2023 Challenge Trophy

2023 Challenge Trophy
French: Trophée Challenge 2023
2023 Toyota National Championships
French: Championnats nationaux Toyota 2023
Tournament details
CountryCanada
Dates4–9 October 2023
Teams10
Defending champions Ottawa Gloucester Celtic
Final positions
Champions West Ottawa Warriors
Runners-up Western Halifax FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played25
Goals scored90 (3.6 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Farivar Torabi
Montassar Trimech
(4 goals)
Awards
Best player Javane Henry

The 2023 Challenge Trophy (French: Trophée Challenge 2023, part of the Toyota National Championships for sponsorship reasons) was the 99th edition of the Challenge Trophy, an annual cup competition contested by amateur teams in men's Canadian soccer. Ten teams participated in the tournament, which took place in Halifax, Nova Scotia from 4–9 October 2023.[1]

The West Ottawa Warriors won the Challenge Trophy on their debut, defeating host team Western Halifax FC 1–0 in the final.[2]

Teams

Teams were seeded on the basis of their Provincial/Territorial Associations team's final standing in the previous year's championship.

Group A Group B
 Ontario  Alberta
 British Columbia  Newfoundland and Labrador
 Manitoba  Nova Scotia A
 Quebec  Prince Edward Island
 New Brunswick  Nova Scotia B

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.[3]

For the 2023 tournament, nine provincial associations confirmed their participation, with Nova Scotia fielding two teams as the host.

Province Team Qualified as Previous appearances in tournament1 Previous best performance Ref.
 British Columbia Surrey BB5 United2 BC Soccer Adult A Cup winners 2 (2019, 2022) Champions (2019) [4]
 Alberta Edmonton Scottish Alberta Soccer Challenge Cup winners 11 (1972, 1979, 1987, 1992, 1996, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019) Champions (2016) [5]
 Manitoba FC Winnipeg Lions3 Manitoba Soccer Provincial Championship winners 11 (1996, 1998, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) Champions (2002) [6]
 Ontario West Ottawa Warriors MilkUP Ontario Cup winners 0 (debut) — [7]
 Quebec Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest LSEQ league winners 1 (2022) Eighth place (2022) [8]
 New Brunswick Fredericton Picaroons Reds NBPSL Challenge Cup Final winners 9 (2007, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) Sixth place (2007, 2019) [9]
 Nova Scotia Suburban FC of Fall River Soccer Nova Scotia AAA Cup winners 1 (2011) Fifth place (2011) [10]
Western Halifax FC Soccer Nova Scotia AAA Cup runners-up 2 (2016, 2017) Champions (2017)
 Newfoundland and Labrador Feildians AA of St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador Challenge Cup winners 2 (1969, 2008) Third place (1969) [11]
 Prince Edward Island Winsloe-Charlottetown Royals PEI winners by acclamation as the only PEI team in the NB Premier League 1 (2022) Seventh place (2022) —
1 Bold indicates champion for that year.
2 Competed in previous tournaments as Central City Breakers FC.
3 Competed in previous tournaments as Winnipeg Sons of Italy.

Venues

Matches took place at three different venues within the Halifax Regional Municipality.

Bedford Dartmouth Halifax
Bedford-Hammond Plains Harbour East Field Mainland Common Field
Capacity: 400 Capacity: 400 Capacity: 400
3km
1.9miles

