The largest Caribbean football tournament to ever take place drew to a close on Tuesday, January 23, with Trinidad & Tobago battling it out against Haiti for the for the title of the best team in the Caribbean in the Digicel Caribbean Cup.

A spectacular closing ceremony featuring performances by Soca Artiste Destra Garcia, carnival dancers, competitions for supporters and fireworks officially closed the Digicel Caribbean Cup 2006/2007. This year’s competition had the highest number of teams participating, the biggest number of games, the largest prize fund on offer (almost $300,000), more teams than ever before qualifying for the CONCACAF Gold Cup and record crowd attendances.

“With 67 games, 24 teams, 235 goals, 3 qualifying rounds, 7 preliminary qualifying groups, 2 group stages in the finals, tens of thousands of giveaways at games, Motorola handset competitions, Digicel credit for fans and appearances by the ever glamorous Digi-girls, Digicel delivered a unique football experience for fans,” said Mr. E. Jay Saunders, general manager of Digicel in Turks & Caicos.

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The Digicel Caribbean Cup has developed into a well-respected international football tournament, broadcast on TV across the globe and with journalists traveling to the matches from as far afield as Japan. In addition, a Digicel All-Star Caribbean Team will be chosen by a panel of independent judges from all the players on show in the Digicel Caribbean Cup finals tournament. With 193 goals from the 51 qualifying matches in the tournament so far, the judges will have plenty of exciting Caribbean football talent to choose from.