Montréal Carabins
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UniversityUniversité de Montréal
AssociationU Sports
ConferenceRSEQ
Athletic directorManon Simard
LocationMontreal, Quebec
Varsity teams15
Football stadiumCEPSUM
MascotCarabin
NicknameCarabins
ColoursRoyal Blue, White, and Black
     
Websitewww.carabins.umontreal.ca

The Montréal Carabins (French: Carabins de Montréal) are the men's and women's athletic teams that represent the Université de Montréal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Teams play at the CEPSUM Stadium and at l'aréna du CEPSUM, located at the Université de Montréal campus.

History of the club

year Event
The beginning of the 1920s Creation of the club Montreal Carabins
The decades 1940, 1950 and 1960, Montreal Carabins add several sports teams to affect a summit in the years 1965-1970 both by the number of offered sports activities and by the quality of their organization.
1971 Abandonment of the university sports teams in the club: The financial university budget of the teams is considerably reduced and the freed sums are used to finance non-competitive "popular sport". A long tradition is then broken.
The 70s and 80 Continuation of the activities of Alpine skiing and of badminton without institutional recognition of university
End of the 80s Return of the teams of swimming (1985) and of volleyball (men in 1988 and women in 1989). The various teams know a lot of success at the beginning of the 1990s while the University knows money troubles.
1994 the big blackout: The budgetary situation of the university does not allow to absorb the expenses of the program of the Carabins and the activities of the teams are suspended.
1995 Relaunching of the program of excellent sport via the physical educational department
1997 Victory in the referendum of the student federation FAECUM: The student Federation agrees to contribute to the financing of the sporting programs up to $100,000. a year.
1999 and 2000 Official membership of the teams of Alpine skiing and badminton. Setting-up of the golf team
2001 Setting-up of the men soccer team
2002 Setting-up of the football team and setting-up the women soccer team
2003 and 2004 Organisation of the Championships of soccer (men's and women's) of SIC (together collaboration with McGill University), setting-up of the volleyball teams (men's and women's)
2007 Setting-up of the tennis teams (men's and women's)
2008 Announcement of the creation of the women hockey team
2009 Setting-up of the women hockey team
2010 Setting-up of cheerleading team
2014 First Dunsmore Cup, Uteck Bowl and Vanier Cup wins

Alpine ski

Title(s) Year(s)
Provincial Champion (men) 1990–1991, 1995–1996, 1999–2000, 2000–2001, 2001–2002, 2002–2003, 2003–2004, 2004–2005, 2005–2006, 2006–2007, 2007–2008
Provincial Champion (women)[1] 1994–1995, 1995–1996, 1996–1997, 2005–2006, 2006–2007, 2007–2008, 2008–2009, 2009–10, 2010–11
Provincial mixed Champion (mixed team men and women) 1994–1995, 1995–1996, 1996–1997, 1999–2000, 2000–2001, 2001–2002, 2002–2003, 2003–2004, 2004–2005, 2005–2006, 2006–2007, 2007–2008, 2010–2011

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Badminton

Title(s) Year(s)
Silver medal at Canadian University championship CIS 2006–2007, 2007–2008
Provincial champion (by mixed team men and women) 1985–1986, 1986–1987, 1987–1988, 1996–1997, 2001–2002, 2003–2004, 2004–2005, 2008–2009, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15
Men provincial champion 1999–2000, 2007–2008, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2014–15
Women provincial champion 2007–2008, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13

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Cheerleading

Title(s) Year(s)
Provincial champion[4] 2011

The Carabins cheerleading team was created in 2002 at the same time as the rebirth of the Carabins football team. The team has hosted Super Bowl parties in order to finance its activities.[5]

Football

Main article: Montreal Carabins football

The Carabins football program was originally in operation from 1966 to 1971, but was cut following a philosophical change with intercollegiate athletics among Quebec universities at the time.[6] As that perception changed, the football team was reinstated in 2002 and has been in continuous operation since. The team has won five Dunsmore Cup conference championships (2014, 2015, 2019, 2021 and 2023) and two Vanier Cups national championship (2014, 2023).[7]

Golf

Title(s) Year(s)
Provincial champion (men) 2001
Provincial champion (women) 2009, 2010
Island Cup Invitational Champion (women) 2005, 2006, 2007
Champion of Canada East 2006, 2007
St. Andrews Spring Invitational champion (men, NCAA) 2008
NCAA Shootout at Aguila (women) 2011

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Women's ice hockey

Main article: Montreal Carabins women's ice hockey

The 2009-10 season was their inaugural season in the CIS. The Carabins finished second during the regular season and claimed the fifth position in the CIS Canadian championships. In their second season (2010–11), the team ranked in second place in the Québécois conference behind the McGill Martlets.[9] In the 2011 playoffs, the Carabins eliminated the Concordia Stingers[10] but the Carabins are in turn to eliminate in finale by McGill.[11] This elimination did not qualify them for the CIS championships at Waterloo, Ontario.

Men's rugby

Since their inaugural season in 2012, the Carabins men's rugby program competes at a varsity level against universities from Québec and Eastern Ontario in the RSEQ and has won one RSEQ championship (2016).[12]

Women's rugby

Since their inaugural season in 2012, the Carabins women's rugby program competes at a varsity level against universities from Québec and Eastern Ontario in the RSEQ conference of U Sports.

