Caribbean Football Union
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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...
football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
. It represents 25 FIFA
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...
member nations, as well as 5 territories that are not affiliated to FIFA. Its member associations compete in the CONCACAF
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...
region. CFU also runs the CFU 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...
, a competition to determine the Caribbean club representative for the CONCACAF Champions League
CONCACAF Champions League
The CONCACAF Champions League is the annual international club football championship for teams from the CONCACAF region ....
.
Member countries
(United Kingdom) (Netherlands)1 (United Kingdom) (United Kingdom) (United Kingdom) (Netherlands)2,3 (France)3 (France)23 (France) (United Kingdom) (United States)3 (France)3 (Netherlands)2 (United Kingdom) (United States)1: North American country
2: South American country
3: Non-FIFA association
Potential future members
4 (Netherlands) (United Kingdom)4,5 (Netherlands)4,5 (Netherlands)6 (France)4: with dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles, should be eligible to compete as a separate entity within CFU, as Sint Maarten
Sint Maarten national football team
The Sint Maarten national football team is the football team of Sint Maarten, the Dutch half of the Saint Martin island which was part of the former Netherlands Antilles and is controlled by the Sint Maarten Soccer Association...
already does
5: already competes as a separate entity, though is not a member of CONCACAF
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...
or CFU
6: in 2007 reached to a new political status, equal to Saint-Martin
Saint-Martin national football team
The Saint-Martin national football team is the football team of Saint-Martin, the French half of Saint Martin island which was previously part of the French overseas department of Guadeloupe and is controlled by the Comité de Football des Îles du Nord...
National teams
- Caribbean CupCaribbean CupThe Caribbean Cup, formerly known as the Copa Caribe, is the championship tournament for national association football teams that are members of the Caribbean Football Union. The first competition was contested in 1989 in Barbados. The Caribbean Cup also serves as a qualification tournament among...
- International cup for the Caribbean, top 4 qualify for the CONCACAF Gold CupCONCACAF Gold CupThe CONCACAF Gold Cup is the main association football competition of the men's national football teams governed by CONCACAF, determining the regional champion of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.The Gold Cup is held every two years and when it does not fall the same year as an...
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Club teams
- CFU Club ChampionshipCFU Club ChampionshipThe 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...
Club championship for Caribbean, winner qualified for CONCACAF Champions' Cup (from 1997 and until 2008). Since 2008-09, top 3 clubs qualifies for CONCACAF Champions LeagueCONCACAF Champions LeagueThe CONCACAF Champions League is the annual international club football championship for teams from the CONCACAF region ....
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Corruption Allegations
As a result of alleged cash payments from Mohammed bin HammamMohammed Bin Hammam
Mohamed bin Hammam is a Qatari who was formerly a football administrator and president of the Asian Football Confederation from 1 August 2002 to 14 June 2011, and a member of FIFA's 24-man executive committee from 1996 to 2011 for more than 15 years...
via Jack Warner, made at a CFU
CFU
CFU may refer to:* Cambridge Fans United, fans of the English football team Cambridge United F.C.* Canadian Freelance Union, a Canadian trade union for freelance media contributors* Caribbean Football Union, the nominal governing body for Caribbean football...
meeting on 10 May 2011, allegedly concerning the 2011 FIFA
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...
Presidential Election, the CFU has been embroiled in a corruption scandal. The delegation of the Bahamas Football Association
Bahamas Football Association
The Bahamas Football Association is the official football federation in The Bahamas. It was founded in 1967 for men, women, and children to learn more about football. It affiliated with FIFA in 1968 and CONCACAF in 1981. The headquarters are in Nassau. The federation is also in charge of its...
claimed to have refused a cash payment of USD$40,000 and reported the matter officially to Chuck Blazer
Chuck Blazer
Charles "Chuck" Blazer is an American soccer administrator.He has been a member of the FIFA Executive Committee since 1996, and served as Commissioner of the American Soccer League and Executive Vice President of the United States Soccer Federation...
, secretary general of CONCACAF
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...
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
CFU
CFU may refer to:* Cambridge Fans United, fans of the English football team Cambridge United F.C.* Canadian Freelance Union, a Canadian trade union for freelance media contributors* Caribbean Football Union, the nominal governing body for Caribbean football...
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
- CONCACAFCONCACAFThe Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...
- UNCAF
- NAFU
- NAFCNAFCThe North American Football Confederation was founded in 1946 and a forerunner to the CONCACAF as the governing body of football in North America until 1961, when it merged with the CCCF/Confederacion Centroamericana y del Caribe de Futbol to form CONCACAF....
- CCCF