The CONCACAF Caribbean Shield, also known as the Caribbean Club Shield, is an annual
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 Se ...
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
competition for clubs that are members of 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). It is a second-tier competition to the
CONCACAF Caribbean Cup
The CONCACAF Caribbean Cup is an annual football competition for clubs that are members of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU). Beginning with the inaugural tournament in 2023, the new competition will serve as qualification to the CONCACAF Champ ...
(and formerly the
Caribbean Club Championship), introduced in 2018 for clubs which worked towards professional standards.
It is organized by
CONCACAF.
Until 2022, the winner of this competition, as long as it fulfilled the licensing criteria, played against the fourth-placed team of the
Caribbean Club Championship for a place in the
CONCACAF League. As of 2023, the winner and runner-up qualify for the
CONCACAF Caribbean Cup
The CONCACAF Caribbean Cup is an annual football competition for clubs that are members of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU). Beginning with the inaugural tournament in 2023, the new competition will serve as qualification to the CONCACAF Champ ...
.
History
On 25 July 2017 in
San Francisco,
California, CONCACAF council approved the implementation of a two-tier competition for affiliated clubs of Caribbean member associations, starting in 2018. The tier-one competition, known as the Caribbean Club Championship, would be contested by the champions and runners-up of the top professional and semi-professional leagues in year one, and open to only fully professional leagues in year two onwards. The tier-two competition, known as the Caribbean Club Shield, would be contested by the champions of the leagues that had no professional teams in year one (2018), opened to semi-professional standards in year two (2019) and planned to be open to fully professional leagues by 2022.
In 2023, both tournaments will be restructured and renamed. The winner and runner-up of the second-tier Caribbean Shield will now qualify for the first-tier
CONCACAF Caribbean Cup
The CONCACAF Caribbean Cup is an annual football competition for clubs that are members of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU). Beginning with the inaugural tournament in 2023, the new competition will serve as qualification to the CONCACAF Champ ...
to be held later in the same month.
Results
Participating leagues
;Legend
* – Champions
* – Runners-up
* – Third place
* – Fourth place
* – Semi-finals
*QF – Quarter-finals
*GS – Group stage
*q – Qualified
* — Hosts
*
– – Did not enter
*
–– – Withdrew before qualification / Banned
See also
*
Leagues Cup
*
CONCACAF Central American Cup
The Central American Cup ( es, Copa Centroamericana) is an upcoming annual continental club football competition to be organized by CONCACAF. It will be contested by clubs from Central America and serve as that region's qualifying tournament t ...
*
CONCACAF Champions Cup
Notes and references
External links
Caribbean Football Union RSSSF.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Caribbean Shield
Caribbean Club Shield
International club association football competitions in the Caribbean
Caribbean Football Union
Recurring sporting events established in 2018
2018 establishments in North America
CONCACAF club competitions