Caribbean Football Union

Caribbean Football Union
Type	Sports organization
Membership	30 member associations
Website	http://www.caribbeanfootballunion.org/

Members of CFU (orange), members of CONCACAF (orange and camel).

The Caribbean Football Union, often referred to by the acronym CFU, is the nominal governing body for Caribbean football. It represents 25 FIFA member nations, as well as 5 territories that are not affiliated to FIFA. Its member associations compete in the CONCACAF region. CFU also runs the CFU Club Championship, a competition to determine the Caribbean club representative for the CONCACAF Champions League.

Member countries

• Anguilla (United Kingdom)
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Aruba (Netherlands)
• Bahamas
• Barbados
• Bermuda¹ (United Kingdom)
• British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)
• Cayman Islands (United Kingdom)
• Cuba
• Curaçao (Netherlands)
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• French Guiana^2,3 (France)
• Grenada
• Guadeloupe³ (France)
• Guyana²
• Haiti
• Jamaica
• Martinique³ (France)
• Montserrat (United Kingdom)
• Puerto Rico (United States)
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint-Martin³ (France)
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Sint Maarten³ (Netherlands)
• Suriname²
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom)
• U.S. Virgin Islands (United States)

1: North American country
2: South American country
3: Non-FIFA association

Potential future members

• Bonaire⁴ (Netherlands)
• Saba^4,5 (Netherlands)
• Sint Eustatius^4,5 (Netherlands)
• Saint Barthélemy⁶ (France)

4: with dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles, should be eligible to compete as a separate entity within CFU, as Sint Maarten already does
5: already competes as a separate entity, though is not a member of CONCACAF or CFU
6: in 2007 reached to a new political status, equal to Saint-Martin

Competitions

National teams

• Caribbean Cup - International cup for the Caribbean, top 4 qualify for the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Club teams

• CFU Club Championship Club championship for Caribbean, winner qualified for CONCACAF Champions' Cup (from 1997 and until 2008). Since 2008-09, top 3 clubs qualify for a PRELIMINARY ROUND of the CONCACAF Champions League.

Corruption Allegations

As a result of alleged cash payments from Mohammed bin Hammam via Jack Warner, made at a CFU meeting on 10 May 2011, allegedly concerning the 2011 FIFA Presidential Election, the CFU has been embroiled in a corruption scandal. The delegation of the Bahamas Football Association claimed to have refused a cash payment of USD$40,000 and reported the matter officially to Chuck Blazer, secretary general of CONCACAF and FIFA executive committee member. Blazer initiated an official investigation, which as of 20 June 2011 has resulted in the resignation of Warner from all football activities, the suspension of bin Hammam from all football activities, suspension of two other CFU officials, and all but mandatory interviews of all delegates to the 10 May meeting with FIFA empowered investigators. The final report of the investigation is due on 20 July 2011.,

See also

• CONCACAF
  • UNCAF
  • NAFU
• NAFC
• CCCF

External links

• Caribbean Football Union official site