1989 Caribbean Cup

1989 Shell Caribbean Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Barbados
Teams	17 (16 after Guyana was disqualified) (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Trinidad and Tobago (1st title)
Runners-up	Grenada
1991 →

The 1989 Caribbean Cup (known as the Shell Caribbean Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the first edition of the Caribbean Championship, the football championship of the Caribbean, one of the CONCACAF zones. The final stage was hosted by Barbados.

The tournament was sponsored by Shell Company Ltd. after the tournament was first thought of by employees of Shell Antilles and Gulanas Ltd. Barbados received a bye to the final round as they were hosts of the competition and Shell (based in Barbados) felt that it was better suited to host the tournament as Barbados have an international airport.

Qualifying Tournament

• Each group winner would qualify along with the two best runners-up.
• Barbados qualified for the final tournament as hosts.
• Guyana were disqualified due to failure to pay FIFA fines.

Group A

• 23-04-1989: Trinidad and Tobago 11-0 Aruba at Arima
• 23-04-1989: Saint Kitts and Nevis 1-0 French Guiana at Basseterre
• 07-05-1989: Grenada 2-1 Saint Kitts and Nevis in Grenada
• 10-05-1989: French Guiana 1-3 Trinidad and Tobago in French Guiana
• 21-05-1989: Aruba 0-0 Grenada at Oranjestad
• 21-05-1989: Saint Kitts and Nevis 0-2 Trinidad and Tobago
• 06-06-1989: Grenada 1-0 Trinidad and Tobago at St. George's
• 08-06-1989: French Guiana 4-0 Aruba in French Guiana
• 18-06-1989: Aruba 1-4 Saint Kitts and Nevis at Oranjestad
• 30-06-1989: Grenada beat French Guiana in Grenada

Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts Grenada 4 3 1 0 3 1 +2 7 Trinidad and Tobago 4 3 0 1 16 2 +14 6 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4 2 0 2 6 5 +1 4 French Guiana 4 1 0 3 5 4 +1 2 Aruba 4 0 1 3 1 19 -18 1

Note: Table is missing the goals from the Grenada v French Guiana game.

Group B

• 23-04-1989: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6-1 Sint Maarten at Arnos Vale
• 26-04-1989: Netherlands Antilles 3-1 Martinique
• 07-05-1989: Sint Maarten 1-2 British Virgin Islands in Sint Maarten
• 10-05-1989: Martinique 0-0 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in Martinique
• 21-05-1989: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3-2 Netherlands Antilles in St. Vincent
• 21-05-1989: Martinique beat British Virgin Islands
• 07-06-1989: Netherlands Antilles 4-0 British Virgin Islands
• 07-06-1989: Martinique 10-0 Sint Maarten
• 18-06-1989: Sint Maarten 1-2 Netherlands Antilles (also reported as 0-2 but the final standings takes into consideration the 1-2 result)
• 19-06-1989: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2-0 British Virgin Islands

Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4 3 1 0 11 3 +8 7 Netherlands Antilles 4 3 0 1 11 5 +6 6 Martinique 4 2 1 1 11 3 +8 5 British Virgin Islands 4 1 0 3 2 7 -5 2 Sint Maarten 4 0 0 4 3 20 -17 0

Note: Table missing the goals from Martinique v British Virgin Islands

Group C

Known Results:

• 23-04-1989: Antigua and Barbuda 1-0 Jamaica at St. Johns
• 23-04-1989: Saint Lucia beat Dominica
• 07-05-1989: Jamaica 0-3 Guadeloupe
• 13-05-1989: Dominica 0-1 Antigua and Barbuda in Dominica
• 21-05-1989: Guadeloupe beat Dominica
• 04-06-1989: Dominica 1-1 Jamaica at Roseau
• 18-06-1989: Jamaica 1-1 Saint Lucia at Kingston

Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts Guadeloupe 4 3 0 1 ? ? ? 6 Antigua and Barbuda 4 3 0 1 ? ? ? 6 Saint Lucia 4 2 1 1 ? ? ? 5 Jamaica 4 0 2 2 2 6 -4 2 Dominica 4 0 1 3 ? ? ? 1

Notes: Guadeloupe won the group on goal-difference, while Antigua was eliminated as the worst runner-up. Both teams had three wins and one defeat. Based on known information, there are two possibilities:

• Possibility 1: Antigua beat St Lucia, St Lucia beat Guadeloupe, and Guadeloupe beat Antigua.
• Possibility 2: St Lucia beat Antigua, Guadeloupe beat St Lucia, and Antigua beat Guadeloupe.

Final tournament

Group A

Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts Trinidad and Tobago 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 2 Guadeloupe 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 2 Barbados 2 1 0 1 1 3 -2 2

3 July 1989	Barbados	1-0	Guadeloupe	Bridgetown, Barbados

5 July 1989	Barbados	0-3	Trinidad and Tobago	Bridgetown, Barbados
			Philbert Jones (2) Marlon Morris

7 July 1989	Trinidad and Tobago	0-2	Guadeloupe	Bridgetown, Barbados

Group B

Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts Grenada 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 3 Netherlands Antilles 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 1

2 July 1989	Grenada	2-0	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Bridgetown, Barbados
	Chenny Joseph  17' (pen.) Franklin Drayton  54'

4 July 1989	Netherlands Antilles	1-1	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Bridgetown, Barbados

6 July 1989	Grenada	1-1	Netherlands Antilles	Bridgetown, Barbados

Final

9 July 1989	Trinidad and Tobago	2–1	Grenada	Bridgetown, Barbados
	Dwight Yorke  24', 89'		Wayne Hood  84'

1989 Digicel Caribbean Cup Winner: Trinidad and Tobago First title

Prize money

The following prize money was awarded to national association:

• Winner: $10k
• Runner-up: $5k
• Third-place: $4k
• Fourth-place: $3k

External links

• RSSSF archive