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The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) is the governing body of football in Jamaica. It was formed in 1910 and governs men's football since then and women's football since 1991. Between 1987 and 1991, women's football was governed by the Jamaican Women's Football Federation. The JFF joined CONCACAF and FIFA in 1962.
Football was popular in Jamaican townships, but at a regional level it only broke through towards the end of the twentieth century. [8] The first match between two Caribbean countries was held in 1925. In a series of three encounters, the Jamaica national football team won three times over Haiti. Four years later, the first Nations Cup was ...
Netball is a popular sport among Jamaican women, and is the country's most popular women's sport. The Jamaica national netball team, known as the Sunshine Girls, have participated in the Netball World Championships every year since their inception in 1963, finishing third in 1991, 2003 and 2007, and in the Commonwealth Games, earning the bronze ...
The Jamaica Premier League was formed in 1973 to serve as the top tier of Jamaican professional club football. [5] The league's inaugural season kicked off on September 22, 1973 as the Craven A National Club League Championships, and finished with Santos F.C. as the first title winners. [6] 14 clubs have been crowned champions of Jamaica.
In 1893, Jamaica's first football club, the Kingston Cricket Club, was formed. [4] In 1910, the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) was formed and controlled all of the games. The first game was played on 22 March 1925, as the opener in a three game series against Haiti. Jamaica won the first game, 2 to 1, followed by victories of 3-0 and 1-0 in ...
In qualifying, Jamaica beat Puerto Rico 2–1 and was then faced with Bermuda, Canada, and El Salvador from which two teams would advance to the final round. Jamaica tied 1–1 with Canada and Bermuda and then lost 2–0 to El Salvador, 1–0 to Canada, 2–1 to El Salvador. Jamaica then beat Bermuda 3–2 but did not qualify.
American football, with 1.1 million high school football players and nearly 70,000 college football players, is the most popular sport in the United States, [140] [141] with the annual Super Bowl game accounting for nine of the top ten of the most watched broadcasts in U.S. television history. [142]
This is a list of football clubs in Jamaica. All information is taken from the rsssf.com database for the 2006/2007 season. Wray and Nephew Jamaica Premier League