U Sports men's soccer championship

U Sports men's soccer championship

Most recent season or competition: 2025 U Sports Men's Soccer Championship
Sport	Association football
Founded	1972;54 years ago (1972)
First season	1972
Organizing body	U Sports
No. of teams	8
Country	Canada
Most recent champion	York (6th title) (2025)
Most titles	UBC (14 titles)
Streaming partners	CBC Sports CBC Gem
Related competitions	U Sports women's soccer championship
Official website	usports.ca/championship

The U Sports Men's Soccer Championship is a Canadian university soccer tournament conducted by U Sports to determine 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.

York is the reigning champion and won for the sixth time in 2025 to become the second-most successful program behind UBC, who have 14 national championships. Alberta and Victoria are the next most successful programs, having won five championships each. ^[1]

The 2020 championship tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[2]

Format

The championship features eight teams in single-elimination matches to determine a national champion. The championship hosts 11 games over four days at a predetermined host venue. The host team is automatically qualified for the tournament, as is each of the conference champions, with additional berths awarded for the remaining spots.

Results

Sources: ^[3]

Key

• (1) – Title number
• a.e.t. – Match went to extra time
• p – Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time

Ed.	Season	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Venue / city	Ref.
1	1972	Alberta (1)	3–1	Loyola	York University
2	1973	Loyola (1)	1–1 (4–3 p)	Alberta Golden Bears	Memorial University	[4]
3	1974	UBC (1)	2–1	Loyola	Concordia University
4	1975	Victoria (1)	2–1	Concordia	University of Victoria
5	1976	Concordia (1)	2–1 ( a.e.t. )	Dalhousie	Concordia University
6	1977	York (1)	2–1	Concordia Stingers	Waterloo
7	1978	Manitoba (1)	2–1	Victoria	University of Victoria
8	1979	Alberta (2)	2–0	Saint Mary's	University of Alberta
9	1980	UNB (1)	3–1	Wilfrid Laurier	University of New Brunswick
10	1981	McGill (1)	0–0 (4–2 p)	Alberta	University of Alberta	[5]
11	1982	McGill (2)	1–0	Victoria	McGill University	[6]
12	1983	Laurentian (1)	2–1 ( a.e.t. )	McGill	Laurentian University
13	1984	UBC (2)	2–1 ( a.e.t. )	Carleton	Carleton University
14	1985	UBC (3)	2–1	Concordia	University of British Columbia
15	1986	UBC (4)	4–0	Toronto	University of Toronto
16	1987	Victoria (2)	3–1	Laurier	McGill University
17	1988	Toronto (1)	1–0	McGill	University of British Columbia
18	1989	UBC (5)	1–0	Saint Mary's	University of British Columbia
19	1990	UBC (6)	2–1	Guelph	University of Guelph
20	1991	UBC (7)	3–1	McMaster	Queen's University
21	1992	UBC (8)	3–2	McMaster	University of Guelph
22	1993	Sherbrooke (1)	2–1	UBC	Acadia University
23	1994	UBC (9)	5–0	Alberta	University of British Columbia
24	1995	Dalhousie (1)	3–1	Alberta	University of Québec
25	1996	Victoria (3)	1–0	Western	York University
26	1997	McGill (3)	0–0 (5–4 p)	UBC	Dalhousie University	[7]
27	1998	Western (1)	2–0	Alberta	McGill University
28	1999	Western (2)	1–0	Alberta	University of Victoria
29	2000	Laurier (1)	2–1 ( p )	Saint Mary's	McMaster University
30	2001	Laurier (2)	2–1	UBC	Saint Mary's University
31	2002	Brock (1)	1–0 ( a.e.t. )	Carleton	Keith Harris Stadium, Carleton
32	2003	Alberta (3)	2–1 ( a.e.t. )	Saint Mary's	McGill Stadium, Montreal
33	2004	Victoria (4)	3–1	McGill	CEPSUM Stadium, Montréal
34	2005	UBC (10)	2–1	Toronto	University of Prince Edward Island
35	2006	Alberta (4)	2–1	Trinity	Foote Field, Alberta
36	2007	UBC (11)	2–1	Laval	Wolfson Field, British Columbia
37	2008	York (2)	1–0	Trinity	Carleton
38	2009	Laval (1)	3–2	McGill	Trinity Western University
39	2010	York (3)	1–0	UBC	Varsity Centre, Toronto
40	2011	Victoria (5)	3–1	Saint Mary's	Centennial Stadium, Victoria
41	2012	UBC (12)	1–0	Cape Breton	PEPS Sports Complex, Laval	[8]
42	2013	UBC (13)	3–1	Laval	BMO Centre, New Brunswick	[9]
43	2014	York (4)	1–0	McMaster	UPEI Turf field, PEI	[10]
44	2015	York (5)	2–0	UNB	York Stadium, York	[11]
45	2016	Alberta (5)	1–0	UQAM	Alumni Stadium, Guelph
46	2017	Cape Breton (1)	3–2	Montreal	Hillside Stadium, Thompson Rivers
47	2018	Montreal (1)	2–1	Cape Breton	Thunderbird Stadium, British Columbia
48	2019	UQTR (1)	2–0	Montreal	CEPSUM Stadium, Montréal	[12] [13]
–	2020	(Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic) – Awarded host: Carleton				[12]
49	2021	Montreal (2)	2–2 (5–4 p)	Carleton	MNP Park, Carleton	[14] [15]
50	2022	TRU (1)	2–1 ( a.e.t. )	UBC	Hillside Stadium, Thompson Rivers	[16] [15]
51	2023	Cape Breton (2)	1–0	Montreal	Health Recreation Complex, Cape Breton	[15]
52	2024	UBC (14)	1–0	Montreal	Vaso’s Field, Ontario Tech	[17]
53	2025	York (6)	1–0 ( a.e.t. )	Mount Royal	Varsity Stadium, Toronto	[18]
54	2026				Centennial Stadium, Victoria	[19]

