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![]() 2023 Toyota National Championships French: Championnats nationaux Toyota 2023 | |
Tournament details | |
Country | Canada |
Dates | 4–9 October 2023 |
Teams | 10 |
Defending champions | ![]() |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 25 |
Goals scored | 90 (3.6 per match) |
Top goal scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() (4 goals) |
Best player | ![]() |
The 2023 Challenge Trophy (French: Trophée Challenge 2023, part of the Toyota National Championships for sponsorship reasons) was the 99th edition of the Challenge Trophy, an annual cup competition contested by amateur teams in men's Canadian soccer. Ten teams participated in the tournament, which took place in Halifax, Nova Scotia from 4–9 October 2023.[1]
The West Ottawa Warriors won the Challenge Trophy on their debut, defeating host team Western Halifax FC 1–0 in the final.[2]
Teams were seeded on the basis of their Provincial/Territorial Associations team’s final standing in the previous year’s championship.
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Each of Canada Soccer's thirteen provincial and territorial associations can send one representative to the Challenge Trophy, with teams generally qualifying through a regional preliminary series such as an open cup or league competition.[3]
For the 2023 tournament, nine provincial associations confirmed their participation, with Nova Scotia fielding two teams as the host.
Province | Team | Qualified as | Previous appearances in tournament1 | Previous best performance | Ref. |
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Surrey BB5 United2 | BC Soccer Adult A Cup winners | 2 (2019, 2022) | Champions (2019) | [4] |
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Edmonton Scottish | Alberta Soccer Challenge Cup winners | 11 (1972, 1979, 1987, 1992, 1996, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019) | Champions (2016) | [5] |
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FC Winnipeg Lions3 | Manitoba Soccer Provincial Championship winners | 11 (1996, 1998, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) | Champions (2002) | [6] |
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West Ottawa Warriors | MilkUP Ontario Cup winners | 0 (debut) | — | [7] |
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Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest | LSEQ league winners | 1 (2022) | Eighth place (2022) | [8] |
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Fredericton Picaroons Reds | NBPSL Challenge Cup Final winners | 9 (2007, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) | Sixth place (2007, 2019) | [9] |
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Suburban FC of Fall River | Soccer Nova Scotia AAA Cup winners | 1 (2011) | Fifth place (2011) | [10] |
Western Halifax FC | Soccer Nova Scotia AAA Cup runners-up | 2 (2016, 2017) | Champions (2017) | ||
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Feildians AA of St. John's | Newfoundland and Labrador Challenge Cup winners | 2 (1969, 2008) | Third place (1969) | [11] |
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Winsloe-Charlottetown Royals | PEI winners by acclamation as the only PEI team in the NB Premier League | 1 (2022) | Seventh place (2022) | — |
Matches took place at three different venues within the Halifax Regional Municipality.
Bedford | Dartmouth | Halifax |
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Bedford-Hammond Plains | Harbour East Field | Mainland Common Field |
Capacity: 400 | Capacity: 400 | Capacity: 400 |
Competing teams were divided into two groups of five teams, playing against one another in a single round-robin and advancing to the final round based on their group positioning.
The preliminary schedule was released by Canada Soccer in August 2023 without locations or kick-off times, which were later confirmed on 15 September.[12] Teams were given bye days based on the pot they were drawn from, with pot 1 teams receiving byes on the 5th day of the group stage, pot 2 teams receiving byes on the 4th day of the group stage, etc.
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The following criteria shall be used to determine the final standings:[3]
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 9[a] | Advance to first place match | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 8–0 | |
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 9[a] | Advance to third place match | — | — | — | — | 6–1 | |
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 6[b] | Advance to fifth place match | — | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 6–1 | |
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 6[b] | Advance to seventh place match | — | 0–1 | — | — | 6–0 | |
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 26 | −24 | 0 | Advance to ninth place match | — | — | — | — | — |
Surrey BB5 United ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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West Ottawa Warriors ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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West Ottawa Warriors ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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FC Winnipeg Lions ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() |
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West Ottawa Warriors ![]() | 8–0 | ![]() |
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Surrey BB5 United ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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West Ottawa Warriors ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() |
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Surrey BB5 United ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() |
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FC Winnipeg Lions ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 10 | Advance to first place match | — | — | — | — | — | |
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 7[a] | Advance to third place match | 0–1 | — | — | — | 2–1 | |
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7[a] | Advance to fifth place match | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 | Advance to seventh place match | 1–3 | 0–0 | — | — | 2–1 | |
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 | Advance to ninth place match | 0–2 | — | — | — | — |
Edmonton Scottish ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Feildians AA of St. John's ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Edmonton Scottish ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Suburban FC of Fall River ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Edmonton Scottish ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Feildians AA of St. John's ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Winsloe-Charlottetown Royals ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Edmonton Scottish ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Feildians AA of St. John's ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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The final round (known as Teck Finals Day for sponsorship reasons) paired equally-ranked opponents from opposite groups to determine a final ranking for the tournament.
Fredericton Picaroons Reds ![]() | 2–6 | ![]() |
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FC Winnipeg Lions ![]() | 7–2 | ![]() |
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Surrey BB5 United ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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West Ottawa Warriors ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Per statistical convention in football, matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final position |
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1 | A | ![]() |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 12 | Champions |
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 10 | Runners-up |
3 | A | ![]() |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 12 | Third place |
4 | B | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |
5 | A | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 9 | |
6 | B | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 7 | |
7 | A | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 9 | |
8 | B | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 4 | |
9 | B | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 3 | |
10 | A | ![]() |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 32 | −28 | 0 |
There were 90 goals scored in 25 matches, for an average of 3.6 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal