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2022 Challenge Trophy

The 2022 Challenge Trophy (French: Trophée Challenge 2022, part of the Toyota National Championships for sponsorship reasons) was the 98th edition of the Challenge Trophy, an annual cup competition contested by amateur teams in men's Canadian soccer. Nine teams played in the tournament, which took place in Vaughan, Ontario, from 5–10 October 2022.[1]

2022 Challenge Trophy
French: Trophée Challenge 2022
2022 Toyota National Championships
French: Championnats nationaux Toyota 2022
Tournament details
CountryCanada
Dates5–10 October 2022
Teams10
Defending championsBritish Columbia Soccer Association Central City Breakers FC
Final positions
ChampionsOntario Soccer Association Ottawa Gloucester Celtic
Runner-upEdmonton Green and Gold
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored95 (4.75 per match)
← 2019
2023 →

Ottawa Gloucester Celtic won their second Challenge Trophy, defeating Edmonton Green & Gold Edmonton Green and Gold 2–0 in the final.

Teams edit

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) [6]
  Quebec Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest Coupe du Québec runners-up3 0 (debut) — [7]
  New Brunswick Fredericton Picaroons Reds4 NBPSL Men's League winners 9 (2007, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) Sixth place (2007, 2019) [8]
  Nova Scotia Halifax Dunbrack SC Nova Scotia Provincial Championship runners-up5 5 (1997, 1998, 1999, 2010, 2013) Third place (2010) [9]
  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) [10]
  Prince Edward Island Winsloe-Charlottetown Royals PEISA Men's League runners-up6 1 (2013) Ninth place (2013) [11]
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 edit

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[12] Capacity: 1,000[13]
 
 
3km
2miles
 
North Maple
 
Vaughan Grove

Group stage edit

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.[14][15]

Group A edit

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 & Gold2–1  Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest
  • Idrizi   24',   90+2'
  • Onyejelem   78'
  • Withers   7' (o.g.)
  • Saint-Maurice   73'
  • Misol-Rodriguez   81'
North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan
Referee: Niko Jecanski
  Surrey BB5 United7–0  SK Classicos
  • Lakhan   10'
  • Morello   22', 24', 48', 56'
  • Giezen   64', 72'
  • James   81'
North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan
Referee: Robert D'Alesio
  Surrey BB5 United0–3  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'
North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan
Referee: Melvin Christopher
  Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest2–4  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'
North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan
Referee: Nivin Raizada
  Surrey BB5 United4–0  SC Hellas
  • Mehrabi   8', 19'
  • Pang   40'
  • Kabbadj   68'
  • Si   71'
  • Ifantis   14'
  • Haiart   30'
  • Cannizzaro   33'
  • Foderaro   66'
  • Sacramento   68'
North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan
Referee: Robert D'Alesio
  Edmonton Green & Gold4–0  SK Classicos
  • Bosch   57'
  • Zebie   59'
  • Amara   74'
  • Jetishi   79'
  • Maki   69'
North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan
Referee: Sebastian Noshinravani
  Surrey BB5 United6–0  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'
North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan
Referee: Niko Jecanski
  SK Classicos1–13  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'
North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan
Referee: Josue Tomas Cascales
  Edmonton Green & Gold1–0  SC Hellas
  • Withers   50'
  • Onyejelem   53'
  • Graham   63'
  • Huang   77'
  • Olowe   9'
  • Foderaro   32'
  • Haiart   65'
North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan
Referee: Sebastian Noshinravani
  Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest6–1  SK Classicos
  • Dorval   4'
  • Morin   8', 83'
  • Perusse   67'
  • Jachée   61' (pen.), 78'
  • Abel   18'
North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan
Referee: Ryan Schwenger

Group B edit

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 Celtic4–0  Winsloe-Charlottetown Royals
  • Kewin   12'
  • Davies   25'
  • Babineau   30'
  • Bryan   82'
  • Pang   90+2'
  • Evraire   90+4'
  • Sanoh   15'   32'
  • Egwatu   90+3'
North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan
Referee: Sebastian Noshinravani
  Halifax Dunbrack SC1–2  Holy Cross FC
  • P. Gorski   75'
  • Parkinson   88'
  • O'Keefe   26'
  • Kirby   35',   68'
North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan
Referee: Marko Grubisic
  Ottawa Gloucester Celtic1–1  Holy Cross FC
  • Bryan   28'
  • Stojanovic   58'
  • Dasah   78'
  • Desjeunes   90+1'
  • Kirby   18'
  • DeLong   41'
  • Stanford   42'
North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan
Referee: Niko Jecanski
  Halifax Dunbrack SC4–2  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'
North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan
Referee: Vasyl Dzikh
  Ottawa Gloucester Celtic3–1  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'
North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan
Referee: Hussein Walji
  Holy Cross FC3–1  Winsloe-Charlottetown Royals
  • O'Keefe   42', 90+1'
  • O'Brien   52'
  • Sanoh   49',   71'
  • Alhaji Ali   83'
North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan
Referee: Nick Vagenas

Final round edit

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.

Seventh place match
  Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest1–3  Winsloe-Charlottetown Royals
  • Misol-Rodriguez   54'
  • MacWilliams   10'
  • Egwatu   34'
  • Sanoh   40', 88'
  • Lasia   50'
  • McKenna   89'
Vaughan Grove Sports Park, Vaughan
Referee: Marko Grubisic
Fifth place match
  SC Hellas3–1  Halifax Dunbrack SC
  • Larson   58', 71'
  • Olowe   76'
  • Sugumaran   83'
  • Wahdan   45'
  • Manyot   45+2'
North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan
Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren
Third place match
  Surrey BB5 United1–6  Holy Cross FC
  • Si   28'
  • Dhillon   80'
  • Alfantazi   85'
  • Kaler   85'
  • Kirby   2', 39'
  • Warren   16'
  • DeLong   41'
  • O'Keefe   55'
  • Connors   78'
North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan
Referee: Vasyl Dzikh
Challenge Cup
Final
Edmonton Green and Gold0–2  Ottawa Gloucester Celtic
  • Haque   90+5'
  • Sanders   20',   60'
  • Bryan   21'
  • Panginas   90+2'
  • Yoseke   90+5'
North Maple Regional Park, Vaughan
Referee: Robert D'Alesio

Awards edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ "Canada Soccer Announces Hosts of the 2022–24 Toyota National Championships". ontariosoccer.com. Ontario Soccer Association. March 22, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2022. In 2022, Charlottetown, PE will host the U-15 Cup, Surrey, BC will host the U-17 Cup, and Vaughan, ON will host the Jubilee and Challenge Trophy competitions.
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  10. ^ "Holy Cross FC win their 23rd Newfoundland Labrador Men's Provincial Championship". canadasoccer.com. Canadian Soccer Association. September 4, 2022. Retrieved September 4, 2022. With the provincial win, the former national champions Holy Cross FC qualified for Canada Soccer's 2022 Toyota National Championships in Vaughan, Ontario.
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External links edit

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