Tournament details | |
---|---|
Country | Canada |
Venue(s) | Vaso's Field Oshawa, Ontario |
Dates | 7–10 November 2024 |
Teams | 8 |
Final positions | |
Champions | UBC Thunderbirds (14th title) |
Runner-up | Montreal Carabins |
Third place | York Lions |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 11 |
Goals scored | 32 (2.91 per match) |
Attendance | 5,508 (501 per match) |
Top goal scorer(s) | Joven Mann (3 goals) |
Championship MVP | Joven Mann (UBC Thunderbirds) |
The 2024 U Sports Men's Soccer Championship was the 52nd edition of the U Sports men's soccer championship, a postseason tournament to determine the national champion of the 2024 U Sports men's soccer season. The tournament started on November 7 and ended with the bronze-medal and championship games being played on November 10 at Ontario Tech University.
The tournament was held at Vaso's Field, on the grounds of Ontario Tech University. This was the first-ever U Sports national championship event hosted by Ontario Tech. [1]
The matches were streamed live on CBC Gem, CBCSports.ca, CBC YouTube, and Radio-Canada. [2] All matches were streamed on CBC Gem. [3]
The championship consists of an eight-team single-elimination tournament. Four teams automatically qualify for the tournament as one of the winners of the four conferences, three qualify as the runners-ups, and one qualify as the host.
Team | Qualified | Last appearance [4] | Last win |
---|---|---|---|
Ontario Tech Ridgebacks | OUA champions (Host) | None | Never |
York Lions | OUA finalists | 2023 | 2015 |
St. Francis Xavier X-Men | AUS champions | 2023 | Never |
UNB Reds | AUS finalists | 2018 | 1980 |
Montreal Carabins | RSEQ champions | 2023 | 2021 |
McGill Redbirds | RSEQ finalists | 2011 | 1997 |
UBC Thunderbirds | Canada West champions | 2023 | 2013 |
Mount Royal Cougars | Canada West finalists | 2023 | Never |
The conference champions were allocated seeds 1 through 4, with the additional teams (conference runners-up or host team) allocated seeds 5 through 8. Ideally, seed 1 plays seed 8, seed 2 plays seed 7, seed 3 plays seed 6, and seed 4 plays seed 5, however, the bracket may be adjusted in the interest of avoiding an intra-conference matchup in the first round. [5] [6]
Pos | Conf. | Team | Reg. Season | Playoffs | Overall |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | CW | UBC Thunderbirds | 11–1–3 | 3–0–0 | 14–1–3 |
2 | RSEQ | Montreal Carabins | 10–1–1 | 2–0–0 | 12–1–1 |
3 | AUS | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 8–1–3 | 2–0–0 | 10–1–3 |
4 | OUA | Ontario Tech Ridgebacks (H) | 6–4–2 | 3–0–1 | 9–4–3 |
5 | RSEQ | McGill Redbirds | 5–4–3 | 1–1–0 | 6–5–3 |
6 | OUA | York Lions | 8–1–3 | 1–1–1 | 9–2–4 |
7 | CW | Mount Royal Cougars | 7–2–5 | 2–1–0 | 9–3–5 |
8 | AUS | UNB Reds | 4–4–4 | 2–1–0 | 6–5–4 |
5th place match | Consolation semi-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||
1 | UBC Thunderbirds | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | UNB Reds | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | UNB Reds | 1 | 1 | UBC Thunderbirds | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Ontario Tech Ridgebacks | 2 | 5 | McGill Redbirds | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Ontario Tech Ridgebacks | 1 (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | McGill Redbirds (p) | 1 (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Ontario Tech Ridgebacks | 1 | 1 | UBC Thunderbirds | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 2 | 2 | Montreal Carabins | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Montreal Carabins | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Mount Royal Cougars | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Mount Royal Cougars | 1 | 2 | Montreal Carabins | 2 | 3rd place match | |||||||||||||||||
3 | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 2 | 6 | York Lions | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 1 | 5 | McGill Redbirds | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | York Lions | 2 | 6 | York Lions | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 1–2 | York Lions |
---|---|---|
| Report |
|
UBC Thunderbirds | 4–2 | UNB Reds |
---|---|---|
| Report |
|
Ontario Tech Ridgebacks | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | McGill Redbirds |
---|---|---|
| Report |
|
Penalties | ||
2–3 |
St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 2–1 | Mount Royal Cougars |
---|---|---|
| Report |
|
Ontario Tech Ridgebacks | 2–1 | UNB Reds |
---|---|---|
| Report |
|
Montreal Carabins | 2–1 | York Lions |
---|---|---|
| Report |
|
UBC Thunderbirds | 3–0 | McGill Redbirds |
---|---|---|
| Report |
McGill Redbirds | 1–3 | York Lions |
---|---|---|
| Report |
|
UBC Thunderbirds | 1–0 | Montreal Carabins |
---|---|---|
| Report |
There have been 32 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 2.91 goals per match.
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
The U Sports Men's Ice Hockey Championship, is a Canadian university ice hockey tournament conducted by U Sports, and determines the men's national champion. The tournament involves the champions from each of Canada's four regional sports conferences. The David Johnston University Cup is awarded to the winners.
