The CFU Championship, also known as CFU Nations Cup, was a regional football competition for senior national teams from the Caribbean. It was organized by the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), the regional body for the Caribbean Zone under CONCACAF. The tournament was held from 1978 to 1988 and it was the direct predecessor of the Caribbean Cup.

CFU Championship
Organizing bodyCFU
Founded1978; 47 years ago (1978)
Abolished1988; 37 years ago (1988)
RegionCaribbean
Number of teams4
Related competitionsCaribbean Cup
Copa Centroamericana/Copa de Naciones UNCAF
North American Nations Cup
Last champion(s) Trinidad and Tobago
(2nd title)
Most successful team(s) Trinidad and Tobago
 Martinique
(2 titles each)

Editions

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Ed. Year Hosts Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth Place
1 1978   Trinidad and Tobago   Suriname   Trinidad and Tobago   Haiti   Antigua and Barbuda
2 1979   Suriname   Haiti   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   Suriname   Trinidad and Tobago
3 1981   Puerto Rico   Trinidad and Tobago   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   Guadeloupe   Puerto Rico
4 1983   French Guiana   Martinique   Trinidad and Tobago   French Guiana   Antigua and Barbuda
5 1985   Barbados   Martinique   Barbados   Guadeloupe   Suriname
6 1988   Martinique   Trinidad and Tobago   Antigua and Barbuda   Martinique   Guadeloupe

Performances

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Team Titles Runners-up Third place Fourth place
  Trinidad and Tobago 2
(1981, 1988)
2
(1978, 1983)
1
(1979)
  Martinique 2
(1983, 1985)
1
(1988)
  Suriname 1
(1978)
1
(1979)
1
(1985)
  Haiti 1
(1978)
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2
(1979, 1981)
  Barbados 1
(1985)
  Antigua and Barbuda 1
(1988
2
(1978, 1983)
  Guadeloupe 2
(1981, 1985)
1
(1988)
  French Guiana 1
(1983)
  Puerto Rico 1
(1981)
Notes

Italic — Hosts

See also

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References

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