2008 Caribbean Cup
Year2008
Other titlesDigicel Caribbean Cup 2008
CountryJamaica
Dates22 July–9 November (qualifying)
3–17 December (finals)
Num teams21
Confederations1
Venues3
Cities3
ChampionJamaica
Count4
SecondGrenada
ThirdGuadeloupe
Third-flagvarlocal
FourthCuba
Matches16
Goals181
Top scorerKitson Bain
Luton Shelton
(5 goals each)
PlayerEric Vernan
Prevseason2007
Nextseason2010

The 2008 Caribbean Cup (known as the Digicel Caribbean Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 2008 edition of the Caribbean Championship, an international football championship for national teams affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) of the CONCACAF region. The finals 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]

Qualification

For more details on this topic, see 2008 Caribbean Championship qualification.

Group stage

Played in Jamaica from 3–14 December.

Haiti and Jamaica automatically qualified for this round.

Group I

Group J

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

Goalscorers

Goals only from the final tournament

5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. ^ "Caribbean Qualification to 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup begins in Netherlands Antilles". CONCACAF. 2008-07-22. Archived from the original on 29 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
  2. ^ "Gold Cup to be played in record 13 different U.S. cities July 3–26". CONCACAF. 2009-03-09. Archived from the original on 12 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
  3. ^ Championship kicks off next weekend