The 1994 Caribbean Cup (known as the Shell Caribbean Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth edition of the Caribbean Cup, the football championship of the Caribbean, one of the CONCACAF zones. The final stage was hosted by Trinidad and Tobago.
Shell Caribbean Cup 1994 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Trinidad und Tobago |
Teams | 21 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Entrants
edit- Anguilla
- Antigua und Barbuda
- Barbados
- Britische Jungferninseln
- Cayman-Inseln
- Cuba (Disqualified)
- Dominica
- Dominikanische Republik
- Französisch-Guayana
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Jamaika
- Martinique (Defending Champions)
- Montserrat
- Puerto Rico
- St. Kitts und Nevis
- St. Vincent und die Grenadinen
- Sint Maarten
- Surinam
- Trinidad und Tobago (Hosts)
Qualifying tournament
edit- Martinique (holders) and Trinidad und Tobago (hosts) automatically qualified for the Final Round.
Regulation
editAn unusual rule was imposed in the qualifying tournament: every match was required to have a winner. If the two teams had the same score after 90 minutes, they played a sudden death extra time in which the golden goal was counted as two goals. If no team scored in the extra time, then a penalty shootout determined the winner.
Group 1
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Barbados | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 |
Grenada | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
Puerto Rico | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 |
Barbados | 0–1 | Puerto Rico |
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Grenada | 2–0 (asdet ) | Puerto Rico |
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Anomaly
editGrenada went into the match with a superior goal difference, meaning that Barbados needed to win by at least two goals to progress to the finals. Barbados exploited two unusual rules variations in its final group stage game. First, unlike most group stages in football competitions, the organizers had deemed that all games must have a winner. All games drawn over 90 minutes would go to sudden death extra time. The second unusual rule stated that in sudden death extra time, the golden goal would count as two goals.
Barbados was leading 2–0 until the 83rd minute, when an own goal by a Bajan defender made the score 2–1 and brought a new ruling into play. Approaching the dying moments, the Barbadians realized they had little chance of scoring past Grenada's mass defense in the time available, so they deliberately scored an own goal to tie the game at 2–2. This would send the game into extra time and give them another half-hour to break down the defense. The Grenadians realized what was happening and attempted to score an own goal as well, which would put Barbados back in front by one goal and would eliminate Barbados from the competition.
The Barbados players started defending their opposition's net to prevent them from doing this, and during the game's last five minutes, Grenada tried to score in either net while Barbados defended both ends of the pitch. Barbados successfully held off Grenada for the final five minutes, sending the game into extra time. In extra time, Barbados scored the game winner, and was awarded a 4–2 victory, which put them through to the next round.[1][2][3]
Group 2
editPlayed in St. Vincent und die Grenadinen.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Guadeloupe | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 6 |
St. Vincent und die Grenadinen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Anguilla | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 |
Guadeloupe | 9–0 | Anguilla |
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Group 3
editPlayed in Surinam
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Surinam | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 |
Französisch-Guayana | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
Guyana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |
Surinam | 2–0 (asdet ) | Französisch-Guayana |
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Guyana | 1–1 (asdet) (4–5 pen.) | Französisch-Guayana |
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Group 4
editPlayed in St. Kitts und Nevis
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Dominica | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 |
St. Kitts und Nevis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 3 |
Antigua und Barbuda | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 3 |
Montserrat | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17 | −16 | 0 |
St. Kitts und Nevis | 2–4 (asdet ) | Dominica |
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The winner of this match should have had more goal difference than Dominica but since Dominica did appear in the final tournament, it is most likely that the match wasn't played at all.
Dominica | (cancelled) | Montserrat |
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The match between was cancelled because of crowd trouble.
Group 5
editPlayed in Cayman-Inseln
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Cayman-Inseln | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 9 |
Jamaika | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 6 |
Sint Maarten | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 |
Britische Jungferninseln | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | −20 | 0 |
Jamaika | 4–2 (asdet ) | Sint Maarten |
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Cayman-Inseln | 3–2 | Jamaika |
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Group 6
editPos | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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1 | Haiti | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
2 | Dominikanische Republik | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 |
3 | Cuba (D) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cuba withdrew.
Final tournament
editFirst round
editPlayed in Trinidad and Tobago.
Group A
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Trinidad und Tobago | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 7 |
Guadeloupe | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 5 |
Barbados | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 |
Dominica | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 1 |
Guadeloupe | 5–0 | Dominica |
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Guadeloupe | 2–2 | Barbados |
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Group B
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Martinique | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 |
Surinam | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Haiti | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 |
Cayman-Inseln | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
Semi-finals
edit3rd place match
editFinal
edit1994 Caribbean Cup winner |
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Trinidad und Tobago Third title |
Haiti national team defection attempt
editMany in the Haitian national team did not want to return to Haiti following the events of the 1991 Haitian coup d'état, where Army General Raoul Cédras had led a military coup. Several Haitian players had criticized the coup d'état on a Miami-based radio station, and their messages had been played in Haiti.
Guy Delva, a journalist who was reporting on the Haitian players at the time said, "I'm wondering if they really understand the gravity of the statements they made," and it was felt by some that the players and their immediate families were in danger.
Following the Haitian team's exit from the competition, sixteen members of the national football team sought political asylum at the U.S. Embassy in Port of Spain on 14 April. They were told by embassy officials to apply from Haiti or the United States. Goalkeeper Jacques Tomaney claimed that six of his friends had already been killed in Haiti. Upon being told to return to Haiti, defender Patrick Nertilus said "We are very happy to be going home. We are the stars in our country".[4]
References
edit- ^ Mikkelson, David (23 June 2000). "Soccer Team Scores on Itself to Win Cup Match". Snopes. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
- ^ Longmore, Andrew. in Sport "Absurd Cup Rule Obscures Football's Final Goal." 1 February 1994.
- ^ The Guardian. "Sixth Column." 5 February 1994 (Sports; p. 17). Made of CFU (Caribbean Football Union)
- ^ Viglucci, Andres (20 April 1994). "Turned away by U.S., Haitian athletes will have to face the music at home". Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.