Haiti men's national football team
Enable an AI agent to recognise Haiti's senior men's national football team, assess its sporting and operational state at a stated time, and identify actions supported by evidence and authority.
Research draft, second pass
A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.
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Purpose and description
Enable an AI agent to recognise Haiti's senior men's national football team, assess its sporting and operational state at a stated time, and identify actions supported by evidence and authority.
The Haiti men's national football team is the senior men's association-football side selected by the Fédération Haïtienne de Football (FHF) to represent Haiti in FIFA- and CONCACAF-sanctioned international matches, commonly nicknamed Les Grenadiers.
It can be Resolve whether a Haiti-labelled squad, match or historical record belongs to this senior men's team.; Reconstruct the selected and available Haiti squad for a specified international window.; Assess Haiti's competition position and conditional qualification paths using the applicable rules and confirmed results.; Identify missing evidence or operational blockers before declaring the team ready for a fixture.; Prepare proposed squad, fixture or public-record updates for the responsible authority, preserving their approval status..
Distinguishing features
An authoritative designation must identify the side as Haiti's senior men's association football representative team; Haitian nationality or a Haiti-branded name alone is insufficient.
A roster or fixture must be assigned to the senior men's side rather than inferred from player age, which can overlap with youth and Olympic-age selections.
A Haitian club, diaspora selection or exhibition side does not become this national team merely by using national colours or fielding Haitian players.
Changes of coach, squad, training base or match venue do not establish a new team when the representative mandate continues.
A Haiti-designated home fixture must be distinguished from a fixture physically played in Haiti; venue geography does not determine team identity.
Scope
+ Continuity of Haiti's senior men's national representative side across changing players, coaches and administrative arrangements
+ The team's relationship to its governing football association and the authorities that recognise its participation
+ Time-bounded player selection, availability and assignment to the senior men's side
+ Fixtures, competition participation, results and qualification state attributable to this team
+ Collective preparation, venue arrangements, travel feasibility and readiness for a particular fixture
- The governing association's complete corporate structure, finances and administration
- Haiti women's, youth, Olympic-age, futsal and beach soccer teams as separate sporting entities
- Players' and coaches' complete biographies, club careers and personal records
- Competition rules, tournament administration and opponent models beyond their effects on Haiti's participation
- Stadium ownership, infrastructure management and Haiti's wider political or security conditions
Characteristics
- Representative identity
- Haiti; senior; men's; association football, supported by an authoritative designation Separates this registry entry from adjacent Haitian representative sides and clubs.
- Governing and recognition relationships
- Named association and relevant competition authorities, with role, evidence and effective dates Establishes who can select, enter and officially represent the team.
- Participation standing
- Eligible, conditionally eligible, restricted, suspended or unverified for a named competition and date Prevents assumed permission to compete from being confused with confirmed standing.
- Squad membership
- Player linked to a dated call-up, replacement, withdrawal or registered match squad Makes team composition temporal and distinguishes selection from actual participation.
- Player availability
- Confirmed available, doubtful, unavailable or unverified for a named camp or fixture, with documented reason Supports readiness decisions without treating a call-up as proof that a player can play.
- Competition position
- Entered, active, qualified, eliminated, withdrawn or unresolved in a named edition and stage Connects results to remaining opportunities and obligations.
- Official match performance
- Goals, matches, wins, draws, losses and competition points over a specified set of fixtures Supports reproducible assessment while preserving match status and competition context.
- Fixture location relationship
- Designated home or away role linked separately to actual stadium, host country and venue approval Allows Haiti's sporting designation and physical operating location to be assessed independently.
- Collective fixture readiness
- Ready, at risk, blocked or unverified, supported by squad, travel, venue and preparation evidence Turns documented constraints into an actionable assessment for a particular match.
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Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 6 bundles · 11 layers · 18 findings · 30 questions.
Haiti representative identity Establishes which sporting entity the registry entry denotes and how its identity persists.
Haiti-labelled football activity must be attributed to the correct national side before its records can support decisions.
Senior men's boundary
Separates the registered team from Haiti's other representative sides and non-national selections.
Authoritative team designation
Record the evidence that a named side represents Haiti in senior men's association football.
- Which authoritative designation connects this side to Haiti's senior men's national team? definition
- What evidence excludes a youth, Olympic-age, women's, futsal, beach soccer, club or unofficial selection? boundary
Identity continuity
Maintains attribution through changes in names, personnel and operating location.
Names and historical attribution
Record evidenced names and historical references without assuming that every Haiti-labelled record belongs to the same side.
- Which names, abbreviations and nicknames are documented for this team, and by which sources? provenance
- Does a disputed historical record concern the continuing senior men's representative side or a different selection? boundary
Representative mandate and authority Captures who governs Haiti's team and what participation or decision-making authority applies.
Sporting identity alone does not establish current competition admission or permission to act for the team.
Governance and recognition
Connects the team to its governing association and relevant international competition authorities.
Dated mandate and standing
Record the team's governing relationship and any documented conditions affecting its recognised participation.
