2022 Challenge Trophy

The 2022 Canada Soccer National Championships (officially the Toyota National Championships for sponsorship reasons) was the 98th staging of Canada Soccer's amateur football club competition. Gloucester Celtic FC won the Challenge Trophy after they beat Edmonton Green and Gold in the Canadian Final at North Maple Field in Vaughan on 10 October 2022.

2022 Canada Soccer National Championships

2022 Toyota National Championships French: Championnats nationaux Toyota 2022
Tournament details
Country	Canada
Dates	5–10 October 2022
Teams	9
Defending champions	Central City Breakers FC
Final positions
Champions	Gloucester Celtic FC (2nd title)
Runners-up	Edmonton Green and Gold
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	95 (4.75 per match)
Awards
Best player	MVP Bezick Evraire
← 2019 2023 →

Nine teams qualified to the final week of the 2022 National Championships in Vaughan. Teams played either three or four group matches before the medal and ranking matches on the last day.

On the road to the National Championships, Gloucester Celtic FC beat Caledon SC in the 2022 Ontario Cup Final.^[1]

Teams

Each of Canada Soccer's thirteen provincial and territorial associations can send one representative to the Challenge Trophy, with teams generally qualifying through a regional preliminary series such as an open cup or league competition.^[2]

For the 2022 tournament, ten provincial associations confirmed their participation. New Brunswick's Fredericton Picaroons withdrew from the tournament in September 2022, leaving nine provincial representatives.

Province	Team	Qualified as	Previous appearances in tournament1	Previous best performance	Ref.
British Columbia	Surrey BB5 United2	British Columbia Provincial Championship winners	1 (2019)	Champions (2019)	[3]
Alberta	Edmonton Green & Gold	Alberta Soccer Challenge Cup winners	4 (2005, 2011, 2015, 2016)	Runners-up (2005)	[4]
Saskatchewan	SK Classicos	Acclaimed	0 (debut)	—	—
Manitoba	SC Hellas	Manitoba Soccer Provincial Championship winners	3 (2008, 2009, 2012)	Champions (2009)	[5]
Ontario	Ottawa Gloucester Celtic	Ontario Cup winners	2 (2013, 2016)	Champions (2013)	[1]
Quebec	Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest	Coupe du Québec runners-up3	0 (debut)	—	[6]
New Brunswick	Fredericton Picaroons Reds4	NBPSL Men's League winners	9 (2007, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)	Sixth place (2007, 2019)	[7]
Nova Scotia	Halifax Dunbrack SC	Nova Scotia Provincial Championship runners-up5	5 (1997, 1998, 1999, 2010, 2013)	Third place (2010)	[8]
Newfoundland and Labrador	Holy Cross FC	Newfoundland and Labrador Challenge Cup winners	20 (1973, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019)	Champions (1988)	[9]
Prince Edward Island	Winsloe-Charlottetown Royals	PEISA Men's League runners-up6	1 (2013)	Ninth place (2013)	[10]

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year.

² Competed in previous tournaments as Central City Breakers FC.

³ Replaced Royal-Sélect de Beauport as Quebec representatives.

⁴ Withdrew from the tournament in September 2022.

⁵ Replaced Suburban FC as Nova Scotia representatives.

⁶ Replaced Sherwood-Parkdale Rangers as Prince Edward Island representatives.

Venues

Matches were played at two different venues in the Maple and Woodbridge subdivisions of Vaughan.

Maple	Woodbridge
North Maple Regional Park	Vaughan Grove Sports Park
Capacity: 2,000[11]	Capacity: 1,000[12]
3km 1.9miles North Maple Vaughan Grove

Group stage

Competing teams are divided into two groups, playing against one another in a single round-robin and advancing to the final round based on their group positioning.

