1998 Caribbean Cup

The 1998 Caribbean Cup (known as the Shell Caribbean Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the tenth edition of the Caribbean Cup hosted by Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.

1998 Caribbean Cup

Shell Caribbean Cup 1998
Tournament details
Host countries	Trinidad and Tobago Jamaica
Teams	25 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Jamaica (2nd title)
Runners-up	Trinidad and Tobago
Third place	Haiti
Fourth place	Antigua and Barbuda
Tournament statistics
Matches played	46
Goals scored	210 (4.57 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Stern John (10 goals)
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Entrants

•  Antigua and Barbuda
•  Anguilla
•  Aruba
•  British Virgin Islands
•  Barbados
•  Bermuda
•  Cayman Islands
• Cuba^[1]
•  Dominica
•  Dominican Republic
• French Guiana
•  Grenada
•  Guadeloupe
•  Guyana
•  Haiti
•  Jamaica (Hosts)
•  Martinique
•  Netherlands Antilles
•  Puerto Rico
•  Saint Kitts and Nevis
•  Saint Lucia
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
•  Sint Maarten
•  Suriname
•  Trinidad and Tobago (Hosts)
•  U.S. Virgin Islands (Withdrew)
•  Turks and Caicos Islands (Withdrew)

Qualifying tournament

Group 1

Played in Aruba

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands Antilles	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7
Aruba	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Suriname	3	0	3	0	8	8	0	3
French Guiana	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

First round

Aruba	1–0	French Guiana

3 March 1998

Suriname	3–3	Netherlands Antilles

3 March 1998

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Suriname	2–2	French Guiana

5 March 1998

Aruba	0–1	Netherlands Antilles

5 March 1998

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Netherlands Antilles	2–1	French Guiana

7 March 1998

Aruba	3–3	Suriname

7 March 1998

Group 2

Played in Castries, Saint Lucia

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Martinique	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	6
Saint Lucia	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3	1	0	2	9	8	+1	3
Barbados	3	1	0	2	6	9	−3	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Saint Lucia	2–1	Barbados

18 March 1998

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4–1	Martinique

18 March 1998

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Martinique	4–1	Barbados

20 March 1998

Saint Lucia	3–2	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

20 March 1998

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Saint Lucia	1–2	Martinique

22 March 1998

Barbados	4–3	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

22 March 1998

Group 3

Played in Saint Kitts

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Dominica	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7
Saint Kitts and Nevis	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6
Guadeloupe	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
British Virgin Islands	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Saint Kitts and Nevis	4–0	British Virgin Islands

1 April 1998

Dominica	1–1	Guadeloupe

1 April 1998

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Saint Kitts and Nevis	1–2	Dominica

3 April 1998

Guadeloupe	3–0	British Virgin Islands

3 April 1998

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Saint Kitts and Nevis	2–1	Guadeloupe

5 April 1998

Dominica	4–1	British Virgin Islands

5 April 1998

Group 4

Played in St. John's, Antigua

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Antigua and Barbuda	3	2	1	0	11	3	+8	7
Grenada	3	2	0	1	17	4	+13	6
Guyana	3	1	1	1	17	4	+13	4
Anguilla	3	0	0	3	1	35	−34	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Grenada	14–1	Anguilla
J. Roberts 8', 49', 69' Modeste 10' Andrew 17' Charles 21', 24', 35', 76' O. Roberts 33' Alexander 52', 67' Joseph 56' Augustine 76'		Heyliger 84'

15 April 1998

Antigua Recreation Ground
St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda	2–2	Guyana
D. Edwards 20', 40'		Hercules 26' Nassy 70'

15 April 1998

Antigua Recreation Ground
St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda

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Antigua and Barbuda	7–0	Anguilla

17 April 1998

Antigua Recreation Ground
St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda

Grenada	2–1	Guyana
J. Roberts 20' Alexander 36'		Jerome 83'

17 April 1998

Antigua Recreation Ground
St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda

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Antigua and Barbuda	2–1	Grenada

19 April 1998

Antigua Recreation Ground
St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda

Guyana	14–0	Anguilla
Hercules Nassy Scott Jerome Wong Milo

19 April 1998

Antigua Recreation Ground
St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda

Group 5

 U.S. Virgin Islands withdrew

Played in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Haiti	2	2	0	0	9	0	+9	6
Dominican Republic	2	1	0	1	3	6	−3	3
Puerto Rico	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Haiti	4–0	Puerto Rico

11 March 1998

Stade Sylvio Cator
Port-au-Prince, Haiti

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Dominican Republic	3–1	Puerto Rico

13 March 1998

Stade Sylvio Cator
Port-au-Prince, Haiti

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Haiti	5–0	Dominican Republic

15 March 1998

Stade Sylvio Cator
Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Group 6

 Turks and Caicos Islands withdrew

Played in Cayman Islands

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cayman Islands	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4
Cuba (U-21)[2]	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4
Bermuda	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Cayman Islands	2–2	Cuba

6 May 1998

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Cuba	2–1	Bermuda

8 May 1998

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Cayman Islands	2–0	Bermuda
Ramoon 22', 70'

10 May 1998

Final tournament

Group stage

Group A - (Trinidad and Tobago)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Trinidad and Tobago	3	3	0	0	13	3	+10	9
Antigua and Barbuda	3	2	0	1	9	5	+4	6
Martinique	3	1	0	2	7	8	−1	3
Dominica	3	0	0	3	2	15	−13	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Trinidad and Tobago	3–2	Antigua and Barbuda
Knights 13', 29' John 39'		Christian 37' Edwards 85'

22 Jul 1998

Hasely Crawford Stadium
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Martinique	5–1	Dominica
Rano 28', 29', 42', 72' Modestin 88'		Gustave 63'

22 Jul 1998

Hasely Crawford Stadium
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

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Trinidad and Tobago	2–1	Martinique
John 56', 90'		Sorbert 79'

24 Jul 1998

Hasely Crawford Stadium
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Antigua and Barbuda	2–1	Dominica
Edwards 6' Roberts 51'		Gustave 59'

24 Jul 1998

Hasely Crawford Stadium
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

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Trinidad and Tobago	8–0	Dominica
John 19', 22', 59', 84' Nakhid 41', 50' Knights 76', 88'

26 Jul 1998

Hasely Crawford Stadium
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Antigua and Barbuda	5–1	Martinique
Greenaway 17' Edwards 42' Roberts 49' Clarke 60' Gonsalves 89'		Fondelot 18'

26 Jul 1998

Hasely Crawford Stadium
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Group B - (Jamaica)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Jamaica	3	3	0	0	9	3	+6	9
Haiti	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
Cayman Islands	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
Netherlands Antilles	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Jamaica	4–0	Cayman Islands
Goodison 17' Gardener 70' Whitmore 76', 86'

22 Jul 1998

National Stadium
Kingston, Jamaica

Haiti	4–0	Netherlands Antilles
Menelas 42' Fleurial 70' Dartiquenave 82', 87'

22 Jul 1998

National Stadium
Kingston, Jamaica

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Jamaica	3–2	Netherlands Antilles
Lowe 1' Goodison 40' Boyd 88'		Rosina 34' Martjin 90'

24 Jul 1998

National Stadium
Kingston, Jamaica

Haiti	1–0	Cayman Islands
Fleurial

24 Jul 1998

National Stadium
Kingston, Jamaica

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Jamaica	2–1	Haiti
Goodison 51' McDonald 83'		Montilas 86'

26 Jul 1998

National Stadium
Kingston, Jamaica

Cayman Islands	2–0	Netherlands Antilles
Brown 21' Ramoon 45'

26 Jul 1998

Saint Thomas, Jamaica

Semi-finals

Jamaica	1–0	Antigua and Barbuda
Lowe 110'

29 July 1998

Trinidad and Tobago

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Trinidad and Tobago	4–1	Haiti
John 1', 60' Knights 15', 42'		Cesar 85'

29 July 1998

Trinidad and Tobago

3rd Place Playoff

Haiti	3–2	Antigua and Barbuda
Fleurial 72' Menelas 27' Mackenzy 71'		Christopher 53' Christian 58'

31 July 1998

Trinidad and Tobago

Final

Jamaica	2–1	Trinidad and Tobago
McDonald 6' Sewell 34'		John 48'

31 July 1998

Trinidad and Tobago

1998 Caribbean Cup winner
Jamaica Second title

Top scorers

1. Stern John (10)

References

1. U-20 Represented
2. "Resuelto el fútbol de Maracaibo; cubanos a Islas Caimán si llega visa" (in Spanish). Granma. 1 May 1998. Retrieved 12 June 2020.

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