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Trinidad & Tobago to host 2006 Under-16/17 Carribean Football Union (CFU) Youth Cup which runs from 14-26 August. Haiti is in Group D with Cayman Islands, St Martin and Guatemala

10.7.06 - For a second consecutive year, Trinidad & Tobago will host the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Youth Cup with the participation of 28 Under-16 National teams in the 2006 event, which runs from 14-26 August.

The annual CFU tournament will have as invited guest teams of Canada, Guatemala, Mexico and Panama joining 24 Caribbean sides in the competition. COMPLETE FIXTURES

The first round of the 2006 CFU Youth Cup will have seven groups of four teams playing in six cities: Bacolet, Couva, Malabar, Marabella, Point-Pierre and Port of Spain from 14-19 August.

The group winners along with the just the best second-place finisher will progress into the quarterfinals on 22 August. The semifinals are scheduled for 24 August, with the third-place match and final set for two days later.

Canada won last year?s CFU Youth Cup after defeating Guatemala by a score of 4:0 in final held at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain on 13 August 2005. Jamaica took the third-place honours earlier in the day with a 3:0 win over Trinidad & Tobago. COMPLETE STORY

The 2006 CFU Youth Cup will also double as the Caribbean Preliminary Qualification to the CONCACAF Under-17 Final Round with the group games due to take place in April 2007.

The best Caribbean team (excluding Jamaica) from the 2006 CFU Youth Cup will advance to the 2007 CONCACAF U-17 Final Round along with Canada, Mexico & USA; two squads from Central America; and final group hosts Honduras and Jamaica.

The top two squads from each of the CONCACAF Final Round Groups will qualify to the FIFA U-17 World Cup Korea 2007. The two third-place finishers from each of the Final Round Groups will meet in a two-game playoff for the final Confederation berth in the FIFA event.

Haiti in Group D with Cayman Islands, St Martin and Guatemala

15.8.2006 Guatemala - Haiti 10:00 Point-Pierre, TRI

15.8.2006 Saint-Martin - Cayman Islands 12:00 Point-Pierre, TRI

17.8.2006 Haiti - Cayman Islands 14:00 Point-Pierre, TRI

17.8.2006 Guatemala - Saint-Martin 16:00 Point-Pierre, TRI

19.8.2006 Haiti - Saint-Martin 17:00 Point-Pierre, TRI

19.8.2006 Guatemala - Cayman Islands 19:00 Point-Pierre, TRI