Matches played 6 | Goals scored 19 (3.17 per match) | |
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Dates 22 February – 21 May 2017 Teams 21 (from 12 associations) Top scorer(s) Marckens Dorisca
Kareem Kwasie
(3 goals each) | ||
The 2017 CFU Club Championship is the 19th edition of 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 four teams will qualify for the 2017–18 CONCACAF Champions League, an increase from the previous three following the expansion of the CONCACAF Champions League.
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Central are the two-time defending champions.
Teams
The tournament was open to all league champions and runners-up from each of the 31 CFU member associations, once their competition ended by the end of 2016.
A total of 21 teams from 12 CFU associations entered the competition. This is the first CFU Club Championship to feature a team from Sint Maarten, and the first since 2004 to feature a team from Montserrat, with both associations not having a domestic league champion in 2016 and entering one team only.
The defending champions Central received a bye to the final round (to make room in the first round for Puerto Rico FC, who were left out of the original draw), while the other 20 teams entered the first round.
Schedule
The original groups and schedule were announced by CFU and CONCACAF on 16 January 2017, with the revised groups and schedule after the admission of Puerto Rico FC announced on 26 January 2017.
First round
In the first round, the 20 teams were divided into five groups of four teams. Each group is played on a round-robin basis, hosted by one of the teams at a centralized venue. The winners of each group advance to the final round to join the defending champions Central.
Group A
Host venue: Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda (all times UTC−4)
Group B
Host venue: Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti (all times UTC−5)
Group C
Host venue: Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay, Jamaica (all times UTC−5)
Group D
Host venue: Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, Bayamón, Puerto Rico (all times UTC−4)
Group E
Host venue: Victoria Park, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (all times UTC−4)
Final round
The defending champions Central, which will serve as hosts, and the five group winners from the first round will compete in the final round. The format of the final round has not been announced.
The champions will qualify for the second phase of the 2017–18 CONCACAF Champions League, while the teams finishing second to fourth will qualify for the first phase of the 2017–18 CONCACAF Champions League.
Host venue: Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, Trinidad and Tobago (all times UTC−4)
Top goalscorers
Players in bold still active in competition.