The Caribbean Club Shield, also known as the CFU Club Shield, was an annual Caribbean football competition for clubs that were members of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU). It was a second-tier competition to the

Caribbean Club Championship The Caribbean Club Championship, also known as the CFU Club Championship or CFU Club Champions' Cup, was an annual international football competition held amongst association football clubs that are members of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU). T ...

, and was introduced in 2018 for clubs which worked towards professional standards. It was ran by

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and was known as the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield. The winner of this competition, as long as it fulfills the CONCACAF Regional Club Licensing criteria, played against the fourth-placed team of the Caribbean Club Championship for the place in the

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. With the expansion of the CONCACAF Champions League starting from the 2023–24 edition, the 2022 edition of the Caribbean Club Shield was the last held. Instead, a regional cup tournament, the Caribbean Cup, will be launched as a qualifying tournament of the CONCACAF Champions League for teams from the Caribbean, besides those which qualify directly through their professional leagues.

History

The CONCACAF Council, at its meeting on 25 July 2017 in

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approved the implementation of the following two-tier competitions for affiliated clubs of Caribbean Member Associations starting in 2018: *The Tier 1 competition, known as the

CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship The Caribbean Club Championship, also known as the CFU Club Championship or CFU Club Champions' Cup, was an annual international football competition held amongst association football clubs that are members of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU). T ...

, is contested by the champions and runners-up of the top professional and semi-professional leagues in year 1 (2018), and open to only fully professional leagues in year 2 (2019) and onwards. *The Tier 2 competition, known as the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield, was contested by the champions of the top leagues in Member Associations that had no professional or semi-professional leagues in year 1 (2018), and opened to amateur and semi-professional leagues in year 2 (2019) and until (2022).

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Caribbean Football Union

RSSSF.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Cfu Club Shield International club association football competitions in the Caribbean Defunct CONCACAF club competitions Caribbean Football Union Recurring sporting events established in 2018 Recurring events disestablished in 2022 2018 establishments in North America 2022 disestablishments in North America

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Results

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