Haiti (pictured) celebrates with the trophy after defeating Cuba in the final of the Caribbean qualifying tournament for the next CONCACAF Under-17 Championship on September 25, 2016, in Couva, Trinidad & Tobago. (Photo: CA-Images)

COUVA, Trinidad & Tobago – Haiti exploded for four second-half goals to earn a 5-0 win over Cuba in the final of the Caribbean qualifying competition for the 2017 CONCACAF Under-17 Championship on Sunday at Ato Boldon Stadium.

The Haitians completed the final round with a 4W-1D-0L record, scoring 15 goals and conceding only one, while Cuba lost for the first time after posting four straight wins.

Steeve Mondestin scored in a third straight game to give Haiti a 1-0 lead in the 36th minute.

Ten minutes after break, Steeve Selso Saint-Duc doubled the advantage with his team-high fifth goal and Jean Jacques Danley made it 3-0 in the 63rd minute.

Luidon Casseus (78’) and Nael Wellofky Elysee (90’+2) completed the scoreline with their second and third goals of the tournament, respectively.

In the match for third place, Jamaica posted a 3-0 victory over Curacao. Raewin Senior got things started with a 21st-minute goal and Nicque Daley (48’, 70’) netted a second-half brace. Senior and Daley finished the tournament as the team’s co-scoring leaders with four goals each. 

Cuba, Curacao, Haiti and Jamaica had previously earned berths to the CONCACAF event, which will be played in Panama from April 21-May 7, 2017. The field also include the host nation, Canada, Mexico, Suriname, the United States and three to-be-determined 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 3, Curacao 1

Steeve Selso Saint-Duc 14’; Steeve Mondestin 71’ pen; Louidon Casseus 88’ / Luchenthly Vrutaal 11’ pen

Cuba 1, Jamaica 0

Brian Savigne 59’

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

September 25, 2016

Curacao 0, Jamaica 3

Raewin Senior 21’; Nicque Daley 48’, 70’

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

September 25, 2016

Haiti 5, Cuba 0

Steeve Mondestin 36’ pen; Steeve Selso Saint-Duc 55’; Jean Jacques Danley 63’; Louidon Casseus 78’; Nael Wellofky Elysee 90’+2