U Sports men's soccer championship

U Sports men's soccer championship
Current season, competition or edition:; 2025 U Sports Men's Soccer Championship
Sport	Association football
Founded	1972;53 years ago
First season	1972
Organising body	U Sports
No. of teams	8
Country	Canada
Most recent; champion(s)	UBC Thunderbirds (14th title)
Most titles	UBC Thunderbirds (14 titles)
Official website	usports.ca/championship

Last updated March 01, 2025

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.

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

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Venue
2026 Details				Centennial Stadium, Victoria ^[3]
2025 Details				Varsity Stadium, Toronto ^[4]
2024 Details	UBC Thunderbirds (14)	Montreal Carabins	1–0	Vaso’s Field, Ontario Tech ^[5]
2023 Details	Cape Breton Capers (2)	Montreal Carabins	1–0	Cape Breton Health Recreation Complex, Cape Breton ^[6]
2022 Details	TRU WolfPack (1)	UBC Thunderbirds	2–1( p )	Hillside Stadium, Thompson Rivers ^[6]
2021 Details	Montreal Carabins (2)	Carleton Ravens	3–2( p )	MNP Park, Carleton ^[6]
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ^[2]			Awarded host: Carleton ^[7]
2019 Details	UQTR Patriotes (1)	Montreal Carabins	2–0	CEPSUM Stadium, Montréal ^[7]
2018 Details	Montreal Carabins (1)	Cape Breton Capers	2–1	Thunderbird Stadium, British Columbia
2017 Details	Cape Breton Capers (1)	Montreal Carabins	3–2	Hillside Stadium, Thompson Rivers
2016 Details	Alberta Golden Bears (5)	UQAM Citadins	1–0	Alumni Stadium, Guelph
2015 Details	York Lions (5)	UNB Varsity Reds	2–0	York Stadium, York
2014 Details	York Lions (4)	McMaster Marauders	1–0	UPEI Turf field, PEI
2013 Details	UBC Thunderbirds (13)	Laval Rouge et Or	3–1	BMO Centre, New Brunswick
2012 Details	UBC Thunderbirds (12)	Cape Breton Capers	1–0	TELUS-Université Laval Stadium, Laval
2011 Details	Victoria Vikes (5)	Saint Mary's Huskies	3–1	Centennial Stadium, Victoria
2010 Details	York Lions (3)	UBC Thunderbirds	1–0	Varsity Centre, Toronto
2009 Details	Laval Rouge et Or (1)	McGill Redmen	3–2	Trinity Western
2008 Details	York Lions (2)	Trinity Western Spartans	1–0	Carleton
2007 Details	UBC Thunderbirds (11)	Laval Rouge et Or	2–1	Wolfson Field, British Columbia
2006 Details	Alberta Golden Bears (4)	Trinity Western Spartans	2–1	Foote Field, Alberta
2005 Details	UBC Thunderbirds (10)	Toronto Varsity Blues	2–1	PEI
2004 Details	Victoria Vikes (4)	McGill Redmen	3–1	CEPSUM Stadium, Montréal McGill
2003 Details	Alberta Golden Bears (3)	Saint Mary's Huskies	2–1( a.e.t. )	McGill Stadium, Montreal
2002 Details	Brock Badgers (1)	Carleton Ravens	1–0( a.e.t. )	Keith Harris Stadium, Carleton
2001 Details	Laurier Golden Hawks (2)	UBC Thunderbirds	2–1	Saint Mary's
2000 Details	Laurier Golden Hawks (1)	Saint Mary's Huskies	2–1( p )	McMaster
1999 Details	Western Mustangs (2)	Alberta Golden Bears	1–0	Victoria
1998 Details	Western Mustangs (1)	Alberta Golden Bears	2–0	McGill
1997 Details	McGill Redmen (3)	UBC Thunderbirds	1–0( p )	Dalhousie
1996 Details	Victoria Vikes (3)	Western Mustangs	1–0	York
1995 Details	Dalhousie Tigers (1)	Alberta Golden Bears	3–1	Québec à Trois-Rivières
1994 Details	UBC Thunderbirds (9)	Alberta Golden Bears	5–0	British Columbia
1993 Details	Sherbrooke Vert et Or (1)	UBC Thunderbirds	2–1	Acadia
1992 Details	UBC Thunderbirds (8)	McMaster Marauders	3–2	Guelph
1991 Details	UBC Thunderbirds (7)	McMaster Marauders	3–1	Queen's
1990 Details	UBC Thunderbirds (6)	Guelph Gryphons	2–1	Guelph
1989 Details	UBC Thunderbirds (5)	Saint Mary's Huskies	1–0	British Columbia
1988 Details	Toronto Varsity Blues (1)	McGill Redmen	1–0	British Columbia
1987 Details	Victoria Vikes (2)	Laurier Golden Hawks	3–1	McGill
1986 Details	UBC Thunderbirds (4)	Toronto Varsity Blues	4–0	Toronto
1985 Details	UBC Thunderbirds (3)	Concordia Stingers	2–1	British Columbia
1984 Details	UBC Thunderbirds (2)	Carleton Ravens	2–1( a.e.t. )	Carleton
1983 Details	Laurentian Voyageurs (1)	McGill Redmen	2–1( a.e.t. )	Laurentian
1982 Details	McGill Redmen (2)	Victoria Vikes	1–0	McGill
1981 Details	McGill Redmen (1)	Alberta Golden Bears	4–2( p )	Alberta
1980 Details	UNB Red Shirts (1)	Wilfrid Laurier	3–1	New Brunswick
1979 Details	Alberta Golden Bears (2)	Saint Mary's Huskies	2–0	Alberta
1978 Details	Manitoba Bisons (1)	Victoria Vikings	2–1	Victoria
1977 Details	York Yeomen (1)	Concordia Stingers	2–1	Waterloo
1976 Details	Concordia Stingers (1)	Dalhousie Tigers	2–1( a.e.t. )	Concordia
1975 Details	Victoria Vikes (1)	Concordia Stingers	2–1	Victoria
1974 Details	UBC Thunderbirds (1)	Loyola College	2–1	Concordia
1973 Details	Loyola College (1)	Alberta Golden Bears	4–3( p )	Memorial
1972 Details	Alberta Golden Bears (1)	Loyola College	3–1	York

