Cuba 2002/03

Elimination Phase

Tables:

Group A
 1.Pinar del Río         13  7  1/1  4  21- 9  24  Qualified
 2.Ciudad La Habana      14  6  3/0  5  18-20  24  Qualified
 3.Provincia La Habana   13  6  0/1  6  16-26  19  Qualified
 4.Isla de la Juventud   11  1  0/3  7  10-36   6   

Group B
 1.Villa Clara           14 12  0/1  1  49- 7  37  Qualified
 2.Cienfuegos            12  6  2/0  4  23- 8  22  Qualified
 3.Matanzas              14  4  1/2  7  15-26  16 
 4.Industriales          13  1  2/1  9   7-27   8

Group C
 1.Camagüey              14  7  5/2  0  14- 4  33  [*1]  Qualified
 2.Ciego de Ávila        13  6  4/1  2  18-11  27  Qualified
 3.Sancti Spíritus       14  4  4/1  5  11-14  21  [*1]  Qualified
 4.Las Tunas             14  2  2/4  6  11-17  14  [*2] 
  
Group D
 1.Granma                13  5  1/4  3  13-11  20  [*1]  Qualified
 2.Holguín               14  5  2/1  6  10-10  20  Qualified
 3.Guantánamo            13  2  2/5  4  11-15  15  
 4.Santiago de Cuba      13  2  1/3  7  11-17  11  [*2]  

[*1] Camagüey are reported with 32 points, Sancti Spíritus with 22, Granma 
     with 22; while this cannot all be correct, Granma may have won one of
     their penalty shoot-out against Camagüey in rounds 10 and 11.
[*2] Las Tunas and Santiago de Cuba are both reported with a goal difference
     of 12-18, possibly one of their matches in rounds 6 and 7 finished with
     one goal more by both teams (so 2-2 in rd 6 or 1-2 in rd 7).

Round 1 [Aug 3]
Pinar del Rio   0-1 Ciudad La Habana
Provincia LH    3-2 Isla de la Juventud
Industriales    1-2 Matanzas
Cienfuegos      0-1 Villa Clara
Camagüey        1-0 Ciego de Ávila
Las Tunas       1-1 Sancti Spíritus          [2-4 pen]
Santiago        0-1 Holguín
Guantánamo      1-1 Granma                   [3-2 pen]

Round 2 [Aug 7]
Provincia LH    3-0 Ciudad LH
Villa Clara     3-0 Matanzas
Guantánamo      1-0 Santiago
Cienfuegos      4-0 Industriales
Las Tunas       2-2 Ciego de Ávila           [2-3 pen]
Camagüey        1-1 Sancti Spíritus          [2-1 pen]
Pinar del Rio   4-0 Isla de la Juventud      [played later; inferred]
Granma          1-2 Holguín                  [Aug 9?]

Round 3 [Aug 10]
Villa Clara     1-0 Industriales
Holguín         3-0 Guantánamo
Ciego de Ávila  1-0 Sancti Spíritus
Matanzas        2-2 Cienfuegos               [2-4 pen]
Las Tunas       0-1 Camagüey
Ciudad LH       4-0 Isla de la Juventud
Granma          ppd Santiago 
Provincia LH    1-0 Pinar del Rio            [inferred]

Round 4 [Aug 14]
A/B 
Provincia LH    1-2 Villa Clara     
Isla Juventud   2-3 Matanzas      
Ciudad LH       1-1 Industriales             [5-4 pen]
Pinar del Rio   0-0 Cienfuegos               [4-5 pen]
C/D 
Sancti Spíritus 0-2 Granma                  
Ciego de Ávila  1-0 Holguín                  
Las Tunas       2-2 Guantánamo               [LTU on pen]
Camagüey        0-0 Santiago                 [5-4 pen]

Round 5 [Aug 17] (returns round 4)
A/B
Cienfuegos      3-1 Pinar del Rio           
Villa Clara     2-3 Provincia LH
Industriales    0-1 Ciudad LH
Matanzas        0-0 Isla de la Juventud      [4-3 pen]
C/D
Granma          2-0 Sancti Spíritus
Holguín         0-2 Ciego de Ávila
Santiago de C.  1-4 Camagüey
Guantánamo      0-0 Las Tunas                [4-5 pen]

Round 6 [Aug 21] 
A/B
Isla Juventud   3-1 Industriales             [played later] 
Provincia LH    1-3 Matanzas
Ciudad LH       0-1 Cienfuegos
Pinar del Rio   0-0 Villa Clara              [4-2 pen]
C/D
Sancti Spíritus 0-0 Holguín                  [4-2 pen]
Ciego de Ávila  2-2 Granma                   [4-3 pen]
Las Tunas       1-1 Santiago de Cuba         [3-4 pen]
Camagüey        1-0 Guantánamo             

Round 7 [Aug 24] (returns round 6)
A/B
Villa Clara     2-1 Pinar del Río         
Industriales    1-1 Isla Juventud            [4-2 pen]
Matanzas        3-0 Provincia LH             [awarded, Provincia LH dns]
Cienfuegos      0-1 Ciudad LH
C/D
Holguín         1-2 Sancti Spíritus     
Granma          1-2 Ciego de Ávila      
Santiago de C.  0-1 Las Tunas               
Guantánamo      1-1 Camagüey                 [2-4 pen]

Round 8 [Aug 28]
A/B
Isla Juventud   0-6 Villa Clara     
Ciudad LH       1-1 Matanzas                 [5-4 pen]
Provincia LH    1-0 Cienfuegos
Pinar del Río   2-0 Industriales
C/D
Ciego de Ávila  3-1 Santiago de C.  
Camagüey        1-0 Holguín
Las Tunas       0-1 Granma          
Sancti Spíritus 0-1 Guantánamo      

Round 9 [Aug 31] (returns round 8)
A/B
Villa Clara    10-0 Isla Juventud
Matanzas        1-2 Ciudad LH   
Cienfuegos      7-0 Provincia LH    
Industriales    ppd Pinar del Río   
C/D
Santiago de C.  1-0 Ciego de Ávila
Holguín         0-0 Camagüey                 [5-4 pen]        
Granma          1-0 Las Tunas
Guantánamo      1-2 Sancti Spíritus

Round 10 [Sep 4]
A/B
Ciudad LH       1-3 Villa Clara
Provincia LH    1-0 Industriales
Pinar del Río   3-0 Matanzas
Isla Juventud   ppd Cienfuegos
C/D
Camagüey        0-0 Granma                   [7-6 pen]        
Ciego de Ávila  ppd Guantánamo
Las Tunas       1-1 Holguín                  [3-5 pen]        
Sancti Spíritus 2-2 Santiago                 [4-2 pen]        

Round 11 [Sep 7] (returns round 10)
A/B
Villa Clara     4-0 Ciudad LH
Matanzas        0-1 Pinar del Río
Cienfuegos      ppd Isla Juventud
Provincia LH    1-1 Industriales             [2-4 pen]
C/D
Granma          0-0 Camagüey                 [3-4 pen]
Holguín         0-1 Las Tunas
Santiago        0-1 Sancti Spíritus
Guantánamo      1-1 Ciego de Ávila           [5-6 pen]

Round 12 [Sep 11] (returns round 1)
Ciudad LH       2-3 Pinar del Río
Isla Juventud   ppd Provincia LH
Matanzas        0-2 Industriales
Villa Clara     2-1 Cienfuegos
Ciego de Ávila  1-1 Camagüey                 [CAV on pen]
Sancti Spíritus 2-1 Las Tunas
Holguín         1-0 Santiago
Granma          1-1 Guantánamo               [3-1 pen]

Round 13 [Sep 14] (returns round 2)
Isla Juventud   0-2 Pinar del Rio
Provincia LH    1-2 Ciudad LH
Villa Clara     5-0 Matanzas
Industriales    0-2 Cienfuegos
Camagüey        1-0 Sancti Spiritus
Ciego de Avila  3-1 Las Tunas
Granma          1-0 Holguin
Santiago        2-2 Guantánamo               [GTM on pen]

Round 14 [Sep 18] (returns round 3)
Pinar del Rio   4-0 Provincia LH
Isla Juventud   2-2 Ciudad LH                [2-4 pen]
Cienfuegos      3-0 Matanzas
Industriales    0-8 Villa Clara
Sancti Spiritus 0-0 Ciego de Avila           [5-4 pen]
Las Tunas       0-2 Camagüey
Guantánamo      0-1 Holguin                  [inferred from table, reported 0-0]
Santiago        3-0 Granma               

Tables:

Group A
 1.Pinar del Río         13  7  1/1  4  21- 9  24  Qualified
 2.Ciudad La Habana      14  6  3/0  5  18-20  24  Qualified
 3.Provincia La Habana   13  6  0/1  6  16-26  19  Qualified
 4.Isla de la Juventud   11  1  0/3  7  10-36   6   

Group B
 1.Villa Clara           14 12  0/1  1  49- 7  37  Qualified
 2.Cienfuegos            12  6  2/0  4  23- 8  22  Qualified
 3.Matanzas              14  4  1/2  7  15-26  16 
 4.Industriales          13  1  2/1  9   7-27   8

Group C
 1.Camagüey              14  7  5/2  0  14- 4  33  [*1]  Qualified
 2.Ciego de Ávila        13  6  4/1  2  18-11  27  Qualified
 3.Sancti Spíritus       14  4  4/1  5  11-14  21  [*1]  Qualified
 4.Las Tunas             14  2  2/4  6  11-17  14  [*2] 
  
Group D
 1.Granma                13  5  1/4  3  13-11  20  [*1]  Qualified
 2.Holguín               14  5  2/1  6  10-10  20  Qualified
 3.Guantánamo            13  2  2/5  4  11-15  15  
 4.Santiago de Cuba      13  2  1/3  7  11-17  11  [*2]  

[*1] Camagüey are reported with 32 points, Sancti Spíritus with 22, Granma 
     with 22; while this cannot all be correct, Granma may have won one of
     their penalty shoot-out against Camagüey in rounds 10 and 11.
[*2] Las Tunas and Santiago de Cuba are both reported with a goal difference
     of 12-18, possibly one of their matches in rounds 6 and 7 finished with
     one goal more by both teams (so 2-2 in rd 6 or 1-2 in rd 7).


Second Stage

Table:

 1.Villa Clara           18 10  5/2  1  24- 5  42  [*11,*15,*19]    
 2.Pinar del Río         18  8  4/3  3  17- 8  35  [*1,*10,*11,*15,*19]  
 3.Ciudad La Habana      18  9  0/4  5  23-11  31  [*11,*14,*15,*19]      
 4.Cienfuegos            18  9  0/2  7  14-13  29  [*11,*15,*19]  
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
 5.Camagüey              18  7  4/0  7  12-16  29  [*10,*11,*14,*15]  
 6.Holguín               18  5  4/2  7  12-13  25  [*11,*14,*19]      
 7.Granma                18  5  2/6  5  16-23  25  [*1,*11,*14,*19]  
 8.Sancti Spíritus       18  4  4/2  8  12-17  22  [*1,*10,*14,*15,*19]  
 9.Ciego de Ávila        18  5  2/2  9  18-17  21  [*10,*11,*15]      
10.Provincia La Habana   18  3  0/2 13   9-34  11  [*1,*14,*15,*19]   

[*i] w/o goals round i; Cienfuegos are reported with a final goal difference 
     of +3 (possibly in error, might be -1), Camagüey of -4.

Reported Final Table:

 1.Villa Clara           18 10  5/2  1  30- 7  42  
 2.Pinar del Río         18  8  4/3  3  23-12  34  [?]
 3.Ciudad La Habana      18  9  0/4  5  27-16  31 
 4.Cienfuegos            18  9  0/2  7  20-21  29 
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
 5.Camagüey              18  7  4/0  7  15-19  29  [-4]
 6.Holguín               18  5  4/2  7  14-17  25  
 7.Granma                18  5  2/6  5  15-21  25  [??]
 8.Ciego de Ávila        18  5  2/2  9  23-20  21 
 9.Sancti Spíritus       18  4  4/2  8  22-21  19  [?]  
10.Provincia La Habana   18  3  0/2 13  11-45  11  

NB: total goal difference +1; Granma's goal difference inconsistent with
    known results; points total Pinar del Río and Sancti Spíritus erroneous.

Round 1 - postponed in its entirety to January 11 (see below)
Pinar del Río    -  Granma          
Ciudad LH        -  Holguín     
Villa Clara      -  Camagüey
Cienfuegos       -  Ciego de Ávila  
Sancti Spíritus  -  Provincia LH

Round 2
[Oct 5]
Camagüey        1-0 Cienfuegos
Provincia LH    0-3 Sancti Spíritus
Ciudad LH       1-1 Granma                   [4-5 pen]
Pinar del Río   0-0 Holguín                  [4-3 pen]
[Oct 7]
Villa Clara     2-0 Ciego de Ávila

Round 3 [Oct 9]
Camagüey        1-0 Pinar del Río 
Ciego de Ávila  0-1 Ciudad LH
Granma          1-0 Provincia LH 
Holguín         1-0 Sancti Spíritus 
Villa Clara     0-0 Cienfuegos               [3-1 pen]

Round 4 
[Oct 12]
Camagüey        0-3 Ciudad LH
Villa Clara     ppd Cienfuegos               [police dns]
Pinar del Río   3-0 Ciego de Ávila   
Sancti Spíritus 1-1 Granma                   [5-3 pen]
Holguín         3-2 Provincia LH
[played later (Nov/Dec); inferred]
Villa Clara     awd Cienfuegos               [awarded 3-0 to Villa Clara]     

