Challenge Trophy
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Founded | 1912 |
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Region | Canada (CONCACAF) |
Number of teams | 10–12 |
Current champions | Central City Breakers FC |
Most successful club(s) | Westminster Royals (8 times) |
Television broadcasters | sportscanada.tv (website) |
Website | www |
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The Challenge Trophy (French: Trophée Challenge) is a national amateur soccer cup in Canada contested by the champions of individual provincial soccer competitions. It is one of the oldest soccer competitions in Canada, being held since 1913. It is run by the Canadian Soccer Association.
History[edit]
An unofficial Dominion championship for a trophy donated by The People newspaper of London, named the Peoples Shield, was contested from 1906–1912. Teams from all provinces did not enter the competition in each year, and it was contested by Western Canada in its last years.
On May 24, 1912, the Amateur Athletic Union met in Toronto to determine a competition to crown a Canadian national champion.[1] That year, the executive of the Dominion of Canada Football Association invited the Duke of Connaught to become the Patron of the Association. The Duke donated the Connaught Cup to the FA, which became the championship of Canadian soccer. In 1926, the English FA donated a new trophy to replace it as the national championship named the Challenge Trophy.[2]
The inaugural competition in 1913 and the 1914 edition both featured four teams in a league format; both were won by Manitoba side Norwood Wanderers. From 1915 to 1955, the final was generally played as a best-of-three series between the champions of the west and the champions of the east.[1][3] The single-game final used today was first implemented in 1956.
In 1927, the previously amateur-only tournament opened to professional teams. Prior to 1940, fifteen finals were played at Carruthers Park in Winnipeg (1923–1939), (roughly halfway across the country) five in Toronto and one each in Vancouver and Montreal.[1][4]
From 1954 to 1961, the trophy was replaced by the Carling Cup. The original Challenge Trophy is now retired and on display at Canada Soccer House in Ottawa, Ontario.
The tournament acted as a men's national championship at the highest level in Canadian soccer in its early years, however, professional and semi-professional tournaments have taken on more importance in recent decades, including the Canadian Championship.
Qualifying competitions and participants[edit]
Provincial championships determine the teams competing in The Challenge Trophy:
- British Columbia: B.C. Provincial Championship winners
- Alberta: Alberta Cup winners
- Saskatchewan: Saskatchewan Open Cup winners
- Manitoba: Manitoba Cup winners
- Ontario: Ontario Cup winners
- Quebec: LSEQ winners
- New Brunswick: Winner by acclamation
- Prince Edward Island: Winner by acclamation
- Nova Scotia: Nova Scotia Cup winners
- Newfoundland and Labrador: Newfoundland and Labrador Challenge Cup[5] winners
- Yukon: Winner by acclamation
- Northwest Territories: Winner by acclamation
Past winners[edit]
Year | Host | Final | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Winner | Score | Runner-up | ||
1913 league |
Fort William, Ontario | Norwood Wanderers St. Boniface |
Lachine Montreal | |
1914 league |
Winnipeg, Manitoba | Norwood Wanderers St. Boniface |
Fort William C.P.R. | |
1915 east v. west |
Toronto, Ontario | Winnipeg Scottish[6] | 0–0 6–1 |
Toronto Lancashire |
1916 1917 1918 |
No Competition | |||
1919 | Montreal, Quebec | Grand Trunk Montreal |
2–1 1–0 |
Winnipeg War Veterans |
1920 details |
Hamilton, Ontario Toronto, Ontario |
Westinghouse Hamilton |
0–0 2–1 |
Winnipeg Britannia |
1921 | Toronto, Ontario | Toronto Scottish FC | Ladysmith | |
1922 | Toronto, Ontario | Hillhurst Calgary |
Toronto Ulster United | |
1923 | Carruthers Park Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Nanaimo Wanderers | Montreal C.P.R. | |
1924 | Carruthers Park Winnipeg, Manitoba |
United Weston Winnipeg |
Canadian Explosives Beloeil | |
1925 | Carruthers Park Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Toronto Ulster United | Nanaimo Wanderers | |
1926 | Carruthers Park Winnipeg, Manitoba |
United Weston Winnipeg |
Canadian Collieries Cumberland | |
1927 | Carruthers Park Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Nanaimo Wanderers | Fort William Legion | |
1928 details |