Group stage

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

The preliminary schedule was released by Canada Soccer in August 2023 without locations or kick-off times, which were later confirmed on 15 September.[12] Teams were given bye days based on the pot they were drawn from, with pot 1 teams receiving byes on the 5th day of the group stage, pot 2 teams receiving byes on the 4th day of the group stage, etc.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 West Ottawa Warriors 4 3 0 1 12 4 +8 9[a] Advance to first place match — 2–1 1–0 1–3 8–0
2 Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest 4 3 0 1 10 4 +6 9[a] Advance to third place match — — — — 6–1
3 Surrey BB5 United 4 2 0 2 9 5 +4 6[b] Advance to fifth place match — 1–2 — 2–1 6–1
4 FC Winnipeg Lions 4 2 0 2 10 4 +6 6[b] Advance to seventh place match — 0–1 — — 6–0
5 Fredericton Picaroons Reds 4 0 0 4 2 26 −24 0 Advance to ninth place match — — — — —
Source: Canada Soccer
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Advance to first place match on criteria 2.1 with 2–1 win over Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest (head to head competition)
  2. ^ a b Advance to fifth place match on criteria 2.1 with 2–1 win over FC Winnipeg Lions (head to head competition)
Surrey BB5 United 2–1 FC Winnipeg Lions
  • de Jong 32'
  • MacMillan 42'
  • Morello  74'
  • O'Shea  90'
 Report
  • Figueiredo  22'  45+2'
  • Hodges  24'
  • Hidalgo-Mazzei 37' (pen.)
Mainland Common Field, Halifax
Referee: Mazen Hassanin
West Ottawa Warriors 2–1 Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest
  • Rodriguez  31'
  • Comba 35'
  • Henry 51',  80'
 Report
  • Mathieu  10'
  • Aussems  63'
  • Assouyat 72',  90+2'
  • N'Guessan  88'
  • Turgeon  90+1'
Mainland Common Field, Halifax
Attendance: Mario Al-Ayass
West Ottawa Warriors 1–0 Surrey BB5 United
  • Henry  6'
  • Curkovic 18'
  • El-Shafei  86'
  • Bastianelli  90'
 Report
  • Hodut  22'
  • Essa  42'  90+2'
  • Rostant  63'
  • de Graaf  64'
  • MacMillan  69'
  • Smychenko  71'  90+5'
Mainland Common Field, Halifax
Referee: Mo Mohseni
FC Winnipeg Lions 6–0 Fredericton Picaroons Reds
  • Nadeau 1'
  • Law 8' (o.g.)
  • Hidalgo-Mazzei 52'
  • dos Anjos Aquino 56'
  • Kabamba 70'
  • Hodges 90+1'
 Report
  • Morrison  36'
Mainland Common Field, Halifax
Referee: Mazzen Black
West Ottawa Warriors 8–0 Fredericton Picaroons Reds
  • Belhaj 3', 5', 27'
  • Bastianelli 20', 46'
  • McKee 26'
  • Markus 73', 84'
 Report
Mainland Common Field, Halifax
Referee: Aubrey Kotelko
Surrey BB5 United 1–2 Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest
 Report
  • Roy-Madore 25'
  • Mathieu  32'
  • Levasseur  37'
  • N'Guessan  56'
  • Chaouki 86'
Mainland Common Field, Halifax
Referee: Robert D'Alesio
West Ottawa Warriors 1–3 FC Winnipeg Lions
  • Pensom  8'
  • Natoli 61'
  • Johnson  70'
  • Mohasar  90'
 Report
  • Budhoo  17', 51'
  • Wood  32'
  • Trimech 56', 74'
  • Moraldo  79'
Mainland Common Field, Halifax
Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest 6–1 Fredericton Picaroons Reds
  • Morin 11', 61' (pen.)
  • Jeanneau  32'
  • Lamontagne 44'
  • Chaouki 46'
  • Aussems 82'
  • Levasseur 84'
 Report
  • Itoafa 32' (pen.)
  • Law  41'
  • Morrison  52'  90+4'
  • Padilha  71'
Mainland Common Field, Halifax
Referee: Simon Gomez
Surrey BB5 United 6–1 Fredericton Picaroons Reds
  • Gindo 29'
  • Torabi 33', 71', 89'
  • Morello 41'
  • Bruk 49'
 Report
  • Pinsent  32'
  • Choudhary 85'
Mainland Common Field, Halifax
Referee: Scott Decker
FC Winnipeg Lions 0–1 Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest
  • Naumiuk  35'
  • Appler  45+2'  72'
  • Hidalgo-Mazzei  90'
 Report
  • N'Guessan  28'
  • Kabamba 37' (o.g.)
  • Roy-Madore  46'
  • Turgeon  59'
  • Attia  69'  89'
  • Misol Rodriguez  86'
Mainland Common Field, Halifax
Referee: Mo Mohseni

