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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name   = 
| year           = 2008
| other_titles   = Digicel Caribbean Cup 2008
| image          = 
| size           = 
| caption        = 
| country        = Jamaica
| country2       = 
| dates          = 22 July–9 November (qualifying)<br />3–17 December (finals)
| num_teams      = 21
| confederations = 1
| finalists      = 8
| venues         = 3
| cities         = 3
| champion       = Jamaica
| count          = 4
| second         = Grenada
| third          = Guadeloupe
| third-flagvar  = local
| fourth         = Cuba
| matches        = 16
| goals          = 181
| attendance     = 
| top_scorer     = {{flagicon|GRN}} [[Kitson Bain]]<br />{{flagicon|JAM}} [[Luton Shelton]]<br />(5 goals each)
| player         = {{flagicon|JAM}} [[Eric Vernan]]
| prevseason = [[2007 Caribbean Cup|2007]]
| nextseason = [[2010 Caribbean Cup|2010]]
}}

The '''2008 Caribbean Cup''' (known as the '''[[Digicel]] Caribbean Cup''' for sponsorship reasons) is the 2008 edition of the [[Caribbean Cup|Caribbean Championship]], an international [[association football|football]] championship for national teams affiliated with the [[Caribbean Football Union]] (CFU) of the [[CONCACAF]] region. The finals were held in [[Jamaica]] from 3–14 December 2008. The four semifinalists – [[Jamaica national football team|Jamaica]], [[Grenada national football team|Grenada]], [[Guadeloupe national football team|Guadeloupe]], and [[Cuba national football team|Cuba]] – all qualified for the [[2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2009 edition]] of the [[CONCACAF Gold Cup]],<ref name="CONCACAFNews">{{cite web| url= http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.aspx?id=4261| title= Caribbean Qualification to 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup begins in Netherlands Antilles| publisher= [[CONCACAF]]| date= 2008-07-22| access-date= 2008-07-31| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080729045353/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.aspx?id=4261| archive-date= 29 July 2008| url-status= dead| df= dmy-all}}</ref> although Cuba later withdrew and was replaced by [[Haiti national football team|Haiti]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.aspx?id=4657 |title=Gold Cup to be played in record 13 different U.S. cities July 3–26 |publisher=[[CONCACAF]] |date=2009-03-09 |access-date=2009-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090312232753/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.aspx?id=4657 |archive-date=12 March 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Qualifying began in July 2008. The qualifying rounds were used to qualify a total of six teams to the final round of the tournament to join the hosts, Jamaica, and the reigning champions, Haiti, who were given direct entry to the final group stage. The name was changed this year from Digicel Caribbean Cup to Digicel Caribbean Championship.<ref>[http://www.antiguasun.com/paper/?as=view&as=view&sun=113340107707172008&an=160109066307172008&ac=Sports&shwef=243836116607202008&pstamp=AS&CFID=32940176&CFTOKEN=17360487&jsessionid=9830e2ffd3be444e52Caribbean Championship kicks off next weekend]</ref>

==Qualification==

{{Details|2008 Caribbean Championship qualification}}

==Group stage==

Played in [[Jamaica]] from 3–14 December.

{{fb|HAI}} and {{fb|JAM}} automatically qualified for this round.

===Group I===
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| date = 4 December 2008
| time = 
| team1 = {{fb-rt|HAI}}
| score = 1–1
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| team2 = {{fb|ATG}}
| goals1 = [[Sony Nordé|Nordé]] {{goal|53}}
| goals2 = [[Peter Byers (footballer)|Byers]] {{goal|72}}
| stadium = [[Jarrett Park]], [[Montego Bay]]
| attendance = 
| referee = [[Mark Forde]] ([[Barbados Football Association|Barbados]])
| event = 
| round = 
| score1 = 
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{{footballbox
| date = 4 December 2008
| time = 
| team1 = {{fb-rt|GPE|local}}
| score = 1–2
| report = http://caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/matches/2008/guadeloupevscuba1242008.html
| team2 = {{fb|CUB}}
| goals1 = [[Lery Hannany|Hannany]] {{goal|27}}
| goals2 = [[Reysander Fernández|Fernandez]] {{goal|8}}<br />[[Roberto Linares|Linares]] {{goal|74}}
| stadium = [[Jarrett Park]], [[Montego Bay]]
| attendance = 
| referee = [[Neal Brizan]] ([[Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation|Trinidad and Tobago]])
}}
----
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|date = 6 December 2008
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CUB}}
|score = 3–0
|report  =http://caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/matches/2008/cubavsantiguaandbarbuda1262008.html
|team2 = {{fb|ATG}}
|goals1 = [[Yénier Márquez|Marquez]] {{goal|7}}<br />[[Roberto Linares|Linares]] {{goal|20}}<br />[[Jaime Colomé|Colomé]] {{goal|35|pen}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Greenfield Stadium (Trelawny)|Greenfield Stadium]], [[Trelawny Parish, Jamaica|Trelawny]]
|attendance =
|referee=[[Courtney Campbell (referee)|Courtney Campbell]] ([[Jamaica Football Federation|Jamaica]])
}}
{{football box
| date = 6 December 2008
| time = 
| team1 = {{fb-rt|HAI}}
| score = 2–3
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20081211091743/http://caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/matches/2008/haitivsguadeloupe1262008.html]
| team2 = {{fb|GPE|local}}
| goals1 = [[Alexandre Boucicaut|Boucicaut]] {{goal|45|pen.}}<br />[[Raymond Ednerson|Ednerson]] {{goal|68}}
| goals2 = [[Mickaël Antoine-Curier|Antoine-Curier]] {{goal|14}}<br />[[Michaël Niçoise|Niçoise]] {{goal|17}}<br />[[Jean-Luc Lambourde|Lambourde]] {{goal|90}}
| stadium = [[Greenfield Stadium (Trelawny)|Greenfield Stadium]], [[Trelawny Parish, Jamaica|Trelawny]]
| attendance = 
| referee = [[Trevor Taylor (referee)|Trevor Taylor]] ([[Barbados Football Association|Barbados]])
| event = 
| round = 
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| score2 = 
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----
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| date = 8 December 2008
| time = 
| team1 = {{fb-rt|CUB}}
| score = 0–1
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| team2 = {{fb|HAI}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = [[Alexandre Boucicaut|Boucicaut]] {{goal|35}}
| stadium = [[Jarrett Park]], [[Montego Bay]]
| attendance = 
| referee = [[Neal Brizan]] ([[Trinidad and Tobago Football Association|Trinidad and Tobago]])
| event = 
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
}}
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|date = 8 December 2008
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ATG}}
|score = 2–2
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|team2 = {{fb|GPE|local}}
|goals1 = [[Peter Byers (footballer)|Byers]] {{goal|35||82}}
|goals2 = [[Mickaël Antoine-Curier|Antoine-Curier]] {{goal|1}}<br />[[Gregory Gendrey|Gendrey]] {{goal|63}}
|stadium = [[Jarrett Park]], [[Montego Bay]]
|attendance =
|referee =[[Courtney Campbell (referee)|Courtney Campbell]] ([[Jamaica Football Federation|Jamaica]]) }}

