Matchups Announced for #CanChamp Preliminary Round
The 2026 TELUS Canadian Championship is one step closer to getting underway, with an exciting set of match-ups set to kick off this spring. The top Men’s Professional Club sides from across the country will compete in the annual ‘Battle of the North’. A 15-team field will compete for the honour of hoisting the Voyageurs Cup. The following Preliminary Round round match-ups are scheduled for May.
The seven Preliminary Round winners will advance to the TELUS Canadian Championship Quarter-Final stage where they will be joined by last year’s champions, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, who received a bye from the Preliminary Round. The Quarter-Finals will be played as a two-match home and away series in July.
Home teams in preliminary round are listed first. Date, times and venues of matches to be determined at a later date.
Pacific FC vs. Cavalry FC
CF Montréal vs. Calgary Blizzard SC
Vancouver FC vs. Langley United
Forge FC vs. Halifax Wanderers FC
Inter Toronto FC vs. CS Saint-Laurent
Toronto FC vs. Atlético Ottawa
FC Supra du Québec vs. Woodbridge Strikers SC
The TELUS Canadian Championship has long been one of the most anticipated events in the country’s soccer calendar, and this year promises to deliver intense and exciting matches. Fans across Canada will be treated to fierce competition as teams look to claim the coveted title.
Fans can follow all the action live on OneSoccer, available on the fuboTV Canada platform, as a linear channel on Telus’s Optik TV (Channel 980), as well as online at OneSoccer.ca and through the OneSoccer app. Fans will find extended coverage across Canada Soccer’s digital channels on Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, X , and YouTube featuring the hashtag #CanChamp.
The TELUS Canadian Championship is the premier annual professional soccer competition in Canada, featuring the Canadian teams from Major League Soccer (MLS), the Canadian Premier League (CPL), and league champions from League1 BC, League1 Alberta, League1 Ontario and Ligue1 Québec. Teams compete for the prestigious Voyageurs Cup, a spot in the Concacaf Champions Cup, and the pride of being crowned Canadian Champions.
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