The Victoria Challenge Cup was a pre-season competition between the 4

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clubs from Ontario, Canada. The inaugural event took place on the Victoria Day weekend of May 15 to 17, 2009 at the Algonquin Soccer Complex in Ottawa,

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Background

The establishment of

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prior to the 2009 Premier Development League season brought the number of PDL teams in Ontario to four. With American PDL sides starting their season earlier than their Canadian counterparts in order to take part in

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qualifying,Inaugural Victoria Challenge Cup
/ref> the Canadian PDL teams decided to establish the Victoria Challenge Cup. As of 2009, the Victoria Challenge Cup does not act as qualifying for the Canadian equivalent to the US Open Cup, the Canadian Championship. The tournament did not take place in 2010 and has lapsed since then.

Participating teams

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* Ottawa Fury *

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Format

In 2009, the four competing clubs played a round robin tournament in Ottawa.

and

did not play each other in Ottawa, but their PDL regular season match completed the tournament schedule.

Past winners

2009 Results

References

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