2024 U Sports Men's Soccer Championship
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada |
| Venue(s) | Vaso's Field Oshawa, Ontario |
| Dates | 7–10 November 2024 |
| Teams | 8 |
The 2024 U Sports Men's Soccer Championship will be the 52nd edition of the U Sports men's soccer championship, a postseason tournament to determine the national champion of the 2024 U Sports men's soccer season. The tournament will start on November 7 and will end with the bronze-medal and championship games being played on November 10 at Ontario Tech University.
Host
[edit]The tournament will be held at Vaso's Field, on the grounds of Ontario Tech University. This will be the first-ever U Sports national championship event hosted by Ontario Tech.[1]
The matches can be viewed live on CBC Gem, CBCSports.ca, CBC YouTube, and Radio-Canada.[2] All matches will be streamed on CBC Gem.[3]
Qualified teams
[edit]The championship will consist of an eight-team single-elimination tournament. Four teams will automatically qualify for the tournament as one of the winners of the four conferences, three qualify as the runners-ups, and one qualify as the host.
Participating teams
[edit]| Team | Qualified | Last appearance | Last win |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ontario Tech Ridgebacks | OUA champions
(Host) |
None | Never |
| York Lions | OUA finalists | 2023 | 2015 |
| St. Francis Xavier X-Men | AUS champions | 2023 | Never |
| UNB Reds | AUS finalists | 2018 | 1980 |
| Montreal Carabins | RSEQ champions | 2023 | 2021 |
| McGill Redbirds | RSEQ finalists | ? | 1997 |
| UBC Thunderbirds | Canada West champions | 2023 | 2013 |
| Mount Royal Cougars | Canada West finalists | 2023 | Never |
Seeding
[edit]The conference champions were allocated seeds 1 through 4, with the additional teams (conference runners-up or host team) allocated seeds 5 through 8. Ideally, seed 1 plays seed 8, seed 2 plays seed 7, seed 3 plays seed 6, and seed 4 plays seed 5, however, the bracket may be adjusted in the interest of avoiding an intra-conference matchup in the first round.[4][5]
| Pos | Conf. | Team | Reg. Season | Playoffs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CW | UBC Thunderbirds | 11–1–3 | 3–0–0 |
| 2 | RSEQ | Montreal Carabins | 10–1–1 | 2–0–0 |
| 3 | AUS | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 8–1–3 | 2–0–0 |
| 4 | OUA | Ontario Tech Ridgebacks (H) | 6–4–2 | 3–0–1 |
| 5 | RSEQ | McGill Redbirds | 5–4–3 | 1–1–0 |
| 6 | OUA | York Lions | 8–1–3 | 1–1–1 |
| 7 | CW | Mount Royal Cougars | 7–2–5 | 2–1–0 |
| 8 | AUS | UNB Reds | 4–4–4 | 2–1–0 |
Bracket
[edit]| 5th place match | Consolation semi-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | UBC Thunderbirds | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | UNB Reds | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ontario Tech Ridgebacks | 1 | UBC Thunderbirds | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | UNB Reds | 5 | McGill Redbirds | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ontario Tech Ridgebacks | 1 (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | McGill Redbirds | 1 (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Montreal Carabins | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Mount Royal Cougars | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 2 | Montreal Carabins | 3rd place match | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Mount Royal Cougars | 6 | York Lions | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | York Lions | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Results
[edit]Day 1
[edit]Quarter-finals
[edit]Day 2
[edit]Consolation Semi-finals
[edit]Semi-finals
[edit]Day 3
[edit]5th place match
[edit]Day 4
[edit]3rd place match
[edit]Final
[edit]Statistics
[edit]Goalscorers
[edit]There have been 0 goals scored in 0 matches, for an average of -nan goals per match.
References
[edit]- ^ "Ontario Tech University awarded rights to host its first-ever U SPORTS national championship event". news.ontariotechu.ca. June 28, 2023. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
- ^ "U SPORTS on CBC - U SPORTS - English". U Sports. October 27, 2024. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
- ^ "Championships - U SPORTS - English". U Sports. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
- ^ "Playing Regulations – Men's Soccer" (PDF). U Sports. August 2024. Retrieved October 16, 2024.
- ^ "Draw and bracket announced for 2024 U SPORTS men's soccer championship - U SPORTS - English". U Sports. November 3, 2024. Retrieved November 4, 2024.