Dates 16 March – 8 May Third place San Juan Jabloteh | ||
Teams 18 (from 10 associations) Champions Puerto Rico Islanders (1st title) |
The 2010 CFU Club Championship was the 12th edition of the CFU 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 (CFU). The top three teams in the tournament qualified for the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League.
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Qualified clubs
The following clubs were all entered into the competition.
Competition format
The competition was initially announced by the CFU to be structures similarly to the previous year, during which several team played two-legged playoffs and other seed teams received byes in the later knockout rounds. However, the format was changed at the 2010 CFU Congress, where it was decided that three rounds of group stages would be used. Also, Haiti, who had not initially entered any clubs into the tournament, added Racing des Gonaïves and Tempête. Elite SC from Cayman Islands were also later added. However, Elite SC and Bath Estate later withdrew from the tournament, and Guyana Defence Force were moved to Group D due to travel and immigration difficulties. Those changes reduced Group B to two teams, both of which qualify to the second round.
First round
The top two teams from each group as well as the highest ranked third place team advance to the second round.
Group A
All matches hosted in Netherlands Antilles.
Group B
All matches hosted in Puerto Rico. Officially, Bayamón played as visitor in the first leg.
Group C
All matches hosted in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Group D
All matches hosted in Guyana.
Second round
In the second round, only the group winners advance to the final round.
After the completion of the first round, the following changes to the second round have been made:
Group E
All matches hosted in Puerto Rico.
Group F
All matches hosted in Puerto Rico.
Group G
All matches hosted in Trinidad & Tobago.
Group H
All matches hosted in Trinidad & Tobago.
Final round
The top three finishers qualify for the Preliminary Round of the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League.
All matches hosted in Trinidad & Tobago.
Top goalscorers
Updated for all matches.