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The Jamaica Football Federation has selected an 18 member National U-23 team for the Caribbean Round of Qualifiers to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. The team will stage its final training session on Thursday, September 6, 2007 at 4:00pm at the Prison Oval in Spanish Town.

The Caribbean Qualifying Tournament features twenty-two Caribbean nations in six groups for the first round qualification. Aruba, Bahamas, Cuba, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Vincent & The Grenadines and Trinidad & Tobago will each host a Caribbean First Round Group. The six group winners will advance to the second round that consists of two three-team groups. Both second round group winners will progress to the CONCACAF U-23 Final Round Tournament.

The winners of two Central American groups will advance to the CONCACAF Men’s U-23 Tournament along with two Caribbean teams, Canada, Mexico and USA. The two second-place finishers from each Central American Group will meet in a home-and-away playoff series with the winner also progressing to the CONCACAF Final Round, where two teams will qualify to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.

The Jamaican delegation leaves the island on Friday, September 7 at 12:40pm on American Airlines flight AA-1376 and returns on Friday, September 14.

Please see Jamaica’s fixtures for the tournament below as well as the delegation.

Delegation

• Carlton Dennis - Head of Delegation

• Wendell Downswell - Coach

• Sean Samuels - Assistant Coach/Trainer

• Juan Pablo Camargo - Masseur

• Dr. Cathy Maddan - Team Doctor

• Howard Bell - Team Manager