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anada Soccer will conduct the Official Draw for the 2025 TELUS Canadian Championship on OneSoccer, to be hosted by Kristian Jack, with participation from Jordan Wilson and Canadian soccer legend Craig Forrest. The Official Draw will determine the Preliminary Round matchups as well as the pathway through the Quarter-Final stage of the competition.
This year’s TELUS Canadian Championship features the biggest-ever field of clubs, with teams reaching from coast to coast. The annual “Battle of the North” will feature 15 clubs including reigning winners Vancouver Whitecaps FC and first-time participants Edmonton Scottish United SC (League1 Alberta) and Milton’s Scrosoppi FC (League1 Ontario).
Details on the draw format and procedures are outlined herein.
The participating Clubs will be placed into pots as follows to be drawn into Preliminary Round Match-Ups:
Specific Clubs and match positions are further isolated into pots to achieve the following competition goals:
1. Regionalization is maintained throughout the Preliminary and Quarter-Final Rounds as best as possible.
2. Clubs from Semi-Professional leagues are ineligible to play against one another in the Preliminary Round.
Placing the West Clubs
One club will be drawn from Pot A and one club from Pot B to determine the match-up, after which one spere will be drawn from Pot 1 to decide the match number where the match-up will take place in the competition bracket. After both West Semi-Pro clubs have been drawn from Pot B, the remaining two clubs in Pot A will be drawn along with the final sphere from Pot 1.
Placing the East Clubs
One club will be drawn from Pot C and one club from Pot D to determine the match-up, after which one spere will be drawn from Pot 2 to decide the match number where the match-up will take place in the competition bracket. After both East Semi-Pro clubs have been drawn from Pot D, two spheres will be drawn from Pot C to determine the match-up and one sphere from Pot 2 to determine where the match-up will take place in the competition bracket. Finally, the remaining two clubs in Pot C will be drawn along with the final sphere from Pot 2.
The Bye Club (2024 Champions Vancouver Whitecaps FC) will be allocated to Series 1 in the Quarter-Final stage.
A secondary draw will be completed at a later date to determine the Semi-Final matchups as well as the pathway to hosting the competition final.
Fans can follow and enjoy the draw on OneSoccer starting at 20.00 ET / 17.00 PT Thursday night on OneSoccer and OneSoccer’s YouTube channel.
For the first time in the history of the tournament, Canada Soccer launched a four-part docuseries titled Battle of the North, presented by TELUS, chronically the tremendous passion and exhilarating storylines across our country from this past year.
About the TELUS Canadian Championship
Canada Soccer’s Canadian Championship, also known as the Battle of the North, is the nation’s highest men’s domestic competition featuring clubs from coast-to-coast-to-coast, notably professional teams in Major League Soccer and the Canadian Premier League as well as league winners in League1 BC, League1 Alberta, League1 Ontario and Ligue1 Québec. Winners of the 2025 TELUS Canadian Championship lift the Voyageurs Cup and qualify to the annual international competition, Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League. Winners of the Concacaf Champions Cup qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup.
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