2015 Challenge Trophy

	The Challenge Trophy
Tournament details
Country	Canada
Defending champions	London Marconi
Final positions
Champions	London Marconi (2nd title)
Runners-up	Edmonton Scottish
Awards
Best player	MVP Jovan Ivanovich
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The 2015 Canada Soccer National Championships (officially the Sport Chek National Championships for sponsorship reasons) was the 93rd staging of Canada Soccer's amateur football club competition. London Marconi won the Challenge Trophy after they beat Edmonton Scottish in the Canadian Final at the Calgary Soccer Centre in Calgary on 12 October 2015.

Twelve teams qualified to the final week of the 2015 National Championships in Calgary. In the Semifinals, London Marconi beat EDC FC Burnaby while Edmonton Scottish beat Edmonton Green & Gold.

On the road to the National Championships, London Marconi beat Mississauga Portofino in the 2015 Ontario Cup Final.^[1]

Teams

Twelve teams were granted entry into the competition; one from each Canadian province, as well as one from the Northwest Territories. In addition, as the host province, Alberta is granted a second entry into the competition.^[2]

Teams are selected by their provincial soccer associations; most often qualifying by winning provincial leagues or cup championships such as the Ontario Cup.

Province	Team	Qualification
British Columbia	Estrella de Chile Burnaby	British Columbia Men's Provincial Cup^[3]
Alberta	Edmonton Scottish	Alberta Major Soccer League^[4]
Alberta	Edmonton Green & Gold	Alberta Major Soccer League^[4]
Saskatchewan	HUSA Alumni Saskatoon	Saskatchewan Open Cup^[5]
Manitoba	Winnipeg Juventus	Manitoba Soccer Association Cup^[6]
Ontario	London Marconi	Ontario Cup^[1]
Quebec	Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest	Ligue de soccer élite du Québec Champion^[7]
New Brunswick	Fredericton Picaroons	New Brunswick Premier Soccer League^[8]
Nova Scotia	Dartmouth United Soccer Club	Nova Scotia Soccer League^[9]
Prince Edward Island	P.E.I. FC	Acclaimed^[10]
Newfoundland and Labrador	Holy Cross	Newfoundland and Labrador Challenge Cup^[11]
Northwest Territories	Yellowknife FC	Acclaimed^[12]

Group stage

The twelve teams in the competition are divided into four groups of three teams each, which then play a single-game round-robin format. The top two teams from each group advance to the knockout round, while the third-placed team enters a relegation tournament.^[13]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	London Marconi	2	2	0	3	0	+3	6	Advance to knockout round	—	1–0	2–0
2	Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest	2	1	1	5	1	+4	3	Advance to knockout round	—	—	—
3	P.E.I. FC	2	0	2	0	7	−7	0	Classification tournament	—	0–5	—

Source: canadasoccer.com

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Edmonton Scottish	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4	Advance to knockout round	—	2–0	1–1
2	Fredericton Picaroons	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3	Advance to knockout round	—	—	2–1
3	Dartmouth United SC	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1	Classification tournament	—	—	—

Source: canadasoccer.com

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	EDC Burnaby	2	2	0	7	3	+4	6	Advance to knockout round	—	—	4–1
2	HUSA Alumni Saskatoon	2	1	1	7	3	+4	3	Advance to knockout round	2–3	—	5–0
3	Yellowknife FC	2	0	2	1	9	−8	0	Classification tournament	—	—	—

Source: canadasoccer.com

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Edmonton Green & Gold	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	6	Advance to knockout round	—	—	—
2	Holy Cross	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1	Advance to knockout round	0–1	—	—
3	Winnipeg Juventus	2	0	1	1	1	5	−4	1	Classification tournament	0–4	1–1	—

Source: canadasoccer.com

Classification tournament

Third-placed teams from the group stage are entered into the classification tournament to determine overall rankings at the end of the tournament.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	P.E.I. FC	3	3	0	17	2	+15	9	—	6–0	6–2	5–0
2	Winnipeg Juventus	3	2	1	5	7	−2	6		—
3	Dartmouth United SC	3	1	2	11	9	+2	3		1–2	—	8–1
4	Yellowknife FC	3	0	3	1	16	−15	0		0–3		—

Source: canadasoccer.com

Knockout Round

Teams placed first and second from each group in the group stage advance to the knockout round. All teams play three matches, as teams that lose in the knockout round still advance to face other losing teams to determine final classifications for 3rd through 8th place.

Fifth place

Consolation playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

1A

London Marconi

2

2D

Holy Cross

0

2D

Holy Cross

4

1A

London Marconi

2

2B

Fredericton Picaroons

2

1C

EDC Burnaby

0

1C

EDC Burnaby

2

2B

Fredericton Picaroons

1

2D

Holy Cross

1

1A

London Marconi (aet)

2

2C

HUSA Alumni Saskatoon

2

1D

Edmonton Scottish

1

1D

Edmonton Green & Gold

4

2A

Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest

0

Seventh place

2A

Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest

0

1D

Edmonton Green & Gold

1

Third place

2C

HUSA Alumni Saskatoon

3

1B

Edmonton Scottish

2

2B

Fredericton Picaroons

0

1B

Edmonton Scottish (pen.)