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Western Halifax FC (H) 4 3 1 0 6 1 +5 10 Advance to first place match — — — — —
2 Suburban FC of Fall River (H) 4 2 1 1 3 2 +1 7[a] Advance to third place match 0–1 — — — 2–1
3 Edmonton Scottish 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 7[a] Advance to fifth place match 0–0 0–1 — 2–1 3–1
4 Feildians AA of St. John's 4 1 1 2 4 6 −2 4 Advance to seventh place match 1–3 0–0 — — 2–1
5 Winsloe-Charlottetown Royals 4 0 0 4 3 9 −6 0 Advance to ninth place match 0–2 — — — —
Source: Canada Soccer
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Advance to third place match on criteria 2.1 with 0–1 win over Edmonton Scottish (head to head competition)
Edmonton Scottish 3–1 Winsloe-Charlottetown Royals
  • Gajic 27'
  • MacLachlan 42'
  • MacDonald 56'
  • Borrett  66'
 Report
  • Maund 23'
Mainland Common Field, Halifax
Referee: David Schmidt-Schweda
Feildians AA of St. John's 0–0 Suburban FC of Fall River
  • Exley  26'
  • Power  88'
 Report
Mainland Common Field, Halifax
Referee: Robert D'Alesio
Edmonton Scottish 2–1 Feildians AA of St. John's
  • MacDonald 20'
  • Graham 31'
  • Gazic  82'
  • McCormick  82'
  • S. Lam  90+3'
 Report
  • Neil  39'
  • Dolo 51'
  • Opuoro  78'
  • Courage  82'
  • Jones  85'
Mainland Common Field, Halifax
Referee: Darcy Bristol
Suburban FC of Fall River 0–1 Western Halifax FC
 Report
  • Ndopedro 3',  76'
  • Bekkers  37'
  • Bruce  62'
  • Kodejs  77'
Mainland Common Field, Halifax
Referee: Mazen Hassanin
Edmonton Scottish 0–0 Western Halifax FC
  • Demers  90+2'
 Report
  • Ndopedro  16'
  • Iatrou  44'
  • Rodriguez  51'
Mainland Common Field, Halifax
Referee: Rayan Bouhlel
Feildians AA of St. John's 2–1 Winsloe-Charlottetown Royals
  • Exley 9'
  • Davis  13'
  • Gamba  54'
  • Dolo 74'
  • Harvey  90+2'  90+3'
 Report
  • Hunter  29', 90+7'
  • Lasia  30'
  • VanWiechen  44'  60'
Mainland Common Field, Halifax
Referee: Isabelle Duclos
Winsloe-Charlottetown Royals 0–2 Western Halifax FC
Report
  • Iatrou 13'
  • Pike  44'
  • MacEachern 64' (o.g.)
  • Bekkers  74'
Mainland Common Field, Halifax
Referee: Mario Al-Ayass
Edmonton Scottish 0–1 Suburban FC of Fall River
  • Prochnau  90+1'
 Report
  • Jaber  11', 25'
  • Mellema  67'
  • Veinot  90+4'
Mainland Common Field, Halifax
Referee: Mo Mohseni
Feildians AA of St. John's 1–3 Western Halifax FC
  • Dolo 27'
  • Nunes  50'
  • Nakonieczny  86'
  • Gamba  87'
  • Osmond  90+2'
 Report
  • Thompson 43'
  • Hawley  45+1'
  • Kodejs 47'
  • Geyer  55', 80'
  • Ndopedro  57'
Mainland Common Field, Halifax
Referee: David Schmidt-Schweda
Suburban FC of Fall River 2–1 Winsloe-Charlottetown Royals
  • Warren 9'
  • Sanchez 36'
  • Mercer  40'
 Report
  • Tweel 13'
  • Sanchez  26'
  • Smiley  81'
  • VanWiechen  90+6'
Mainland Common Field, Halifax
Referee: Mazzen Black

Final round

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

Ninth place match
Fredericton Picaroons Reds 2–6 Winsloe-Charlottetown Royals
  • Morrison 38'
  • Cotton  58'  85'
  • Law 70'
  • Reddick-Stevens 9', 35'
  • Tweel 25', 77'
  • Smiley 54'
  • Stewart 64'
BMO Soccer Centre, Halifax (Note)
Referee: Mazen Hassanin
(Note) Match was originally scheduled to be played at Bedford-Hammond Plains in Bedford, but was moved indoors to the BMO Soccer Centre in Halifax due to field damage caused by Tropical Storm Philippe.
Seventh place match
FC Winnipeg Lions 7–2 Feildians AA of St. John's
  • dos Anjos Aquino 5'
  • Peddle 20'
  • Hodges 37'
  • Budhoo 45'
  • Figueiredo 53',  57'
  • Trimech 65', 79'
  • Nakonieczny  26'
  • Nunes 29'
  • Gamba  67'
  • Jones 90+2'
Harbour East Field, Dartmouth
Referee: Mazzen Black
Fifth place match
Surrey BB5 United 3–2 Edmonton Scottish
  • Torabi 51'
  • Essa 54',  81'
  • Morello 76'
  • Gazic 48', 59'
  • MacLachlan  74'
Harbour East Field, Dartmouth
Referee: David Schmidt-Schweda
Third place match
Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest 2–1 Suburban FC of Fall River
  • Roy-Madore 23'
  • Chaouki 56'
  • Misol Rodriguez  70'
  • Lamontagne  85'
 Report
  • Larsen  24'
  • Greedy 53'
  • Warren  55'
  • Veinot  56'
  • Taylor  72'
  • Bain  90+6'
Mainland Common Field, Halifax
Referee: Robert D'Alesio
Final
West Ottawa Warriors 1–0 Western Halifax FC
  • Henry  19'
  • El-Shafei 41',  42'
  • Rodriguez  72'
  • Mohasar  84'
 Report
  • Geyer  46'
  • Ellis  63'
  • Gorski  90+1'
Mainland Common Field, Halifax
Referee: Mario Al-Ayass

