The 2016 Canada Soccer National Championships (officially the Sport Chek National Championships for sponsorship reasons) was the 94th staging of Canada Soccer's amateur football club competition. Edmonton Scottish won the Challenge Trophy after they beat Royal-Sélect de Beauport in the Canadian Final at the King George V Park in St. John's on 10 October 2016.
Twelve teams qualified to the final week of the 2016 National Championships in St. John's. In the Semifinals, Edmonton Scottish SC beat Saskatoon HUSA Alumni while Royal-Sélect Beauport beat Gloucester Celtic FC.
On the road to the National Championships, Edmonton Scottish beat Edmonton Green & Gold in the Alberta Cup Final.
Teams Twelve teams were granted entry into the competition; one from each Canadian province. In addition, as the host province, Newfoundland and Labrador was granted a second entry into the competition, while Alberta was also granted a second entry after the withdrawal of the Northwest Territories.
Teams are selected by their provincial soccer associations; most often qualifying by winning provincial leagues or cup championships such as the Ontario Cup.
Province Team Manager Qualification Surrey Pegasus FC Paul Bahia British Columbia Men's Provincial Cup Edmonton Scottish Kevin Poissant Alberta Soccer Provincial Championships Edmonton Green & Gold Martin Andersen Alberta Soccer Provincial Championships Saskatoon HUSA Alumni Stewart Gillott Saskatchewan Shield FC Winnipeg Lions Tony Nocita Manitoba Soccer Association Cup Gloucester Celtic Matt Williams Ontario Cup Royal-Sélect de BeauportSamir GhribLigue de soccer élite du Québec Playoff Champion Fredericton Picaroons Reds Dave Rouse New Brunswick Premier Soccer League Western Halifax FC Alan Jazic Nova Scotia Soccer League Premiership Cup PEI FC John Diamond & Bruce Norton Acclaimed St. Lawrence Laurentians Derek Strang Newfoundland and Labrador Challenge Cup Mount Pearl Andrew Murphy Newfoundland and Labrador Challenge Cup
Venues King George V Park in St. John's served as the tournament's main venue, with Topsail Field in Conception Bay South and the Mount Pearl Soccer Complex in Mount Pearl serving as secondary venues. The Feildian Grounds in St. John's and Diane Whelan Soccer Complex in Paradise hosted some consolation round games.
Group stage The twelve teams in the competition are divided into four groups of three teams each, which then play a single-game round-robin format. The top two teams from each group advance to the knockout round, while the third-placed team enters a relegation tournament.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Classification tournament Third-placed teams from the group stage are entered into the classification tournament to determine overall rankings at the end of the tournament.
Knockout round Teams placed first and second from each group in the group stage advance to the knockout round. All teams play three matches, as teams that lose in the knockout round still advance to face other losing teams to determine final classifications for 3rd through 8th place.
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Tournament ranking Rank Team Edmonton Scottish Royal-Sélect de Beauport Gloucester Celtic 4 Saskatoon HUSA Alumni 5 Edmonton Green and Gold 6 St. Lawrence Laurentians 7 FC Winnipeg Lions 8 Fredericton Picaroons Reds 9 Surrey Pegasus FC 10 PEI FC 11 Mount Pearl 12 Western Halifax FC
References Official site; fixtures and results at CanadaSoccer.com
External links List of champions Canadian Soccer Association National Championships