2008 Canadian National Challenge Cup

2008 Canadian National Challenge Cup
Champions Calgary Callies
Runner-up Corfinium AFA Saint-Léonard
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The 2008 Challenge Trophy is a soccer competition for men's amateur teams in Canada. Each province determined their representative in different methods (league or cup). The final competition was held at King George V Park in St. John's, Newfoundland from 8th to 13 October 2008.

Contents

Team Rosters

The seeding based on last years performance are:

  1. AB - Calgary Callies
  2. BC - Gorge FC
  3. NL - St. Lawrence Labatt Laurentians
  4. NS - Halifax City Colwell Bankers
  5. MB - SC Hellas
  6. ON - Real Toronto
  7. QC - Corfinium de St-Leonard
  8. PE - Avondale Islanders
  9. SK - Yorkton United
  10. NL (host) - Feildians Ernst & Young Orenda

Qualification

The following is a list of clubs, by province, that have entered their own provincial competition.

British Columbia

Winners of the Senior A Cup will represent BC at the National Championships. The 2008 Cup will be hosted in the Fraser Valley May 9 and 10.

20 teams entered the competition so a 4 game preliminary round was required.[1]

Preliminary Round:
Indo vs Surrey U (0:2)
Inter vs Vantreights (4:0)
Columbus v FVSL #5
Croatia v Firemen (3:2)

  Round 1 (12/13 April 2008) Quarter-finals (19/20 April 2008) Semi-finals (26/27 April 2008) Finals (10 May 2008 - Hosted by Fraser Valley Soccer League)
                                     
 UBC  
 Chilliwack  
   UBC  
   Langley  
 Langley  ? (adv on PKs)
 Surrey U  ?  
   Gorge FC 3  
   UBC 0  
 Gorge 4  
 Bays United 1  
   Gorge
   Poco  
 Poco 2 (AET)
 Inter 1  
   Gorge FC 1
   Sporting Club 0
 Sporting  
 Gordon Head  
   Sporting
   West Van  
 West Van  ? (adv on PKs)
 Columbus  ?  
   Sporting Club 3
   Peach Arch 1  
 PAU  ? (adv. 5-4 PKs)  
 Sooke Celtic  ?  
   PAU
   MetroFord  
 MetroFord 2
 Croatia 1  

Alberta

The ASA hosts a Senior Men's Challenge Trophy from Aug. 29 to Sept. 1 in Calgary. Winner goes to Nationals.[2] The Alberta Major Soccer League teams are:

Manitoba

The MSA Cup 2008 determines the Manitoba representative to the National Challenge Trophy. The cup is an FA Cup styled tournament running from May 31 to August 23, 2008. Various teams enter at various levels and each round to drawn (not a static bracket).[3] Round 5 is to be drawn on 13 July 2008. Teams to watch for include:

  Round 5 (Jul 31 to Aug 02) Quarter-finals (5-August, 2008) Semi-finals (20 August 2008) Finals (23 August 2008)
                                     
   
   
   Lucania 0  
   Hellas S.C. 1  
 
   
   Hellas S.C. 2  
   Sons of Italy 1  
   
   
   Sons of Italy 2
   Maples Juventus 0  
 
   
   Hellas S.C. 0*
   Lusitania 0
   
   
   Lusitania 3
   Ragnarok 2  
 
   
   Lusitania 3
   United Weston 0  
   
   
   United Weston 2
   Blue Blazers 1  
 
   

Hellas S.C. advance 3-0 on penalty kicks.

Nova Scotia

The rep is determined through the Nova Scotia Soccer League. This league has teams from PEI and NB but the rep will be the top NS team.

Ontario

The rep is determined through the Ontario Cup. About 60 teams are entered in 2008. The final 16 teams are detailed below. Real Toronto wins the title[4] however the result was reversed when a player eligibility infraction occurred.

