2021 professional soccer tournament
Football tournament season
The 2021 Canadian Championship was the fourteenth edition of the Canadian Championship , contested from August 15 to November 21, 2021.[1] The winners of the tournament, CF Montréal , were awarded the Voyageurs Cup and earned a berth in the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League .
Format
The competition followed a similar format to the originally proposed 2020 edition with four rounds and regional pairings in the first two rounds. For the first time in the Canadian Championship, each tie was played as a single-leg fixture. CF Montréal, Forge FC, and Toronto FC entered the tournament in the quarter-finals due to their placements in the 2019 and 2020 editions of the competition. All other teams entered in the preliminary round of the tournament.
A.S. Blainville and Master's FA were originally supposed to participate in the 2020 edition of the competition, as they won the 2019 editions of the Première ligue de soccer du Québec and League1 Ontario , respectively. As the format of the 2020 edition was revised, their participation was postponed to the 2021 tournament.
Distribution
Distribution of teams for 2021 Canadian Championship
Round
Teams entering in this round
Teams advancing from previous round
Preliminary round (10 teams)
Quarter-finals (8 teams)
1 winner of the 2019 Canadian Championship
2 finalists of the 2020 Canadian Championship
5 winners from the preliminary round
Semi-finals (4 teams)
4 winners from the quarter-finals
Final (2 teams)
2 winners from the semi-finals
Qualified clubs
Club
Location
League
Round of entry
Previous best
Prior appearances
A.S. Blainville
Blainville , Quebec
Première ligue de soccer du Québec
Preliminary round
Second qualifying round: 1
2
Atlético Ottawa
Ottawa , Ontario
Canadian Premier League
Preliminary round
N/A
0
Cavalry FC
Foothills County , Alberta
Canadian Premier League
Preliminary round
Semi-finals: 1
1
FC Edmonton
Edmonton , Alberta
Canadian Premier League
Preliminary round
Semi-finals: 5
8
Forge FC
Hamilton , Ontario
Canadian Premier League
Quarter-finals
Second qualifying round: 1
1
HFX Wanderers
Halifax , Nova Scotia
Canadian Premier League
Preliminary round
Third qualifying round: 1
1
Master's FA
Toronto , Ontario
League1 Ontario
Preliminary round
N/A
0
CF Montréal
Montreal , Quebec
Major League Soccer
Quarter-finals
Champions: 4
12
Pacific FC
Langford , British Columbia
Canadian Premier League
Preliminary round
First qualifying round: 1
1
Toronto FC
Toronto , Ontario
Major League Soccer
Quarter-finals
Champions: 7
12
Valour FC
Winnipeg , Manitoba
Canadian Premier League
Preliminary round
Second qualifying round: 1
1
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Vancouver , British Columbia
Major League Soccer
Preliminary round
Champions: 1
12
York United FC
Toronto , Ontario
Canadian Premier League
Preliminary round
Third qualifying round: 1
1
Note
Statistics include previous incarnations of FC Edmonton, Montreal Impact, and Vancouver Whitecaps
Appearances in the 2020 Canadian Championship are not included for Toronto FC and Forge FC because it was not played until 2022
Schedule
Round
Dates
Teams
Preliminary round
August 15–26
10 (Atlético Ottawa , A.S. Blainville , Cavalry FC , FC Edmonton , HFX Wanderers , Master's FA , Pacific FC , Valour FC , Vancouver Whitecaps FC , York United )
Quarter-finals
September 14–22
8 (Cavalry FC , CF Montréal , Forge FC , HFX Wanderers , Pacific FC , Toronto FC , Valour FC , York United )
Semi-finals
October 27 – November 3 (originally September 28–29)
4 (CF Montréal , Forge FC , Pacific FC , Toronto FC )
Final
November 21 (originally October 19–27)
2 (CF Montréal , Toronto FC )
Bracket
The bracket was announced on July 19, 2021.[2]
Preliminary round
Summary
The preliminary round matches were held between August 15 and 26, 2021.[1]
Matches
Quarter-finals
Summary
Matches
Semi-finals
Summary
Matches
Final
Match
Top goalscorers
Team eliminated or did not play in this round.
Awards
References
^ a b "Canada Soccer announces 2021 Canadian Championship format and schedule". Canada Soccer . Retrieved July 19, 2021 .
^ "Canada Soccer announces 2021 Canadian Championship format and schedule". Canada Soccer. July 19, 2021. Retrieved July 19, 2021 .
^ "Montreal beats Toronto FC 1-0 to win Canadian Championship Voyageurs Cup". CTV News. November 21, 2021. Retrieved November 21, 2021 .
^ "L'Impact de Montréal remporte le Championnat canadien". Retrieved November 28, 2021 .
Teams
Seasons
Round-robin format Knockout format Finals
Leagues
Awards Miscellaneous
Domestic leagues Domestic cups
Aruba
Barbados '20 '21
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands
Canada
Cayman Islands
El Salvador
French Guiana
Guadeloupe '20 '21
Guatemala
Honduras '20
Martinique '20 '21
Nicaragua
Panama
Puerto Rico
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia '20 '21
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
United States '20 (Final ) (Qualification ) '21 (Final ) (Qualification )
League cups Super cups CONCACAF competitions International competitions
Domestic leagues
Anguilla '21 '22
Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
Bonaire
British Virgin Islands
Canada '21 '22
Cayman Islands
Costa Rica
Cuba '21 '22
Curaçao '21 '22
Dominica '21 '22
Dominican Republic '21 '22
El Salvador
French Guiana
Greenland '21 '22
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Martinique
Mexico
Montserrat
Nicaragua
Panama '21 '22
Puerto Rico
Saint-Barthelemy '21 '22
Saint Kitts and Nevis '21 '22
Saint Lucia '21 '22
Saint-Martin
Saint Pierre and Miquelon '21 '22
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Sint Maarten
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
United States '21 '22
U.S. Virgin Islands
Domestic cups
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands
Canada '21 '20 '22
Cayman Islands
El Salvador
French Guiana
Guadeloupe '21 '22
Guatemala
Honduras '21
Martinique '21 '22
Nicaragua
Panama
Puerto Rico '21 '22
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia '21 '22
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
United States '21 (Qualification ) '22 (Final ) (Qualification )
League cups Super cups CONCACAF competitions International competitions
Men's leagues Women's leagues Cups
Canadian Championship (Final )
Other
International
Club competitions National teams