- Which official records establish the association responsible for Haiti's senior men's team at the relevant date? provenance
- What admission conditions or restrictions, if any, apply to Haiti in the named competition edition? boundary
Team decision rights
Distinguishes coaching, administrative and external approval responsibilities.
Selection, entry and announcement authority
Record who may approve Haiti squad decisions, fixture commitments and official team announcements.
- Who holds the documented authority to approve selection, competition entry and official communications for this team? provenance
- Which proposed agent actions require team, association or competition approval before execution? action
Haiti squad and selection Models the players and technical leadership assembled for a particular Haiti camp or fixture.
A national team's available playing group changes between windows, and ancestry, eligibility, selection and availability are different claims.
Representation eligibility
Captures substantiated eligibility to represent Haiti without inferring it from birthplace, surname or heritage.
Player representation basis
Record the authoritative basis and unresolved conditions for a candidate player's representation of Haiti.
- What evidence establishes this player's eligibility to represent Haiti under the rules applicable to the intended match? provenance
- Does prior representation of another association require a decision or approval before selection can become participation? boundary
Window-specific composition
Tracks dated call-ups, withdrawals, replacements and technical leadership.
Selected versus available group
Distinguish Haiti's announced squad from players confirmed available and registered for the fixture.
- Which dated announcements establish the squad, replacements, withdrawals and responsible coaching staff for this window? provenance
- How many selected players are confirmed available by position, and which documented release, fitness, disciplinary or travel issues affect coverage? measurement
- Which unresolved absences require a replacement proposal or an availability check by authorised staff? action
Haiti competitive state Connects attributable match records to Haiti's position and remaining possibilities in specific competitions.
Scores and rankings support decisions only when their dates, match status and competition consequences are clear.
Fixtures and results
Establishes which scheduled or completed matches count toward the team's sporting record.
Attributable match record
Record opponent, date, competition context and official disposition, separating regulation, extra-time and shootout outcomes where relevant.
- Which official fixture or match report attributes this encounter to Haiti's senior men's team? provenance
- Was the match completed, postponed, abandoned, cancelled or decided administratively, and how does that affect its recorded result? definition
Progression and performance
Assesses Haiti within a dated competition stage and a clearly bounded performance period.
Position and next-match consequences
Record established standings and conditional progression scenarios without presenting projections as secured outcomes.
- What is Haiti's confirmed position in the named edition and stage after the latest included official results? measurement
- Under the applicable tie-breakers, which remaining result combinations would qualify or eliminate Haiti? measurement
- Which next-fixture preparation priorities follow from those scenarios, and who must approve the sporting response? action
Haiti fixture operating readiness Assesses whether the team can assemble, prepare and fulfil a named fixture at its actual location.
Haiti's readiness must be established from fixture-specific evidence, including any difference between designated home status and physical venue.
Venue and assembly
Connects the approved match location to the team's camp and player arrival arrangements.
Actual hosting and arrival plan
Record designated home status separately from venue geography, approval and the feasibility of assembling the squad.
- Where will Haiti actually play and train, and which official decision confirms or changes those locations? provenance
- Which selected players and staff have confirmed arrival arrangements compatible with the camp and match schedule? measurement
Readiness and contingencies
Turns verified preparation constraints into owned decisions and contingency proposals.
Fixture readiness decision
Record the evidence, remaining blockers and responsible decision-makers behind a readiness assessment for Haiti.
- Which verified squad, training-access, travel, equipment or venue conditions currently prevent Haiti from fulfilling this fixture as planned? measurement
- What authorised contingency can address each blocker, and by what deadline must its responsible party decide? action
Evidence and external alignment What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.
A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.
Reported evidence
Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.
Kinds and varieties
Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.
- Senior A-team (Les Grenadiers) used in World Cup qualifying, the CONCACAF Gold Cup and Nations League, and friendlies
- Men's Olympic / under-23 side, selected under Olympic age rules when Haiti contests Olympic football qualifying
- Under-20 men's national team, used in CONCACAF U-20 Championship and FIFA U-20 World Cup qualifying
- Under-17 men's national team, used in CONCACAF U-17 Championship and FIFA U-17 World Cup qualifying
- Historical CONCACAF Championship-era senior side (pre-1991 Gold Cup), including the 1973 championship team that reached the 1974 FIFA World Cup
- Diaspora-heavy modern squads versus domestically based Ligue Haïtienne cores, a practical distinction in how Haiti is assembled rather than a separate governing-body team
- Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of Haiti men's national football team this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Identifiers and schemes
Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.
- FIFA trigramme (country code) - HAI - The three-letter code used on team sheets, rankings and World Cup qualifying tables for the Haiti association.
- IOC / Olympic country code (when the Olympic football side is fielded) - HAI - Same letters as the FIFA trigramme; identifies the Olympic football entry, not a separate FIFA association.
- ISO 3166-1 (territory represented, not the team itself) - HT (alpha-2) / HTI (alpha-3) - Codes for the state of Haiti; they name the territory the FHF represents, not the team as a sporting entity.
- Wikidata item - Q215721 - Item commonly used for the Haiti men's national association-football team; confirm against the English Wikipedia sitelink before treating the Q-id as canonical in a registry.
- Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of Haiti men's national football team this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Standards and regulation
Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.
- FIFA Statutes and FIFA Regulations Governing International Matches - FIFA
- FIFA nationality and eligibility rules (including change-of-association provisions) - FIFA
- Laws of the Game - International Football Association Board (IFAB)
- CONCACAF Statutes and competition regulations for the Gold Cup, Nations League and World Cup qualifying - CONCACAF
- Statutes of the Fédération Haïtienne de Football, as the FIFA member association entitled to select the side - FHF
- FIFA standard-stadium and safety requirements applying to home internationals (Stade Sylvio Cator and any designated alternate venue) - FIFA
- Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of Haiti men's national football team this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Real-world use
Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.
- FIFA World Cup qualifying in the CONCACAF slot, including Haiti's sole final-tournament appearance in West Germany 1974 (Emmanuel Sanon's goal against Italy)
- CONCACAF Gold Cup and CONCACAF Nations League cycles as the ordinary competitive calendar
- International friendlies, often staged in the United States or elsewhere in the Caribbean when Port-au-Prince hosting is impractical
- Player identification in transfer and release windows: clubs must release contracted players called into the senior squad under FIFA international-match calendars
- Broadcast, ranking and seed lists that treat HAI as a single senior men's representative side
- Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Haiti men's national football team this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Typical measurements
Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.
- FIFA Men's World Ranking position - typically about 80-150 in the 21st century, with a short-lived peak reported near 20 in 2014 - rank
- FIFA World Cup final-tournament appearances - 1 (1974) - count
- Regulation playing time (senior A international) - 90 plus referee stoppage; 30 extra time in knockout ties that require it - minutes
- Tournament squad size - 23 historically; 26 at recent FIFA tournaments - players
- Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of Haiti men's national football team this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Failure modes and hazards
Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.
- FIFA suspension or a normalisation committee over government interference in the FHF, which can freeze the team's ability to enter competitions or receive development funds
- Inability to host at Stade Sylvio Cator because of stadium condition, security, or national emergency (including the 2010 earthquake's effect on Haitian football infrastructure), forcing neutral-venue 'home' matches
- Missed travel, visas, unpaid bonuses or training-camp logistics that produce weakened squads or forfeits
- Eligibility disputes over diaspora dual-nationals and change-of-association paperwork
- Crowd, security and political-instability risks around home fixtures
- Competitive failure modes typical of a CONCACAF minnow against Mexico, the United States or Costa Rica: early Gold Cup exits and World Cup qualifying elimination
- Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of Haiti men's national football team this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Regional variation
Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.
- French and Haitian Creole usage (équipe d'Haïti de football, Les Grenadiers, Le Rouge et Bleu) versus English 'Haiti national football team' and US media 'Haiti national soccer team'
- Home matches periodically moved to the United States or another CONCACAF venue when Haitian stadium or security conditions fail FIFA requirements
- Squad composition swings with the Haitian diaspora (MLS, France, Canada, the wider Caribbean) versus players from the domestic Ligue Haïtienne
- Caribbean football identity (CFU heritage, former Caribbean Cup) sitting inside the larger CONCACAF competition frame
- Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of Haiti men's national football team this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart
Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.
- Haiti women's national football team - Separate FHF women's programme and FIFA women's competitions; sex of the representative side is the test.
- Haiti men's under-20 or under-17 team - Age-restricted eligibility on the match day; a senior A cap is not an age-grade cap.
- Haiti Olympic / under-23 football side - Olympic qualifying uses age limits and (in some cycles) a fixed number of over-age players; it is not the unrestricted senior A team.
- Haitian clubs (e.g. Racing Club Haïtien, Violette AC) - Club versus country: FIFA international windows and an FHF call-up, not a domestic league fixture.
- Dominican Republic men's national football team - Different FIFA member association on the same island of Hispaniola; FIFA code DOM versus HAI.
- Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of Haiti men's national football team this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Sources
- Haiti national football team - Affiliation (FHF, FIFA 1934, CONCACAF), nickname Les Grenadiers, 1974 World Cup participation, home ground Stade Sylvio Cator, and the usual distinction of senior versus youth sides.
- Haiti - member association record (Fédération Haïtienne de Football) - FIFA membership, official trigramme HAI, and that the FHF is the body entitled to field Haiti's senior men's representative team.
- Laws of the Game - Match duration, squad and substitution practice, and the playing rules that govern every Haiti senior men's international.
- CONCACAF statutes and men's competition regulations (Gold Cup, Nations League, World Cup qualifying) - Regional competition structure, eligibility windows, and that Haiti's senior men's side is a CONCACAF member-association team rather than a club or Olympic-only side.
What the second pass must settle
- Does an existing Vercy world model already cover this exact team, requiring this registry entry to link to it instead of creating another model?
- Which authoritative sources establish the team's identity, historical continuity and accepted names where records disagree?
- What are the current governing, coaching and participation arrangements, including any formally documented restrictions?
- Which current squad eligibility, availability and competition-state claims can be confirmed from dated official records?
- What are the approved venue, camp and travel arrangements for the next relevant fixture, and which operational details remain unverified?