2025 Canadian Championship
| Championnat canadien 2025 (French) | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Country | Canada |
| Teams | 15 (from 6 leagues) |
| Defending champions | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |
The 2025 Canadian Championship (French: Championnat canadien 2025) will be the eighteenth edition of the Canadian Championship, the premier men's domestic cup competition in Canadian soccer, and the 24th competition staged to determine the winner of the Voyageurs Cup. It will feature all eleven professional men's soccer teams in Canada, from Major League Soccer and the Canadian Premier League, along with the champions of the four semi-professional League1 Canada competitions: Edmonton Scottish, FC Laval, TSS Rovers FC, and Scrosoppi FC.[1][2] This tournament will mark the first Voyageurs Cup campaign for Edmonton Scottish and Scrosoppi FC.
Format
[edit]The tournament will consists of four rounds with the quarter-finals and semi-finals being two legs, and the preliminary round and the finals being single legs. The winner of the 2024 Canadian Championship, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, received a bye to the quarter-finals; the remaining fourteen teams will begin the competition in the preliminary round. Hosting privileges up to the semi-finals are determined based on the Canadian Championship ranking index.[3][4]
Teams
[edit]
CF Montréal; 
FC LavalToronto area clubs:
Toronto FC; 
York United Vancouver area clubs:
Vancouver Whitecaps; Vancouver FC; TSS Rovers Canadian Premier League Major League Soccer League1 Canada
| Rank | League | Team | Location | Entry round | App. | Previous best (last) |
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| 1 | Major League Soccer | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Vancouver, BC | Quarter-finals | 17th | Winners (2024) |
| 2 | Toronto FC | Toronto, Ontario | Preliminary round | 18th | Winners (2020) | |
| 3 | CF Montréal | Montreal, Quebec | 17th | Winners (2021) | ||
| 4 | Canadian Premier League | Forge FC | Hamilton, Ontario | 7th | Runners-up (2020) | |
| 5 | Pacific FC | Langford, BC | 6th | Semi-finals (2024) | ||
| 6 | York United FC | Toronto, Ontario | 6th | Semi-finals (2022) | ||
| 7 | Cavalry FC | Foothills County, Alberta | 6th | Semi-finals (2019) | ||
| 8 | Atlético Ottawa | Ottawa, Ontario | 5th | Quarter-finals (2024) | ||
| 9 | HFX Wanderers FC | Halifax, Nova Scotia | 6th | Quarter-finals (2022) | ||
| 10 | Valour FC | Winnipeg, Manitoba | 6th | Quarter-finals (2021) | ||
| 11 | Vancouver FC | Langley, BC | 3rd | Preliminary round (2024) | ||
| 12 | League1 Canada (division champions) |
TSS Rovers FC (L1BC) | Burnaby, BC | 3rd | Quarter-finals (2023) | |
| 13 | FC Laval (L1Q) | Laval, Quebec | 2nd | Preliminary round (2023) | ||
| 14 | Scrosoppi FC (L1O) | Milton, Ontario | 1st | — | ||
| 15 | Edmonton Scottish (L1AB) | Edmonton, Alberta | 1st | — |
Draw
[edit]Canada Soccer will conduct two draws to determine the matchups of the tournament: one draw to determine the preliminary round and quarter-final matchups, and another to determine the semi-final and final rounds.[3][4]
First draw
[edit]The first draw to determine preliminary round matchups and the pathway through the quarter-finals was conducted on December 12, 2024. Teams were separated into east and west regions for the draw, and semi-pro teams could not be drawn against each other in the preliminary round. Vancouver Whitecaps FC were given a bye to the quarter-finals as 2024 champions.[3][4]
| West | West/Semi-Pro | East | East/Semi-Pro | Bye |
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Bracket
[edit]For two-legged ties, the team listed above in the bracket will host the second match.
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| TSS FC Rovers | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Cavalry FC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Edmonton Scottish | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ottawa, ON | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Atlético Ottawa | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scrosoppi FC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toronto, ON | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| York United FC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC Laval | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toronto, ON | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toronto FC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| CF Montréal | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hamilton, ON | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Forge FC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| HFX Wanderers FC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Preliminary round
[edit]Summary
[edit]Matches
[edit]Quarter-finals
[edit]Summary
[edit]| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Series 1 | Winner match 1 | – | – |
| Winner match 2 | Series 2 | Winner match 3 | – | – |
| Winner match 4 | Series 3 | Winner match 5 | – | – |
| Winner match 6 | Series 4 | Winner match 7 | – | – |
Semi-finals
[edit]Summary
[edit]| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Redrawn team | Series 5 | Redrawn team | – | – |
| Redrawn team | Series 6 | Redrawn team | – | – |
Final
[edit]| Winner series 5 | v | Winner series 6 |
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References
[edit]- ^ Mahmoudi, Nelson (August 31, 2024). "Scrosoppi Squeeze into CanChamp with Skublak Brace". Northern Tribune. Archived from the original on September 1, 2024. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
- ^ OneSoccer [@onesoccer] (August 31, 2024). "The 4 semi-pro teams that will play in the 2025 TELUS Canadian Championship have been confirmed 🏆👀". Archived from the original on September 25, 2024. Retrieved December 11, 2024 – via Instagram.
- ^ a b c "2025 Telus Canadian Championship draw set for Thursday, Dec. 12". Canadian Premier League. December 12, 2024. Archived from the original on December 12, 2024. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
- ^ a b c O'Connor-Clarke, Charlie (December 12, 2024). "2025 Telus Canadian Championship preliminary round matchups confirmed". Canadian Premier League. Archived from the original on December 13, 2024. Retrieved December 12, 2024.