2008 Caribbean Championship

Digicel Caribbean Championship 2008

Tournament details
Host country	Jamaica
Dates	22 July – 9 November (qualifying) 3 – 17 December (finals)
Teams	21 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Jamaica
Runners-up	Grenada
Third place	Guadeloupe
Fourth place	Cuba
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	181 (3.48 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Peter Byers Jaime Thomas Roberto Linares Kitson Bain Mickaël Antoine-Curier
Best player	Eric Vernan

The Digicel Caribbean Championship 2008 is the 2008 edition of the Caribbean Cup, the international football (soccer) team championship for the Caribbean region of CONCACAF. The finals was were held in Jamaica from 3–14 December 2008. The four semifinalists – Jamaica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, and Cuba – all qualified for the 2009 edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup,^[1] although Cuba later withdrew and was replaced by Haiti.^[2]

Qualifying began in July 2008. The qualifying rounds were used to qualify a total of six teams to the final round of the tournament to join the hosts, Jamaica, and the reigning champions, Haiti, who were given direct entry to the final group stage. The name was changed this year from Digicel Caribbean Cup to Digicel Caribbean Championship.^[3]

Contents 1 Preliminary round 1.1 Format 1.2 Teams that did not enter 1.3 Group A 1.4 Group B 1.5 Group C 1.6 Group D 1.7 Group E 2 Qualifying round 2.1 Group F 2.2 Group G 2.3 Group H 3 Group stage 3.1 Group I 3.2 Group J 4 Knockout phase 4.1 Semi-finals 4.2 Third Place Playoff 4.3 Final 5 Goalscorers 6 References 7 External links

Preliminary round

Format

The five group winners along with the four best second-place teams will be placed into three groups hosted by Guadeloupe, Cuba and Trinidad & Tobago from 11 October - 9 November.^[1]

Teams that did not enter

Nine CFU teams did not enter, meaning 4 fewer participants than in the Caribbean Nations Cup 2006-07 edition. (This became 2 fewer participants, when 2 further teams withdrew during the 2006-07 tournament). Two teams withdrew before the tournament began ( French Guiana and  Sint Maarten), and the 7 other teams listed below participated only in World Cup Qualification)

1.  Bahamas 2.  Dominican Republic 3.  French Guiana

4.  Montserrat 5.  Puerto Rico 6.  Sint Maarten

7.  Turks and Caicos Islands 8.  U.S. Virgin Islands 9.  Saint Lucia

Group A

All Group A matches were hosted by the Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie, the governing body for association football in the Netherlands Antilles.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Netherlands Antilles	4	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2
Grenada	3	2	1	0	1	3	3	0
Aruba	1	2	0	1	1	1	3	-2

Notes

•  Saint Lucia were originally the third team, but they dropped out and  Dominica took their place.
•  Dominica switched to Group B the day before the first match, and  Aruba took their place.

27 July 2008	Netherlands Antilles	0 – 0	Aruba	Stadion Ergilio Hato, Willemstad Attendance: 995 Referee: Geoffrey Hospedales (Trinidad and Tobago)
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29 July 2008	Grenada	3 – 1	Aruba	Stadion Ergilio Hato, Willemstad Attendance: 450 Referee: Philip Jordan (Trinidad and Tobago)
	J. Rennie  53' Modeste  76' S. Rennie  79'	(Report)	Ruiz  50'

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31 July 2008	Netherlands Antilles	2 – 0	Grenada	Stadion Ergilio Hato, Willemstad Attendance: 800 Referee: Geoffrey Hospedales (Trinidad and Tobago)
	Bacuna  79' Bicintini  81'	(Report)

Group B

All Group B matches were hosted by the Guyana Football Federation, the governing body for association football in Guyana.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Guyana	4	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3
Suriname	4	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2
Dominica	0	2	0	0	2	1	6	-5

Notes

•  Suriname qualify as one of 4 best runners-up.
•  Aruba were originally in Group B, but they dropped out and later rejoined the tournament in Group A.  Dominica took their place in this group.

8 August 2008	Guyana	3 – 0	Dominica	National Stadium, Providence Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Mark Forde (Barbados)
	Codrington  20'  43' Edmonds  36'	(Report)

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9 August 2008	Dominica	1 – 3	Suriname	National Stadium, Providence Attendance: 175 Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados)
	Austrie  7'	(Report)	Felter  18' Sandvliet  54' Jap-A-Joe  81'

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10 August 2008	Guyana	1 – 1	Suriname	National Stadium, Providence Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mark Forde (Barbados)
	Peters  90+2'	(Report)	Sastrondedjo  22'

Group C

All Group C matches were hosted by the Cayman Islands Football Association.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Antigua and Barbuda	7	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5
Cayman Islands	5	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3
Bermuda	4	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3
Saint-Martin	0	3	0	0	3	2	13	-11

Notes

•  Antigua and Barbuda were originally excluded,^[4] but eventually were allowed to play.
• Matches originally scheduled for 29 August were pushed back until 30 August due to Hurricane Gustav.

