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Windsor Caboto SC women and 9 de Octubre Toronto men have repeated as Ontario Futsal Cup winners to qualify for the 2025 Futsal Canadian Championship. The two provincial winners will compete next month in the Futsal Canadian Championship from 10 to 13 April in Regina, Saskatchewan.
In the men’s Final, the back-to-back national champions 9 de Octubre Toronto (“9” pronounced in Spanish as “nueve”) won 5:4 over former two-time national champions Toronto Idolo. Andy Baquero, Joshua Paredes, Alejandro Portal and Matthew Rios scored in the first half before Jesse Oliver scored the winner in the second half.
In the women’s Final, Windsor Caboto won 3-2 in a shootout over Scarborough GS United after the two sides were even 3:3 after 40 minutes of action. Nicky Mailloux, Marisa Oliveira and Samantha Murphy were the Windsor goalscorers before the shootout. Last year, Windsor finished fourth at the Futsal Canadian Championship.
Futsal is an exciting and fast-paced sport played indoors on a small court with five players to each side. It features a sport-specific ball that does not bounce the same way as a traditional football bounces on grass or turf and the sport features its own unique Futsal Laws of the Game which differ from traditional football. Each match features two 20-minute halves with the clock stopped each time the match is interrupted as well as rolling substitutions so that players can come in and out of the match.
At the elite club level, Canada Soccer supports domestic competition through the annual Futsal Canadian Championship for men and women. Canada Soccer launched the Men’s Futsal Canadian Championship in 2015 and the Women’s Futsal Canadian Championship in 2023.
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