year winners venue 1978 Surinam Trinidad and Tobago 1979 Haiti Paramaribo, Surinam 1981 Trinidad and Tobago Puerto Rico 1983 Martinique Cayenne, French Guyana 1985 Martinique Barbados 1988 Trinidad and Tobago Martinique
Qualifying Matches
First Round
25/06/78 - Barbados 0-0 Dutch Antilles
29/07/78 - Dutch Antilles 1-0 Barbados
20/08/78 - Puerto Rico 1-1 Haiti [in San Juan]
[Wilfredo Rivero 6'; Wilfrid Jean-Baptiste]
26/08/78 - Haiti 1-0 Puerto Rico [in Port-au-Prince]
[Roosevelt Barosy 58']
NB: Haiti represented by club side Aigle Noir
??/??/?? - Martinique w/o Dominican Republic
NB: Dominican Republic withdrew due to revolution
02/07/78 - Guadeloupe 1-0 Jamaica
30/07/78 - Jamaica 1-2 Guadeloupe [in Kingston]
09/07/78 - Guyana 1-2 Surinam
30/07/78 - Surinam 2-0 Guyana
NB - The following is a possible tournament match (if so, the 1st leg result is missing)
30/07/78 - Grenada 1-1 Trinidad & Tobago
It is unclear whether all of Antigua & Barbuda, Netherlands Antilles and French Guyana
received byes or played in the 1st Round
Second Round
27/08/78 - Antigua & Barbuda drw Guadeloupe [in Saint John's]
??/??/?? - Guadeloupe drw Antigua & Barbuda [Antigua on pen]
24/09/78 - Dutch Antilles 0-2 Surinam
01/10/78 - Surinam 3-0 Dutch Antilles
20/08/78 - Trinidad/Tobago 2-4 French Guyana [at Queen's Park Oval]
[Pierre 75' (pen), Bede Archibald 82'; Epailly 22', Joseph 25',
Tinel 51', Sainte Luce 76']
02/09/78 - French Guyana 1-4 Trinidad/Tobago [in Cayenne, AET, FT 1-3]
[?; Wilfred Cave 2, Leroy Spann, Jerome Barrington]
16/09/78 - Haiti 1-1 Martinique [in Port-au-Prince]
01/10/78 - Martinique 2-4 Haiti [in Fort-de-France]
Final Tournament
22/10/78 - Suriname 3-0 Haiti [at Queen's Park Oval]
23/10/78 – Trinidad & Tobago 3-1 Antigua & Barbuda [at Skinner's Park]
25/10/78 - Suriname 1-0 Trinidad & Tobago [at Queen's Park Oval]
26/10/78 - Haiti 1-0 Antigua & Barbuda [at Skinner's Park]
[Jacques Jo Louis]
28/10/78 - Suriname 4-0 Antigua & Barbuda [at Skinner's Park]
[Ricardo Calor (2), John Leisberg, Roy George]
29/10/78 - Haiti 2-2 Trinidad & Tobago [at Queen's Park Oval]
1. Surinam 3 3 0 0 8- 0 6
2. Trinidad-T. 3 1 1 1 5- 4 3
3. Haiti 3 1 1 1 3- 5 3
4. Antigua & Barbuda 3 0 0 3 1- 8 0
Surinam squad:
Roy Belfor, Mukesh, Suresh Bissumbar, Frank Borgia, John Brasdorp, Ricardo Calor,
Willem Edhart, Wilfred Garden, Roy George, Aloysius Hankers, John Leisberg,
Dennis van la Parra, Siegfried Rustenberg, Jan Voorn, Gerrit Waal, Edmund Leiles;
trainer: Rob Groener
NB: Roy George chosen as best player; in November a Caribbean selection including 6
players from Surinam (among whom Roy George (as captain), Renaldo Entingh and
Edmund Leiles) played Taiwan on Trinidad, winning 5-1 (both George and Entingh
scored one goal)
Preliminary Round 03.06 Jamaica 2-1 St Kitts 17.06 St Kitts 1-2 Jamaica 22.07 Grenada 0-1 Trinidad-Tobago 04.08 Trinidad-Tobago 2-1 Grenada 29.09 Haiti 1-0 Antigua 15.10 Antigua 1-2 Haiti Qualifying Round 28.10 Haiti 3-0 Jamaica 02.11 Jamaica 0-4 Haiti ??.?? Martinique 0-0 Guadeloupe ??.?? Guadeloupe 0-1 Martinique ??.?? St Vincent 0-0 Guadeloupe ??.?? Guadeloupe 1-3 St Vincent ??.?? Martinique 2-2 St. Vincent ??.?? St. Vincent 1-0 Martinique Trinidad-Tobago also advanced (opponent unclear) Final Round [in Paramaribo] 11.11 Haiti 1-0 Trinidad-Tobago 12.11 Surinam 2-3 St Vincent 14.11 Haiti 2-1 St Vincent 15.11 Surinam 3-0 Trinidad-Tobago 17.11 St Vincent 2-1 Trinidad-Tobago 18.11 Haiti 1-0 Surinam 1. Haiti 3 3 0 0 4- 1 6 2. St Vincent 3 2 0 1 6- 5 4 3. Surinam 3 1 0 2 5- 4 2 4. Trinidad-Tobago 3 0 0 3 1- 6 0
