2016 Challenge Trophy

The 2016 Challenge Trophy is the national championship for men's soccer clubs competing at division 4 and below in the Canadian soccer pyramid. It was held in St. John's, Newfoundland from October 5–10, 2016.^[1]

2016 Challenge Trophy

Challenge Cup National Championship
The Challenge Trophy
Tournament details
Country	Canada
Dates	October 5–10, 2016
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Edmonton Scottish
Runner-up	Royal-Sélect de Beauport
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	93 (3.1 per match)
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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.^[2]

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[3]	Qualification
British Columbia	Surrey Pegasus FC	Paul Bahia	British Columbia Men's Provincial Cup[4]
Alberta	Edmonton Scottish	Kevin Poissant	Alberta Soccer Provincial Championships[5]
Alberta	Edmonton Green & Gold	Martin Andersen	Alberta Soccer Provincial Championships[5]
Saskatchewan	Saskatoon HUSA Alumni	Stewart Gillott	Saskatchewan Shield[6]
Manitoba	FC Winnipeg Lions	Tony Nocita	Manitoba Soccer Association Cup[7]
Ontario	Gloucester Celtic	Matt Williams	Ontario Cup[8]
Quebec	Royal-Sélect de Beauport	Samir Ghrib	Ligue de soccer élite du Québec Playoff Champion[9]
New Brunswick	Fredericton Picaroons Reds	Dave Rouse	New Brunswick Premier Soccer League[10]
Nova Scotia	Western Halifax FC	Alan Jazic	Nova Scotia Soccer League Premiership Cup[11]
Prince Edward Island	PEI FC	John Diamond & Bruce Norton	Acclaimed[12]
Newfoundland and Labrador	St. Lawrence Laurentians	Derek Strang	Newfoundland and Labrador Challenge Cup[13]
Newfoundland and Labrador	Mount Pearl	Andrew Murphy	Newfoundland and Labrador Challenge Cup[13]

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.^[14]

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.^[15]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Gloucester Celtic	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7	6	Advance to knockout round		—	4–0	4–1
2	FC Winnipeg Lions	2	1	0	1	3	5	−2	3			—	—	—
3	PEI FC	2	0	0	2	2	7	−5	0	Classification tournament		—	1–3	—

Source: canadasoccer.com

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Edmonton Scottish	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6	Advance to knockout round		—	3–0	1–0
2	Fredericton Picaroons Reds	2	1	0	1	1	3	−2	3			—	—	1–0
3	Western Halifax FC	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0	Classification tournament		—	—	—

Source: canadasoccer.com

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Royal-Sélect de Beauport	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4	Advance to knockout round		—	0–0	—
2	Edmonton Green and Gold	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2			—	—	—
3	Surrey Pegasus FC	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1	Classification tournament		0–1	0–0	—

Source: canadasoccer.com

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saskatoon HUSA Alumni	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	6	Advance to knockout round		—	1–0	1–0
2	St. Lawrence Laurentians	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3			—	—	1–0
3	Mount Pearl	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0	Classification tournament		—	—	—

Source: canadasoccer.com

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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Surrey Pegasus FC	3	2	0	1	9	5	+4	6		—		2–3
2	PEI FC	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4		1–3	—	1–1	3–2
3	Mount Pearl	3	1	1	1	4	7	−3	4				—
4	Western Halifax FC	3	1	0	2	7	7	0	3		1–4		4–0	—

Source: canadasoccer.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head; 3) goal differential

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.

