0 Cristo Rey Kings [after a protest by Jacintoville] Intermediate Round First Leg [Mar 23] Yabra United 3-3 Valley Pride Second Leg [Mar 30] Valley Pride 1-1 Yabra United [?] NB: apparently Yabra United progressed to final while Valley Pride had to play Jacintoville United in the semifinal Semifinal First Leg [Apr 27, New Site Area] Valley Pride 1-2 Jacintoville United Second Leg [Jun 1, Toledo Union Field, Punta Gorda Town] Jacintoville United 1-0 Valley Pride Final First Leg [Jun 8, MCC Grounds] Yabra United 1-2 Jacintoville United Second Leg [Jun 15, Toledo Union Field, Punta Gorda Town] Jacintoville United 2-1 Yabra United Jacintoville United champions of B-League.
Sources: The Belize Times, The Guardian
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