2017 Challenge Trophy
The 2017 Canada Soccer National Championships (officially the Toyota National Championships for sponsorship reasons) was the 95th staging of Canada Soccer's amateur football club competition. Western Halifax FC won the Challenge Trophy after they beat FC Winnipeg Lions in the Canadian Final at the Newton Athletic Park in Surrey on 9 October 2017. Ten teams qualified to the final week of the 2017 National Championships in Surrey. Each team played four group matches before the medal and ranking matches on the last day. This was the first year that Canada Soccer's National Championships featured Toyota as the title sponsor.[1] On the road to the National Championships, Western Halifax FC beat Halifax City SC in the 2017 Nova Scotia Final.[2] TeamsTen 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.
VenuesNewton Athletic Fields in Surrey will serve as the tournament's main venue.[3] Group stageThe 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. Group A
Source: http://www.canadasoccer.com/schedule-results-s15521
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference Group B
Source: http://www.canadasoccer.com/schedule-results-s15521
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference Final roundThe 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.
Tournament ranking
Top goalscorers
Source: [1] Archived 2016-09-28 at the Wayback Machine References
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