The 2019 Canadian Championship was the twelfth edition of the
Canadian Championship, contested from May 15 to September 25, 2019.
Montreal Impact won their fourth Canadian Championship title (their tenth
Voyageurs Cup) and earned a berth in the
2020 CONCACAF Champions League.
The competition expanded to thirteen teams with the introduction of the seven
Canadian Premier League
The Canadian Premier League (CPL or CanPL; ) is a professional Association football, soccer league in Canada and the highest level of the Canadian soccer league system. The league comprises eight teams, from five of provinces and territories of ...
(CPL) clubs, the most in the competition's history. The 2019 tournament also marked the first time that clubs from
Manitoba
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and
Nova Scotia
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were represented in the Canadian Championship, and the return of clubs from
Alberta
Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...
after none participated in 2018.
Cavalry FC's 2–1 aggregate defeat of
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club is a Canadian professional Association football, soccer club based in Vancouver. The Whitecaps compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. The MLS ite ...
in the tournament's third qualifying round marked the first time in the history of the Canadian Championship that an
MLS
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team was defeated by a non-MLS team in a home-and-away series.
Ignacio Piatti was the tournament's top scorer with four goals and won the
George Gross Memorial Trophy, while
Zachary Brault-Guillard received the inaugural Best Young Canadian Player award for the best Canadian player of the tournament aged 21 or younger.
Format
The format of the competition was changed to include the seven CPL clubs, and consisted of three qualifying rounds before semi-finals and a final. All rounds were played in a
two-legged tie
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format. In the first qualifying round, the
League1 Ontario
League1 Ontario (L1ON) is a semi-professional men's soccer league in Ontario, Canada. The league is sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association and the Ontario Soccer Association.
League1 Ontario consists of three tiers – League1 Premier ...
champion
Vaughan Azzurri,
Première ligue de soccer du Québec
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History
Raymond F. Betts attributes the introduction of the film ...
champion
A.S. Blainville, and four CPL clubs entered the competition. They were joined by the remaining three CPL clubs (given byes due to previously competing or being sanctioned earlier than the other clubs) in the second qualifying round. In the third qualifying round,
Ottawa Fury FC
Ottawa Fury Football Club was a Canadian professional soccer club based in Ottawa, Ontario. The club competed in the North American Soccer League and USL Championship and played its home games at TD Place Stadium.
The Ottawa Fury FC were di ...
and two
Major League Soccer
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teams entered. The previous year's champion,
Toronto FC
Toronto Football Club is a Canadian professional Association football, soccer club based in Toronto. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference (MLS), Eastern Conference. The team plays its home matc ...
, received a bye to the semi-final.
Distribution
Qualified clubs
Note
* Statistics include previous incarnations of FC Edmonton, Montreal Impact, and Vancouver Whitecaps
Schedule
Bracket
First qualifying round
Summary
The first legs were held on May 15, and the second legs on May 22, 2019.
Notes
Matches
''3–3 on aggregate. HFX Wanderers won on away goals.''
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''Cavalry FC won 4–1 on aggregate.''
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''York9 won 1–0 on aggregate.''
Second qualifying round
Summary
The first legs were held on June 4 and 5, and the second legs were held on June 11 and 12, 2019.
Notes
Matches
''York9 FC won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Cavalry FC won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''HFX Wanderers won 4–1 on aggregate.''
Third qualifying round
Summary
The first legs were held on July 10, and the second legs were held on July 24, 2019.
Matches
''Ottawa Fury won 5–4 on aggregate.''
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''Montreal Impact won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Cavalry FC won 2–1 on aggregate.''
Semi-finals
Summary
The first legs were held on August 7, and the second legs were held on August 14, 2019.
Notes
Matches
''Toronto FC won 5–0 on aggregate.''
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''Montreal Impact won 3–1 on aggregate.''
Final
Summary
The first leg was held on September 18, and the second leg was held on September 25, 2019.The higher-seeded team in the final, Toronto FC, chose to play the first leg away.
Matches
''1–1 on aggregate. Montreal Impact won 3–1 on penalties.''
Goalscorers
References
External links
CBC Sportsexplanation of the tournament
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2019
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Canadian Championship
2019 domestic association football cups