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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada |
| Venue(s) | Vaso's Field Oshawa, Ontario |
| Dates | 7–10 November 2024 |
| Teams | 8 |
The 2024 U Sports Men's Soccer Championship will be 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 will start on November 7 and will end with the bronze-medal and championship games being played on November 10 at Ontario Tech University.
The tournament will be held at Vaso's Field, on the grounds of Ontario Tech University. This will be the first-ever U Sports national championship event hosted by Ontario Tech. [1]
The matches can be viewed live on CBC Gem, CBCSports.ca, CBC YouTube, and Radio-Canada. [2] All matches will be streamed on CBC Gem. [3]
The championship will consist of an eight-team single-elimination tournament. Four teams will 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 | 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 | ? | 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. [4] [5]
| Pos | Conf. | Team | Reg. Season | Playoffs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CW | UBC Thunderbirds | 11–1–3 | 3–0–0 |
| 2 | RSEQ | Montreal Carabins | 10–1–1 | 2–0–0 |
| 3 | AUS | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 8–1–3 | 2–0–0 |
| 4 | OUS | Ontario Tech Ridgebacks (H) | 6–4–2 | 3–0–1 |
| 5 | RSEQ | McGill Redbirds | 5–4–3 | 1–1–0 |
| 6 | OUS | York Lions | 8–1–3 | 1–1–1 |
| 7 | CW | Mount Royal Cougars | 7–2–5 | 2–1–0 |
| 8 | AUS | UNB Reds | 4–4–4 | 2–1–0 |
| 5th place match | Consolation semi-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | UBC Thunderbirds | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | UNB Reds | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ontario Tech Ridgebacks | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | McGill Redbirds | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Montreal Carabins | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Mount Royal Cougars | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd place match | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | York Lions | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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