Posted on March 20, 2012

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Caribbean Club Champions Cup will begin Sunday in the Cayman Islands between local clubs Elite Sport and Georgetown and North Village of Bermuda, the Caribbean Football Union has announced.

It is one of three first-round groups that each will qualify a winner along with the best runner-up from all three to a second, eight-team group stage May 1-6. The four qualifiers will join seeded sides the Puerto Rico Islanders, the two-time defending champion, and Caledonia AIA of Trinidad & Tobago, paired in one of the second-round groups, and three-time champion W Connection of Trinidad and Barracudas FC of Antigua & Barbuda, in the other.

The winners and runners-up from the two second-round groups will advance to the CFU club championship finals May 23-27, with three teams qualifying for next season’s CONCACAF Champions League.

the first-round of Group 2 will be played in Guyana April 15-22 and will include local sides Milerock and 2011 CFU club third-place finisher Alpha United, Hubentut Fortuna of Curacao and SV Inter Moengotapoe of Suriname.

Group 3 will be played in Haiti April 15-22 between two local teams yet to be determined, Centro Barber of Curacao and Bayamon FC of Puerto Rico.

The schedule

FIRST ROUND
Group 1
At Cayman Islands
May 25-29

*Elite Sport (CAY)
Georgetown (CAY)
North Village (BER)

Group 2
At Guyana
April 15-22

Milerock (GUY)
SV Inter Moengotapoe (SUR)
Hubentut Fortuna (CUR)
*Alpha United (Guy)

Group 3
At Haiti
April 15-22

Haiti 1
Haiti 2
Centro Barber (CUR)
Bayamon FC (PUR)

SECOND ROUND
May 1-6
Group 4
At Puerto Rico

*Puerto Rico Islanders (PUR)
Caledeonia AIA (TRI)
Group 1 winner
Best first-round runner-up

Group 5
At Trinidad

*W Connection (TRI)
Barracudas FC (ATG)
Group 2 winner
Group 3 winner

FINALS

May 23-27
Venue TBA

Group 4 winner
Group 5 winner
Group 4 runner-up
Group 5 runner-up

*Denotes host club

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Categories: Antigua and Barbuda, Caribbean, Cayman Islands, Champions League, Curaçao, Guyana, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Tags: Alpha United, Antigua Barracuda, Bayamon FC, Caledonia AIA, Caribbean Club Champions Cup, Caribbean Football Union, Centro Barber, CONCACAF Champions League, Elite Sport, Georgetown, Hubentut Fortuna, Inter Moengotapoe, Milerock, North Village, Puerto Rico Islanders, W Connection

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