April 3, 2003
CONCACAF Gold Cup Finalists

In November last year the Cayman Islands National Football Team played host to Group B of the CONCACAF Gold Cup Qualifiers. The group included some of the regions toughest such as Martinique and Cuba along with the Dominican Republic.

Of the two teams qualifying from this group - Cuba and Martinique - Cuba has moved on to the finals scheduled for the USA this summer while Martinique still has a shot if they can beat Honduras and Trinidad in the Interzone Playoffs scheduled for April 23rd – 27th in Martinique.

Trinidad & Tobago are chasing their sixth appearance in the Gold Cup finals; this would make their fifth in a row. Martinique has appeared in the final round twice, while Honduras has played in every Gold Cup final since it’s inception in 1991 when they lost the final to the USA on penalties.

The region’s two automatic spots for the finals were captured by Cuba and Jamaica when Jamaica beat Haiti 3:0 at home and Cuba defeated Trinidad & Tobago 3:1 in Trinidad.

The qualifiers include defending champions USA, Canada and Mexico from the Northern Zone; Costa Rica, Guatemala and El Salvador from the Central Zone; Jamaica and Cuba from the Caribbean and invited teams Brazil and Columbia. The top two from the Honduras, Trinidad, Martinique playoff will also compete in the finals.