| The Caribbean T20 tournament replaced the Stanford | | | | and Leeward Islands comprise Zone A, while |
| T20 as the Caribbean's premier Twenty20 | | | | Barbados, Guyana, Windward Islands and CCC |
| tournament. Since Texan billionaire Allen Stanford got | | | | comprise Zone B. The top two teams from each |
| into legal difficulties, the West Indies Cricket Board | | | | group qualify for the semi-finals; the winner of one |
| contemplated a replacement event. Given the financial | | | | zone would play the runner-up of the other zone. |
| constraints of the board, the Caribbean T20 is much | | | | Trinidad and Tobago are the most consistent T20 side |
| shorter and has fewer teams. | | | | in the Caribbean. They qualified for both Stanford T20 |
| In the inaugural event, there are eight teams. The | | | | finals (2006 and 2008) and won the 2008 tournament. |
| winner of the competition would be decided after nine | | | | The twin-island republic appeared in the Stanford |
| days and fifteen matches. Trinidad and Tobago and | | | | Super Series, where they beat English champions |
| Barbados are joint hosts of this event, with the opening | | | | Middlesex and narrowly lost to a star-studded England |
| match and opening two rounds being played in | | | | side. T&T went on to represent the region in the |
| Barbados. Trinidad and Tobago would host the final | | | | inaugural Champions League T20 competition in 2009, |
| round of the zone games, the semi-finals and the | | | | where they beat the likes of Deccan Chargers, |
| grand final. Barbados hosts all their games at the | | | | Sussex and New South Wales on their way to the |
| Kensington Oval, while the Queen's Park Oval in | | | | final. Playing against New South Wales for a second |
| Trinidad hosts all the fixtures scheduled for Trinidad. | | | | time, Brett Lee's heroics denied them the title. |
| Unlike the Stanford T20, there are only the traditional | | | | Jamaica and Guyana are good contenders, with both |
| West Indies territories, a Combined Campuses and | | | | teams having lots of experience in their squad. |
| Colleges (CCC) team and the Canadian national team. | | | | Barbados has an outside chance, but they never |
| Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana, | | | | reached the final of a T20 event before. Perennial |
| Windward Islands and Leeward Islands are the other | | | | underdogs Leeward Islands and Windward Islands |
| teams involved. Given the constraints, individual island | | | | seem to make up numbers, but they might be able to |
| teams could not be fielded in this tournament. | | | | spring some surprises in an unpredictable format such |
| The eight teams play on a round robin basis in two | | | | as T20. The winner of this event qualifies for the 2010 |
| groups of four. Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Canada | | | | Champions League. |