Monday, March 8, 2010
Bath Estate F C set for Caribbean Football Union Championships
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Dominica’s national football champions Bath Estate Football Club will be looking to exact revenge in this year’s Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Championships when competition gets underway in St Vincent later this month.
The team from Bath Estate was originally scheduled to take on the national champions from Trinidad Joe Public, but after several schedule changes will now face off against Alpha United of Guyana as part of a Group D fixture.
The contest is scheduled for Guyana from March 16 to 20 and will be contested between Walking Boys of Suriname, Bath Estate of Dominica, and host side Alpha United.
The group winners, runners-up and best third-place team will advance to the second round along with seeded sides the Puerto Rico Islanders, Tempete FC of Haiti, and San Juan Jabloteh of Trinidad and Tobago. Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago will host two groups each.
Bath Estate will be looking to improve on their last year’s performance in the competition where they did not get past the first round having lost 0 – 5 and 1 -12 to W Connection of Trinidad and Tobago.
Several national players are in the squad and there is an expectation that the team will perform better than they did last year.
Group A of the competition will be held in the Netherlands Antilles from March 16 to 20 and will feature River Plate of Puerto Rico, Racing Club of Haiti, as well as local sides CSD Barber and Hubentut Fortuna. Group B from March 23 to 27 in Puerto Rico will pit System 3 of SVG, Defence Force of Guyana and local side Bayamon.
The group winners, runners-up and best third-place team will advance to the second round along with seeded sides the Puerto Rico Islanders, Tempete FC of Haiti, and San Juan Jabloteh of T&T. Puerto Rico and T&T will host two groups each.
The Islanders, the Group D winner, and Group A runner-up will participate in one of the Puerto Rico groups, with Tempete, the Group B winner, and the Group C runner-up making up the other.
One of the T&T groups will comprise Jabloteh, the best third-place team, and the Group A winner, while the other will be made up of the Group C winner, along with the runners-up of Groups B and D. The four second-round group winners will then advance to the final league phase in Puerto Rico.
The CFU Championship is the premier annual international football club competition held amongst clubs whose football associations are affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU). The top three teams in the tournament will qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League.
Schedule
FIRST ROUND
(Group winners, runners-up, best third-place advance)
Group A
At Netherlands Antilles
Tuesday, March 16
River Plate (P/Rico) vs Racing (Haiti)
CSD Barber (N/Antilles) vs Hubentut Fortuna (N/Antilles)
Thursday, March 18
Hubentut Fortuna (N/Antilles) vs River Plate (P/Rico)
CSD Barber (N/Antilles) vs. Racing (Haiti)
Saturday, March 20
Racing (Haiti) vs. Hubentut Fortuna (N/Antilles)
CSD Barber (N/Antilles) vs River Plate (P/Rico)
Group B
At Puerto Rico
Tuesday, March 23
Bayamon FC (P/Rico) vs System 3 (SVG)
Thursday, March 25
System 3 (SVG) vs Defence Force (Guy)
Saturday, March 27
Bayamon FC (P/Rico) vs Defence Force (Guy)
Group C
At St Vincent & the Grenadines
Friday, March 19
Leo Victor (Sur) vs Joe Public (T&T)
Avenues United (SVG) vs. Devonshire Cougars (Ber)
Sunday March 21
Devonshire Cougars (Ber) vs Leo Victor (Sur)
Avenues United (SVG) vs Joe Public (T&T)
Tuesday March 23
Joe Public (T&T) vs Devonshire Cougars (Ber)
Avenues United (SVG) vs Leo Victor (Sur)
Group D
At Guyana
Tuesday, March 16
Alpha United (Guy) vs Bath Estate (Dom)
Thursday, March 18
Bath Estate (Dom) vs Walking Boys (Sur)
Saturday, March 20
Alpha United (Guy) vs Walking Boys (Sur)
SECOND ROUND
(Group winners advance)
At Puerto Rico
Group A: P/Rico Islanders (P/Rico), Group D winner , Group A runner-up
Group B: Tempete FC (Haiti), Group B
winner, Group C
runner-up
Tuesday, April 13
P/Rico Islanders (P/Rico) vs. Group A runner-up
Tempete FC (Haiti) vs. Group C runner-up
Thursday, April 15
Group A runner-up vs. Group D winner
Group C runner-up vs. Group B winner
Saturday, April 17
P/Rico Islanders (PUR) vs Group D winner
Tempete FC (HAI) vs Group B winner
At T&T:
Group C: San Juan Jabloteh (T&T), Group A winner, Best third-place team
Group D: Group C winner, Group B runner-up, Group D runner-up
Tuesday, April 13
San Juan Jabloteh (TRI) vs. Best-third pace team
Group C winner vs. Group D runner-up
Thursday, April 15
Best third-place team vs Group A winner
Group D runner-up vs Group B runner-up
Saturday, April 17
San Juan Jabloteh (T&T) vs Group A winner
Group C winner vs Group B runner-up
FINAL ROUND
At Puerto Rico
Tuesday, May 4
Group A winner vs Group C winner
Group B winner vs Group D winner
Thursday, May 6
Group C winner vs. Group B winner
Group A winner vs. Group D winner
Saturday, May 8
Group D winner vs. Group C winner
Group A winner vs. Group B winner
Dominica’s national football champions Bath Estate Football Club will be looking to exact revenge in this year’s Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Championships when competition gets underway in St Vincent later this month.
