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The expanded Championship featured 13 teams from five leagues competing across five rounds and 24 matches. Calgary newcomers Cavalry FC and Ottawa Fury FC both reached the semi-finals, but they were eliminated by Montréal and Toronto who met in the Canadian final for the third time in six years. Montréal won on kicks from the penalty mark.
Impact de Montréal
The TELUS Canadian Championship is Canada Soccer’s highest domestic professional soccer competition and serves as a qualification route for Canadian professional clubs into Concacaf Champions Cup and onto the FIFA Club World Cup.
Dubbed the Battle of the North, the Championship sets itself apart from all North American professional sports competitions that operate on both sides of the border as the only one to hold an all-Canadian competition that leads to the international stage.
The Voyageurs Cup has been awarded to the Canadian Championship winner since 2008. Created by the Voyageurs Canadian Supporters group, the trophy represents Canadian fans’ commitment to the game in our country.
