The Caribbean is guaranteed four berths at the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup, and they have been filled by Curacao, French Guiana, Jamaica, and Martinique. But there is one spot still available to a Caribbean team: once the 2017 Copa Centroamericana (from which the top four will automatically qualify for the Gold Cup) is completed, the fifth-placed team will play-off against the fifth-placed team from Caribbean qualifying for a lucky-loser entry to CONCACAF's showpiece tournament.
To decide the fifth-placed team from Caribbean qualifying, there will be a three-team playoff in January. Trinidad and Tobago will host Haiti and Suriname in a round-robin playoff that will determine the Caribbean's representative in the Gold Cup playoff.