Men's soccer

Title(s) Year(s)
Indoor soccer provincial champion[13] 2008, 2016[14]
Champion of the regular season 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2021
Provincial champion 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
Gold medal in the Canadian championship 2018, 2021
Silver medal in the Canadian championship 2017, 2019
Bronze medal in the Canadian championship 2003, 2006, 2008, 2022

Notable former players

Notable former staff members

Women's soccer

Title(s) Year(s)
Indoor soccer provincial champion[15] 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011 [16]
Champion of the regular season 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2021
Provincial champion 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2019
Gold medal in the Canadian championship 2017, 2022
Silver medal in the Canadian championship 2009, 2011, 2013
Bronze medal in the Canadian championship 2008

Notable former players

Swimming

Title(s) Year(s)
Provincial champion (men) 2003–2004, 2004–2005, 2006–2007, 2013-2014, 2014-2015
Provincial champion (women) 1990–1991, 1991–1992, 1992–1993, 1993–1994, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014–2015
Provincial Champion combiné (mixed team men and women) 2004–2005, 2012-2013, 2013–2014, 2014-2015
Silver medal Canadian championship women 2013-2014, 2014-2015

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Tennis

Title(s) Year(s)
Provincial Champion (men) 1998–1999, 1999–2000, 2000–2001, 2001–2002, 2002–2003, 2010–11[24]
Grand Chelem Champion (men) 2001–2002, 2003–2004
Carabins Tournament Champion (men) 2003–2004
Champion of the former ligue collégiale-universitaire (men) 2004–2005, 2005–2006
Women Champion (OUA) 2008–2009, 2009–10, 2010–11[25][26]

Men's volleyball

Title(s) Year(s)
Provincial champion 1992–1993, 2004–2005, 2017–2018, 2019–2020
Champion (regular season) 2004–2005, 2017–2018, 2019–2020
Gold medal at Canadian championship 1970
Silver medal at Canadian championship 1972, 1993
Bronze medal at Canadian championship 1992

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Women's volleyball

Title(s) Year(s)
Provincial champion 1990–1991, 1992–1993, 1993–1994, 2007–2008, 2008–2009, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
Champion (regular season) 2006–2007, 2007–2008, 2008–2009, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20
Silver medal at Canadian championship 2008
Bronze medal at Canadian championship 2009, 2015

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See also

References

  1. ^ (French) Une saison presque parfaite pour les Carabins
  2. ^ "Site officiel des calendriers, classements et statistiques du RSEQ".
  3. ^ "Site officiel des calendriers, classements et statistiques du RSEQ".
  4. ^ (French) Les Carabins, premiers champions de cheerleading
  5. ^ Drake, Tomasz. "Rencontre avec les cheerleaders des Carabins de l'UdeM". Le Polyscope. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  6. ^ "University Football in Ontario and Quebec from 1967 to 1979". cisfootball.org. March 2006.
  7. ^ "A History of Canadian University Football, 1980 to the Present". cisfootball.org. March 2006.
  8. ^ "Site officiel des calendriers, classements et statistiques du RSEQ".
  9. ^ "Site officiel des calendriers, classements et statistiques du RSEQ".
  10. ^ (French) Les Carabins éliminent les Stingers
  11. ^ (french) Les Carabins n'ont pu résister aux assauts des Martlets
  12. ^ "Site officiel des calendriers, classements et statistiques du RSEQ". Site officiel des calendriers, classements et statistiques du RSEQ (in French). Retrieved 2023-01-22.
  13. ^ (French)"Un 3e championnat consécutif pour les Carabins - UdeMNouvelles". Archived from the original on 2011-08-28. Retrieved 2011-05-02.
  14. ^ "Site officiel des calendriers, classements et statistiques du RSEQ".
  15. ^ (French)"Un 3e championnat consécutif pour les Carabins - UdeMNouvelles". Archived from the original on 2011-08-28. Retrieved 2011-05-02.
  16. ^ "Site officiel des calendriers, classements et statistiques du RSEQ".
  17. ^ Profile on Canada Soccer
  18. ^ (French) Les Carabins peuvent compter sur une joueuse hors pair, September 10, 2007.
  19. ^ (French) Maranda et Mercier, à nouveau des étoiles canadiennes
  20. ^ (French) Soccer féminin: Émilie Mercier, l’étoile canadienne, "Nouvelles @ UdeM - Soccer féminin: Émilie Mercier, l'étoile canadienne". Archived from the original on 2011-08-10. Retrieved 2011-04-28. ,November 12, 2007.
  21. ^ (French) Émilie Mercier est l’athlète de la semaine au Québec
  22. ^ (French) Serge Vleminckx, Véronique Laverdière,qui veut d'un prof etraordinaire
  23. ^ "Site officiel des calendriers, classements et statistiques du RSEQ".
  24. ^ (French) Les Carabins champions chez les hommes
  25. ^ (French) Les Carabins remportent tout sur leur passage
  26. ^ (French) Les Carabins remportent le championnat par équipe
  27. ^ "Site officiel des calendriers, classements et statistiques du RSEQ".
  28. ^ "Site officiel des calendriers, classements et statistiques du RSEQ".

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