Round 5 [Oct 16]
Provincia LH    1-0 Camagüey
Pinar del Río   1-1 Villa Clara              [4-5 pen]
Sancti Spíritus 0-0 Ciego de Ávila           [4-2 pen]
Ciudad LH       2-0 Cienfuegos
Granma          2-1 Holguín

Round 6 [Oct 19]
Ciudad LH       0-1 Villa Clara
Holguín         0-0 Granma                   [3-0 pen]
Provincia LH    3-1 Ciego de Ávila          
Pinar del Río   0-0 Cienfuegos               [7-6 pen]
Sancti Spíritus 2-1 Camagüey

Round 7 [Oct 23]
Pinar del Río   1-0 Ciudad LH
Villa Clara     3-0 Provincia LH      
  [Ariel Betancourt scored 1000th goal for Villa Clara in
   national championship since their reformation (with
   provincial selections as entrants]
Cienfuegos      1-0 Sancti Spíritus
Camagüey        awd Granma                   [awarded 3-0 to Camagüey] 
Ciego de Avila  0-0 Holguín                  [HOL on pen]

Round 8 [Oct 26]
Sancti Spíritus 0-3 Villa Clara
Camagüey        1-0 Holguín
Ciego de Ávila  7-1 Granma
Cienfuegos      3-0 Provincia LH
Ciudad LH       1-1 Pinar del Río            [PRI on pen]

Round 9 [Oct 30]
Provincia LH    0-3 Pinar del Río
Sancti Spíritus 2-1 Ciudad LH
Granma          2-2 Villa Clara              [3-5 pen]
Holguín         0-2 Cienfuegos
Camagüey        0-3 Ciego de Ávila

Round 10 [Nov 2?]
Sancti Spíritus drw Pinar del Río            [5-6 pen]
Holguín         0-1 Villa Clara     
Provincia LH    1-2 Ciudad LH    
Cienfuegos      1-2 Granma    
Ciego de Ávila  lt  Camagüey       

Round 11 [Nov 6]
Granma          bt  Pinar del Río
Holguín         drw Ciudad LH                [HOL on pen]
Camagüey        drw Villa Clara              [CMG on pen]
Ciego de Ávila  bt  Cienfuegos
Provincia LH    bye 
Sancti Spíritus bye

Round 12 [Nov 9?]
Ciego de Ávila  0-0 Villa Clara              [CAV on pen]
Camagüey        1-2 Cienfuegos
Ciudad LH       2-0 Granma
Pinar del Río   awd Holguín                  [awarded 0-3]
Provincia LH    bye 
Sancti Spíritus bye

Round 13 [Nov 13]
Ciudad LH       1-0 Ciego de Ávila
Pinar del Río   3-1 Camagüey
Sancti Spíritus 2-3 Holguín
Provincia LH    1-3 Granma
Villa Clara     bye
Cienfuegos      bye

Round 14 
[Nov 16 - inferred]
Camagüey        lt  Ciudad LH
Granma          drw Sancti Spíritus  [SSP on pen]
Holguín         drw Provincia LH     [HOL on pen]
[Nov 17]
Ciego de Ávila  1-2 Pinar del Río
Villa Clara     bye
Cienfuegos      bye

Round 15 [Nov 20 - inferred]
Villa Clara     drw Pinar del Río    [VCL on pen]
Cienfuegos      bt  Ciudad LH
Ciego de Ávila  bt  Sancti Spíritus
Camagüey        bt  Provincia LH
Granma          bye
Holguín         bye

Round 16 [Dec 11 - Día del Futbolista cubano]
Villa Clara     4-0 Ciudad LH
Camagüey        1-1 Sancti Spíritus  [7-6 pen]
Ciego de Ávila  4-0 Provincia LH
Pinar del Río   1-0 Cienfuegos
Granma          bye
Holguín         bye

Round 17 [Dec 14]
Provincia LH    0-0 Villa Clara      [2-4 pen]
Granma          1-1 Camagüey         [0-3 pen]
Holguín         1-0 Ciego de Ávila
Sancti Spíritus 0-1 Cienfuegos
Ciudad LH       bye
Pinar del Río   bye

Round 18 [Dec 17?]
Villa Clara     2-1 Sancti Spíritus 
Holguín         0-0 Camagüey         [2-4 pen]  
Granma          1-1 Ciego de Ávila   [2-4 pen]
Provincia LH    1-0 Cienfuegos      
Ciudad LH       bye
Pinar del Río   bye

