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2018 Challenge Trophy

The 2018 Canada Soccer National Championships (officially the Toyota National Championships for sponsorship reasons) was the 96th staging of Canada Soccer's amateur football club competition. Surrey BC Tigers Hurricanes won the Challenge Trophy after they beat Caledon SC in the Canadian Final at Umea Field in Saskatoon on 8 October 2018.

Key Information

Ten teams qualified to the final week of the 2018 National Championships in Saskatoon. Each team played four group matches before the medal and ranking matches on the last day.[1]

On the road to the National Championships, Surrey BC Tigers Hurricanes beat Langley United in the 2018 BC Province Cup Final.

Teams

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Ten teams were granted entry into the competition; one from each Canadian province. 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 Manager Qualification
Alberta Edmonton Scottish Kevin Poissant Alberta Soccer Provincial Championships
British Columbia BC Tigers Hurricanes Rob Jandric British Columbia Men's Provincial Cup
Nova Scotia Western Halifax FC Alan Jazic Nova Scotia provincial winner
Manitoba FC Winnipeg Lions Tony Nocita Manitoba Cup winners
New Brunswick Fredericton Picaroons Reds Dave Rouse New Brunswick provincial winners
Newfoundland and Labrador Holy Cross SC Noel Stanford NL Challenge Cup champion
Northwest Territories Yellowknife Galaxy Judon Gregory Northwest Territories Representative
Ontario Caledon SC Steven Hill Ontario Cup winners
Quebec Royal Select de Beauport Samir Ghrib Québec LSEQ playoff winners
Saskatchewan Saskatoon Revolution Stewart Gillott Saskatchewan Shield

Group stage

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The ten teams in the competition are divided into two groups of five teams each, which then play a single-game round-robin format. At the end of the group stage, each team faces the equal-ranked team from the other group to determine a final seeding for the tournament.

Final round

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The final round consists of one game for each club, where they are paired with their equal-ranked opponent from the opposite group to determine a final ranking for the tournament.

October 8, 2018 1st place, gold medalist(s) First place match Surrey BC Tigers Hurricanes British Columbia 7–3 Ontario Caledon SC
October 8, 2018 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place match Saskatoon Revolution Saskatchewan 1–1
(7–6 p)
Newfoundland and Labrador Holy Cross FC
October 8, 2018 Fifth place match Edmonton Scottish SC Alberta 0–0
(4–2 p)
Quebec Royal-Sélect Beauport
October 8, 2018 Seventh place match Western Halifax FC Nova Scotia 1–1
(6–5 p)
Manitoba FC Winnipeg Lions
October 8, 2018 Ninth place match Fredericton Picaroons Reds New Brunswick 7–0 Northwest Territories Yellowknife YK Galaxy FC

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