By the deadline of date of 25/12/1980, only six nations had applied to compete:
Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia and Trinidad/Tobago.
First Round
BARBADOS Bye, St. Lucia withdrew.
07-06 Jamaica 2-0 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
[Lenworth Hyde, Oneil Russell]
19-06 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 4-0 Jamaica
21-06 GUADELOUPE 5-0 Dominica
05-07 Dominica 2-3 GUADELOUPE
07-06 SURINAM 3-1 French Guyana
21-06 French Guyana 3-1 SURINAM
19-07 SURINAM 1-0 French Guyana [Play Off-Paramaribo]
05-07 ST. VINCENT 2-1 Martinique
19-07 Martinique 1-2 ST. VINCENT
Second Round
05-07 Barbados 1-1 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
17-07 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 1-1 Barbados
Trinidad & Tobago won 4-2 on penalties.
Semi Final Round
08-08 Surinam 1-1 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
15-08 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 3-2 Surinam
02-08 GUADELOUPE 3-0 St. Vincent
16-08 St. Vincent 3-1 GUADELOUPE
Play Off:
13-09 ST. VINCENT 2-1 Surinam
27-09 Surinam 3-3 ST. VINCENT
Final Round
19-10 Puerto Rico 1-1 Guadeloupe
19-10 Trinidad & Tobago 2-0 St. Vincent
[Keith Eddy, Veron Skinner]
21-10 Puerto Rico 0-2 St. Vincent
21-10 Trinidad & Tobago 2-0 Guadeloupe
[Keith Eddy, Veron Skinner]
24-10 St. Vincent 3-1 Guadeloupe
25-10 Puerto Rico 0-6 Trinidad & Tobago
[Cleveland Mendes (2), Veron Skinner, Garnet Craig, Frank Haynes,
Wayne Joseph]
1. TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 3 3 0 0 10- 0 6
2. St. Vincent 3 2 0 1 5- 1 4
3. Guadeloupe 3 0 1 2 2- 6 1
4. Puerto Rico 3 0 1 2 1- 9 1
Trinidad/Tobago squad: Michael Maurice, Shurland Richards, Reynold George,
Wayne Joseph, Joel Rahim, Colin Skeene, Curtis Murrell, C Riley,
Garfield de Silva, Patrick Geoffrey, Terry Williams, Cleveland Mendes,
Oscar Waldron, Nevick Denoon, Frank Haynes, Alvin Anderson, Keith Eddy,
Veron Skinner, Garnet Craig, Bert Neptune, Michael Didier
Qualifying
Group 1
1st round
06/03/83 - Barbados 1-0 Surinam
[Anthony Clarke 21']
08/03/83 - Barbados 0-0 Surinam
NB - Both matches in Barbados due to political unrest in Surinam
2nd round
24/04/83 - Barbados 1-1 Guyana
[Tony Clarke 72; Neville Johnson 87']
08/05/83 - Guyana 2-0 Barbados [in Bourda]
[Colin Hinds 58', Neville Johnson 76']
Guyana advance to meet winners of Group 3
Group 2
1st round
20/02/83 - St.Vincent/Grenadines 1-3 Martinique [in Arnos Vale]
??/??/83 - Martinique unk St.Vincent/Grenadines
2nd round
Martinique v Netherlands Antilles - no results known
Martinique advance to meet winners of Group 4
Group 3
1st round
20/02/83 - Guadeloupe 1-0 Dominica [HT 0-0]
06/03/83 - Dominica 1-2 Guadeloupe [in Roseau, HT 0-1]
[Kenrick Thomas 60'; Christian Ochiste 25', ?]
