2022 Caribbean Club Shield

The 2022 Caribbean Club Shield will be the fifth and final edition of the Caribbean Club Shield (also known as the CFU Club Shield), the second-tier annual international club football competition in the Caribbean region, held amongst clubs whose football associations are affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), a sub-confederation of CONCACAF.

2022 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield
Tournament details
TeamsMaximum: 27 (from 27 associations)

The winners of the 2022 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield, as long as they fulfill the CONCACAF Regional Club Licensing criteria, will play against the fourth place team of the 2022 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship in a playoff match to determine the final Caribbean spot to the 2022 CONCACAF League.[1]

With the expansion of the CONCACAF Champions League starting from the 2024 edition, the 2022 edition of the Caribbean Club Shield will be 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.[2]

Robinhood, having won the title in 2019, were the title holders, since the 2020 and 2021 editions were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the titles were not awarded.[3][4]

Teams

Among the 31 CFU member associations, 27 of them were classified as non-professional leagues and each may enter one team in the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield.

Association Team Qualification method
 Anguilla 2021 AFA Senior Male League champions
 Antigua and Barbuda 2021 Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division champions
 Aruba 2021 Aruban Division di Honor champions
 Bahamas 2021 BFA Senior League champions
 Barbados 2021 Barbados Premier League champions
 Bermuda North Village Rams 2019–20 Bermudian Premier Division champions[Note BER]
 Bonaire 2021 Bonaire League champions
 British Virgin Islands 2021 BVIFA National Football League champions
 Cayman Islands Scholars International 2020–21 Cayman Islands Premier League champions
 Cuba 2021 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba champions
 Curaçao 2021 Curaçao Promé Divishon champions
 Dominica 2021 Dominica Premier League champions
 French Guiana 2020–21 French Guiana Honor Division champions
 Grenada 2021 GFA Premier League champions
 Guadeloupe Gosier 2020–21 Guadeloupe Division of Honor champions
 Guyana 2021 GFF Elite League champions
 Martinique Golden Lion FC 2020–21 Martinique Championnat National champions
 Montserrat 2021 Montserrat Championship champions
 Puerto Rico 2021 Liga Puerto Rico champions
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2021 SKNFA Premier League champions
 Saint Lucia 2021 SLFA First Division champions
 Saint Martin 2021 Saint-Martin Senior League champions
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2020–21 SVGFF Premier Division champions
 Sint Maarten 2021 Sint Maarten Senior League champions
 Suriname 2021 SVB Topklasse champions
 Turks and Caicos Islands 2021 Provo Premier League champions
 U.S. Virgin Islands 2021 U.S. Virgin Islands Premier League champions
Notes
  1. ^
    Bermuda (BER): The 2020–21 Bermudian Premier Division was abandoned by the Bermuda Football Association due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Bermuda. The season was declared null and void, and no champions were declared.[5]

Matches

Winners advance to CONCACAF League playoff against 2022 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship fourth-placed team for a place in 2022 CONCACAF League preliminary round, as long as they comply with the minimum CONCACAF Club Licensing requirements for the CONCACAF League.

See also

References
  1. "CONCACAF Announces Expanded CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship for 2018". CONCACAF. 15 December 2017.
  2. "Concacaf Champions League to expand with innovative new format starting 2023/24". concacaf.com. 4 February 2021.
  3. "Update on Concacaf Caribbean Club Shield and Flow Concacaf Caribbean Club Championship". CONCACAF. 25 August 2020.
  4. "Update on 2021 Concacaf Caribbean Club Competitions". concacaf.com. 23 April 2021.
  5. "Football done for season as revote is nipped in the bud". royalgazette.com. 22 March 2021.
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