The 2012 CFU Club Champions’ Cup was the 14th edition of the 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 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League.
Participating teams The following football clubs were entered into the competition. The four professional clubs (in bold) were seeded to directly enter the second round. Per CONCACAF regulations, only the professional clubs were eligible to play in the CONCACAF Champions League.
AssociationTeamQualification methodAntigua and BarbudaAntigua Barracuda— (playing in USL Pro)BermudaNorth Village Rams2010–11 Bermudian Premier Division championCayman IslandsElite2010–11 Cayman Islands Premier League championGeorge Town SC2011 Cayman Islands FA Cup championCuraçaoHubentut Fortuna2010–11 Curaçao League championBarber2010–11 Curaçao League runner-upGuyanaAlpha United2010 GFF National Super League champion (no league in 2011)Milerock2010 GFF National Super League runner-up (no league in 2011)HaitiVictoryHaiti qualifying tournament 1st place (2010 Série de Clôture champion)BaltimoreHaiti qualifying tournament 2nd place (2011 Série de Ouverture champion)Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Islanders— (playing in NASL)Bayamón FC2011 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Puerto Rico championSurinameInter Moengotapoe2010–11 Hoofdklasse championTrinidad and TobagoCaledonia AIA2011–12 TT Pro League qualifying table 1st placeW Connection2011–12 TT Pro League qualifying table 2nd place
th – Title holders
The following associations did not enter a team:
Anguilla Aruba Bahamas Barbados British Virgin Islands Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic French Guiana Grenada Guadeloupe Jamaica Martinique Montserrat Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands
First round Winner of each group and the best runner-up advanced to the second round.
Group 1 Matches played at the Cayman Islands (host team: Elite).
Group 2 Matches played at Guyana (host team: Alpha United).
Group 3 Matches played at Haiti.
Centro Barber withdrew.
Best runner-up To determine the best runner-up, since Groups 1 and 3 have three teams each compared to four for Group 2, the results of the last-place team in Group 2 – Milerock – were voided and the standings recalculated.
Second round Winner and runner-up of each group advanced to the final round.
Group 1 Matches played at the Cayman Islands (host team: George Town SC).
Baltimore withdrew after the team was denied visas to the Cayman Islands.
Group 2 Matches played at Trinidad and Tobago (host team: W Connection).
Final round In the semifinals, the two second-round group winners played against the runners-up from the opposite group. The semifinal winners played in the final while the losers played in the third place match.
Matches played at Trinidad and Tobago.
Semifinals
Third place match
Final
Caledonia AIA, W Connection, and Puerto Rico Islanders qualified for the Group Stage of the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League.
Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Bony Pierre Victory72 Hashim Arcia W Connection5 Ricardo Charles Victory54 Jonathan Faña Puerto Rico Islanders4 Stefano Rijssel Inter Moengotapoe46 Anthony Abrams Alpha United3 Rennie Britto W Connection3 Devorn Jorsling Caledonia AIA3 Patrick Jimmy Inter Moengotapoe310 Radanfah Abu Bakr Caledonia AIA2 Trevin Caesar Caledonia AIA2 Mario Rene Carter Elite2 Jose Adriano Gomes Chacas Hubentut Fortuna2 Josh Hansen Puerto Rico Islanders2 Ricardo Misiedjan Inter Moengotapoe2 Héctor Ramos Puerto Rico Islanders2 Tamorley Thomas Antigua Barracuda2 Shahdon Winchester W Connection2 Source:
References
External links
Caribbean Football Union Results from CONCACAF