The 1996 Caribbean Cup (also known as the Shell/Umbro Caribbean Cup for sponsorship reasons), was the 8th edition of the Caribbean Cup, the biennial football championship of the Caribbean region (CFU). It was held in Trinidad, where it began on 24 May 1996 and concluded on 7 June.

1996 Caribbean Cup
Shell/Umbro Caribbean Cup 1996
Tournament details
Host countryTrinidad and Tobago
Teams19 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Trinidad and Tobago (5th title)
Runners-up Cuba
Third place Martinique
Fourth place Suriname
Tournament statistics
Matches played35
Goals scored97 (2.77 per match)
1995
1997

In the tournament, the hosts Trinidad and Tobago were to be joined by 7 nations who advanced from the qualification process that began in April 1996 and involved 18 Caribbean national teams.

A total of 16 games were played. Trinidad and Tobago won the tournament and landed their fifth Caribbean.

Entrants

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Qualifying tournament

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Group 1

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First round

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Netherlands Antilles withdrew and the return round was not played

Second round

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Group 2

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 2 0 0 11 0 +11 6
  Sint Maarten 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 3
  Anguilla 2 0 0 2 0 12 −12 0
Source: [citation needed]

All matches were played in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Kitts and Nevis  8–0  Anguilla

Sint Maarten  4–0  Anguilla

Saint Kitts and Nevis  3–0  Sint Maarten

Group 3

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Both matches were played in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Haiti  6–0  Dominican Republic
Haiti  1–1  Dominican Republic

Group 4

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Cayman Islands  0–4  Cuba

The return round was not played

Group 5

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First round

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Dominica  0–1  Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia  1–1  Dominica

Second round

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Martinique  1–0  Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia  0–1  Martinique

Group 6

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Jamaica  2–0  Barbados
Young   44' (pen.)
Davis   89'
Barbados  2–0 (aet)
(3–4 pen)
  Jamaica
Goodridge   51'
Sobers   55' (pen.)

Group 7

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First round

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French Guiana  1–2  Suriname
Suriname  1–1  French Guiana

Second round

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Suriname  2–1  Guyana
Guyana  2–1 (aet)
(3–5 pen.)
  Suriname

Final tournament

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Trinidad and Tobago 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9
  Suriname 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
  Jamaica 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
  Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 0 1 2 3 10 −7 1
Source: [citation needed]

Jamaica  4–1  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Wright   21'
Davis   61', 72'
Palmer   87'
Grumbs   89'
Trinidad and Tobago  3–0  Suriname
Latapy   58', 61'
Rougier   88'

Suriname  3–1  Jamaica
Riedwald   6'
Boyce   7', 44'
Lowe   45'
Trinidad and Tobago  5–1  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Latapy   21', 29', 80'
Marcelle   45'
Dwarika   81'
Bedford   79'

Group B

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Played in San Fernando and Arima, Trinidad and Tobago

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Cuba 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7
  Martinique 3 2 0 1 4 1 +3 6
  Haiti 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Source: [citation needed]
Martinique  1–0  Haiti
Sorbert   53'

Haiti  2–2  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Golman   50', 56' Hendrickson   60', 89'
Cuba  1–0  Martinique
Darcourt   72'

Haiti  0–0  Cuba
Martinique  3–0  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Valide   3'
Reno   23', 34'

Semifinals

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Trinidad and Tobago  2–1  Martinique
John   90', 117' Carole   88'

3rd Place Playoff

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Martinique  1–1 (aet)
(3–2 pen.)
  Suriname
Rano   48' Riedewald   76'

Finals

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 1996 Caribbean Cup winner 
 
Trinidad and Tobago

Fifth title