===Group J===
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{{footballbox
|date = 3 December 2008
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|TRI}}
|score = 1–2
|report=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611042408/http://www.concacaf.com/competitions/matchreport/7523.pdf
|team2 = {{fb|GRN}}
|goals1 = Leo {{goal|70}}
|goals2 = [[Kitson Bain|Bain]] {{goal|36}}<br />[[Ricky Charles|Charles]] {{goal|90+}}
|stadium = [[Independence Park (Jamaica)|Independence Park]], [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]]
|attendance =
|referee =[[Otis James]] ([[Guyana Football Federation|Guyana]])
}}
{{footballbox
|date = 3 December 2008
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JAM}}
|score = 2–1
|report=http://caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/matches/2008/jamaicavsbarbados1232008.html
|team2 = {{fb|BRB}}
|goals1 = [[Rudolph Austin|Austin]] {{goal|76}}<br />[[Luton Shelton|Shelton]] {{goal|82|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Riviere Williams|Williams]] {{goal|45+}}
|stadium = [[Independence Park (Jamaica)|Independence Park]], [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]]
|attendance =
|referee =[[Joel Aguilar]] ([[Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol|El Salvador]]) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 5 December 2008
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRB}}
|score = 1–2
|report= http://caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/matches/2008/barbadosvstrinidadandtobago1252008.html
|team2 = {{fb|TRI}}
|goals1 = [[Gregory Goodridge|Goodridge]] {{goal|13}}
|goals2 = [[Errol McFarlane|McFarlane]] {{goal|42|pen.|73|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Jarrett Park]], [[Montego Bay]]
|attendance =
|referee =[[Javier Jauregui (footballer)|Javier Jauregui]] ([[Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie|Netherlands Antilles]])
}}
{{footballbox
|date = 5 December 2008
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JAM}}
|score = 4–0
|report= http://caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/matches/2008/jamaicavsgrenada1252008.html
|team2 = {{fb|GRN}}
|goals1 = [[Eric Vernan|Vernan]] {{goal|7}}<br />[[Luton Shelton|Shelton]] {{goal|18}}<br />[[Andy Williams (Jamaican footballer)|Williams]] {{goal|53}}<br />[[Demar Phillips|Phillips]] {{goal|78}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Jarrett Park]], [[Montego Bay]]
|attendance =
|referee =[[Roberto Moreno (referee)|Roberto Moreno]] ([[FEPAFUT|Panama]]) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 7 December 2008
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GRN}}
|score = 4–2
|report= http://caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/matches/2008/grenadavsbarbados1272008.html
|team2 = {{fb|BRB}}
|goals1 = [[Kitson Bain|Bain]] {{goal|14||28||67}}<br />[[Marcus Julien|Julien]] {{goal|22}}
|goals2 = [[Riviere Williams|Williams]] {{goal|71||78}}
|stadium = [[Greenfield Stadium (Trelawny)|Greenfield Stadium]], [[Trelawny Parish, Jamaica|Trelawny]]
|attendance =
|referee =[[Joel Aguilar]] ([[Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol|El Salvador]])
}}
{{footballbox
|date = 7 December 2008
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JAM}}
|score = 1–1
|report= http://caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/matches/2008/jamaicavstrinidadandtobago1272008.html
|team2 = {{fb|TRI}}
|goals1 = [[Eric Vernan|Vernan]] {{goal|46}}
|goals2 = [[Errol McFarlane|McFarlane]] {{goal|81}}
|stadium = [[Greenfield Stadium (Trelawny)|Greenfield Stadium]], [[Trelawny Parish, Jamaica|Trelawny]]
|attendance =
|referee =[[Roberto Moreno (referee)|Roberto Moreno]] ([[FEPAFUT|Panama]]) }}

==Knockout phase==

===Semi-finals===
{{footballbox
|date=11 December 2008
|time=17:00 ([[UTC-5]])
|report= http://caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/matches/2008/cubavsgrenada12112008.html
|team1={{fb|CUB}}
|score= 2–2 {{aet}}
|team2= {{fb|GRN}}
|goals1= [[Yoel Colomé]] {{goal|14}}<br/>[[Roberto Linares|Linares]] {{goal|33}}
|goals2= [[Ricky Charles|Charles]] {{goal|12|pen.}}<br/>[[Kitson Bain|Bain]] {{goal|80}}
|stadium=[[Independence Park (Jamaica)|Independence Park]], [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]]
|attendance=
|referee= [[Roberto Moreno (referee)|Roberto Moreno]] ([[FEPAFUT|Panama]])
|<!-- shootout players may not yet be listed in proper order in which the shootout took place. Please update when a match report becomes available. -->
|penalties1 = [[Alain Cervantes|Cervantes]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Ariel Martínez (Cuban footballer)|Martínez]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Jaime Colomé|Colomé]] {{penmiss}}<br />[[Silvio Pedro Minoso|Minoso]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Yenier Márquez|Márquez]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Alianni Urguelles|Urguelles]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Reysander Fernández|Fernández]] {{penmiss}}
|penaltyscore = 5–6
|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} [[Anthony Modeste (footballer born 1975)|Modeste]]<br />{{pengoal}} Rennie<br />{{penmiss}} [[Kitson Bain|Bain]]<br />{{pengoal}} Marshall<br />{{pengoal}} [[Ricky Charles|Charles]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Cassim Langaigne|Langaigne]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Junior Williams|Williams]]
}}

----
{{footballbox
|date=11 December 2008
|time=19:00 ([[UTC-5]])
|report= http://caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/matches/2008/jamaicavsguadeloupe12112008.html
|team1={{fb-rt|JAM}}
|score= 2–0
|team2={{fb|GPE|local}}
|goals1=[[Oneil Thompson|Thompson]] {{goal|11}}<br/> [[Luton Shelton|Shelton]] {{goal|57}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Independence Park (Jamaica)|Independence Park]], [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]]
|attendance=
|referee=[[Joel Aguilar]] ([[Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol|El Salvador]])
}}

