2023 Challenge Trophy

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CountryCanada
Dates4–9 October 2023
Teams10
ChampionsOntario Soccer Association West Ottawa Warriors (1st title)
2023 Canada Soccer National Championships
2023 Toyota National Championships
French: Championnats nationaux Toyota 2023
Tournament details
CountryCanada
Dates4–9 October 2023
Teams10
Final positions
ChampionsOntario Soccer Association West Ottawa Warriors (1st title)
Runners-upSoccer Nova Scotia Western Halifax FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played25
Goals scored90 (3.6 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Surrey BB5 United Farivar Torabi
FC Winnipeg Lions Montassar Trimech
(4 goals)
Awards
Best playerWest Ottawa Warriors Javane Henry
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The 2023 Canada Soccer National Championships (officially the Toyota National Championships for sponsorship reasons) was the 99th staging of Canada Soccer's amateur football club competition. West Ottawa SC won the Challenge Trophy after they beat Western Halifax FC in the Canadian Final at Mainland Commons in Halifax on 9 October 2023.

West Ottawa SC won 1–0 in the Canadian Final with the lone goal scored by Zach El Shafei.[1]

Ten teams qualified to the final week of the 2023 National Championships in Halifax. Each team played four group matches before the medal and ranking matches on the last day.

On the road to the National Championships, West Ottawa SC beat Scarborough GS United in the 2023 Ontario Cup Final.[2]

Teams

Teams were seeded on the basis of their Provincial/Territorial Associations team's final standing in the previous year's championship.

Group A Group B
Ontario Soccer Association Ontario Alberta Soccer Association Alberta
British Columbia Soccer Association British Columbia Newfoundland and Labrador Soccer Association Newfoundland and Labrador
Manitoba Soccer Association Manitoba Soccer Nova Scotia Nova Scotia A
Soccer Quebec Quebec PEI Soccer Association Prince Edward Island
Soccer New Brunswick New Brunswick Soccer Nova Scotia Nova Scotia B

Each of Canada Soccer's thirteen provincial and territorial associations can send one representative to the Challenge Trophy, with teams generally qualifying through a regional preliminary series such as an open cup or league competition.[3]

For the 2023 tournament, nine provincial associations confirmed their participation, with Nova Scotia fielding two teams as the host.

Province Team Qualified as Previous appearances in tournament1 Previous best performance Ref.
British Columbia Soccer Association British Columbia Surrey BB5 United2 BC Soccer Adult A Cup winners 2 (2019, 2022) Champions (2019) [4]
Alberta Soccer Association Alberta Edmonton Scottish Alberta Soccer Challenge Cup winners 11 (1972, 1979, 1987, 1992, 1996, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019) Champions (2016) [5]
Manitoba Soccer Association Manitoba FC Winnipeg Lions3 Manitoba Soccer Provincial Championship winners 11 (1996, 1998, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) Champions (2002) [6]
Ontario Soccer Association Ontario West Ottawa Warriors MilkUP Ontario Cup winners 0 (debut) — [2]
Soccer Quebec Quebec Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest LSEQ league winners 1 (2022) Eighth place (2022) [7]
Soccer New Brunswick New Brunswick Fredericton Picaroons Reds NBPSL Challenge Cup Final winners 9 (2007, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) Sixth place (2007, 2019) [8]
Soccer Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Suburban FC of Fall River Soccer Nova Scotia AAA Cup winners 1 (2011) Fifth place (2011) [9]
Western Halifax FC Soccer Nova Scotia AAA Cup runners-up 2 (2016, 2017) Champions (2017)
Newfoundland and Labrador Soccer Association Newfoundland and Labrador Feildians AA of St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador Challenge Cup winners 2 (1969, 2008) Third place (1969) [10]
PEI Soccer Association Prince Edward Island Winsloe-Charlottetown Royals PEI winners by acclamation as the only PEI team in the NB Premier League 1 (2022) Seventh place (2022) —
1 Bold indicates champion for that year.
2 Competed in previous tournaments as Central City Breakers FC.
3 Competed in previous tournaments as Winnipeg Sons of Italy.

Venues

Matches took place at three different venues within the Halifax Regional Municipality.

Bedford Dartmouth Halifax
Bedford-Hammond Plains Harbour East Field Mainland Common Field
Capacity: 400 Capacity: 400 Capacity: 400
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Group stage

Final round

The final round (known as Teck Finals Day for sponsorship reasons) paired equally-ranked opponents from opposite groups to determine a final ranking for the tournament.

Ninth place match
Fredericton Picaroons Reds Soccer New Brunswick2–6PEI Soccer Association Winsloe-Charlottetown Royals
  • Morrison 38'
  • Cotton Yellow card 58' Red card 85'
  • Law 70'
  • Reddick-Stevens 9', 35'
  • Tweel 25', 77'
  • Smiley 54'
  • Stewart 64'
BMO Soccer Centre, Halifax (Note)
Referee: Mazen Hassanin
(Note) Match was originally scheduled to be played at Bedford-Hammond Plains in Bedford, but was moved indoors to the BMO Soccer Centre in Halifax due to field damage caused by Tropical Storm Philippe.
Seventh place match
FC Winnipeg Lions Manitoba Soccer Association7–2Newfoundland and Labrador Feildians AA of St. John's
  • dos Anjos Aquino 5'
  • Peddle 20'
  • Hodges 37'
  • Budhoo 45'
  • Figueiredo 53', Yellow card 57'
  • Trimech 65', 79'
  • Nakonieczny Yellow card 26'
  • Nunes 29'
  • Gamba Yellow card 67'
  • Jones 90+2'
Harbour East Field, Dartmouth
Referee: Mazzen Black
Fifth place match
Surrey BB5 United British Columbia Soccer Association3–2Alberta Soccer Association Edmonton Scottish
  • Torabi 51'
  • Essa 54', Yellow card 81'
  • Morello 76'
  • Gazic 48', 59'
  • MacLachlan Yellow card 74'
Harbour East Field, Dartmouth
Referee: David Schmidt-Schweda
Third place match
Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest Soccer Quebec2–1Soccer Nova Scotia Suburban FC of Fall River
  • Roy-Madore 23'
  • Chaouki 56'
  • Misol Rodriguez Yellow card 70'
  • Lamontagne Yellow card 85'
 Report
  • Larsen Yellow card 24'
  • Greedy 53'
  • Warren Yellow card 55'
  • Veinot Yellow card 56'
  • Taylor Yellow card 72'
  • Bain Yellow card 90+6'
Mainland Common Field, Halifax
Referee: Robert D'Alesio
Final
West Ottawa Warriors Ontario Soccer Association1–0Soccer Nova Scotia Western Halifax FC
  • Henry Yellow card 19'
  • El-Shafei 41', Yellow card 42'
  • Rodriguez Yellow card 72'
  • Mohasar Yellow card 84'
 Report
  • Geyer Yellow card 46'
  • Ellis Yellow card 63'
  • Gorski Yellow card 90+1'
Mainland Common Field, Halifax
Referee: Mario Al-Ayass

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