Suriname (pictured) will be one of five Caribbean sides to play in the 2017 CONCACAF Under-17 Championship. (Photo: CA-Images)

COUVA, Trinidad & Tobago – Cuba, (3W-0D-0L, 9 points), Curacao (1-1-1, 4) and Suriname (1-0-2, 3) sealed spots in the 2017 CONCACAF Under-17 Championship (CU17) as Group B play in the final round of Caribbean concluded on Wednesday at Hasely Crawford Stadium.

The Cubans – along with Curacao -- will also move on to the semifinals after capturing first place and maintaining their unblemished record with a come-from-behind 2-1 victory over Suriname. Brian Savigne struck for the game-winner with nine minutes remaining in normal time, breaking a 1-1 deadlock with his third goal of the competition. Remarkably, each of his tallies have been scored after the 80th minute.

Jenairo Eenig put the Surinamese ahead in the 45th minute, but Ronaldo Rosette leveled just before the half-time whistle.

Suriname claimed the Caribbean’s last berth to the CONCACAF event as the best third-place team, edging Group A’s Trinidad & Tobago on goal difference (-1 to -2). 

Curacao opened the evening with a 0-0 draw against Guadeloupe (0-1-2, 1), a result that proved to be good enough to keep it in second place. Shurendric Fransinet went goalless for the first time in three games for the Curacaoans, who will be making their first-ever CU17 appearance. 

The semifinals will be contested on Friday at Ato Boldon Stadium, with Haiti squaring off against Curacao in the opener, followed by a meeting between Cuba and Jamaica.

The CONCACAF Under-17 Championship is scheduled to be played in Panama from April 21-May 7, 2017. The field will also include the host nation, Canada, Mexico, the United States and three Central American sides.

2016 CARIBBEAN UNDER-17 QUALIFYING – FINAL ROUND

Trinidad & Tobago

September 16-25, 2016

GROUP A (Ato Boldon Stadium – Couva, Trinidad & Tobago)

Haiti 3-2-1-0-7-0-7

Jamaica 3-2-1-0-9-4-7

Trinidad & Tobago 3-1-0-2-5-7-3

Bermuda 3-0-0-3-4-14-0

September 16, 2016

Bermuda 2, Jamaica 6

Rahzir Jones 30’; Tokia Russell 81’ / Raewin Senior 5’; Kaheem Parris 17’ pen, 72’; Kendall Edwards 36’; Nicque Daley 42’; own-goal, Tokia Russell 90’+1

Trinidad & Tobago 0, Haiti 2

Nael Wellofky Elysee 22’; Steeve Selso Saint-Duc 67’

September 18, 2016

Jamaica 0, Haiti 0

Trinidad & Tobago 3, Bermuda 2

Che Benny 70’; Jaydon Prowell 73’, 90’+2 / Tokia Russell 11’, 26’

September 20, 2016

Haiti 5, Bermuda 0

Nael Wellofky Elysee 2’; Steeve Selso Saint-Duc 45’+2, 70’; Steeve Mondestin 65’; own-goal, Edry Moore 86’

Trinidad & Tobago 2, Jamaica 3

Nion Lammy 47’; Jaydon Prowell 57’ / Raewin Senior 13’, 74’; Nicque Daley 35’

GROUP B (Hasely Crawford Stadium -- Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago)

Cuba 3-3-0-0-10-2-9

Curacao 3-1-1-1-4-3-4

Suriname 3-1-0-2-4-5-3

Guadeloupe 3-0-1-2-0-8-1

September 17, 2016

Suriname 2, Guadeloupe 0

Achero Hoever 21’, 52’

Cuba 2, Curacao 1

Yandry Romero 37’; Ribaldo Roldan 78’ / Shurendric Fransinet 57’ pen

September 19, 2016

Guadeloupe 0, Cuba 6

Yandry Romero 31’; Ribaldo Roldan 35’; Cristian Turka 58’; Manuel Cruz 75’; Brian Savigne 86’ pen, 90’+3

Suriname 1, Curacao 3

Jenairo Eenig 4’ / Nathan Bernadina 10’, 29’; Shurendric Fransinet 45’+1

September 21, 2016

Curacao 0, Guadeloupe 0

Cuba 2, Suriname 1

Ronaldo Rosette 45’+1; Brian Savigne 81’ / Jenairo Eenig 45’

SEMIFINALS (Ato Boldon Stadium – Couva, Trinidad & Tobago)

September 23, 2016:
Haiti v Curacao
 Cuba v Jamaica

THIRD PLACE MATCH (Ato Boldon Stadium – Couva, Trinidad & Tobago)

September 25, 2016:
Semifinal losers

FINAL (Ato Boldon Stadium – Couva, Trinidad & Tobago)

September 25, 2016:
Semifinal winners