The preliminary schedule was announced by Canada Soccer on 9 August 2022 without kick-off times, and were later confirmed on 29 September 2022.^[13][14]

Tie-breaking criteria for group play

The following criteria shall be used to determine the final standings:[2] Most points in all group matches; Greater number of points in matches between the teams concerned (head-to-head competition); Greater goal difference in all group matches; Greater number of goals scored in all group matches; Kicks from the penalty mark as per the Laws of the Game, at a time and place decided by the Canada Soccer General Coordinator.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Edmonton Green & Gold	4	4	0	0	10	1	+9	12	Advance to final		—	—	1–0	2–1	4–0
2	Surrey BB5 United	4	3	0	1	17	3	+14	9	Advance to third place match		0–3	—	4–0	6–0	7–0
3	SC Hellas	4	2	0	2	17	8	+9	6	Advance to fifth place match		—	—	—	—	—
4	Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest	4	1	0	3	9	13	−4	3	Advance to seventh place match		—	—	2–4	—	6–1
5	SK Classicos	4	0	0	4	2	30	−28	0	Ninth place		—	—	1–13	—	—

Source: Canada Soccer
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Edmonton Green & Gold	2–1	Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest
Idrizi 24',  90+2' Onyejelem 78'		Withers 7' (o.g.) Saint-Maurice  73' Misol-Rodriguez  81'

5 October 2022 (2022-10-05)

13:00 UTC−5

North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan

Referee: Niko Jecanski

Surrey BB5 United	7–0	SK Classicos
Lakhan  10' Morello 22', 24', 48', 56' Giezen 64', 72' James 81'

5 October 2022 (2022-10-05)

13:00 UTC−5

North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan

Referee: Robert D'Alesio

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Surrey BB5 United	0–3	Edmonton Green & Gold
Lakhan  15'  54' Alfantazi  30' Morello  36' Giezen  68' Pang  88'		Amara 17',  40' Idrizi 35' Assem  51' Haque  68' Onyejelem 78'

6 October 2022 (2022-10-06)

13:00 UTC−5

North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan

Referee: Melvin Christopher

Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest	2–4	SC Hellas
Misol-Rodriguez 7' Roy-Madore  66' Jeanneau  70'  90+1' Krowiak 86' (o.g.)		Pagano 25',  90' Cannizzaro  34' Foderaro 42',  43' Ifantis  52' Olowe  66' Sugumaran 70' De Luca  90' Kurbegovic 90+5'

6 October 2022 (2022-10-06)

13:00 UTC−5

North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan

Referee: Nivin Raizada

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Surrey BB5 United	4–0	SC Hellas
Mehrabi 8', 19' Pang 40' Kabbadj 68' Si  71'		Ifantis  14' Haiart  30' Cannizzaro  33' Foderaro  66' Sacramento  68'

7 October 2022 (2022-10-07)

13:00 UTC−5

North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan

Referee: Robert D'Alesio

Edmonton Green & Gold	4–0	SK Classicos
Bosch 57' Zebie 59' Amara 74' Jetishi 79'		Maki  69'

7 October 2022 (2022-10-07)

13:00 UTC−5

North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan

Referee: Sebastian Noshinravani

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Surrey BB5 United	6–0	Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest
Desrosiers 15' (o.g.) de Graaf  21' Glennon 36' Morello 60' Alfantazi 67' James  82' Essa 86', 90' (pen.)		Dorval  24' Attia  90+1'

8 October 2022 (2022-10-08)

13:00 UTC−5

North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan

Referee: Niko Jecanski

SK Classicos	1–13	SC Hellas
Halyk 65' Kunkel  68' Wright  78' Bishop  90+1'		Douglas 26' Sugumaran 27', 51', 54', 76', 78', 87' Martin  50' Sacramento 70', 79' De Luca 77', 84', 90' Kurbegovic 82'

8 October 2022 (2022-10-08)

13:00 UTC−5

North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan

Referee: Josue Tomas Cascales

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Edmonton Green & Gold	1–0	SC Hellas
Withers  50' Onyejelem 53' Graham  63' Huang  77'		Olowe  9' Foderaro  32' Haiart  65'

9 October 2022 (2022-10-09)

12:15 UTC−5

North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan

Referee: Sebastian Noshinravani

Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest	6–1	SK Classicos
Dorval 4' Morin 8', 83' Perusse 67' Jachée 61' (pen.), 78'		Abel 18'

