- The tournament’s third edition will be played from August to December 2025
- Draw to take place on Tuesday, June 3
- Four clubs have already secured a berth in the 10-team tournament
- Three clubs will qualify for the 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup
Miami, FL – Concacaf has confirmed key details about the 2025 Concacaf Caribbean Cup. The third edition of this regional cup tournament, which serves as a qualifier for the 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup and features 10 of the top clubs in the Caribbean, will take place from August to December 2025.
The official draw for the 2025 Caribbean Cup, which will determine the groups for the tournament’s first round and each club’s path to the regional title, will be conducted on Tuesday, June 3, in Miami, FL. Fans can follow the made-for-TV event on Concacaf’s YouTube Channel starting at 5:00 pm ET.
COMPETITION FORMAT AND DATES
The tournament will kick off with a Group Stage comprised of two groups of five clubs each. In this first round, clubs will play every club in their group once, for a total of four matches per club (two at home and two away) in the five scheduled weeks.
Group Stage Week 1: August 19-21, 2025
Group Stage Week 2: August 26-28, 2025
Group Stage Week 3: September 16-18, 2025
Group Stage Week 4: September 23-25, 2025
Group Stage Week 5: September 30 – October 2, 2025
After the Group Stage, the first and second-place finishers in each group will advance to the Knockout Stage. The Knockout Stage will include home-and-away play, starting with the Semifinals, followed by the Third Place Match and Final, where the Caribbean’s new champion will be crowned.
Semifinals: October 21-23 and 28-30, 2025
Third Place and Final: November 25-27 and December 2-4, 2025
Furthermore, the finalists and the third-place winner (three clubs in total) will qualify for the 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup. The champion will also receive a bye to the Round of 16 of the Confederation’s premier 27-club competition.
PARTICIPATING CLUBS
Ten clubs from Concacaf Caribbean Member Associations will participate in the competition. These clubs have or will qualify based on their performance in their domestic leagues and the CFU Club Shield.
Thus far, four clubs have secured a berth. These clubs are: Cibao FC (DOM), O&M FC (DOM), SV Robinhood (SUR), and Defence Force (TRI).
The six remaining participating clubs will be determined as follows:
CFU Club Shield (2): 2025 Champion and Runner-up
Haiti (1): Champion at National Special de D1 2025
Jamaica (2): First and Second Place Finishers 2024-2025 JPL Season
Trinidad and Tobago (1): Second Place Finishers 2024-2025 TTPFL Season
DRAW PROCEDURES
On Tuesday, June 3, Concacaf will conduct the draw for the 2025 Concacaf Caribbean Cup Group Stage. The draw will be executed using a single-blind system involving five pots.
The 10 participating clubs will be distributed into five pots according to their Concacaf Club Ranking as of June 2, 2025. The five pots will be as follows:
Pot 1: Two highest-ranked clubs
Pot 2: Two next highest-ranked clubs
Pot 3: Two next highest-ranked clubs
Pot 4: Two lowest-ranked clubs
Pot 5: Champion and Runner-up of the 2025 CFU Club Shield
The draw will begin by randomly selecting a sphere from Pot 1 and placing that club in Group A, position A1. The second sphere will be then drawn, and the club will be placed in Group B, position B1. This process will be replicated for Pots 2-5, placing clubs in sequential order in Groups A and B.
At the end of the draw, each group will contain one club from each pot.
Concacaf will publish the confirmed pots in the days before the official draw.
Cavalier FC from Jamaica is the current Champion of the Concacaf Caribbean Cup. They secured their first title in the 2024 edition, defeating Cibao FC of the Dominican Republic in the Final. The two-legged series ended in a 2–2 aggregate draw, with Cavalier FC winning on the away goals rule.