Fifth place

Consolation playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

1A

Gloucester Celtic

6

2D

St. Lawrence Laurentians

1

2D

St. Lawrence Laurentians

2

1A

Gloucester Celtic

0

2B

Fredericton Picaroons Reds

1

1C

Royal-Sélect de Beauport

1

1C

Royal-Sélect de Beauport (p)

1 (5)

2B

Fredericton Picaroons Reds

1 (4)

2D

St. Lawrence Laurentians

2

1C

Royal-Sélect de Beauport

0

2C

Edmonton Green and Gold

4

1B

Edmonton Scottish

1

1D

Saskatoon HUSA Alumni

3

2A

FC Winnipeg Lions

1

Seventh place

2A

FC Winnipeg Lions

2

1D

Saskatoon HUSA Alumni

0

Third place

2C

Edmonton Green and Gold

3

1B

Edmonton Scottish

2

2B

Fredericton Picaroons Reds

1

1B

Edmonton Scottish

2

1A

Gloucester Celtic

5

2A

FC Winnipeg Lions

5

2C

Edmonton Green and Gold

0

1D

Saskatoon HUSA Alumni

2

Quarter-finals

Gloucester Celtic v St. Lawrence Laurentians

October 8, 2016 Quarterfinal	Gloucester Celtic	6–1	St. Lawrence Laurentians	King George V Stadium
12:00 pm	Evraire Kewin De Couvreur Lauzon	Report	Pittman

Royal-Sélect de Beauport v Fredericton Picaroons Reds

October 8, 2016 Quarter-final	Royal-Sélect de Beauport	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Fredericton Picaroons Reds	Topsail Field
12:00 pm	Papa Dione	Report Report	Morrison

Saskatoon HUSA Alumni v FC Winnipeg Lions

October 8, 2016 Quarter-final	Saskatoon HUSA Alumni	3–1	FC Winnipeg Lions	Mt. Pearl Soccer Complex
2:30 pm	Peters Tomchuk	Report	Alberti

Edmonton Scottish v Edmonton Green and Gold

October 8, 2016 Quarter-final	Edmonton Scottish	2–0	Edmonton Green and Gold	Mt. Pearl Soccer Complex
5:00 pm		Report

Semi-finals

Gloucester Celtic v Royal-Sélect de Beauport

October 9, 2016 Semi-final	Gloucester Celtic	0–1	Royal-Sélect de Beauport	King George V Stadium
9:30 am		Report	Grant-Gignac

Saskatoon HUSA Alumni v Edmonton Scottish

October 9, 2016 Semi-final	Saskatoon HUSA Alumni	0–2	Edmonton Scottish	King George V Stadium
12:00 pm		Report	Gazic Johnstone

St. Lawrence Laurentians v Fredericton Picaroons Reds

October 9, 2016 Consolation play-off	St. Lawrence Laurentians	2–1	Fredericton Picaroons Reds	Mt. Pearl Soccer Complex
2:30 pm	J. Slaney Hennebury	Report	K. Morrison

FC Winnipeg Lions v Edmonton Green and Gold

October 9, 2016 Consolation play-off	FC Winnipeg Lions	2–3	Edmonton Green and Gold	Mt. Pearl Soccer Complex
12:00 pm	Alberti Rattai	Report	Graham Ongaro Barker-Rothschild

Final

Royal-Sélect de Beauport v Edmonton Scottish

October 10, 2016 1st place match	Royal-Sélect de Beauport	0–1	Edmonton Scottish	King George V Stadium
12:00 pm		Report	Wheeler 93'

Gloucester Celtic v Saskatoon HUSA Alumni

October 10, 2016 3rd place match	Gloucester Celtic	5–2	Saskatoon HUSA Alumni	Mt. Pearl Soccer Complex
11:15 am	De Couvreur El-Asmar Murphy Babineau Caceros	Report	Mylymok Reis

St. Lawrence Laurentians v Edmonton Green and Gold

October 10, 2016 5th place match	St. Lawrence Laurentians	2–4	Edmonton Green and Gold	Mt. Pearl Soccer Complex
8:30 am	Gregory Slaney	Report	Graham Hersche Ongaro Shah

Fredericton Picaroons Reds v FC Winnipeg Lions

October 10, 2016 7th place match	Fredericton Picaroons Reds	1–5	FC Winnipeg Lions	Paradise Field
11:15 am	K. Morrison	Report	Alberti Naumiuk Kumagai

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