The non-FIFA team will appear at the December tournament for the 1st time since 1996 in what goes down as a huge upset in the Caribbean footballing world. Having gone 1 behind to a Vurlon Mills goal in the 12th minute Stanley Ridel drew French Guiana level 22 minutes later. However straight after the interval Walter Moore made it 2-1 before Shawn Beveney added a 3rd. The French side then pulled a goal back via Marc-Frédéric Habran in the 63rdminute only for Beveney to make it 4-2 from the penalty spot with 2 minutes to go. In stoppage time defender Marc Edwige bagged his 1st international goal, pulling it back to 4-3.
Eyes turned to Grenada vs. Haiti and with the Haitians winning 2-0 it was confirmed that the non-FIFA side had completed a fairy-tale qualification. Finishing in 2nd place French Guiana will now go into group B of the finals where they’ll meet Jamaica, Cuba and the other non-FIFA qualifier Martinique. The tournament is scheduled for December 7th-16th.
Match information -
Score: Guyana 4 - 3 French Guiana
Score: Guyana 4 - 3 French Guiana
Goals: Guyana - Vurlon Mills 12’, Walter Moore 46’, Shawn Beveney 56’, 88' (p). French Guiana - Stanley Ridel 34’, 63’, Marc Edwige 90+1’.
French Guiana XI: Petit-Homme; E Martinion, Sophie, Torvic, Edwige; D Martinon [Habran 50'], Jean-Jacques, Lespérance, Ho Méou-Choune [Clet 55']; Ridel, Pigrée.
Final table:
Final table:
Team | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
Haiti | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 |
French Guiana | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
Grenada | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
Guyana | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 0 |
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