KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – Eight-time winners Trinidad and Tobago will fancy their chances of easily advancing to the Caribbean Cup finals in November, after being drawn in Group 7 of the second round of qualifying.

They will face St Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda and the Dominican Republic in the four-team group which will be hosted in Port of Spain. All three groups in the second round of qualifying run from October 8 to 12.
T&T, who lost to Cuba in the 2012 final in St John’s, were handed a bye from the earlier rounds of qualification by virtue of having reached the final four in the last Caribbean Cup.
Antigua and Barbuda, who played unbeaten to win Group 5 in the first round of qualifiers, which ended last week, will be fancying their chances, as will St Lucia, who finished second to St Kitts and Nevis in Group 6.
Trinidad and Tobago open their campaign against the Dominican Republic who finished third in Group 5 but advanced as the best third-placed team.
Meanwhile, 2007 champions Haiti who also finished third in 2012 will do battle in Group 8, alongside St Kitts and Nevis, Barbados and French Guiana.
Haiti, who also did not contest the first round of qualifiers, will start their campaign against French Guiana and, like T&T, will fancy their chances of heading into the final round.
St Kitts will be full of confidence after topping Group 6 in the first round of qualifiers while Barbados finished second to Martinique in Group 3. French Guiana were second in Group 4 behind Curacao.
Group 9 will see Curacao, St Vincent and the Grenadines and French sides Martinique and hosts Guadeloupe compete for top honours.
St Vincent were second to Antigua in Group 5 while Guadeloupe, like Haiti, are entering the competition for the first time.
The top two teams from each group will qualify for the eight-team finals where they will face title-holders Cuba and hosts Jamaica, from November 10 to 18 in Montego Bay.