The 2007
CFU Club Championship was the annual international
football
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club competition held in the
Caribbean Football Union
The Caribbean Football Union (CFU) is the representative organization for football associations in the Caribbean. It represents 25 FIFA member nations, as well as 6 territories that are not affiliated to FIFA. The Union was established in Januar ...
(CFU) region. Nineteen teams were to compete in the tournament, from November 4 to November 16 in six venues in
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of ...
. The first round consisted of five groups played in a round-robin format. The first round group winners along with the three best second-place teams advanced to the quarterfinals. The Caribbean Tournament Champion qualified to the
2008 CONCACAF Champions Cup.
The champion, runner-up and the third place team qualify for the
2008-09 CONCACAF Champions League. A
playoff
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between the two losing semifinal teams will decide the 3rd place team.
St.Kitts & Nevis
Newtown United and
Positive Vibes of the US Virgin Islands withdrew from the competition on November 2 and the fixtures were rearranged.
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Participation
The following teams took part in the 2007 competition.
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Deportivo Nacional (
Aruba
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)
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RCA
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Aruba
Aruba ( , , ), officially the Country of Aruba ( nl, Land Aruba; pap, Pais Aruba) is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands physically located in the mid-south of the Caribbean Sea, about north of the Venezuela peninsula of ...
)
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Bassa FC (
Antigua and Barbuda
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)
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SAP
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Sap is distinct from latex, resin, or cell sap; it is a separa ...
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Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda (, ) is a sovereign country in the West Indies. It lies at the juncture of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean in the Leeward Islands part of the Lesser Antilles, at 17°N latitude. The country consists of two maj ...
)
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Pinar del Río
Pinar del Río is the capital city of Pinar del Río Province, Cuba. With a population of 139,336 (2004) in a municipality of 190,332, it is the List of cities in Cuba, 10th-largest city in Cuba. Inhabitants of the area are called ''Pinareños'' ...
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Cuba
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)
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South East FC
South East FC is a Dominican professional football club based in La Plaine. The club competes in the Dominica Premier Division League, the top tier of Dominica football.
The club has won three league titles, coming in 2006–07, 2018–19 and ...
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Dominica
Dominica ( or ; Kalinago: ; french: Dominique; Dominican Creole French: ), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of the island. It is geographically ...
)
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Baltimore SC
Baltimore Sportif Club is a professional football club based in Saint-Marc, Haiti.
They have consistently been one of the best clubs in the league. In 2006, it captured the double after winning the league and the Coupe d'Haïti.
They hold a ...
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Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
)
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Harbour View (
Jamaica
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)
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Portmore United
Portmore United Football Club is a Jamaican football team in the top flight Jamaica National Premier League.
The team trains and plays home matches at the Prison Oval.
History
Hazard United
The club was formed as ''Hazard United'' and has bee ...
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Jamaica
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)
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Puerto Rico Islanders
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Places
*El Puerto de Santa María, Andalusia, Spain
*Puerto, a seaport town in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines
*Puerto Colombia, Colombia
*Puerto Cumarebo, Venezuela
*Puerto Galera, Orient ...
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Puerto Rico
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)
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Jong Colombia (
Netherlands Antilles
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, capital = Willemstad
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, year_end = 2010
, date_start = 15 December
, ...
)
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Centro Barber (
Netherlands Antilles
nl, In vrijheid verenigd"Unified by freedom"
, national_anthem =
, common_languages = Dutch English Papiamento
, demonym = Netherlands Antillean
, capital = Willemstad
, year_start = 1954
, year_end = 2010
, date_start = 15 December
, ...
)
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Inter Moengotapoe
Inter Moengotapoe (sometimes rendered Inter Moengo Tapoe or just IMT) is a Surinamese football club, based in Moengo
Moengo () is a town in Suriname, located in the Marowijne district, between Paramaribo and the border town Albina on the Cot ...
(
Suriname
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)
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SV Leo Victor
Sport Vereniging Leo Victor, known as SV Leo Victor, is a Surinamese football (soccer), football club which currently plays in the SVB Eerste Divisie, Eerste Divisie. They play their home games in Paramaribo at the Dr. Ir. Franklin Essed Stadion. ...
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Suriname
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)
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San Juan Jabloteh
San Juan Jabloteh Football Club is a football club located in San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago that plays in the country's TT Pro League. The team plays its home games in Hasely Crawford Stadium in Mucurapo, Trinidad.
History
The club was founded ...
(
Trinidad and Tobago
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)
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Joe Public (
Trinidad and Tobago
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)
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Helenites (
U.S. Virgin Islands)
Teams that withdrew
Two teams were due to take part, but withdrew before the beginning of the competition.
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Positive Vibes FC (
U.S. Virgin Islands)
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Newtown United FC
Newtown United Football Club is a Saint Kitts and Nevis football (soccer), football club from East Basseterre.
They currently play in the Saint Kitts and Nevis Premier Division.
History
Newtown United FC were originally called ''Zip Side Foot ...
(
St Kitts and Nevis
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)
Did not enter
The following federations were entitled to enter teams in the competition but declined to, often because of the cost of competing.
* Guyana
* Anguilla
* Turks and Caicos
* British Virgin Islands
* Bermuda
* Montserrat
* Bahamas
* St. Lucia
* St. Vincent and the Grenadines
* Grenada
* Cayman Islands
* Dominican Republic
* Barbados
* French Guiana
* Guadeloupe
* Martinique
* Saint Martin
* Sint Maarten
First round
Group A
Group A took place in the
Port of Spain
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,
Trinidad
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Group B
Group B was played in Macoya and Couva.
Group C
Group C was played in Marabella
Group D
Group D was played in Malabar and Macoya
Group E
Group E was played in
Pointe-à-Pierre
Pointe-à-Pierre ( ) is a town in Trinidad and Tobago. It lies north of San Fernando and south of Claxton Bay. It is most famous as the site of the country's largest (and now, only) oil refinery which used to be run by Petrotrin, the state-owned ...
Quarter-Finals
Semifinals
Final
3rd Place
Notes
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