Awards

U Sports Championship MVP

The selection is made by a committee established by the host of the U Sports championship.

2024 Joven Mann, UBC
2023 Owen Sheppard, Cape Breton
2022 Junior Agyekum, Thompson Rivers
2021 Guy-Frank Essomé Penda, Montreal
2019 Félix Clapin-Girard, UQTR
2018 Frédéric Lajoie-Gravelle, Montreal
2017 Cory Bent, Cape Breton
2016 Noah Cunningham, Alberta
2015 Michael Cox, York
2014 Henry Moody, York
2013 Niall Cousens, UBC
2012 Gagan Dosanjh, UBC
2011 Cam Hundal, Victoria
2010 Adrian Pena, York
2009 Gabriel Moreau, Laval
2008 Gerrard Ladiyou, York
2007 Graham Smith, UBC
2006 Justin Farenik, Trinity Western
2005 Jon Poli, UBC
2004 Sean Battistoni, Victoria
2003 Mesut Mert, Saint Mary's
2002 John Kamendy, Brock
2001 Kenny Nutt, Laurier
2000 Kenny Nutt, Laurier
1999 Ryan Walker, Alberta
1998 Michael Potts, Western
1997 Paul English, Dalhousie
1996 Maurizio Conforti, Victoria
1995 Paul English, Dalhousie
1994 Pat Onstad, UBC
1993 Eric Puig, Sherbrooke
1992 Tom Kim, UBC
1991 Dana Peoples, McMaster
1990 Not awarded
1989 Mike Mosher, UBC
1988 Coz Zambazis, Toronto
1987 Scott Sieben, Victoria
1986 Alex Percy, UBC

References

↑ "Results by Team" (PDF). U SPORTS - English. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
1 2 "U Sports cancels 2020 fall championships due to COVID-19". U Sports. June 8, 2020.
↑ "U Sports announces hosts for multiple championships". usports.ca. U Sports. February 27, 2025.
↑ "U of T to host pair of U Sports championships in 2025 & 2027". Toronto Varsity Blues. October 17, 2024.
↑ "Ontario Tech University awarded rights to host its first-ever U SPORTS national championship event". Ontario Tech University. June 28, 2023.
1 2 3 "U Sports announces 2021-23 fall championship hosts in soccer and rugby". usports.ca. July 3, 2020.
1 2 "U Sports announces 10 national championship hosts in rugby, soccer and volleyball over next two seasons". usports.ca. December 11, 2018.

External links

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[1] "Results by Team" (PDF). U SPORTS - English. Retrieved 3 December 2024.

[corona-2] 1 2 "U Sports cancels 2020 fall championships due to COVID-19". U Sports. June 8, 2020.

[2026Hosts-3] "U Sports announces hosts for multiple championships". usports.ca. U Sports. February 27, 2025.

[2025Hosts-4] "U of T to host pair of U Sports championships in 2025 & 2027". Toronto Varsity Blues. October 17, 2024.

[2024_Hosts-5] "Ontario Tech University awarded rights to host its first-ever U SPORTS national championship event". Ontario Tech University. June 28, 2023.

[21-23_Hosts-6] 1 2 3 "U Sports announces 2021-23 fall championship hosts in soccer and rugby". usports.ca. July 3, 2020.

[19-20_Hosts-7] 1 2 "U Sports announces 10 national championship hosts in rugby, soccer and volleyball over next two seasons". usports.ca. December 11, 2018.

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