2016 Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Futsal Championship: Cuba tops Curacao for CFU futsal crown

(ABOVE) Players from Cuba (pictured) gather for a team photo prior to a 2016 CFU Futsal Championship game in Havana.

HAVANA – January 28, 2016 Cuba got a pair of goals from both Fernando Chapman and Karen Mariño to earn a 5-0 win over Curacao in the final of the 2016 Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Futsal Championship on Tuesday at the Sala Kid Chocolate.
The finalists also earned places in this year’s CONCACAF Futsal Championship, which will qualify four teams to the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Colombia.
Chapman, who was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player, opened the scoring in the fifth minute. Jhonnet Martinez made it 2-0 just before halftime, before Chapman netted his second in the 28th minute.
Mariño completed the scoreline with rapid strikes in the 33rd and 34th minutes.
In the match for third place, Trinidad & Tobago edged Guadeloupe, 5-4, on the strength of a Jerywn Balthazar hat-trick. Mickael Burlet also netted three goals for the Guadeloupeans in the loss.
2016 CARIBBEN FOOTBALL UNION FUTSAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Sala Kid Chocolate – Havana, Cuba
January 22-26, 2016
GROUP 1

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	P
Curacao	3	3	0	0	13	4	9
Trinidad & Tobago	3	2	0	1	13	7	6
Guyana	3	1	0	2	8	11	3
Antigua & Barbuda	3	0	0	3	3	15	0

 January 22, 2016
Trinidad & Tobago-Antigua & Barbuda 7-1 (4-0)
Kerry Joseph 1:46; Jerwyn Balthazar 10:28, 31:46, 39:34; Jameel Neptune 13:46; Colin Joseph 15:15, 33:12 / Shavorn Philip 37:57
Curacao-Guyana 5-2 (2-0)
Everon Espacia 17:22, 24:06; Ashar Bernardus 18:32; Rudrick Pop 36:02; Shurwendel Roosje 37:55 / Konata Mannings 21:34; Eusi Phillips 22:19
January 23, 2016
Guyana-Trinidad & Tobago 3-4 (0-3)
Konata Mannings 32:33; Eusi Phillips 32:45, 36:08 / Kerry Joseph 4:39; Jerwyn Balthazar 6:19; Ishmael Daniel 19:44; Jameel Neptune 31:07
Antigua & Barbuda-Curacao 0-5 (0-0)
Everon Espacia 26:46, 37:14; Ashar Bernardus 27:34, 27:52; Shurwendel Roosje 38:49
January 24, 2016
Guyana-Antigua & Barbuda 3-2 (2-2)
Konata Mannings 4:01; Travis Grant 17:58; Jermine Jeffrey 32:42 / Eugine Kirwan 03:46; Novelle Francis Jr. 15:07
Curacao-Trinidad & Tobago 3-2 (0-1)
Jean Pauletta 23:03, 30:12; Ashar Bernardus 39:13 / Ishmael Daniel 14:13; Jerwyn Balthazar 39:39
GROUP 2

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	P
Cuba	3	3	0	0	14	1	9
Guadeloupe	3	2	0	1	15	10	6
St. Maarten	3	1	0	2	6	13	3
Jamaica	3	0	0	3	6	17	0

January 22, 2016
Jamaica-Guadeloupe 3-9 (2-7)
Michily Waul 9:05, 25:04; Anthony Marks 9:55 / Mickael Burlet 2:59, 12:32; Rohann Rambojan 3:17; Samuel Lantidor 3:55, 7:53, 21:19
Cuba-St. Maarten 5-0 (3-0)
Ricardo Castillo 12:00; Jhonnet Martinez 19:07, 34:30, 35:40; Sandy Dominguez 19:41
January 23, 2016
St. Maarten-Jamaica 3-2 (2-1)
Raymond Wolff 0:34, 39:49; Rick De Punder 11:02 / Marvin Morgan 19:09, 37:07
Cuba-Guadeloupe 4-0 (1-0)
Sandy Dominguez 8:57; Karen Mariño 24:00; Brenieht Suarez 37:38; Ricardo Castillo 38:53
January 24, 2016
Guadeloupe-St. Maarten 6-3 (5-3)
Samuel Lantidor 0:14; Mickael Burlet 4:02, 38:09; Manuel Chaffort 11:38; Yvan Chicate 15:29; Ludovic Malacquis 19:41 / Raymond Wolff 4:29; Julius Richardson 9:28; own-goal, Benoite Lacazette 12:30
Cuba-Jamaica 5-1 (5-0)
Karen Mariño 1:01; Ricardo Castillo 7:14, 10:45, 17:14; Jhonnet Martinez 18:26 / Kemeel Wolfe 39:00
MATCH FOR THIRD PLACE
January 26, 2016
Trinidad & Tobago-Guadeloupe 5-4 (2-1)
Jerwyn Balthazar 5:17, 32:58, 37:21; Kerry Joseph 13:13; Jameel Neptune 38:05 / Benoite Lacazette 4:24; Mickael Burlet 23:47, 36:46, 39:51
FINAL
January 26, 2016
Curacao-Cuba 0-5 (0-2)
Fernando Chapman 5:06, 28:17; Jhonnet Martinez 19:02; Karen Mariño 33:09, 34:28
GOALSCORERS
EIGHT
Jerwyn Balthazar, Trinidad & Tobago
SEVEN
Mickael Burlet, Guadeloupe
FIVE
Ricardo Castillo, Cuba
Jhonnet Martinez, Cuba
FOUR
Ashar Bernardus, Curacao
Everon Espacia, Curacao
Samuel Lantidor, Guadeloupe
Karen Mariño, Cuba
THREE
Kerry Joseph, Trinidad & Tobago
Konata Mannings, Guyana
Jemeel Neptune, Trinidad & Tobago
Eusi Phillips, Guyana
Raymond Wolff, St. Maarten
TWO
Manuel Chaffort, Guadeloupe
Fernando Chapman, Cuba
Ishmael Daniel, Trinidad & Tobago
Sandy Dominguez, Cuba
Colin Joseph, Trinidad & Tobago
Ludovic Malacquis, Guadeloupe
Marvin Morgan, Jamaica
Jean Pauletta, Curacao
Shurwendel Roosje, Curacao
Michily Waul, Jamaica
ONE
Yvan Chicate, Guadeloupe
Novelle Francis Jr., Antigua & Barbuda
Travis Grant, Guyana
Jermine Jeffrey, Guyana
Eugine Kirwan, Antigua & Barbuda
Loic Labuthie, Guadeloupe
Benoite Lacazette, Guadeloupe
Anthony Marks, Jamaica
Shavorn Philip, Antigua & Barbuda
Rick De Punder, St. Maarten
Rudrick Pop, Curacao
Rohann Rambojan, Guadeloupe
Julius Richardson, St. Maarten
Brenieht Suarez, Cuba
Kemeel Wolfe, Jamaica
own-goal in favor of, St. Maarten