2025 Canadian Shield

The 2025 Canadian Shield was an invitational international men's soccer tournament held in Toronto, Canada. It was contested by Canada, Ivory Coast, New Zealand and Ukraine. It served as an unofficial spiritual successor to the Canada Cup tournament. The tournament took place from June 7 to 10, 2025. It is intended to be held annually in the future.^[1][2]

2025 Canadian Shield

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
City	Toronto
Dates	June 7–10
Teams	4 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Canada
Runners-up	New Zealand
Third place	Ukraine
Fourth place	Ivory Coast
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	10 (2.5 per match)
Attendance	83,468 (20,867 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jonathan David Oleksandr Zinchenko (2 goals each)

Format

Each team played two matches, with four matches played in total. If a match was tied after 90 minutes, a penalty shoot-out decided the winner. Teams were awarded three points for a regulation win, two points for a shoot-out win, and one point for a shoot-out loss. The team with the most points at the conclusion of the tournament, Canada, were crowned champions and awarded the Canadian Shield trophy.^[2]

Venue

Toronto
BMO Field	Toronto
Capacity: 28,180

Teams

Team	FIFA Ranking (April 2025)[3]
Ukraine (UEFA)	25
Canada (CONCACAF)	30
Ivory Coast (CAF)	41
New Zealand (OFC)	86

Results

All times are local, EDT (UTC-4).

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	Canada (C, H)	2	1	0	1	0	4	2	+2	4	Champions
2	New Zealand	2	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	3
3	Ukraine	2	1	0	0	1	4	5	−1	3
4	Ivory Coast	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	−1	2

Source: Instagram
(C) Champion; (H) Host

Matches

Canada	4–2	Ukraine
J. David 4', 24' P. David 31' Buchanan 81'	Report	Zabarnyi 89' Zinchenko 90+2' (pen.)

June 7, 2025

15:30

BMO Field, Toronto

Attendance: 20,145^[4]

Referee: Josué Ugalde (Costa Rica)

Ivory Coast	0–1	New Zealand
	Report	Just 41'

June 7, 2025

19:00

BMO Field, Toronto

Attendance: 26,345^[5]

Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière (Canada)

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New Zealand	1–2	Ukraine
Stamenić 59'	Report	Hutsulyak 54' Zinchenko 75'

June 10, 2025

17:00

BMO Field, Toronto

Attendance: 18,489^[6]

Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren (Canada)

Canada	0–0	Ivory Coast
	Report
Penalties
J. David Choinière Cornelius Oluwaseyi Koné De Fougerolles	4–5	Akpa Gbane Boga Latte Lath Kessié Diomande

June 10, 2025

20:30

BMO Field, Toronto

Attendance: 18,489^[7]

Referee: Filip Dujic (Canada)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 10 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 2.5 goals per match.

2 goals

• Jonathan David
• Oleksandr Zinchenko

1 goal

• Tajon Buchanan
• Promise David
• Elijah Just
• Marko Stamenić
• Oleksiy Hutsulyak
• Illya Zabarnyi

See also

• Canada Cup