British Columbia Provincial Soccer Championship

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The British Columbia Provincial Soccer Championship is a soccer tournament organized by the British Columbia Soccer Association. The "A" tournament winners advance to Canada Soccer's National Championships for the Challenge Trophy (men) Jubilee Trophy women. It has a history of 122 years and the men's 'A' championship competes for the 90-year-old Province Cup trophy. [1] [2] Teams qualify by final league standings or by winning their league cup. The number of berths and team seeding each league is awarded in each year's competition is determined annually by the Adult Competitions Committee. The cup competition brackets are created by a publicly accessible or open random draw out of a "hat". The format is a single elimination style tournament. [3]

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Champions

Source: [4]

Mainland Cup Winners

Source: [5]

Challenge Cup British Columbia Section Winners

Source: [6]

Women's Province Cup champions

Sources: [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ formerly known as Central City Breakers FC

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References

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  2. ↑ Robert Janning (2012). Westcoast Reign-The BC Soccer Championships 1892-1905. Ballboy Press. ISBN   978-0-9877478-1-5.
  3. ↑ "Provincial Cup Season Kicks Off with the Adult Draw on April 2nd". British Columbia Soccer Association . March 27, 2013. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Canada Soccer 2022 Yearbook of Champions, Records & Results"" . Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Canada Soccer 2022 Yearbook of Champions, Records & Results"" . Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Canada Soccer 2022 Yearbook of Champions, Records & Results"" . Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Adult Provincial Cup Past Winners". British Columbia Soccer Association. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Past Winners". CONCACAF . Archived from the original on April 5, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
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