2022 Challenge Trophy

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 champions Central City Breakers FC
Final positions
Champions Ottawa Gloucester Celtic
Runners-upEdmonton Green and Gold
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored95 (4.75 per match)

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]

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

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) [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

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
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.[14][15]

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 & 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

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

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

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

References

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