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Cuba National Football Team
The Cuba national football team ( es, Selección de fútbol de Cuba) represents Cuba in men's international football and it is controlled by the Football Association of Cuba. Nicknamed Leones del Caribe (''Lions of Caribbean''), the team represents all three FIFA, Caribbean Football Union and Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF). They were the first Caribbean team to get to the World Cup Quarter finals – they did so in 1938. There, in the round of 16, they defeated Romania in a replay, 2–1, after drawing against them 3–3. They were then eliminated in the quarter-finals by Sweden, 8–0. Cuba has not returned to the World Cup since. Cuba finished second in the North American Nations Cup in 1947, which they hosted the tournament, second also in Caribbean Cup in 1996, 1999, and 2005, but won in 2012. History Early history Cuba played its first international football match on 16 March 1930 at that year's Central Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Association Of Cuba
The Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba is the official governing body of the sport of football in Cuba including the National Team. The league is composed of one amateur division with total of 8 teams. Association staff Notable former players * Yénier Márquez most-capped player of the Cuban national team * Eduardo Sebrango Vancouver Whitecaps, later Montreal Impact * Mario Inchausti (3 June 1915 – 2 May 2006) was a Cuban footballer who played in Spain for Real Zaragoza, Real Betis and Real Madrid, before retiring in 1942 due to injury. * Héctor Socorro scorer of three goals in the 1938 FIFA World Cup helping Cuba reach the quarterfinals where they lost to Sweden. See also *Cuba National Football Team References External links Cubaat the FIFA website Cubaat CONCACAF site CONCACAF member associations Football in Cuba Football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caribbean Cup
The Caribbean Cup was the championship tournament for national association football teams that are members of the Caribbean Football Union. The first competition, established by Shell and run by former England Cricket fast bowler Fred Rumsey, was contested in 1989 in Barbados. The Caribbean Cup served as a qualification tournament among CFU members for the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The Caribbean Cup replaced the CFU Championship competition which was active between 1978 and 1988. Trinidad and Tobago, eight-time winners, and Jamaica, six-time winners, were the most successful sides, winning a combined 14 of 18 titles. Martinique, Haiti, Cuba and Curaçao also won the tournament. In 1990 on the day of the final, an insurrection in Trinidad and Tobago, the host nation, by the Jamaat al Muslimeen forced an abandonment of the tournament with only the final and 3rd place play-off game remaining. Also, the tournament was not held in 2000, 2002 and 2003. The 2017 edition of the tournament w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caribbean
The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean) and the surrounding coasts. The region is southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and the North American mainland, east of Central America, and north of South America. Situated largely on the Caribbean Plate, the region has more than 700 islands, islets, reefs and cays (see the list of Caribbean islands). Island arcs delineate the eastern and northern edges of the Caribbean Sea: The Greater Antilles and the Lucayan Archipelago on the north and the Lesser Antilles and the on the south and east (which includes the Leeward Antilles). They form the West Indies with the nearby Lucayan Archipelago (the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands), which are considered to be part of the Caribbean despite not bordering the Caribbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was founded in 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, its membership now comprises 211 national associations. These national associations must each also be members of one of the six regional confederations into which the world is divided: CAF (Africa), AFC (Asia and Australia), UEFA (Europe), CONCACAF (North & Central America and the Caribbean), OFC (Oceania) and CONMEBOL (South America). FIFA outlines a number of objectives in the organizational Statutes, including growing association football internationally, providing efforts to ensure it is accessible to everyone, and advocating for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet. Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), south of both the American state of Florida and the Bahamas, west of Hispaniola ( Haiti/Dominican Republic), and north of both Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Havana is the largest city and capital; other major cities include Santiago de Cuba and Camagüey. The official area of the Republic of Cuba is (without the territorial waters) but a total of 350,730 km² (135,418 sq mi) including the exclusive economic zone. Cuba is the second-most populous country in the Caribbean after Haiti, with over 11 million inhabitants. The territory that is now Cuba was inhabited by the Ciboney people from the 4th millennium BC with the Gua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Caribbean Cup Squads