 Bath Estate FC is Dominica's National Champions. |
The team from Bath Estate was originally scheduled to take on the national champions from Trinidad Joe Public, but after several schedule changes will now face off against Alpha United of Guyana as part of a Group D fixture.
The contest is scheduled for Guyana from March 16 to 20 and will be contested between Walking Boys of Suriname, Bath Estate of Dominica, and host side Alpha United.
The group winners, runners-up and best third-place team will advance to the second round along with seeded sides the Puerto Rico Islanders, Tempete FC of Haiti, and San Juan Jabloteh of Trinidad and Tobago. Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago will host two groups each.
Bath Estate will be looking to improve on their last year’s performance in the competition where they did not get past the first round having lost 0 – 5 and 1 -12 to W Connection of Trinidad and Tobago.
Several national players are in the squad and there is an expectation that the team will perform better than they did last year.
Group A of the competition will be held in the Netherlands Antilles from March 16 to 20 and will feature River Plate of Puerto Rico, Racing Club of Haiti, as well as local sides CSD Barber and Hubentut Fortuna. Group B from March 23 to 27 in Puerto Rico will pit System 3 of SVG, Defence Force of Guyana and local side Bayamon.
The group winners, runners-up and best third-place team will advance to the second round along with seeded sides the Puerto Rico Islanders, Tempete FC of Haiti, and San Juan Jabloteh of T&T. Puerto Rico and T&T will host two groups each.
The Islanders, the Group D winner, and Group A runner-up will participate in one of the Puerto Rico groups, with Tempete, the Group B winner, and the Group C runner-up making up the other.
One of the T&T groups will comprise Jabloteh, the best third-place team, and the Group A winner, while the other will be made up of the Group C winner, along with the runners-up of Groups B and D. The four second-round group winners will then advance to the final league phase in Puerto Rico.
The CFU Championship is the premier annual international football club competition held amongst clubs whose football associations are affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU). The top three teams in the tournament will qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League.
Schedule
FIRST ROUND
(Group winners, runners-up, best third-place advance)
Group A
At Netherlands Antilles
Tuesday, March 16
River Plate (P/Rico) vs Racing (Haiti)
CSD Barber (N/Antilles) vs Hubentut Fortuna (N/Antilles)
Thursday, March 18
Hubentut Fortuna (N/Antilles) vs River Plate (P/Rico)
CSD Barber (N/Antilles) vs. Racing (Haiti)
Saturday, March 20
Racing (Haiti) vs. Hubentut Fortuna (N/Antilles)
CSD Barber (N/Antilles) vs River Plate (P/Rico)
Group B
At Puerto Rico
Tuesday, March 23
Bayamon FC (P/Rico) vs System 3 (SVG)
Thursday, March 25
System 3 (SVG) vs Defence Force (Guy)
Saturday, March 27
Bayamon FC (P/Rico) vs Defence Force (Guy)
Group C
At St Vincent & the Grenadines
Friday, March 19
Leo Victor (Sur) vs Joe Public (T&T)
Avenues United (SVG) vs. Devonshire Cougars (Ber)
Sunday March 21
Devonshire Cougars (Ber) vs Leo Victor (Sur)
Avenues United (SVG) vs Joe Public (T&T)
Tuesday March 23
Joe Public (T&T) vs Devonshire Cougars (Ber)
Avenues United (SVG) vs Leo Victor (Sur)
Group D
At Guyana
Tuesday, March 16
Alpha United (Guy) vs Bath Estate (Dom)
Thursday, March 18
Bath Estate (Dom) vs Walking Boys (Sur)
Saturday, March 20
Alpha United (Guy) vs Walking Boys (Sur)
SECOND ROUND
(Group winners advance)
At Puerto Rico
Group A: P/Rico Islanders (P/Rico), Group D winner , Group A runner-up
Group B: Tempete FC (Haiti), Group B
winner, Group C
runner-up
Tuesday, April 13
P/Rico Islanders (P/Rico) vs. Group A runner-up
Tempete FC (Haiti) vs. Group C runner-up
Thursday, April 15
Group A runner-up vs. Group D winner
Group C runner-up vs. Group B winner
Saturday, April 17
P/Rico Islanders (PUR) vs Group D winner
Tempete FC (HAI) vs Group B winner
At T&T:
Group C: San Juan Jabloteh (T&T), Group A winner, Best third-place team
Group D: Group C winner, Group B runner-up, Group D runner-up
Tuesday, April 13
San Juan Jabloteh (TRI) vs. Best-third pace team
Group C winner vs. Group D runner-up
Thursday, April 15
Best third-place team vs Group A winner
Group D runner-up vs Group B runner-up
Saturday, April 17
San Juan Jabloteh (T&T) vs Group A winner
Group C winner vs Group B runner-up
FINAL ROUND
At Puerto Rico
Tuesday, May 4
Group A winner vs Group C winner
Group B winner vs Group D winner
Thursday, May 6
Group C winner vs. Group B winner
Group A winner vs. Group D winner
Saturday, May 8
Group D winner vs. Group C winner
Group A winner vs. Group B winner
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