Press Release
Banks DIH Limited
Date: June 24, 2013
Trinidad and Tobago are the 2013 Guinness Caribbean Street Football champions as last year’s runner-up Guyana failed to advance to the semi-finals in this year’s regional tournament held over the weekend in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
The Trinidadians defeated Dominica 2-0 in a penalty shootout in the final after the game was tied at 1-1 at the end of regulation time.
The Guyana side competing in Zone “A” in the preliminary competition scored only one win beating Antigua/Barbuda 2-0. They lost to eventual winners Trinidad and Tobago 1-0 and bowed out to St. Lucia in a penalty shootout 2-1 in the battle for a semi-final place. Daniel Favorite scored Guyana’s only goal in the penalty shootout.
The Guyanese finished a disappointing fifth, one place behind last year’s winners and host St. Vincent and the Grenadines who also failed to impress as new teams emerged in the regional event.
Dominica will be one of the teams to watch in the future after they lost in the final. They had beaten St. Lucia 1-0 in the semi-final.
The Trinidad and Tobago defeated St. Kitts/Nevis 1-0 in the other semi-final match.
The Trinidadians secured a first prize of US $4000 and the opportunity to be a part of a Futsal coaching course in Jamaica for players and one team official.
Dominica took home US$2000 while St. Lucia who defeated St. Kitts 3-0 in the third place play off won US$1500 with the St. Kitts side receiving US$1000.
Eight regional teams took part in the second annual Guinness Street Football Challenge. The inaugural tournament was held in Guyana last year.
The Guyana team arrived home Sunday morning.