PRESS RELEASE
GUYANA TO FACE JAMAICA AND SURINAME IN 3RD ROUND OF CFU 2016 SCOTIABANK CARIBBEAN MEN’S CUP CHAMPIONSHIP
– 1st Best Runner-Up From Round Two
30th June, 2016; Georgetown: As the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) 2016 Scotiabank Caribbean Men’s Cup Championship enters its third round, Guyana, who is in Group Three, is scheduled to face Jamaica on October 5 at a venue to be announced and Suriname on October 8 at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.
In Round Two of the tournament, Guyana was placed as first runner-up in Group Three after being defeated by Curacao 2 – 5 but triumphing against the United States Virgin Islands 7 – 0 in Curacao and St. Thomas, USVI respectively.
The Third Round commences on October 5 and in addition to the Guyana match, the other matches to be played on that day are: Haiti vs French Guiana at the Stade Sylvio Cator Stadium (Haiti); Curacao vs Antigua and Barbuda at Ergilio Hato Stadium (Curacao) and Trinidad and Tobago vs Dominican Republic at a venue to be announced.
Fifth Place playoff will be held from November 7 – 15 and the Final Round in May 2017. The top three of this tournament will qualify for the CONCACAF Gold Cup.