The CONCACAF Caribbean Shield, also known as the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield, is an annual Caribbean football competition for clubs that are members of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU). It is a second-tier competition to the CONCACAF Caribbean Cup (and formerly the Caribbean Club Championship), introduced in 2018 for clubs which worked towards professional standards. It is organized by CONCACAF.

Until 2022, the winner of this competition, as long as it fulfilled the licensing criteria, played against the fourth-placed team of the Caribbean Club Championship for a place in the CONCACAF League. As of 2023, the winner and runner-up qualify for the CONCACAF Caribbean Cup.

History

On 25 July 2017 in San Francisco, California, CONCACAF council approved the implementation of a two-tier competition for affiliated clubs of Caribbean member associations, starting in 2018. The tier-one competition, known as the Caribbean Club Championship, would be contested by the champions and runners-up of the top professional and semi-professional leagues in year one, and open to only fully professional leagues in year two onwards. The tier-two competition, known as the Caribbean Club Shield, would be contested by the champions of the leagues that had no professional teams in year one (2018), opened to semi-professional standards in year two (2019) and planned to be open to fully professional leagues by 2022.[]

In 2023, both tournaments will be restructured and renamed. The winner and runner-up of the second-tier Caribbean Shield will now qualify for the first-tier CONCACAF Caribbean Cup to be held later in the same month.

「カリビアン クラブシールド」とは、カリブ海地域のクラブチームが参加するサッカートーナメントです。この大会は、カリブ海の島々から集まった強豪クラブが競い合い、優勝を目指します。カリビアン クラブシールドは、その地域のサッカークラブの実力を試す場として、毎年開催されています。参加クラブは、各国のリーグ戦で上位に入ったチームやカップ戦で優勝したチームなどが選ばれ、予選を勝ち抜いたクラブが本大会に進出します。大会は、グループステージから始まり、各クラブが互いに対戦し、勝ち点を競います。上位チームは、ノックアウトステージに進出し、準々決勝、準決勝を勝ち抜いた2チームが決勝戦で対戦します。優勝クラブは、カリビアン クラブシールドの栄誉を手にし、次回大会への出場権を獲得します。このトーナメントは、カリブ海地域のサッカーファンにとって、非常に重要なイベントであり、各国のクラブチームの熱い戦いが繰り広げられます。