Statistics

Classification

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final position
1 A West Ottawa Warriors 5 4 0 1 13 4 +9 12 Champions
2 B Western Halifax FC (H) 5 3 1 1 6 2 +4 10 Runners-up
3 A Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest 5 4 0 1 12 5 +7 12 Third place
4 B Suburban FC of Fall River (H) 5 2 1 2 4 4 0 7
5 A Surrey BB5 United 5 3 0 2 12 7 +5 9
6 B Edmonton Scottish 5 2 1 2 7 6 +1 7
7 A FC Winnipeg Lions 5 3 0 2 17 6 +11 9
8 B Feildians AA of St. John's 5 1 1 3 6 13 −7 4
9 B Winsloe-Charlottetown Royals 5 1 0 4 9 11 −2 3
10 A Fredericton Picaroons Reds 5 0 0 5 4 32 −28 0
Source: Canada Soccer
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 90 goals scored in 25 matches, for an average of 3.6 goals per match.

4 goals

  • Farivar Torabi
  • Montassar Trimech

3 goals

  • Emmanuel Dolo
  • Malek Belhaj
  • Jacob Tweel
  • Wassim Chaouki

2 goals

  • Almir Gazic
  • Conor MacDonald
  • Connor MacMillan
  • Nicolas Morello
  • Caelan Budhoo
  • Matheus dos Anjos Aquino
  • Aaron Hidalgo-Mazzei
  • Stuart Hodges
  • Michael Bastianelli
  • Matias Markus
  • Cohen Reddick-Stevens
  • Jeremy Morin
  • Julien Roy-Madore

1 goal

  • Stefan Gajic
  • Morgan Graham
  • Dexter MacLachlan
  • Yigal Bruk
  • Marcel de Jong
  • Yassin Essa
  • Elie Gindo
  • Hugo Figueiredo
  • Balex Kabamba
  • Nicolas Nadeau
  • Elliott Peddle
  • Shreyansh Choudhary
  • David Itoafa
  • Benjamin Law
  • Kenneth Morrison
  • Taj Exley
  • Nicholas Jones
  • Alexandre Nunes
  • Ian Greedy
  • Moe Jaber
  • Ignacio Sanchez
  • William Warren
  • Isaac Geyer
  • Joseph Iatrou
  • Shawn Kodejs
  • Jared Ndopedro
  • Benjamin Thompson
  • Ricky Comba
  • Braden Curkovic
  • Javane Henry
  • Owen McKee
  • Marco Natoli
  • Zach El-Shafei
  • Charlie Hunter
  • Max Maund
  • Sam Smiley
  • Andrew Stewart
  • Francis Assouyat
  • Bastien Aussems
  • Christophe Lamontagne
  • Gabriel Levasseur

1 own goal

References

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  11. ^ Cleary, Ben (August 14, 2023). "Holy Cross and Fieldians claim women's and men's provincial senior soccer titles". Newfoundland Television. Retrieved August 14, 2023. Feildians Athletic Association are the new champions of the Johnson Insurance Challenge Cup. Feildians defeated Holy Cross 1-0 in overtime Sunday afternoon at Topsail Field. The game was scoreless through 90 minutes of regulation time, which triggered 30 minutes of overtime. Finley Manning of Feildians got the game winner near the end of the first 15 minutes, and the team held the lead through the remainder of the game. Feildians goalkeeper Sam Hawco received the Gerard Quirke Award as MVP of the playoffs. Both teams will now represent the province at the Toyota National Challenge Trophy championships in Halifax, Nova Scotia over the Thanksgiving weekend.
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