1 (3)

1C

EDC Burnaby

2

2A

Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest

1

2C

HUSA Alumni Saskatoon

1 (2)

1B

Edmonton Green & Gold

1

Quarterfinals

October 10, 2015 Quarterfinal	London Marconi	2 - 0	Holy Cross	Calgary, Alberta
11:00 am	Perez Ramjin	Report		Stadium: Calgary Soccer Centre AT2

October 10, 2015 Quarterfinal	EDC Burnaby	2 - 1	Fredericton Picaroons	Calgary, Alberta
3:00 pm	Tchoumi Ellis	Report	Law	Stadium: Calgary Soccer Centre AT2

October 10, 2015 Quarterfinal	Edmonton Green & Gold	4 - 0	Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest	Calgary, Alberta
1:00 pm	Teliani Broda Cabrera	Report		Stadium: Calgary Soccer Centre AT2

October 10, 2015 Quarterfinal	Edmonton Scottish	1 - 1 (3 - 2 p)	HUSA Alumni Saskatoon	Calgary, Alberta
3:00 pm	Johnstone	Report	Friesen	Stadium: Calgary Soccer Centre AT2

Semifinals

October 11, 2015 Semifinal	London Marconi	2 - 0	EDC Burnaby	Calgary, Alberta
12:00 pm	Spearman Lewis	Report		Stadium: Calgary Soccer Centre AT2

October 11, 2015 Semifinal	Edmonton Green & Gold	1 - 2	Edmonton Scottish	Calgary, Alberta
2:00 pm	Gilroy	Report	Ongaro Johnstone	Stadium: Calgary Soccer Centre AT2

October 11, 2015 Consolation playoff	Holy Cross	4 - 2	Fredericton Picaroons	Calgary, Alberta
11:00 am	Pope Williams Kirby	Report	Karosan Crossland	Stadium: Calgary Soccer Centre AT3

October 11, 2015 Consolation playoff	Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest	0 - 3	HUSA Alumni Saskatoon	Calgary, Alberta
1:00 pm		Report	Tomchuk Reis Myrah	Stadium: Calgary Soccer Centre AT3

Final

October 12, 2015 1st place match	London Marconi	2 - 1 (a.e.t.)	Edmonton Scottish	Calgary, Alberta
1:00 pm	Ivanovich 18', 115' (pen.)		Lam 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Calgary Soccer Centre AT2

October 12, 2015 3rd place match	EDC Burnaby	2 - 1	Edmonton Green & Gold	Calgary, Alberta
12:00 pm	Hardy Yassin	Report	Cabrera	Stadium: Calgary Soccer Centre AT4

October 12, 2015 5th place match	Holy Cross	1 - 2	HUSA Alumni Saskatoon	Calgary, Alberta
10:00 am		Report		Stadium: Calgary Soccer Centre AT3

October 12, 2015 7th place match	Fredericton Picaroons	0 - 1	Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest	Calgary, Alberta
10:00 am		Report	Tremblay	Stadium: Calgary Soccer Centre AT4

Tournament ranking

Rank	Team
	London Marconi
	Edmonton Scottish
	EDC Burnaby
4	Edmonton Green & Gold
5	HUSA Alumni Saskatoon
6	Holy Cross
7	Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest
8	Fredericton Picaroons
9	P.E.I. FC
10	Winnipeg Juventus
11	Dartmouth United SC
12	Yellowknife FC

References

Official site; fixtures and results at CanadaSoccer.com

^ ^a ^b "Marconi cruises in title defence". London Free Press. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
^ "Teams". Canadian Soccer Association. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
^ "First Cup in first try for EDC". Burnaby Now. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
^ ^a ^b "National Championships". Alberta Soccer Association. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
^ "Saskatchewan Open Cup Results". Saskatchewan Soccer Association. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
^ "Congratulations to Winnipeg Juventus". Manitoba Major Soccer League. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
^ "Se connecter ‹ Soccer Québec – Clubs — WordPress".
^ "Congrats to @PicaroonsSoccer". Soccer NB. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
^ "Dartmouth United defeats Halifax City 3-2". The Chronicle Herald. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
^ "P.E.I. F.C. edges Codiac F.C. to complete season undefeated". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
^ "Holy moley, it's Cross again". The Telegram. Archived from the original on 30 November 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
^ "History". Yellowknife FC. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
^ "Schedule & Results". Canadian Soccer Association. Archived from the original on 28 September 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

External links

List of champions
Canadian Soccer Association National Championships Archived 2016-09-12 at the Wayback Machine

[Marconi-1] "Marconi cruises in title defence". London Free Press. Retrieved 14 September 2015.

[2] "Teams". Canadian Soccer Association. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

[3] "First Cup in first try for EDC". Burnaby Now. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

[Alberta-4] "National Championships". Alberta Soccer Association. Retrieved 8 September 2015.

[5] "Saskatchewan Open Cup Results". Saskatchewan Soccer Association. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

[6] "Congratulations to Winnipeg Juventus". Manitoba Major Soccer League. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

[7] "Se connecter ‹ Soccer Québec – Clubs — WordPress".

[8] "Congrats to @PicaroonsSoccer". Soccer NB. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

[9] "Dartmouth United defeats Halifax City 3-2". The Chronicle Herald. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

[10] "P.E.I. F.C. edges Codiac F.C. to complete season undefeated". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

[11] "Holy moley, it's Cross again". The Telegram. Archived from the original on 30 November 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.

[12] "History". Yellowknife FC. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

[13] "Schedule & Results". Canadian Soccer Association. Archived from the original on 28 September 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

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