The 2009
Challenge Trophy
The Challenge Trophy (french: Trophée Challenge) is a national amateur soccer cup in Canada contested by the champions of individual provincial soccer competitions. It is one of the oldest soccer competitions in Canada, being held since 1913. ...
was contested for in
Saskatoon
Saskatoon () is the largest city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It straddles a bend in the South Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province. It is located along the Trans-Canada Yellowhead Highway, and has served as ...
,
Saskatchewan
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from October 7 to 12, 2009. The round robin group seedings were based on last years performance.
*Group A : Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
*Group B : Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland Labrador, Yukon
Day 2 saw extreme snow and wind which forced organizers to adjust the schedule to the SaskTel Indoor pitch. Games were also shortened to 60 minutes.
Teams and rosters
The Nationals are seeded based on last seasons performance. For 2009 the seedings are:
#AB -
Calgary Callies
The Calgary Caledonian Football Club, better known as the Calgary Callies, is a Canadian soccer club which currently plays in the Alberta Major Soccer League.
History
This club was founded on April 26, 1904. Over the years they have become a d ...
#QC -
Royal-Sélect de Beauport
Royal-Sélect de Beauport is a Canadian soccer club that plays in the semi-professional Première ligue de soccer du Québec. They won the Canadian Challenge Trophy, a national amateur competition, in 2012.
History
Royal-Sélect de Beauport was ...
#PE -
Avondale Islanders
#BC -
West Van SC
#ON -
Real Toronto
#NS -
Halifax City SC
#NL -
Holy Cross Crusaders
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#MB -
Hellas SC
#SK -
Huskie Alumni
#YT -
Yukon Selects
Yukon Selects Soccer Club is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Whitehorse, Yukon. The club's senior team was to begin playing in the Last Frontier Division of the United Premier Soccer League in 2020; however due to the COVID-19 p ...
Hellas SC
Royal-Sélect de Beauport
Calgary Callies
Results
Group stage
Finals
Final standings
Qualified teams
British Columbia
The BC Provincial Cup is held in the spring of the season. This year's event went from April 4 to May 16.
Alberta
The Mike Traficante Challenge Cup will be held in Edmonton from 4 Sep to 7 Sep, 200
info The teams will be seeded from the Alberta Major Soccer League. The groups will be S1, N2 and N3 in one and N1, S2 and S3 in the other. Seeds S3 and N3 are open to challenge from any district. This year, the teams in the AMSL include:
North:
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Edmonton Green & Gold
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Edmonton Drillers
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Edmonton Scottish
The Edmonton Scottish Soccer Club, better known as Edmonton Scottish, is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Edmonton, Alberta.
Competing continuously in the Alberta Major Soccer League (AMSL) since 1992, the club also fields ...
*
Edmonton KC Trojans
*
Edmonton Victoria
South:
*
Calgary Callies
The Calgary Caledonian Football Club, better known as the Calgary Callies, is a Canadian soccer club which currently plays in the Alberta Major Soccer League.
History
This club was founded on April 26, 1904. Over the years they have become a d ...
*
Calgary Dinos
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Calgary Villains Elite
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Calgary PARS
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Lethbridge FCAMSL Site
Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan representative shall be determined through the Saskatchewan Premier Soccer League. Six teams will compete this season including:
*
Yorkton United
*ACFC Milan
*SK Canada Games
*Huskie Alumni
*Saskatoon Hose and Hydrant
*Colo Colo
''Standings as of 9 July 2009''
The Saskatchewan Huskie Alumni have qualified
Manitoba
The Manitoba representative will be determined through the MSA 2009 Senior Provincial Championship. This cup competition will take place in August as the team entry's are due 4 August 2009. Watch for teams in th
Manitoba Major Soccer Leagueto be entered. Seeding is determined by 15 July 2009.
Hellas SC of Manitoba qualified after a 1-0 extra time win over Lucania.
Ontario
The Ontario representative is determined by the
Ontario Cup
The Ontario Cup is a soccer tournament for clubs based in the province of Ontario in Canada. It began play in 1901 under the Ontario Football Association League, now known as the Ontario Soccer Association, and is the oldest association footba ...
. This is a single knock-out tournament with the finals scheduled for 20-Sep-2009 at 8:00pm at the Soccer Centre in Vaughan. This year's event features 62 teams entering the bracket at various levels determined by geography. Before the First round is a Preliminary round and an Extra Preliminary round for some regions.
The final match saw a repeat of 2008 between
London AEK and
Real Toronto.
Ontario Cup proper
Québec
The AAA Quebec Cup (aka Coupe du Québec Saputo AAA) is the cup competition that determines the Quebec representative at the Canadian Club Nationals. The first 2 rounds are home and away matches, while the last 3 rounds are single matches
Results Site
New Brunswick
Did not send a team in 2008 and so are unranked for 2009. Deadline for teams to register is 15-July-2009.
Prince Edward Island
The
Avondale Islanders seen to be the only team competing at a high enough level and will probably represent PEI again.
Nova Scotia
The winner of the Nova Scotia Soccer League will represent the province at the National Challenge Trophy. This year's competition will include:
*
Dartmouth United
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Cape Breton United
*
Halifax City S.C.
Halifax City Soccer Club is a Canadian soccer club located in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It was founded in 2006 as a merger between Halifax City Wanderers and Halifax Celtic.
The club has a number of teams for different levels and ages, and for bot ...
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Halifax County United Molson Canadian
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Halifax Dunbrack Bremner's
*NS Canada Games
*
Scotia
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Valley Kings Arms
''standings as of 22-July-2009''
Newfoundland Labrador
2009 Newfoundland and Labrador Challenge Cup
Yukon
Selects Team
References
External links
* {{official website, http://csanationals.com/
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Canadian Challenge Trophy
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Sports competitions in Saskatoon
Canadian Challenge Trophy