27 August 2008	Bermuda	0 – 4	Antigua and Barbuda	Truman Bodden Stadium, George Town Attendance: 300 Referee: Howard Stennett (Jamaica)
		(Report)	Thomas  4'  29' (pen) Burton  63' Challenger  79'

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27 August 2008	Cayman Islands	3 – 0	Saint-Martin	Truman Bodden Stadium, George Town Attendance: 300 Referee: Kevin Thomas (Jamaica)
	Jefford  58' Sanchez  68' Hill  90'	(Report)

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30 August 2008	Cayman Islands	1 – 1	Antigua and Barbuda	Truman Bodden Stadium, George Town Attendance: 350 Referee: Jeoffrey Hospadalis (Trinidad and Tobago)
	Taylor  67'	(Report)	Christian  33'

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30 August 2008	Saint-Martin	0 – 7	Bermuda	Truman Bodden Stadium, George Town Attendance: 350 Referee: Kevin Morrison (Jamaica)
		(Report)	Lambe  27'  45'  58'  86' Ming  29' Castle  85'  89'

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31 August 2008	Antigua and Barbuda	3 – 2	Saint-Martin	Truman Bodden Stadium, George Town Attendance: 350 Referee: Kevin Morrison (Jamaica)
	Thomas  44'  68' Gregory  89'	(Report)	Pierre  53'  58'

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31 August 2008	Cayman Islands	0 – 0	Bermuda	Truman Bodden Stadium, George Town Attendance: 350 Referee: Geoffrey Hospedales (Trinidad and Tobago)
		(Report)

Group D

All Group D matches were hosted by the St. Kitts and Nevis Football Association.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Barbados	6	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3
Saint Kitts and Nevis	3	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2
British Virgin Islands	0	2	0	0	2	1	6	-5

Notes

•  Dominica were originally the third team, but  British Virgin Islands took their place when Dominica was moved to Group B.

24 September 2008	Saint Kitts and Nevis	4 – 0	British Virgin Islands	Warner Park, Basseterre Attendance: 500 Referee: Martin Charles (Dominica)
	Francis  15' Archibald  31' Venton  52' (og) Lake  77'	(Report)

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26 September 2008	British Virgin Islands	1 – 2	Barbados	Warner Park, Basseterre Attendance: 150 Referee: Ignatius Baptiste (Dominica)
	Lennon  15'	(Report)	Williams  11' Forde  53'

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28 September 2008	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1 – 3	Barbados	Warner Park, Basseterre Attendance: 500 Referee: Martin Charles (Dominica)
	Isaac  13'	(Report)	Straker  35' Skeete  45' Williams  80'

Group E

All Group E matches were hosted by Ligue de Football de Martinique, the governing body for association football in Martinique.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Martinique	6	2	2	0	0	6	1	5
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3	2	1	0	1	3	4	-1
Anguilla	0	2	0	0	2	2	6	-4

15 September 2008	Martinique	3 – 0	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Stade d'Honneur de Dillon, Fort-de-France Attendance: 250 Referee: John George (Saint Lucia)
	Richards  3' (og) Percin  46' McDowald  47' (og)	(Report)

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17 September 2008	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3 – 1	Anguilla	Stade d'Honneur de Dillon, Fort-de-France Attendance: 100 Referee: Francis Fanus (Saint Lucia)
	Francis  37' Hamlett  39' Samuel  74'	(Report)	Jeffers  38' (og)

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19 September 2008	Martinique	3 – 1	Anguilla	Stade Louis Achille, Fort de France, Martinique
	Percin  19' Saint-Louis-Augustin  37' Bullet  51'	Match Facts	Battice  83'

Qualifying round

 Cuba,  Guadeloupe,  Trinidad and Tobago automatically qualified for this round.  Haiti and  Jamaica receive bye to third round.

Group F

Played in Guadeloupe from October 11–15.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Guadeloupe	9	3	3	0	0	12	3	+9
Grenada	4	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1
Martinique	4	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1
Cayman Islands	0	3	0	0	3	3	12	−9

11 October 2008	Martinique	2 – 2	Grenada	Stade René Serge Nabajoth, Les Abymes Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Martin Charles (Dominica)
	Sabin  28'  55'	(Report)	S. Rennie  12'  43'

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11 October 2008	Guadeloupe	7 – 1	Cayman Islands	Stade René Serge Nabajoth, Les Abymes Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Roy McArthur (Guyana)
	Antoine-Curier  4'  43'  58' Gotin  34' Hannany  68'  80' Gendrey  76'	(Report)	Fagan  86'