Titles by team

As of January 2026 ^[update]

Team	Titles	Winning years
UBC	14	1974, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2024
York	6	1977, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2025
Alberta	5	1972, 1979, 2003, 2006, 2016
Victoria	5	1975, 1987, 1996, 2004, 2011
McGill	3	1981, 1982, 1997
Western	2	1998, 1999
Cape Breton	2	2017, 2023
Montreal	2	2018, 2021
Laurier	2	2000, 2001
Toronto	1	1988
Sherbrooke	1	1993
Brock Badgers	1	2002
Laval	1	2009

See also

• NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament
• U Sports women's soccer championship
• College soccer

References

1. "Results by Team" (PDF). U SPORTS - English. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
2. "U Sports cancels 2020 fall championships due to COVID-19". U Sports. June 8, 2020. Archived from the original on July 6, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
3. Men's Soccer Championship Results at usports.ca
4. 1973 Men's Soccer Team - Inducted in 2000. Institution: Loyola
5. Hall of Fame: Soccer Team (M) 1981-82 at mcgillathletics.ca
6. HALL OF FAME PROFILE: 1982 national champion Redmen soccer team by Earl Zukerman at mcgillathletics.ca. 31 Jul 2013
7. Hall of Fame: Soccer Team (M) 1997-98 at mcgillathletics.ca
8. 2012 Details
9. Details 2013
10. Details 2014
11. Details 2015
12. "U Sports announces 10 national championship hosts in rugby, soccer and volleyball over next two seasons". usports.ca. December 11, 2018. Archived from the original on April 22, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
13. Details 2019
14. November 21, 2021. Montreal wins U SPORTS men’s soccer champions in epic final
15. "U Sports announces 2021-23 fall championship hosts in soccer and rugby". usports.ca. July 3, 2020. Archived from the original on July 4, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
16. WolfPack Men’s Soccer team takes U SPORTS gold at tru.ca. 14 Nov 2022
17. "Ontario Tech University awarded rights to host its first-ever U SPORTS national championship event". Ontario Tech University. June 28, 2023.
18. "U of T to host pair of U Sports championships in 2025 & 2027". Toronto Varsity Blues. October 17, 2024.
19. "U Sports announces hosts for multiple championships". usports.ca. U Sports. February 27, 2025.

External links

• Official website