2014 Caribbean Cup:
The champion faces its challengers
The Cuban football team will begin
defending its title in the 2014 Caribbean Cup
against French Guiana, Curacao and Trinidad and
Tobago in Group A of the competition being hosted in
Jamaica between November 10 and 17.
The team coached by Walter Benitez
will kick off with a match against French Guiana on
Wednesday 11 in the Montego Bay Sports Complex,
which will see matches from Group B with Antigua and
Barbuda, Haiti, Martinique and the host the day
before, according to the programme released on
Monday.
The top two teams from each group
will not only qualify for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup,
but will also play in the semifinals of the
tournament which offers direct qualification for the
champion to the Copa América Centenario which will
take place in the U.S. in 2016, featuring 10 South
American teams and 6 from CONCACAF.
Two years ago, Cuba became champion
of the Caribbean tournament for the first time in
its history, with a win of 1-0 against the
Trinidadian team, allowing the team to bypass the
qualifying stages and compete directly in the final
stage of the tournament this time round in Jamaica.