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13 October 2008	Cayman Islands	0 – 1	Martinique	Stade René Serge Nabajoth, Les Abymes Attendance: 1,000 Referee: James Matthew (St. Kitts and Nevis)
		(Report)	Sabin  31'

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13 October 2008	Guadeloupe	2 – 1	Grenada	Stade René Serge Nabajoth, Les Abymes Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Bryan Willett (Antigua and Barbuda)
	Collet  23' Loval  36'	(Report)	Charles  15'

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15 October 2008	Grenada	4 – 2	Cayman Islands	Stade René Serge Nabajoth, Les Abymes Attendance: 3,358 Referee: Bryan Willett (Antigua and Barbuda)
	Bain  43' S. Rennie  45' Charles  67' Williams  79'	(Report)	Brown-Morphy  31'  82'

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15 October 2008	Guadeloupe	3 – 1	Martinique	Stade René Serge Nabajoth, Les Abymes Attendance: 3,358 Referee: Roy McArthur (Guyana)
	Loval  40' Antoine-Curier  50' Gotin  87'	(Report)	Sabin  17'

Group G

Played in Cuba from October 23–27.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Cuba	7	3	2	1	0	14	2	+12
Barbados	7	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2
Suriname	3	3	1	0	2	4	10	−6
Netherlands Antilles	0	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8

23 October 2008	Barbados	3 – 2	Suriname	Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana Attendance: 100 Referee: Kevin Morrison (Jamaica)
	Forde  62'  65'  70'	(Report)	Sandvliet  33' Aroepa  42'

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23 October 2008	Cuba	7 – 1	Netherlands Antilles	Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Alfredo Whittaker (Cayman Islands)
	Duarte  21'  45' Márquez  25' Linares  39'  86' Colomé  79' Clavelo  82'	(Report)	Bernardus  61'

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25 October 2008	Suriname	2 – 1	Netherlands Antilles	Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Kenville Holder (Cayman Islands)
	Wanabo  70'  76'	(Report)	Rosario  81'

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25 October 2008	Cuba	1 – 1	Barbados	Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
	Clavelo  68'	(Report)	Doyle  66'

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27 October 2008	Netherlands Antilles	1 – 2	Barbados	Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Kevin Morrison (Jamaica)
	Bicintini  45'	(Report)	Forde  6' (pen) Parris  20'

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27 October 2008	Cuba	6 – 0	Suriname	Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Kenville Holder (Cayman Islands)
	Cervantes  11'  43' Márquez  49' Linares  55' Duarte  65' Dranguet  72'	(Report)

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Group H

Played in Trinidad and Tobago from November 5–9.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Trinidad and Tobago	7	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3
Antigua and Barbuda	6	3	2	0	1	8	7	+1
Guyana	2	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	3	0	1	2	5	8	−3

5 November 2008	Guyana	1 – 1	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya Attendance: 750 Referee: Caswell Cambridge (St Vincent and the Grenadines)
	Richardson  35'	(Report)	Lake  29'

5 November 2008	Trinidad and Tobago	3 – 2	Antigua and Barbuda	Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya Attendance: 750 Referee: Antonius Pinas (Suriname)
	Glen  68' Dwarika  73' Toussaint  87'	(Report)	Byers  23' Burton  90'

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7 November 2008	Antigua and Barbuda	2 – 1	Guyana	Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya Referee: Willy Minyetty (Dominican Republic)
	Leigertwood  11' Christian  78'	(Report)	Jerome  45'

7 November 2008	Trinidad and Tobago	3 – 1	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)
	Daniel  37' Hyland  65' Jorsling  66'	(Report)	Francis  86'

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9 November 2008	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3 – 4	Antigua and Barbuda	Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)
	Francis  57'  70'  80'	(Report)	Byers  7'  45' (pen.) Thomas  60'  73'

9 November 2008	Trinidad and Tobago	1 – 1	Guyana	Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Willy Minyetty (Dominican Republic)
	Jorsling  85'	(Report)	Richardson  58' (pen.)

Group stage

Played in Jamaica from 3–14 December.

 Haiti and  Jamaica automatically qualified for this round.

Group I

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Cuba	6	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3
Guadeloupe	4	3	1	1	1	6	6	0
Haiti	4	3	1	1	1	4	4	0
Antigua and Barbuda	2	3	0	2	1	3	6	-3

4 December 2008	Haiti	1 – 1	Antigua and Barbuda	Jarrett Park, Montego Bay Referee: Mark Forde (Barbados)
	Norde  53'	(Report)	Byers  72'

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4 December 2008	Guadeloupe	1 – 2	Cuba	Jarrett Park, Montego Bay Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)
	Hannany  27'	Match Facts	Fernandez  8' Linares  74'

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6 December 2008	Cuba	3 – 0	Antigua and Barbuda	Greenfield Stadium, Trelawny Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
	Marquez  7' Linares  20' Colomé  35' (pen)	Match Facts

