The 2018 Challenge Trophy (part of the Toyota National Championships for sponsorship reasons) is the national championship for men's
soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
clubs competing at the amateur level in the
Canadian soccer pyramid. It was held in
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
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 t ...
from October 4–8, 2018.
Teams
Ten teams were granted entry into the competition; one from each
Canadian province
Within the geographical areas of Canada, the ten provinces and three territories are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North ...
. Teams are selected by their provincial soccer associations; most often qualifying by winning provincial leagues or cup championships such as the
Ontario Cup.
Group stage
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
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.
References
External links
Canadian Soccer Association National Championships
{{2018 in Canadian soccer
Challenge Trophy
Canadian National Challenge Cup