The U Sports Men's Soccer Championship is a Canadian university soccer tournament conducted by U Sports, and determines the men's national champion. The tournament involves the champions from each of Canada's four regional sports conferences. The Sam Davidson Memorial Trophy is awarded to the winners.
The 2009 MLS Cup Playoffs is the postseason to Major League Soccer's 2009 season. MLS Cup 2009 concluded the season on November 22, 2009, at Qwest Field in Seattle, Washington. Real Salt Lake won the Cup in penalties over the L.A. Galaxy.
The 2010 MLS Cup Playoffs was the postseason tournament subsequent to Major League Soccer's 2010 season.
The 2016 Canadian Championship was a soccer tournament hosted and organized by the Canadian Soccer Association. It was the ninth edition of the annual Canadian Championship, and took place in the cities of Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver in 2016. The participating teams were Ottawa Fury FC and FC Edmonton of the second-division North American Soccer League, and the Montreal Impact, Toronto FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer, the first-level of Canadian club soccer. The Vancouver Whitecaps were the reigning champions; having won their first title in the 2015 competition.
The 2016 CIS football season began on August 28 with ten Ontario University Athletics teams playing that day. The season concluded on November 26 with the 52nd Vanier Cup championship at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton, Ontario. In 2016, 27 university teams were scheduled to play Canadian Interuniversity Sport football, the highest level of amateur Canadian football.
The 2016 CIS Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament was held March 17–20, 2016, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to determine a national champion for the 2015–16 CIS men's ice hockey season. It was the second of two consecutive CIS Championships to be held at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax.
The 2018 U Sports Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament was held March 15–18, 2018, in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, and played at the Aitken Centre on the University of New Brunswick's Fredericton campus. This event marked the second year of a successful two-year bid to host the 2017 and 2018 U Sports University Cup. This was the third time UNB hosted the University Cup – they first hosted a two-year bid in 2003 & 2004 and again in 2011 & 2012. UNB is the first program to host the event three times since the expanded format was introduced in 1998.
The 2019 U Sports football season began on August 23, 2019, with the Concordia Stingers hosting the Montreal Carabins in Montreal, Quebec. The Atlantic University Sport conference started play the following day and the Ontario University Athletics conference began play on August 25, 2019. The Canada West teams began play during the following weekend, on August 30, 2019. All 27 U Sports football teams played eight regular season games against opponents within the same conference.
The 2020 ACC men's soccer tournament was the 34th edition of the ACC Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the Atlantic Coast Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2020 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. The final will be played at Sahlen's Stadium in Cary, North Carolina.
The 2011 CIS Women's Volleyball Championship was held March 4, 2011 to March 6, 2011, in Quebec City, Quebec, to determine a national champion for the 2010–11 CIS women's volleyball season. The tournament was played at PEPS at Université Laval. It was the sixth time that Laval had hosted the tournament and the first time since hosting back-to-back tournaments in 2002 and 2003.
The 2021 U Sports football season began on August 28, 2021, with the Sherbrooke Vert et Or hosting the Montreal Carabins in Sherbrooke, Quebec. The Atlantic University Sport conference began play on September 17, 2021, and ten Ontario University Athletics teams opened their seasons on September 18, 2021. The Canada West conference began their regular season last with all six teams playing on September 25, 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, all conferences except the RSEQ played six regular season games while the RSEQ played eight.
The 2022 U Sports football season began on August 27, 2022, with four Atlantic University Sport teams, four RSEQ teams, and ten Ontario University Athletics teams opening their schedules that day. The six Canada West teams began their schedules one week later with two games on September 2 and one on September 3.
The 2023 Canadian Championship was the sixteenth edition of the Canadian Championship, the premier men's domestic cup competition in Canadian soccer, and the 22nd competition staged to determine the winner of the Voyageurs Cup. It was a knockout tournament with all eleven professional men's soccer teams in Canada, from Major League Soccer and the Canadian Premier League, competing, along with the champions of the three semi-professional League1 Canada competitions. The tournament marked the first Voyageurs Cup campaign for FC Laval, TSS FC Rovers and Vancouver FC.
The 2022 Challenge Trophy 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.
The 2024 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship was held from March 15 to March 17, 2024, in Hamilton, Ontario, to determine a national champion for the 2023–24 U Sports women's volleyball season. The second-seeded UBC Thunderbirds defeated the fourth-seeded Alberta Pandas 3–1 to win the program's 14th national championship, which extended their record for the most in U Sports women's volleyball. The Thunderbirds became the first team to repeat as champions since UBC won their sixth consecutive championship in 2013.
The 2024 U Sports University Cup was the 62nd edition of the U Sports men's ice hockey championship, held between March 14 and 17 in Toronto, Ontario, to determine a national champion for the 2023–24 U Sports men's ice hockey season.
The 2023 Challenge Trophy 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.
The 2023 U Sports Men's Soccer Championship was the 51st edition of the U Sports men's soccer championship, a postseason tournament to determine the national champion of the 2023 U Sports men's soccer season. The tournament started on November 9 and ended with the bronze-medal and championship games being played on November 12 at Cape Breton University. It was the fourth tournament to be held in Nova Scotia.
The 2024 Challenge Trophy was the 100th edition of the Challenge Trophy, an annual cup competition contested as the national championship for amateur teams in men's Canadian soccer. Ten teams participated in the tournament, which took place in Surrey, British Columbia between 9–14 October 2024.