Carruthers Park Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Westminster Royals[7] | 3–2 1–2 6–1 |
Montreal C.N.R. |
1929 details |
Carruthers Park Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Canadian National Montreal |
United Weston Winnipeg | |
1930 details |
Carruthers Park Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Westminster Royals | Montreal C.N.R. | |
1931 | Carruthers Park Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Westminster Royals | Toronto Scottish | |
1932 | Toronto, Ontario | Toronto Scottish[8] | Vancouver North Shore | |
1933 | Carruthers Park Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Toronto Scottish[8] | Prince Albert City Reds | |
1934 | Carruthers Park Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Verdun Park | Prince Albert City Reds | |
1935 | Carruthers Park Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Aldred Building Montreal |
Nanaimo Wanderers | |
1936 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Westminster Royals | United Weston Winnipeg | |
1937 | Carruthers Park Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Johnston Nationals Vancouver |
Toronto Ulster United | |
1938 5 games |
Carruthers Park Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Vancouver North Shore | T-T L-W W-L T-T 6–2 |
Dome Mines Timmins |
1939 | Carruthers Park Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Radials Vancouver |
2–2 2–3 2–0 3–1 |
Carsteel Montreal |
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 |
No Competition | |||
1946 | Toronto Ulster United | Fort William Combines | ||
1947[9] | Callister Park Vancouver |
St. Andrew's Vancouver |
5–0 4–0 |
Winnipeg Combines |
1948[10] | Broadview YMCA Toronto, Ontario |
Carsteel Montreal |
4–3 1–3 4–3 |
St. Andrew's Vancouver |
1949 | Mewata Stadium Calgary, Alberta |
North Shore United Vancouver |
4–0[11] 1–2[12] 2–0[13] |
Westinghouse Hamilton |
1950 details[14] |
Callister Park Vancouver |
Vancouver City | 4–1 4–0 |
Winnipeg Scottish |
1951 | Wesetmount Athletic Grounds Montreal, Quebec |
Toronto Ulster United | St. Andrew's Vancouver | |
1952 | Stelco Montreal |
Westminster Royals | ||
1953 | Westminster Royals | Montreal Hakoah | ||
1954 | A.N. & A.F. Scottish Winnipeg[15] |
Vancouver North Shore | ||
1955 | Westminster Royals | Montreal Ukraina | ||
1956 | Vancouver Hale-Co FC |
5–1 | Winnipeg Germania | |
1957 | Montreal Ukraina | 2–1 | Vancouver North Shore | |
1958 | Westminster Royals | 2–0 | Winnipeg Scottish | |
1959 | Montreal Canadian Alouettes | 3–2 | Westminster Royals | |
1960 | Westminster Royals | 4–0 | Golden Mile Toronto | |
1961 details |
Faillon Stadium Montreal, Quebec |
Montreal Concordia FC | 1–0 | Vancouver Firefighters |
1962 | Winnipeg Scottish | 6–0 | Edmonton Edelweiss | |
1963 | No Competition | |||
1964 details |
Vancouver Columbus | 4–0 | Italian Flyers Sudbury | |
1965 | Vancouver Firefighters | 3–0 | Oshawa Italians | |
1966 details |
Alexander Park in Winnipeg, Manitoba | British Columbia Selects | 2–0 | |
1967 | Calgary, Alberta | Ballymena United Toronto |
1–0 | Buffalo Kickers Calgary |
1968 | Toronto, Ontario | Toronto Royals | 2–1 | Vancouver Columbus |
1969 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Vancouver Columbus | 10–0 | Montreal Ukraina |
1970 and beyond[edit]
Most titles[edit]
- By provincial association
Rank | Province | Titles |
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1 | British Columbia | 41 |
2 | Ontario | 18 |
3 | Quebec | 12 |
4 | Manitoba | 11 |
5 | Alberta | 8 |
6 | Nova Scotia | 2 |
7 | Saskatchewan | 1 |
New Brunswick | 1 | |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 1 | |
Prince Edward Island | 1 |
- By club
Rank | Club | Champions | Runners-up |
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1 | Westminster Royals | 8 | 2 |
2 | Vancouver Columbus | 4 | 2 |
Calgary Callies (99' as Celtic) | 4 | 2 | |
Vancouver Firefighters | 4 | 1 | |
Victoria West Soccer Club | 4 | ||
6 | Toronto Scottish | 3 | 1 |
Toronto Ulster United | 3 | ||
8 | Vancouver North Shore | 2 | 3 |
Edmonton Ital Canadians | 2 | ||
Lucania Soccer Club | 2 | ||
Nanaimo Wanderers | 2 | ||
Norwood Wanderers | 2 | ||
United Weston | 2 | ||
Vancouver Hale-Co FC (formerly Vancouver City) | 2 | ||
Norvan ANAF | 2 | ||
Winnipeg Scottish (54' as A.N. & A.F. Scottish) | 2 | ||
Montreal Concordia (formerly Alouettes) | 2 | ||
London Marconi | 2 |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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