The 2000 Caribbean Football Union Club Championship

CFU Club Championship

The CFU Club Championship or CFU Club Champions' Cup is the annual international football competition held amongst association football clubs from the Caribbean Islands for clubs that are members of the Caribbean Football Union...

 was an international club football competition held in the Caribbean

Caribbean

The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...

 to determine the region's qualifiers to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup.
The winners Joe Public F.C.

Joe Public F.C.

Joe Public Football Club is a football club from Trinidad and Tobago currently playing in the Pro League. Nicknamed the Eastern Lions, they are owned by former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner...

 advanced to CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2000

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2000

The 2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 36th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region , the CONCACAF Champions' Cup...

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History

Originally a final tournament with 8 teams was planned, with as participants:

• Joe Public FC 
• Tivoli Gardens 
• Chelsea FC 
• Club Franciscain
  Club Franciscain
  Club Franciscain is a football club of Martinique, playing in the town of Le François.They play in the Martinique's first division, the Martinique Championnat National.-Achievements:*Martinique Championnat National: 14...
  
   
• Defence Force 
• Notre Dame SC
  Notre Dame SC
  Notre Dame SC is a Barbados football club, based in Bayville on the southside of Bridgetown in the parish of Saint Michael.Notre Dame is the second most successful club in Barbados football history, winning 9 league titles and 4 domestic cups....
  
   
• W Connection
  W Connection
  Vibe CT 105 Williams Connection is a football club from Trinidad and Tobago, which currently plays in the Pro League. The club plays its home games in Manny Ramjohn Stadium...
  
   
• Violette AC ( - replace champions )

This was to be held October 28-November 5, 2000.

However, in preparation of a 'dramatically enhanced' CONCACAF club competition, the set-up was changed completely; 4 groups with 14 teams in all were formed; the winners of which to progress to the final championship round. Of the above 8 teams, 3, viz. Chelsea, Notre Dame

Notre Dame SC

Notre Dame SC is a Barbados football club, based in Bayville on the southside of Bridgetown in the parish of Saint Michael.Notre Dame is the second most successful club in Barbados football history, winning 9 league titles and 4 domestic cups....

, and Defence Force, were suddenly not invited - on whatever criteria.

Group A

played in Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...

EWLINE Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD 1.   Joe Public FC 9 3 3 0 0 14 0 14 2.   SV Robinhood SV Robinhood Sporting Vereniging Robinhood is a Surinamese football club based in Paramaribo that competes in the Surinamese Hoofdklasse, the highest level of football in Suriname. Founded on 6 February 1945, Robinhood is the most successful club in Surinamese football, having won a record 23 league titles, and... 4 3 1 1 1 7 9 3.   RKVFC Sithoc 2 3 0 2 1 4 11 4.   Guinness Harlem Bombers 1 3 0 1 2 4 9

EWLINE Joe Public 2-0 Harlem Sithoc 2-2 Robinhood Sithoc 2-2 Harlem Joe Public 5-0 Robinhood Robinhood 5-2 Harlem Joe Public 7-0 Sithoc

Group B

played in Jamaica

Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

EWLINE Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD 1.   Harbour View Harbour View -Jamaica:* Harbour View, Jamaica, a community at the eastern extreme of the city of Kingston, Jamaica.-Schools:* Harbour View Elementary School, a public school on the north end of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.... 9 3 3 0 0 9 0 9 2.   Violette AC 6 3 2 0 1 9 7 2 3.   Paradise SC Paradise SC Paradise SC is a Barbados football club, based in Dover near Saint Lawrence Gap in the southern parish of Christ Church.They play in the Barbados' first division, the Barbados Premier Division.-Achievements:*Barbados Premier Division: 4... 3 3 1 0 2 2 3 4.   Roots Alley Ballers 0 3 0 0 3 1 11

EWLINE Harbour View 5-0 Violette Paradise 1-0 Ballers Harbour View 1-0 Paradise Violette 7-1 Ballers Harbour View 3-0 Ballers Violette 2-1 Paradise

Group C

played in Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda is a twin-island nation lying between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It consists of two major inhabited islands, Antigua and Barbuda, and a number of smaller islands...

EWLINE Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD 1.   W Connection W Connection Vibe CT 105 Williams Connection is a football club from Trinidad and Tobago, which currently plays in the Pro League. The club plays its home games in Manny Ramjohn Stadium... 5 3 1 2 0 15 4 11 2.   Empire FC 5 3 1 2 0 10 4 6 3.   Tivoli Gardens 5 3 1 2 0 7 5 2 4.   Café Sisserou Strikers 0 3 0 0 3 3 22

EWLINE Tivoli 1-1 W Connection Empire 6-0 Strikers W Connection 11-0 Strikers Empire 1-1 Tivoli Empire 3-3 W Connection Tivoli 5-3 Strikers

Group D

Original list of participants: Club Franciscain

Club Franciscain

Club Franciscain is a football club of Martinique, playing in the town of Le François.They play in the Martinique's first division, the Martinique Championnat National.-Achievements:*Martinique Championnat National: 14...

 - withdrew Carioca FC - won by default Café Sisserou Strikers - moved to Group C

Championship Group

played in Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...

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Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1.   Joe Public FC	5	3	1	2	0	3	2
2.   W Connection W Connection Vibe CT 105 Williams Connection is a football club from Trinidad and Tobago, which currently plays in the Pro League. The club plays its home games in Manny Ramjohn Stadium...	4	3	1	1	1	4	3
3.   Harbour View Harbour View -Jamaica:* Harbour View, Jamaica, a community at the eastern extreme of the city of Kingston, Jamaica.-Schools:* Harbour View Elementary School, a public school on the north end of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada....	4	3	1	1	1	4	5
4.   Carioca FC	2	3	0	2	1	3	4

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Joe Public FC advance to CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2000

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2000

The 2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 36th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region , the CONCACAF Champions' Cup...

Top scorers

	Player	Club	Goals
1.	Jose Maria Manoel	W Connection W Connection Vibe CT 105 Williams Connection is a football club from Trinidad and Tobago, which currently plays in the Pro League. The club plays its home games in Manny Ramjohn Stadium...	7
2.	Ranjae Christian Ranjae Christian Ranjae Christian is an Antiguan footballer who currently plays for Antigua Barracuda FC in the USL Professional Division and the Antigua and Barbuda national team.-Club career:...	Joe Public FC	4
2.	Ramis Lespinas	Violette AC	4
2.	Titus Elva	W Connection W Connection Vibe CT 105 Williams Connection is a football club from Trinidad and Tobago, which currently plays in the Pro League. The club plays its home games in Manny Ramjohn Stadium...	4