===Third Place Playoff===
{{footballbox
|date=14 December 2008
|time= 15:30 ([[UTC-5]])
|team1={{fb-rt|CUB}}
|score= 0–0
|team2={{fb|GPE|local}}
|goals1=
|report=[http://caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/matches/2008/cubavsguadeloupe12142008.html Match Facts]
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Independence Park (Jamaica)|Independence Park]], [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]]
|attendance=
|referee=[[Trevor Taylor (referee)|Trevor Taylor]] ([[Barbados Football Association|Barbados]])
|penalties1=[[Alain Cervantes|Cervantes]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Ariel Martínez (Cuban footballer)|Martínez]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Yenier Márquez|Márquez]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Silvio Pedro Minoso|Minoso]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Jaime Colomé|Colomé]] {{penmiss}}
|penaltyscore=4–5
|penalties2={{pengoal}} [[Livio Nabab|Nabab]] <br />{{pengoal}} [[Lery Hannany|Hannany]] <br />{{pengoal}} [[Alain Vertot|Vertot]] <br/>{{pengoal}} [[Mickaël Antoine-Curier|Antoine-Curier]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Jean-Luc Lambourde|Lambourde]]
}}

===Final===
{{footballbox
|date=14 December 2008
|time= 18:00 ([[UTC-5]])
|team1={{fb-rt|JAM}}
|score= 2–0
|team2={{fb|GRN}}
|goals1= [[Luton Shelton|Shelton]] {{goal|17|pen.|71|pen.}}
|report=http://caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/matches/2008/jamaicavsgrenada12142008.html
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Independence Park (Jamaica)|Independence Park]], [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]]
|attendance=
|referee=[[Neal Brizan]] ([[Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation|Trinidad and Tobago]])
}}

{{Winners|fb|2008 Caribbean Cup<br> winner|Jamaica|Fourth}}

==Goalscorers==
''Goals only from the final tournament''
;5 goals
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
*{{flagicon|GRN}} [[Kitson Bain]]
*{{flagicon|JAM}} [[Luton Shelton]]
{{colend}}
;3 goals
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
*{{flagicon|BAR}} [[Riviere Williams]]
*{{flagicon|CUB}} [[Roberto Linares]]
*{{flagicon|ATG}} [[Peter Byers (footballer)|Peter Byers]]
*{{flagicon|TRI}} [[Errol McFarlane]]
{{colend}}
;2 goals
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
*{{flagicon|CUB}} [[Yenier Márquez]]
*{{flagicon|GRN}} [[Ricky Charles]]
*{{flagicon|GPE|local}} [[Mickaël Antoine-Curier]]
*{{flagicon|HAI}} [[Alexandre Boucicaut]]
*{{flagicon|JAM}} [[Eric Vernan]]
*{{flagicon|TRI}} [[Devon Jorsling]]
{{colend}}
;1 goal
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
*{{flagicon|BAR}} [[Gregory Goodridge]]
*{{flagicon|CUB}} [[Jaime Colomé]]
*{{flagicon|CUB}} [[Joel Colomé]]
*{{flagicon|CUB}} [[Reysandry Fernandez]]
*{{flagicon|GRN}} [[Marcus Julien]]
*{{flagicon|GPE|local}} [[Gregory Gendrey]]
*{{flagicon|GPE|local}} [[Lery Hannany]]
*{{flagicon|GPE|local}} [[Jean-Luc Lambourde]]
*{{flagicon|GPE|local}} [[Michaël Niçoise]]
*{{flagicon|HAI}} [[Raymond Ednerson]]
*{{flagicon|HAI}} [[Sony Norde]]
*{{flagicon|JAM}} [[Rudolph Austin]]
*{{flagicon|JAM}} [[Demar Phillips]]
*{{flagicon|JAM}} [[Oneil Thompson]]
*{{flagicon|JAM}} [[Andy Williams (Jamaican footballer)|Andy Williams]]
*{{flagicon|TRI}} Dwayne Leo
{{colend}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080517113014/http://www.digicelfootball.com/ Caribbean Championships official site]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090308101315/http://www.concacaf.com/competitions/goldcup/2009/ CONCACAF Gold Cup site]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081215182141/http://www.concacaf.com/viewCompetition.aspx?id=239 CONCACAF competition results site]

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