The 2017 Canada Soccer National Championships (officially the Toyota National Championships for sponsorship reasons) was the 95th staging of Canada Soccer's amateur football club competition. Western Halifax FC won the Challenge Trophy after they beat FC Winnipeg Lions in the Canadian Final at the Newton Athletic Park in Surrey on 9 October 2017.
Ten teams qualified to the final week of the 2017 National Championships in Surrey. Each team played four group matches before the medal and ranking matches on the last day. This was the first year that Canada Soccer's National Championships featured Toyota as the title sponsor.
On the road to the National Championships, Western Halifax FC beat Halifax City SC in the 2017 Nova Scotia Final.
Teams Ten teams were granted entry into the competition; one from each Canadian province. 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 Vancouver Club Inter FCJoe Marrello British Columbia Men's Provincial Cup Calgary Callies Kevin Randall Alberta Soccer Provincial Championships Saskatoon HUSA Alumni Stewart Gillott Saskatchewan Shield Western Halifax FC Alan Jazic Nova Scotia provincial winner Holy Cross SC Jeremy Babstock NL provincial winner Yukon SelectsJake Hanson Yukon representative FC Winnipeg LionsTony Nocita Manitoba Cup winners Durham Celtic FCMike HaddenOntario Cup winners Celtix Haut-RichelieuYannick Rome-Gosselin Québec LSEQ playoff winners Fredericton Picaroons RedsDave Rouse New Brunswick provincial winners
Venues Newton Athletic Fields in Surrey will serve as the tournament's main venue.
Group stage The ten teams in the competition are divided into two groups of five teams each, which then play a single-game round-robin format. At the end of the group stage, each team faces the equal-ranked team from the other group to determine a final seeding for the tournament.
Group A
Group B
Final round The final round consists of one game for each club, where they are paired with their equal-ranked opponent from the opposite group to determine a final ranking for the tournament.
Tournament ranking Rank Team Western Halifax FC FC Winnipeg Lions Durham Celtic FC 4 Saskatoon HUSA Alumni 5 Vancouver Club Inter FC 6 Celtix Haut-Richelieu 7 Holy Cross SC 8 Fredericton Picaroons Reds 9 Calgary Callies 10 Yukon Selects
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Joseph Vaz Durham Celtic FC 6 2 Mark Van Beek Durham Celtic FC 5 Milad Mehrabi Vancouver Club Inter FC 5 Garrett Peters Saskatoon HUSA Alumni 5 5 Nicholas Beaumont Celtix Haut-Richelieu 4 AJ Naumiuk FC Winnipeg Lions 4 7 Jhonattan Cordoba Western Halifax FC 3 Brendan Rattai FC Winnipeg Lions 3 Jacob Grant Holy Cross SC 3 10 (Ten players tied) 2 Source:
References Official site; fixtures and results at CanadaSoccer.com
External links List of champions Canadian Soccer Association National Championships