The 2018 Canadian Championship was a soccer tournament hosted and organized by the

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. It was the eleventh edition of the annual

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won the competition for the third consecutive year and qualified for the

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. The 2018 edition saw the invitation of the champions of

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(L1O) and

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(PLSQ).

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suspended operations and did not take part in the Championship this year. As a result, a new format was adopted which saw the L1O and PLSQ champions, the Oakville Blue Devils and

A.S. Blainville Association de Soccer de Blainville, commonly referred to as A.S. Blainville, is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in the Montreal suburb of Blainville, Quebec, that plays in the Première ligue de soccer du Québec. They are the onl ...

, enter in a new first qualifying round. As winners of the first qualifying round, AS Blainville played

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in the second qualifying round, and the winner of that match, Ottawa Fury, joined the MLS teams in the semi-final round. With six teams, the 2018 edition was the largest edition of the championship to date.

Qualified clubs

Statistics include previous incarnations of the Montreal Impact and Vancouver Whitecaps.

Tournament bracket

Matches

First qualifying round

''A.S. Blainville won 3–1 on aggregate.''

Second qualifying round

''Ottawa Fury FC won 2–0 on aggregate.''

Semifinals

''Toronto FC won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Vancouver Whitecaps FC won 2–1 on aggregate.''

Final

''Toronto FC won 7–4 on aggregate.''

Goalscorers

References

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