The 2009 Canada Soccer National Championships (officially the BMO National Championships for sponsorship reasons) was the 87th staging of Canada Soccer's amateur football club competition. Winnipeg Hellas SC won the Challenge Trophy after they beat Royal-Sélect de Beauport in the Canadian Final at the SaskTel Fieldhouse in Saskatoon on 12 October 2009.
Ten teams qualified to the final week of the 2009 National Championships in Saskatoon. Each team played four group matches before the medal and ranking matches on the last day. After a heavy snowstorm interrupted the schedule on 8 October, all matches were moved indoors and shortened to just 60 minutes each.
On the road to the National Championships, Winnipeg Hellas SC beat Winnipeg Lucania FC in the 2009 Manitoba Cup Final.
Teams and rosters The Nationals are seeded based on last seasons performance. For 2009 the seedings are: AB - Calgary Callies QC - Royal-Sélect de Beauport PE - Avondale Islanders BC - West Van SC ON - Real Toronto NS - Halifax City SC NL - Holy Cross Crusaders MB - Hellas SC SK - Huskie Alumni YT - Yukon Selects
Group A : Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan Group B : Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland Labrador, Yukon
Hellas SC
Royal-Sélect de Beauport
Calgary Callies
Results
Group stage
Finals
Final standings Pos Club 1 Hellas SC 2 Royal-Sélect de Beauport 3 Avondale Islanders 4 Calgary Callies 5 West Van FC 6 Holy Cross 7 Halifax City SC 8 Huskies Alumni 9 Yukon Selects 10 Real Toronto
Qualified teams
British Columbia The BC Provincial Cup is held in the spring of the season. This year's event went from April 4 to May 16.
Alberta The Mike Traficante Challenge Cup will be held in Edmonton from 4 Sep to 7 Sep, 2009.info The teams will be seeded from the Alberta Major Soccer League. The groups will be S1, N2 and N3 in one and N1, S2 and S3 in the other. Seeds S3 and N3 are open to challenge from any district. This year, the teams in the AMSL include:
North: Edmonton Green & Gold Edmonton Drillers Edmonton Scottish Edmonton KC Trojans Edmonton Victoria South: Calgary Callies Calgary Dinos Calgary Villains Elite Calgary PARS Lethbridge FC
AMSL Site
Saskatchewan The Saskatchewan representative shall be determined through the Saskatchewan Premier Soccer League. Six teams will compete this season including: Yorkton United ACFC Milan SK Canada Games Huskie Alumni Saskatoon Hose and Hydrant Colo Colo Standings as of 9 July 2009
The Saskatchewan Huskie Alumni have qualified
Manitoba The Manitoba representative will be determined through the MSA 2009 Senior Provincial Championship. This cup competition will take place in August as the team entry's are due 4 August 2009. Watch for teams in the Manitoba Major Soccer League to be entered. Seeding is determined by 15 July 2009.
Hellas SC of Manitoba qualified after a 1-0 extra time win over Lucania.
Ontario The Ontario representative is determined by the Ontario Cup. This is a single knock-out tournament with the finals scheduled for 20-Sep-2009 at 8:00pm at the Soccer Centre in Vaughan. This year's event features 62 teams entering the bracket at various levels determined by geography. Before the First round is a Preliminary round and an Extra Preliminary round for some regions.
The final match saw a repeat of 2008 between London AEK and Real Toronto.
Ontario Cup proper
Québec The AAA Quebec Cup (aka Coupe du Québec Saputo AAA) is the cup competition that determines the Quebec representative at the Canadian Club Nationals. The first 2 rounds are home and away matches, while the last 3 rounds are single matches. Results Site
New Brunswick Did not send a team in 2008 and so are unranked for 2009. Deadline for teams to register is 15-July-2009.
Prince Edward Island The Avondale Islanders are currently the only team competing at a sufficient level to potentially represent PEI.
Nova Scotia The winner of the Nova Scotia Soccer League will represent the province at the National Challenge Trophy. This year's competition will include: Dartmouth United Cape Breton United Halifax City S.C. Halifax County United Molson Canadian Halifax Dunbrack Bremner's NS Canada Games Scotia Valley Kings Arms standings as of 22-July-2009
Newfoundland Labrador 2009 Newfoundland and Labrador Challenge Cup
Yukon Selects Team
References Official site; fixtures and results at CanadaSoccer.com
External links List of champions