1996 Caribbean Cup

1996 Shell Umbro Caribbean Cup
Tournament details
Host country Trinidad and Tobago
Teams 19 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions  Trinidad and Tobago (5th title)
Runners-up  Cuba
Third place  Martinique
Fourth place  Suriname

The 1996 Caribbean Cup also known as the Shell Umbro Caribbean Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 8th edition of the Caribbean Cup, the biennial football championship of the Caribbean region (CFU). It was held in Trinidad, where it began on 24 May 1996 and concluded on 7 June.

In the tournament, the hosts Trinidad and Tobago were to be joined by 7 nations who advanced from the qualification process that began in April 1996 and involved 18 Caribbean national teams.

A total of 16 games were played. Trinidad and Tobago won the tournament and landed their fifth Caribbean.

Qualifying Tournament

Group 1

First round

The return round was not played

Second round

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2200110+116
 Sint Maarten 210143+13
 Anguilla 2002012-120

All matches were played in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis

March 29, 1996
Sint Maarten  4 - 0  Anguilla

Group 3

Both matches were played in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

April 26, 1996
Haiti  6 - 0  Dominican Republic

April 28, 1996
Haiti  1 - 1  Dominican Republic

Group 4

April 26, 1996
Cayman Islands  0 - 4  Cuba

The return round was not played

Group 5

First round

March 3, 1996
Dominica  0 - 1  Saint Lucia

March 21, 1996
Saint Lucia  1 - 1  Dominica

Second round

April 24, 1996
Martinique  1 - 0  Saint Lucia

April 28, 1996
Saint Lucia  1 - 0  Martinique

Group 6

24 Apr 1996
Jamaica  2 - 0  Barbados
Paul Young  44', pen.'
Paul Davis  89'

28 Apr 1996
Barbados  2 - 0 (aet)
(3 - 4 pen) 		 Jamaica
Gregory Goodridge  51'
Wayne Sobers  55', pen.'
Hadley Court Stadium
Bridgetown, Barbados

Group 7

First round

March 24, 1996
French Guiana  1 - 2  Suriname

April 14, 1996
Suriname  1 - 1  French Guiana

Second round

April 28, 1996
Suriname  2 - 1  Guyana

May 5, 1996
Guyana  2 - 1 (aet)
(3 - 5 pen.) 		 Suriname

Final tournament

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Trinidad and Tobago 330091+89
 Suriname 311145-14
 Jamaica 31025503
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3012310-71

26 May 1996
 Jamaica 4–1  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Hector Wright  21'
Paul Davis  61'  72'
Wayne Palmer  87' 		Keith Gumbs  89'
Industry Park
Palo Seco, Trinidad and Tobago
Attendance: 4,000

26 May 1996
 Trinidad and Tobago 3–0  Suriname
Russell Latapy  58'  61'
Anthony Rougier  88'
Industry Park
Palo Seco, Trinidad and Tobago
Attendance: 6,500

28 May 1996
 Suriname 3–1  Jamaica
Marcel Riedwald  6'
Wini Boyce  7'  44' 		Onandi Lowe  45'

Group B

Played in San Fernando and Arima, Trinidad and Tobago

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Cuba 321030+37
 Martinique 320141+36
 Haiti 302123-12
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 301227-51

25 May 1996
 Martinique 1–0  Haiti
Fred Nazaire Sorbert  53'

27 May 1996
 Cuba 1–0  Martinique
Lázaro Dalcourt  72'

29 May 1996
 Haiti 0–0  Cuba
Malabar Stadium
Arima, Trinidad and Tobago
Attendance: 3,000

29 May 1996
 Martinique 3–0  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Mariel Valide  3'
Roldolphe Reno  23'  34'
Malabar Stadium
Arima, Trinidad and Tobago
Attendance: 1,000

Semifinals

3 June 1996
 Cuba 4–0  Suriname
Lázaro Dalcourt  35'  55'
Humberto Martínez  75'
Julio Diaz Sotolongo  83'

3rd Place Playoff

5 June 1996
 Martinique 1–1 (aet)
(3–2 pen.) 		 Suriname
Rodolphe Rano  48' Marcel Riedewald  76'

Finals


Winner of Caribbean Cup 1996:


Trinidad and Tobago
Fifth Title
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