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6 December 2008	Haiti	2 – 3	Guadeloupe	Greenfield Stadium, Trelawny
	Boucicaut  45' (pen) Ednerson  68'	Match Facts	Antoine-Curier  14' Niçoise  17' Lambourde  90'

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8 December 2008	Cuba	0 – 1	Haiti	Jarrett Park, Montego Bay
		Match Facts	Boucicaut  35'

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8 December 2008	Antigua and Barbuda	2 – 2	Guadeloupe	Jarrett Park, Montego Bay Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
	Byers  35'  83'	Match Facts	Antoine-Curier  1' Gendrey  63'

Group J

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Jamaica	7	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5
Grenada	6	3	2	0	1	6	7	-1
Trinidad and Tobago	4	3	1	1	1	4	4	0
Barbados	0	3	0	0	3	4	8	-4

3 December 2008	Trinidad and Tobago	1 – 2	Grenada	Independence Park, Kingston Referee: Otis James (Guyana)
	Leo  70'	(Report)	Bain  36' Charles  90+'

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3 December 2008	Jamaica	2 – 1	Barbados	Independence Park, Kingston Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
	Austin  76' Shelton  82' (pen.)	Match Facts	Williams  45+'

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5 December 2008	Barbados	1 – 2	Trinidad and Tobago	Jarrett Park, Montego Bay Referee: Javier Jauregui (Netherlands Antilles)
	Goodridge  13'	Match Facts	McFarlane  42' (pen)  73' (pen)

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5 December 2008	Jamaica	4 – 0	Grenada	Jarrett Park, Montego Bay Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)
	Vernan  7' Shelton  18' Williams  53' Phillips  78'	Match Facts

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7 December 2008	Grenada	4 – 2	Barbados	Greenfield Stadium, Trelawny Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
	Bain  14'  28'  67' Julien  22'	Match Facts	Williams  71'  79'

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7 December 2008	Jamaica	1 – 1	Trinidad and Tobago	Greenfield Stadium, Trelawny Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)
	Vernan  46'	Match Facts	McFarlane  81'

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Knockout phase

Semi-finals

11 December 2008 17:00 (UTC-5)	Cuba	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Grenada	Independence Park, Kingston Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)
	Joel Colomé  14' Linares  33'	Match Facts	Charles  12' (pen.) Bain  80'
		Penalties
	Cervantes Martínez Colomé Minoso Márquez Urguelles Fernández	5 – 6	Modeste Rennie Bain Marshall Charles Langaigne Williams

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11 December 2008 19:00 (UTC-5)	Jamaica	2 – 0	Guadeloupe	Independence Park, Kingston Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
	Thompson  11' Shelton  57'	Match Facts

Third Place Playoff

14 December 2008 15:30 (UTC-5)	Cuba	0 – 0	Guadeloupe	Independence Park, Kingston Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados)
		Match Facts
		Penalties
	Cervantes Martínez Márquez Minoso Colomé	4 – 5	Nabab Hannany Vertot Antoine-Curier Lambourde

Final

14 December 2008 18:00 (UTC-5)	Jamaica	2 – 0	Grenada	Independence Park, Kingston Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)
	Shelton  17' (pen.)  71' (pen.)	Match Facts

2008 Caribbean Championship Winner
Jamaica Fourth title

Goalscorers

Goals only from the final tournament

5 goals Kitson Bain Luton Shelton 3 goals Peter Byers Riviere Williams Roberto Linares Errol McFarlane 2 goals Yenier Márquez Ricky Charles Mickaël Antoine-Curier Alexandre Boucicaut

2 goals, cont. Eric Vernan Devon Jorsling 1 goal Gregory Goodridge Jaime Colomé Joel Colomé Reysandry Fernandez Marcus Julien Gregory Gendrey Lery Hannany Jean-Luc Lambourde Michaël Niçoise

1 goal, cont. Raymond Ednerson Sony Norde Rudolph Austin Demar Phillips Oneil Thompson Andy Williams Dwayne Leo

References

External links

• Caribbean Championships official site
• CONCACAF Gold Cup site
• CONCACAF competition results site

2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup Stages Group stage · Knockout stage · Final General information Qualification (Caribbean · Central America) · Squads

Caribbean Cup Barbados 1989 · Jamaica 1991 · Trinidad and Tobago 1992 · Jamaica 1993 · Trinidad and Tobago 1994 · Cayman Islands/Jamaica 1995 · Trinidad and Tobago 1996 · Antigua & Barbuda/St.Kitts & Nevis 1997 · Jamaica/Trinidad and Tobago 1998 · Trinidad and Tobago 1999 · Trinidad and Tobago 2001 · Barbados 2005 · Trinidad and Tobago 2007 · Jamaica 2008 · Martinique 2010