Futsal Canadian Championship

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Futsal Canadian Championship
Founded2015
First season2015
Country Canada
Confederation CONCACAF / FIFA
Number of teams8
Current champions9 de Octubre (men)
Xtrême (women)
(2023)
Most championshipsSporting Montreal FC (2 titles)
Toronto Idolo Futsal (2 titles)
Website Official website

Futsal Canadian Championship is the futsal national club competition. Its first year featured two clubs from Quebec and Ontario in 2015. The competition is under the authority of the Canada Soccer Association.

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The inaugural season was played in 2015 at Centre d'éducatif des adultes Outremont with only two clubs participating: Futsal Club Toronto and Albiceleste. [1] The most recent edition featured eight clubs in 2019 and was won by Toronto Idolo, who are the most successful club in the competition's history. The 2020 and 2021 tournaments were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2016 tournament was held at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology while the 2017-2019 editions were held at the Athletic Recreation Complex at Queen's University in Kingston. 2022 was held at the Centre Sportif de Gatineau in Gatineau, Quebec, and 2023 at the Seven Chiefs Sportsplex in Calgary, Alberta. 2024 will also be hosted in Calgary

2023 also added a women's championship, won by Xtrême from Quebec in a field of eight teams.

Assistant Canadian Men's National Futsal Coach, Lorenzo Redwood, is the most successful coach in the competition, having won three national titles, 2016 with Toronto United Futsal, and in 2018 and 2019 with Toronto Idolo.

Since 2017, matches have been broadcast internationally via Canada Soccer's YouTube channel.

Participating clubs have come from British Columbia, Yukon, Alberta, Nunavut, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec.

Past winners

Men's champions

SeasonWinnersScoreRunners-upScorersMVPVenue
2015Futsal Club Toronto7-5
6-2
Albiceleste FC Laval Montréal, Québec
Outremont
2016 [2] Toronto United Futsal4-3
4-3
Montréal Sparte FC Oshawa, Ontario
Durham College
2017 [3] Montréal Sporting Outlaws FC7-3Saskatoon Olimpia SK FC Diyaeddine Abzi Kingston, Ontario
Queen's University
2018 [4] Toronto Idolo Futsal6-1Sporting Montréal FCLuigi Caruso Kingston, Ontario
Queen's University
2019 [5] Toronto Idolo Futsal5-5 ( a.e.t. )
3-2( p )
Sporting Montréal FCLuis Rocha Kingston, Ontario
Queen's University
2022 [6] Sporting Montréal FC6-3Toronto Idolo FutsalShaquille Michaud Gatineau, Québec
Centre sportif Gatineau
20239 de Octubre FC Toronto5-3Sporting Montréal FCRaheem Rose Calgary, Alberta
7 Chiefs
2024 Calgary, Alberta
7 Chiefs

Women's champions

SeasonWinnersScoreRunners-upScorersMVPVenue
2023Montréal Xtreme ADR3-2Scarborough GS UnitedSophie Thérien Calgary, Alberta
7 Chiefs
2024 Calgary, Alberta
7 Chiefs

Top goalscorers

SeasonPlayerClubGoals
2015 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Timo GarzonFutsal Club Toronto3
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alvaro YaquesFutsal Club Toronto
2016 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Desmond HumphreyToronto United Futsal2
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Marco Rodriguez Toronto United Futsal
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jonathan OsorioToronto United Futsal
2017 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Diyaeddine Abzi Sporting de Montreal8
2018 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Damion GrahamToronto Idolo Futsal13
2019 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Luis RochaToronto Idolo Futsal11

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