The 1992 Caribbean Cup, known as the Shell Caribbean Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 10th international association football championship for members of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU). It was the fourth edition of the Caribbean Cup which replaced the CFU Championship. Hosted by Trinidad and Tobago, the competition ran from 17–27 June 1992 and was contested by the national teams of Antigua and Barbuda, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.
The final tournament began with the first matches in the group stage on 17 June 1992 and ended with the final on 27 June 1992. In a replay of the previous year's final, Trinidad and Tobago defeated Jamaica 3–1 in the final to win the competition for the second time.
Background The Caribbean Football Union (CFU) was founded in January 1978 as a sub-confederation of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF). Later the same year, the first CFU Championship was organised in Trinidad and Tobago. The competition was held semi-regularly until the final edition in 1988. From 1989, it was replaced by the Caribbean Cup.
The tournament was sponsored by Royal Dutch Shell following the input of employees of Shell Antilles and Gulanas Ltd.
Jamaica were the defending champions after winning the previous edition as hosts. Both Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago had won the competition once from the first three editions, one of which was unfinished.
Format A qualifying tournament was held to determine six of the eight teams that would participate in the final tournament. Hosts Trinidad and Tobago and holders Jamaica qualified automatically. The 20 competing teams were drawn into six groups of two, three or four teams. The groups of three or four teams were played as a single round-robin where each team would play all of the others once. The winner of each group would qualify for the final tournament. The group of two teams was played as a two-legged tie and the team scoring more goals on aggregate would qualify for the final tournament.
For the final tournament, the eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Each group was played as a single round-robin where each team would play all of the others once. The winners and runners-up of each group would contest the semi-finals with the winners advancing to the final and the losers contesting the third-place play-off.
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Qualifying tournament Group 1 Qualifying group 1 was held in Barbados. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines qualified as group winners after defeating Barbados 3–2 in their final match.
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Group 2 Qualifying group 2 was held in Sint Maarten. Martinique qualified as group winners on goal difference after a 1–1 draw with Sint Maarten in their final match.
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Group 3 Qualifying group 3 was held in Suriname. Suriname qualified as group winners after defeating French Guiana 3–2 in their final match.
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Group 4 Qualifying group 4 was held in Saint Kitts and Nevis. Antigua and Barbuda qualified as group winners after defeating Saint Kitts and Nevis 1–0 in their final match. The match between the British Virgin Islands and Montserrat was not played but the outcome would not have affected which team qualified.
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Group 5 Qualifying group 5 was held in Saint Lucia. Guadeloupe qualified as group winners after defeating Saint Lucia 2–0 in their final match.
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Group 6 Cuba won both legs of their tie with Anguilla to qualify for the final tournament.
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Cuba won 8–0 on aggregate.
Final tournament Group stage Group A In group A, Trinidad and Tobago advanced to the semi-finals as group winners after winning all three of their matches. Martinique also advanced as runners-up after defeating Antigua and Barbuda 4–1 in their final match.
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Group B In group B, Cuba and Jamaica advanced to the semi-finals after they drew goalless in their final match. Both teams ended with a record of two wins and one draw, scored three, conceded zero. It is not known what criteria was used to decide the group winner.
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Knockout phase
Semi-finals Group winners Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago both advanced to the final after defeating Martinique and Cuba respectively.
Third-place play-off Martinique defeated Cuba on penalties to finish third.
Final Goals from Leonson Lewis, Russell Latapy and Clint Marcelle helped Trinidad and Tobago to a 3–1 win as they won the competition for the second time.
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