  Third Round (6-Jul-2008) Quarter-finals (10-Aug-2008) Semi-finals (24-Aug-2008, Hershey Centre) Final (14-Sep-2008, The Soccer Centre)
                                     
 Ottawa St. Anthony Premier 5  
 Etobicoke Canadiens 1  
   Ottawa St. Anthony Premier  
   Scarborough Ulster Thistle  
 Scarborough Ulster Thistle 3
 Cambridge PCC Supersonics 2  
     
     
 Oakville Wisla United 0  
 London AEK 4  
   London AEK
   Croatia Hamilton  
 Croatia Hamilton 4
 Peniche CC Toronto 0  
   London AEK 1
   Real Toronto 2
 London Portuguese Club 0  
 Niagara Club Italia Juventus 1  
   Niagara Club Italia Juventus
   Hamilton Serbians  
 Oakville Italia 0
 Hamilton Serbians 3  
   
     
 Thunder Bay Italia Juventus 0  
 Real Toronto 5  
   Real Toronto
   Windsor Hellenic  
 Woodbridge Italia 1
 Windsor Hellenic 2  

Newfoundland

The rep will be determined from a final cup competition after a league season.[5] The final weekend will be held Labour Day weekend at the King George V Park in St. John's. The Molson Challenge Cup 2008 will be contested by the following teams:

The St. Lawrence Laurentians defeated Feildians on the final weekend. Approximately 2500 fans were in attendance.

Final Competition

Round Robin

The teams will be split into 2 groups of 5 teams each. After round robin, seeding matches will take place (A1vB1 , A2vB2 , etc.) New Brunswick dropped out so a second team from the host Newfoundland was entered.

Group A

POS Prov. Team GP PTS W T L GF GA +/-
1 Calgary Callies 4 12 4 0 0 11 5 +6
2 Halifax City Coldwell Banker 4 7 2 1 1 8 6 +2
3 Avondale Islanders 4 7 2 1 1 8 6 +2
4 SC Hellas 4 1 0 1 3 4 9 -5
5 Yorkton United 4 1 0 1 3 3 8 -5

Group B

POS Prov. Team GP PTS W T L GF GA +/-
1 Corfinium de St-Leonard 4 10 3 1 0 6 2 +4
2 Gorge FC 4 5 1 2 1 5 3 +2
3 AEK London 4 5 1 2 1 3 3 0
4 St. Lawrence Laurentians 4 5 1 1 2 3 6 -3
5 Feildians 4 3 1 0 3 2 5 -3

Play-offs

13-October-2008
08:30 (UTC-2:30)
 Yorkton United 2-1 Feildians Topsail Field
13-October-2008
08:30 (UTC-2:30)
 SC Hellas 3-5 St. Lawrence Laurentians Middle Smallwood
13-October-2008
11:00 (UTC-2:30)
 Halifax City Coldwell Banker 0-3 AEK London Upper Smallwood
13-October-2008
08:00 (UTC-2:30)
 Avondale Islanders 3-2 Gorge FC King George V Park
Paul Craig 1' 28'
Morgan DesRoches 74'		 CSA Report Patrick Gawrys
Russell Anderson
13-October-2008
13:00 (UTC-2:30)
 Calgary Callies 3-1 Corfinium de St-Leonard King George V Park
Attendance: 3,000
Andre Duberry
Francisco Miron
Nicolas Reyes  12'		 CSA Report
The Telegram
CSA News		 Likenson Chery 71'

Top Goal Scorers

Goals Games Team Player
6 5 Avondale Islanders Paul Craig
4 5 Halifax City Kristin Kirincich
4 5 Yorkton United Waelical Sven

Sources

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  2. ^ "Alberta Soccer Association - Competitions". http://www.albertasoccer.com/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=Competition%20Home&category=Competitions. Retrieved 2008-07-07. 
  3. ^ "MSA Cup". Manitoba Soccer Association. Archived from the original on July 06, 2011. http://web.archive.org/web/20110706184701/http://www.manitobasoccer.ca/eventscomps/msacup.php. Retrieved 2008-10-14. 
  4. ^ Ferrari, Rob (2008-10-14). "2008 Men Ontario Cup Champions -- Real Toronto". http://www.soccer.on.ca/OSN.nsf/78e6e25dcab98a6985256c8000532a6c/c1aef8749d097122852574c40082d3a4?OpenDocument. Retrieved 2009-10-13. 
  5. ^ "NL Soccer Association Challenge Cup". Archived from the original on October 06, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20081006161507/http://www.nlsa.ca/default.php?display=cid114. Retrieved 2008-07-07.