Host country Barbados Runners-up Cuba Teams 26 Matches played 52 | Champions Jamaica (3rd title) Fourth place Barbados Goals scored 175 People also search for 1999 Caribbean Cup | |
Top scorer(s) Luton Shelton
(9 goals) Champion Jamaica national football team Third place Trinidad and Tobago national football team | ||
The 2005 Caribbean Cup (known as the Digicel Caribbean Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the thirteenth edition of the Caribbean Cup hosted by Barbados and won by Jamaica. In all 30 countries participated (6 withdrew).
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Group A
Group A Qualifier: Saint-Martin w/o Sint Maarten (Sint Maarten withdrew)
Played in Kingston, Jamaica
Group B
Played in Martinique
Group C
Group C qualifier: Bahamas w/o Turks and Caicos Islands (Turks and Caicos Islands withdrew).
Bahamas qualified but subsequently withdrew; their place was taken by Guyana. The supposed participants are Cuba, Netherlands Antilles, Guyana, Dominican Republic, and the matches were planned to be played in Cuba. However, Netherlands Antilles, Guyana, Dominican Republic all withdrew later, and so Cuba won the group automatically.
Group D
Group D qualifier: Guyana w/o Suriname. NB: was scheduled for Sep 5 and 11 but cancelled. Since Bahamas in Group C withdrew, their place was taken by Guyana (see above); Suriname was drawn into Group D.
Played in Trinidad and Tobago
Group E
Group E qualifier: Bermuda w/o Aruba (Aruba withdrew)
Played in Saint Vincent; originally planned for Cayman Islands, but rescheduled due to hurricane damage
NB: Bermuda have protested the eligibility of three BVI players (Montgomery Butler, Avondale Williams, Venton James) as being Saint Vincentians.
Group F
Group F qualifier: Antigua and Barbuda w/o Anguilla (Anguilla withdrew)
Played in Saint Kitts and Nevis
Final round
NB: Barbados qualified as hosts
Jamaica, Cuba and Trinidad and Tobago qualified for CONCACAF Gold Cup 2005