Round 19 [Dec 21]
Ciudad LH       drw Sancti Spíritus  [SSP on pen]
Pinar del Río   bt  Provincia LH
Villa Clara     bt  Granma           [Villa Clara scored at least 3 goals]
Cienfuegos      bt  Holguín
Camagüey        bye
Ciego de Ávila  bye

Round 20 [Jan 8]
Pinar del Río   2-0 Sancti Spíritus        
Villa Clara     2-0 Holguín 
Ciudad LH       8-0 Provincia LH
Cienfuegos      2-1 Granma 
Camagüey        bye
Ciego de Ávila  bye

Round 1 [Jan 11 - postponed due to damage after hurricane Lili]
Pinar del Río   drw Granma           [GRM on pen]       
Ciudad LH       1-0 Holguín     
Villa Clara     0-1 Camagüey
Cienfuegos      2-1 Ciego de Ávila  
Sancti Spíritus bt  Provincia LH     [awarded 3-0?]

Table:

 1.Villa Clara           18 10  5/2  1  24- 5  42  [*11,*15,*19]    
 2.Pinar del Río         18  8  4/3  3  17- 8  35  [*1,*10,*11,*15,*19]  
 3.Ciudad La Habana      18  9  0/4  5  23-11  31  [*11,*14,*15,*19]      
 4.Cienfuegos            18  9  0/2  7  14-13  29  [*11,*15,*19]  
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
 5.Camagüey              18  7  4/0  7  12-16  29  [*10,*11,*14,*15]  
 6.Holguín               18  5  4/2  7  12-13  25  [*11,*14,*19]      
 7.Granma                18  5  2/6  5  16-23  25  [*1,*11,*14,*19]  
 8.Sancti Spíritus       18  4  4/2  8  12-17  22  [*1,*10,*14,*15,*19]  
 9.Ciego de Ávila        18  5  2/2  9  18-17  21  [*10,*11,*15]      
10.Provincia La Habana   18  3  0/2 13   9-34  11  [*1,*14,*15,*19]   

[*i] w/o goals round i; Cienfuegos are reported with a final goal difference 
     of +3 (possibly in error, might be -1), Camagüey of -4.

Reported Final Table:

 1.Villa Clara           18 10  5/2  1  30- 7  42  
 2.Pinar del Río         18  8  4/3  3  23-12  34  [?]
 3.Ciudad La Habana      18  9  0/4  5  27-16  31 
 4.Cienfuegos            18  9  0/2  7  20-21  29 
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
 5.Camagüey              18  7  4/0  7  15-19  29  [-4]
 6.Holguín               18  5  4/2  7  14-17  25  
 7.Granma                18  5  2/6  5  15-21  25  [??]
 8.Ciego de Ávila        18  5  2/2  9  23-20  21 
 9.Sancti Spíritus       18  4  4/2  8  22-21  19  [?]  
10.Provincia La Habana   18  3  0/2 13  11-45  11  

NB: total goal difference +1; Granma's goal difference inconsistent with
    known results; points total Pinar del Río and Sancti Spíritus erroneous.

Semifinals

First Legs [Jan 15]
Cienfuegos      0-2 Villa Clara
  [Serguei Prado 48, Maikel Galindo 65]
Ciudad LH       1-0 Pinar del Río
  [Jaine Colomé 87]

Second Legs [Jan 18]
Villa Clara     2-1 Cienfuegos
  [Maikel Galindo, Yuniesky Rodríguez; Manolo Abreu]
Pinar del Río   2-2 Ciudad LH
  [Yasiel, Carlos Torres; Lázaro Alfonso, René Estrada]

Final 

First Leg [Jan 22]
Ciudad LH       0-1 Villa Clara
  [Yunieski Rodríguez 45]

Second Leg [Jan 25]
Villa Clara     2-0 Ciudad LH
  [Serguei Prado 22, Antonio Gómez 73]

NB: Villa Clara supposedly scored 84 goals and conceded 15 this season
    (the 84 scored goals improving the record of Ciudad La Habana, 76 in
    2001); Ciudad La Habana had a final goal record of 48-38 (adding the
    known results and reported final tables, however, one obtains 86-15
    for Villa Clara and 48-41 for Ciudad La Habana).

Cienfuegos finished third, presumably after defeating Pinar del Río.


Topscorers:
22 Serguei Prado (Villa Clara)
19 Ariel Betancourt (Villa Clara)
17 Ariel Pérez (Ciudad La Habana)

2001/02

2003

list of champions


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