2016 CFU Club Championship

2016 CFU Club Championship
2016 CFU Club Champions’ Cup
Tournament details
Dates	24 February – 1 May 2016
Teams	14 (from 8 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Central (2nd title)
Runners-up	W Connection
Third place	Don Bosco
Fourth place	Arnett Gardens
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	83 (3.77 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jamal Charles; Michealos Martin; (4 goals each)
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The 2016 CFU Club Championship was the 18th 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 three teams in the tournament qualified for the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League. Central were the defending champions, having won the 2015 CFU Club Championship, and successfully defended their title, defeating fellow Trinidadian side W Connection in the final for the second straight year.

Teams

Somerset Trojans

Scholars International

Location of teams of the 2016 CFU Club Championship

Red: Group 1;

Green: Group 2;

Blue: Group 3;

Yellow: Group 4;

Dots: indicate group hosts;

Pogs: indicate other group teams

The tournament was open to all league champions and runners-up from each of the 31 CFU member associations, once their competition ended on or before the end of 2015.

A total of 14 teams from 8 CFU associations entered the competition.^[1]^[2] This is the first CFU Club Championship to feature teams from the Dominican Republic, with Atlético Pantoja and Atlántico both participating.

Association	Team	Qualification method
Bermuda	Somerset Trojans	2014–15 Bermudian Premier Division champions
Cayman Islands	Scholars International	2014–15 Cayman Islands Premier League champions
Dominican Republic	Atlético Pantoja	2015 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol champions
Dominican Republic	Atlántico	2015 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol runners-up
Guadeloupe	Moulien	2014–15 Guadeloupe Division d'Honneur champions
Guadeloupe	La Gauloise	2014–15 Guadeloupe Division d'Honneur runners-up
Haiti	Don Bosco	2015 Ligue Haïtienne Tournoi d'Ouverture champions
Haiti	América	2015 Ligue Haïtienne Tournoi d'Ouverture runners-up^{[Note HAI]}
Jamaica	Arnett Gardens	2014–15 National Premier League champions
Jamaica	Montego Bay United	2014–15 National Premier League runners-up
Suriname	Inter Moengotapoe	2014–15 SVB Hoofdklasse champions
Suriname	Notch	2014–15 SVB Hoofdklasse runners-up
Trinidad and Tobago	Central	2014–15 TT Pro League champions
Trinidad and Tobago	W Connection	2014–15 TT Pro League runners-up

Associations which did not enter a team
Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cuba Curaçao Dominica French Guiana Grenada Guyana Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint-Martin Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands

Notes

Schedule

Round	Dates
Preliminary round	Groups A & B	24–28 February 2016
	Group C	9–13 March 2016
	Group D	2–6 March 2016
Final round	29 April – 1 May 2016

The Group C matches were delayed from the original dates of 24–28 February 2016 due to the Jamaican general election on 25 February.^[4]

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, the 14 teams were divided into two groups of four teams and two groups of three teams, consisting of two league champions and either one or two league runners-up.^[1]^[2] Each group was played on a round-robin basis, hosted by one of the teams at a centralized venue. The winners of each group advanced to the final round.

Group 1

Host venue: Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, Trinidad and Tobago (all times UTC−4)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	W Connection (H)	3	3	0	12	4	+8	9	Final round
2	Inter Moengotapoe	3	2	1	5	5	0	6
3	Atlántico	3	1	2	6	5	+1	3
4	Moulien	3	0	3	3	12	−9	0

Source: CFU
(H) Hosts

24 February 2016