The 2010 Caribbean Championship is an international football tournament that will be held in Martinique from November 26 – December 5. The 8 national teams involved in the tournament are required to register a squad of 20 players; only players in these squads are eligible to take part in the tournament. Before announcing their final squad for the tournament, teams are required to name a preliminary squad of 30 players by 16 November 2010, 10 days before the start of the tournament. Number of caps, goals, players' club teams and players' age as of 26 November 2010. Note: ''Caps and goals may be incomplete for certain players, therefore being inaccurate.'' Group H Trinidad and Tobago Coach: Russell Latapy Note: ''Caps and goals may be incomplete for certain players, therefore being inaccurate.'' Cuba Coach: Raúl González Triana Note: ''Caps and goals may be incomplete for certain players, therefore being inaccurate.'' Martinique ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Caribbean Cup
The 2010 Caribbean Cup (also known as Digicel Caribbean Cup 2010 for sponsorship reasons) was the 2010 edition of the Caribbean Championship, an international football championship for national teams affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) of the CONCACAF region. The final stage was hosted by Martinique. Martinique were selected as hosts over fellow bidders Guadeloupe and Barbados. The competition was originally scheduled to begin on 18 August with the final match taking place on 28 November. However, at the beginning of August 2010, the CFU released a different schedule that showed the competition being postponed until 2 October. Also, the Bahamas pulled out of the competition, leaving 23 teams. The groups were changed, allowing Cuba and Antigua and Barbuda to get a bye to the second qualifying round at the expense of Guyana and the Netherlands Antilles. The top four teams qualified for the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Participants A total of 23 entered into the tournamen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Caribbean Cup
The 2007 Caribbean Cup (known as the Digicel Caribbean Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the fourteenth edition of the biennial Caribbean Cup, the finals of which were contested in Trinidad and Tobago between 12 January and 23 January 2007. The four semifinalists (Cuba, Guadeloupe, Haiti, and hosts Trinidad and Tobago) qualified for the 2007 edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. In all, 24 of the eligible countries participated (5 did not enter and 1 withdrew). Haiti eventually won the tournament despite having to qualify for the finals through a play-off of third-place teams from the second round and finishing second in its final-round group. Haiti beat eight-time champion and host Trinidad and Tobago in the final, although Trinidad and Tobago was missing overseas players that had helped them qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Guadeloupe were the surprise of the tournament, as former French international Jocelyn Angloma came out of retirement to help the team advance to the semifinal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 Caribbean Cup
The 1995 Caribbean Cup (known as the Shell Caribbean Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the seventh edition of the Caribbean Cup, the football championship of the Caribbean, one of the CONCACAF zones. The final stage was hosted by Jamaica and Cayman Islands. Preliminary qualifying round ''Netherlands Antilles'' advances with a 7–5 aggregate score. Qualifying round Qualifying Group 1 (in Dominican Republic) ---- ---- Qualifying Group 2 (in French Guiana) ---- ---- Qualifying Group 3 First round ---- Second round Qualifying Group 4 First round ---- Second round Qualifying Group 5 First round ---- Second round Final tournament First round Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Semi-finals 3rd place match Final Top scorers {{DEFAULTSORT:1995 Caribbean Cup Caribbean Cup International sports competitions hosted by the Cayman Islands Caribbean Cup, 1995 International association football competitions hosted by Jam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Caribbean Cup
The 2005 Caribbean Cup (known as the Digicel Caribbean Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the thirteenth edition of the Caribbean Cup hosted by Barbados and won by Jamaica. In all, 30 countries were invited, of which, 22 participated and 8 withdrew. Qualifying tournament First qualifying round (Group stage) Group A Group A Qualifier: Saint-Martin w/o (Sint Maarten withdrew) Played in Kingston, Jamaica ---- ---- Group B Played in Martinique ---- ---- Group C Group C qualifier: withdrew. Bahamas qualified but they also withdrew; their place was taken by Guyana. The participants were supposed to be: , , , , and the matches were planned to be played in Cuba. However, Netherlands Antilles, Guyana, Dominican Republic all withdrew later, and so Cuba won the group automatically. Group D Group D qualifier: both through . The matches were scheduled to be played on 5 and 11 September but Guyana were requested to replace the Bahamas from Group C who withdrew so Suri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Caribbean Cup
The Caribbean Cup, established in 1989, was the championship tournament for national association football teams that are members of the Caribbean Football Union. Qualifying tournament Preliminary round Group A ---- ---- Group B Group C withdrew ---- Group D withdrew, leaving British Virgin Islands and Montserrat to compete. Group E and both withdrew. Qualifying round Group 1 ---- ---- Group 2 ---- ---- Group 3 ---- ---- Group 4 ---- ---- Group 5 Saint-Martin withdrew ---- ---- Final tournament Group 1 ---- ---- Group 2 ---- ---- Semi-Finals ---- ''The match was postponed from June 10 due to bad lighting.'' Third Place Match ''The third place playoff was cancelled due to the condition of the field. Third place was shared between Jamaica and Haiti.'' Final Result Trinidad and Tobago qualified for the 2000 Gold Cup Awards * Most Valuable Player R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
