The 2020 Canadian Premier League final determined the winner of the 2020 Canadian Premier League season. It was played on September 19, 2020, in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, between Forge FC, the defending league champion, and HFX Wanderers FC. Those teams qualified as the winner and runner-up of the group stage of The Island Games tournament.
The event was to be contested between the top-seeded team after the regular season and the winner of a one-game playoff, but the season format was revised after being impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Forge FC won the match 2–0 to repeat as league champions, earning the club a berth in the 2021 CONCACAF League and the 2020 Canadian Championship final. Forge ultimately reached the semifinals of the CONCACAF League to qualify for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League and faced Toronto FC in the Canadian Championship final where the club lost in a penalty shoot-out following a 1–1 draw.
Background
Forge FC entered the final as the defending league champions, having defeated Cavalry FC in the 2019 finals after finishing 2nd in the regular season. HFX Wanderers FC played in their first final, improving from a last-place finish in their inaugural season in 2019.
This was the seventh meeting all-time between the two clubs with each team having recorded one win and four draws against each other. Forge and HFX Wanderers faced off twice during the 2020 season with both matches ending in a 1–1 draw.
Path to the final
First stage
Group stage Forge FC Matches HFX Wanderers FC Opponent Result Opponent ResultHFX Wanderers FC 1–1 Match 1 Forge FC 1–1Pacific FC 2–0 Match 2 Cavalry FC 2–1Cavalry FC 1–0 Match 3 Pacific FC 0–5
Match details
Summary
Details
Forge FC: GK 1 Triston Henry RB 4 Dominic Samuel CB 14 David Edgar CB 5 Daniel Krutzen LB 6 Kwame Awuah CM 24 Paolo Sabak CM 13 Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson CM 10 Kyle Bekker (c) RW 7 David Choinière LW 2 Jonathan Grant CF 19 Molham Babouli Substitutes: GK 31 Baj Maan FW 9 Marcel Zajac FW 11 Chris Nanco MF 15 Maxim Tissot FW 17 Kadell Thomas FW 20 Gabriel Balbinotti DF 21 Jordan Dunstan DF 22 Monti Mohsen FW 23 Anthony Novak Manager: Bobby Smyrniotis HFX Wanderers: GK 50 Christian Oxner RB 6 Chrisnovic N'sa CB 2 Peter Schaale CB 3 Jems Geffrard LB 14 Mateo Restrepo CM 17 Aboubacar Sissoko CM 18 Andre Rampersad (c) RW 7 Alex Marshall AM 22 João Morelli LW 10 Alessandro Riggi CF 11 Akeem GarciaSubstitutes: GK 1 Jason Beaulieu MF 5 Louis Béland-Goyette MF 8 Omar Kreim FW 9 Ibrahima Sanoh DF 13 Daniel Kinumbe MF 15 Scott Firth DF 20 Jake Ruby FW 23 Cory Bent DF 24 Alex De CarolisManager: Stephen Hart
Man of the Match: Molham Babouli (Forge FC)Assistant referees: Gabrielle Lemieux Stefan Tanaka-Freundt Fourth official: Myriam Marcotte
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