2nd round
02/04/83 - Guadeloupe 2-3 Antigua & Barbuda
08/05/83 - Antigua & Barbuda 3-3 Guadeloupe [in Saint John's]
[Mervyn Richards 15', Cedric Joseph 44', Alfred Lewis 55';
Philippe Galoux 29', 46', Jean Silvedire 41']
Antigua & Barbuda advance to meet winners of Group 1
Group 4
1st round
Jamaica advance after Puerto Rico withdrew
2nd round
St.Kitts & Nevis advance after Jamaica withdrew
St.Kitts/Nevis advance to meet winners of Group 2
Play-Offs
29/05/83 - Guyana 0-0 Antigua & Barbuda
05/06/83 - Antigua & Barbuda 4-0 Guyana
25/05/83 - Martinique 7-0 St.Kitts & Nevis
05/06/83 - St.Kitts & Nevis 0-5 Martinique
Prelims : Martinique and Antigua qualified
Holder : Trinidad-Tobago
Host : French Guyana
Final Round
[July 23-27 in Cayenne (French Guyana)]
Martinique 3-1 Trinidad-T.
Martinique 0-0 French Guyana
Martinique 2-0 Antigua
Trinidad-T. 1-0 French Guyana
Trinidad-T. 2-1 Antigua
French Guyana 1-0 Antigua
1. Martinique 3 2 1 0 5- 1 5
2. Trinidad-T. 3 2 0 1 4- 4 4
3. French Guyana 3 1 1 1 1- 1 3
4. Antigua 3 0 0 3 1- 5 0
Qualifying Matches
1st Round
Group 1
24/02/85 - St.Vincent & the Grenadines 1-1 Trinidad & Tobago [in Kingstown]
[Vibert Ballantyne 83'; Clyde Denoon 48']
26/02/85 - Grenada 1-5 Trinidad & Tobago [in Saint George's, HT 0-3]
[?; Clyde Denoon 2, Nevic Denoon 2, ?]
24/03/85 - St.Vincent & the Grenadines 3-0 Grenada [in Kingstown]
[Raymond Soso 9', Elliott Laborde 14', 53']
1. Trinidad & Tobago 2 1 1 0 6- 2 3
2. St. Vincent/Gr'dines 2 1 1 0 4- 1 3
3. Grenada 2 0 0 2 1- 8 0
Group 2
24/02/85 - Antigua & Barbuda 2-1 Dominica
[Steve Hurst 43', Everton Gonsalves 58'; Robert Hippolyte 18']
03/03/85 - Antigua & Barbuda 0-1 Guadeloupe [in Saint John's]
[George Wills 21' (pen)]
03/03/85 - Dominica 2-1 Cayman Islands [in Roseau]
[Allan Toussaint 53', Robert Hippolyte 87'; Lee Ramon 11']
??/03/85 - Cayman Islands unk Guadeloupe
??/03/85 - Guadeloupe unk Dominica
??/03/85 - Cayman Islands unk Antigua & Barbuda
Guadeloupe advance
Group 3
10/03/85 - French Guyana 0-1 Guyana [in Cayenne]
[Anthony Williams]
17/03/85 - French Guyana 0-1 Surinam [in Cayenne]
24/03/85 - Guyana 0-1 Surinam [in Georgetown]
[Regillo Doest 48']
1. Surinam 2 2 0 0 2- 0 4
2. Guyana 2 1 1 0 1- 1 2
3. French Guyana 2 0 0 2 0- 2 0
2nd Round
03/04/85 - Guadeloupe 1-1 Trinidad/Tobago
27/04/85 - Suriname 0-1 Guadeloupe [in Cayenne]
[Pierre Jean Bruno 72']
05/05/85 - Trinidad & Tobago 0-1 Suriname [in San Fernando]
[Ruben Wijks 6']
1. Guadeloupe 2 1 1 0 2- 1 3
2. Surinam 2 1 0 1 1- 1 2
3. Trinidad & Tobago 2 0 1 1 1- 2 1
Guadeloupe & Surinam qualified
Final Tournament in Barbados
25/06/85 - Martinique 2-1 Guadeloupe [HT 2-0]
[Reine Adelaide Hubert, Nestoret Cesar; Pierre Jean 60 (pen)]
25/06/85 - Barbados 0-0 Surinam
27/06/85 - Martinique 2-0 Surinam [HT 0-0]
[Nestoret Cesar, Jose Toris]
27/06/85 - Barbados 1-1 Guadeloupe [HT 1-1]
[Seymour Alleyne; Jacques Elizier 26']
30/06/85 - Surinam 2-2 Guadeloupe
[Umberto Klinker, Regillo Doest (pen); Jocelyn Angloma 2]
30/06/85 - Barbados 1-1 Martinique [HT 0-1]
[Anthony Chase 47'; Nestoret Cesar 40']
NB - Michael King (Barbados) and Eric Rosemain (Martinique) both sent off at 39 mins
Final Table:
1.Martinique 3 2 1 0 5- 2 5
2.Barbados 3 0 3 0 2- 2 3
3.Guadeloupe 3 0 2 1 4- 5 2
4.Surinam 3 0 2 1 2- 4 2
1st Round
29/11/87 - Barbados 0-4 Trinidad & Tobago
[Charles 8, Lewis 28, Jones 68, 75]
06/12/87 - Trinidad & Tobago 5-1 Barbados
11/11/87 - French Guyana 1-1 Surinam
05/12/87 - Surinam 1-0 French Guyana
NB: there may have been more matches
2nd Round
06/03/88 - Dominica 0-0 Antigua & Barbuda
20/03/88 - Antigua & Barbuda 2-1 Dominica
[Gonsalves 18pen, Anthony 70; McIntyre 44]
17/04/88 - Guyana 0-4 Trinidad & Tobago [in Georgetown]
08/05/88 - Trinidad & Tobago 1-0 Guyana [in Arima]
NB - These matches doubled as qualifiers for the 1990 World Cup
??/??/88 - Surinam unk Guadeloupe
??/??/88 - Guadeloupe unk Surinam
Guadeloupe advance to final tournament
Final Tournament in Martinique
05/07/88 - Trinidad & Tobago 3-0 Guadeloupe
05/07/88 - Martinique 2-2 Antigua & Barbuda
07/07/88 - Antigua & Barbuda 1-1 Trinidad & Tobago
07/07/88 - Martinique 2-1 Guadeloupe
09/07/88 - Antigua & Barbuda 0-0 Guadeloupe
09/07/88 - Martinique 0-3 Trinidad & Tobago
[Anton Corneal 25, Leonson Lewis 31', Kerry Jameson 44']
NB: Match abandoned at half-time due to power failure. Scoreline declared final.
Final Table:
1.Trinidad/Tobago 3 2 1 0 7- 1 5
2.Antigua/Barbuda 3 0 3 0 3- 3 3
3.Martinique 3 1 1 1 4- 6 3
4.Guadeloupe 3 0 1 2 1- 5 1
NB: after the tournament, Trinidad and Tobago returned home to
play a match on 23 July 1988 in Port of Spain against a
Caribbean selection, winning 2-0
Sources included: Kaieteur News (Guyana), AFP
With thanks to Piet Veroeveren, Neil Morrison and Christian Roznovsky
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