9 October 2022 (2022-10-09)

12:15 UTC−5

North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan

Referee: Ryan Schwenger

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ottawa Gloucester Celtic	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7	Advance to final		—	1–1	3–1	4–0
2	Holy Cross FC	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Advance to third place match		—	—	—	3–1
3	Halifax Dunbrack SC	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	3	Advance to fifth place match		—	1–2	—	4–2
4	Winsloe-Charlottetown Royals	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0	Advance to seventh place match		—	—	—	—

Source: Canada Soccer
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Ottawa Gloucester Celtic	4–0	Winsloe-Charlottetown Royals
Kewin 12' Davies  25' Babineau 30' Bryan  82' Pang 90+2' Evraire 90+4'		Sanoh  15'  32' Egwatu  90+3'

5 October 2022 (2022-10-05)

09:30 UTC−5

North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan

Referee: Sebastian Noshinravani

Halifax Dunbrack SC	1–2	Holy Cross FC
P. Gorski  75' Parkinson 88'		O'Keefe 26' Kirby 35',  68'

5 October 2022 (2022-10-05)

09:30 UTC−5

North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan

Referee: Marko Grubisic

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Ottawa Gloucester Celtic	1–1	Holy Cross FC
Bryan 28' Stojanovic  58' Dasah  78' Desjeunes  90+1'		Kirby 18' DeLong  41' Stanford  42'

6 October 2022 (2022-10-06)

09:30 UTC−5

North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan

Referee: Niko Jecanski

Halifax Dunbrack SC	4–2	Winsloe-Charlottetown Royals
Benoi 3' Okello 15' D. Gorski  48' Manyot 69', 82' Wurie  90'		D. Gorski 6' (o.g.) Clarke  51' Wright 87' Akakpo  87'

6 October 2022 (2022-10-06)

09:30 UTC−5

North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan

Referee: Vasyl Dzikh

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Ottawa Gloucester Celtic	3–1	Halifax Dunbrack SC
Stojanovic  9'  45+1' Asabre 18' Evraire 44' Dasah  72' Sanders 86',  88'		Karklins 28',  38' Hawley  76' P. Gorski  85' Ellis  89'

8 October 2022 (2022-10-08)

09:30 UTC−5

North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan

Referee: Hussein Walji

Holy Cross FC	3–1	Winsloe-Charlottetown Royals
O'Keefe 42', 90+1' O'Brien 52'		Sanoh 49',  71' Alhaji Ali  83'

8 October 2022 (2022-10-08)

09:30 UTC−5

North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan

Referee: Nick Vagenas

Final round

The final round (known as Teck Finals Day for sponsorship reasons) pairs equally-ranked opponents from opposite groups to determine a final ranking for the tournament.

Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest	1–3	Winsloe-Charlottetown Royals
Misol-Rodriguez 54'		MacWilliams 10' Egwatu  34' Sanoh 40', 88' Lasia  50' McKenna  89'

10 October 2022 (2022-10-10)

09:00 UTC−5

Seventh place match

Vaughan Grove Sports Park, Vaughan

Referee: Marko Grubisic

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SC Hellas	3–1	Halifax Dunbrack SC
Larson 58', 71' Olowe  76' Sugumaran 83'		Wahdan 45' Manyot  45+2'

10 October 2022 (2022-10-10)

09:00 UTC−5

Fifth place match

North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan

Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren

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Surrey BB5 United	1–6	Holy Cross FC
Si 28' Dhillon  80' Alfantazi  85' Kaler  85'		Kirby 2', 39' Warren 16' DeLong 41' O'Keefe 55' Connors 78'

10 October 2022 (2022-10-10)

09:00 UTC−5

Third place match

North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan

Referee: Vasyl Dzikh

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Edmonton Green and Gold	0–2	Ottawa Gloucester Celtic
Haque  90+5'		Sanders 20',  60' Bryan 21' Panginas  90+2' Yoseke  90+5'

Challenge Cup

10 October 2022 (2022-10-10)

12:00 UTC−5

Final

North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan

Referee: Robert D'Alesio

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Bezick Evraire, Ottawa Gloucester Celtic FC