2008 Canadian National Challenge Cup

2008 Canada Soccer National Championships The Challenge Trophy.jpg 200px The Challenge Trophy Canada Calgary Callies 4 Corfinium St-Léonard 2007 2009 The 2008 Canada Soccer National Championships (officially the BMO National Championships for sponsorship reasons) was the 86th staging of Canada Soccer's domestic football club competition. Calgary Callies won the Challenge Trophy after they beat Corfinium St-Léonard in the Canadian Final at King George V Park in St. John's on 13 October 2008. Ten teams qualified to the final week of the 2008 National Championships in St. John's. Each team played four group matches before the medal and ranking matches on the last day. On the road to the National Championships, Calgary Callies beat Edmonton Green & Gold in the 208 Alberta Cup Final. Teams Each province determined their representative in different methods (league or cup). The seeding based on last years performance are: AB - Calgary Callies BC - Gorge FC NL - St. Lawrence Laurentians NS - Halifax City Colwell Bankers MB - SC Hellas ON - Real Toronto QC - Corfinium de St-Leonard PE - Avondale Islanders SK - Yorkton United NL (host) - Feildians Ernst & Young Orenda Qualification The following is a list of clubs, by province, that have entered their own provincial competition. British Columbia Winners of the Senior A Cup will represent BC at the National Championships. The 2008 Cup will be hosted in the Fraser Valley May 9 and 10. Gorge FC 20 teams entered the competition so a 4-game preliminary round was required.http://www.takethepiss.com/forums/news-announcements/13512-provincial-cup-men-open-2008-big-change.html Provincial Cup Men Open 2008 Big Change! 2008-07-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20080723192406/http://www.takethepiss.com/forums/news-announcements/13512-provincial-cup-men-open-2008-big-change.html 2008-07-23 dead Preliminary Round: Indo vs Surrey U (0:2) Inter vs Vantreights (4:0) Columbus v FVSL #5 Croatia v Firemen (3:2) Round 1 (12/13 April 2008) Quarter-finals (19/20 April 2008) Semi-finals (26/27 April 2008) Finals (10 May 2008 - Hosted by Fraser Valley Soccer League) UBC Chilliwack Langley ? (adv on PKs) Surrey U ? Gorge 4 Bays United 1 Poco 2 (AET) Inter 1 Sporting Gordon Head West Van ? (adv on PKs) Columbus ? PAU ? (adv. 5-4 PKs) Sooke Celtic ? MetroFord 2 Croatia 1 UBC Langley Gorge Poco Sporting West Van PAU MetroFord Gorge FC 3 UBC 0 Sporting Club 3 Peach Arch 1 Gorge FC 1 Sporting Club 0 Alberta The ASA hosts a Senior Men's Challenge Trophy from Aug. 29 to Sept. 1 in Calgary. Winner goes to Nationals.http://www.albertasoccer.com/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=Competition%20Home&category=Competitions Alberta Soccer Association - Competitions 2008-07-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20080804013757/http://www.albertasoccer.com/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=Competition%20Home&category=Competitions 4 August 2008 live The Alberta Major Soccer League teams are: Calgary Callies FC Calgary Dinos Major Calgary Villains Elite FC Lethbridge FC Red Deer Renegades Edmonton Drillers Edmonton Green and Gold Edmonton Scottish Edmonton Victoria Edmonton KC Trojans Manitoba The MSA Cup 2008 determines the Manitoba representative to the National Challenge Trophy. The cup is an FA Cup styled tournament running from May 31 to August 23, 2008. Various teams enter at various levels and each round to drawn (not a static bracket).http://www.manitobasoccer.ca/eventscomps/msacup.php MSA Cup Manitoba Soccer Association 2008-10-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20080820000639/http://www.manitobasoccer.ca/eventscomps/msacup.php August 20, 2008 dead Round 5 is to be drawn on 13 July 2008. Teams to watch for include: Hellas Lucania SC Sons of Italy Lions SC Round 5 (Jul 31 to Aug 02) Quarter-finals (5-August, 2008) Semi-finals (20 August 2008) Finals (23 August 2008) Lucania 0 Hellas S.C. 1 Sons of Italy 2 Maples Juventus 0 Lusitania 3 Ragnarok 2 United Weston 2 Blue Blazers 1 Hellas S.C. 2 Sons of Italy 1 Lusitania 3 United Weston 0 Hellas S.C. 0* Lusitania 0 Hellas S.C. advance 3-0 on penalty kicks. Nova Scotia The rep is determined through the Nova Scotia Soccer League. This league has teams from PEI and NB but the rep will be the top NS team. Halifax City Halifax Dunbrack Halifax County Cape Breton United Valley Kings Arms Dartmouth United Scotia Highland Ontario The rep is determined through the Ontario Cup. About 60 teams are entered in 2008. The final 16 teams are detailed below. Real Toronto wins the titlehttp://www.soccer.on.ca/OSN.nsf/78e6e25dcab98a6985256c8000532a6c/c1aef8749d097122852574c40082d3a4?OpenDocument 2008 Men Ontario Cup Champions -- Real Toronto Ferrari Rob 2008-10-14 2009-10-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20110716030743/http://www.soccer.on.ca/OSN.nsf/78e6e25dcab98a6985256c8000532a6c/c1aef8749d097122852574c40082d3a4?OpenDocument 2011-07-16 dead however the result was reversed when a player eligibility infraction occurred. Third Round (6-Jul-2008) Quarter-finals (10-Aug-2008) Semi-finals (24-Aug-2008, Hershey Centre) Final (14-Sep-2008, The Soccer Centre) Ottawa St. Anthony Premier 5 Etobicoke Canadiens 1 Scarborough Ulster Thistle 3 Cambridge PCC Supersonics 2 Oakville Wisla United 0 London AEK 4 Croatia Hamilton 4 Peniche CC Toronto 0 London Portuguese Club 0 Niagara Club Italia Juventus 1 Oakville Italia 0 Hamilton Serbians 3 Thunder Bay Italia Juventus 0 Real Toronto 5 Woodbridge Italia 1 Windsor Hellenic 2 Ottawa St. Anthony Premier Scarborough Ulster Thistle London AEK Croatia Hamilton Niagara Club Italia Juventus Hamilton Serbians Real Toronto Windsor Hellenic London AEK 1 Real Toronto 2 Newfoundland The rep will be determined from a final cup competition after a league season.http://www.nlsa.ca/default.php?display=cid114 NL Soccer Association Challenge Cup 2008-07-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20081006161507/http://www.nlsa.ca/default.php?display=cid114 October 6, 2008 dead The final weekend will be held Labour Day weekend at the King George V Park in St. John's. The Molson Challenge Cup 2008 will be contested by the following teams: St. Lawrence Laurentians (defending champion) Mount Pearl Holy Cross FC Feildians St. John's U18s (exhibition team) The St. Lawrence Laurentians defeated Feildians on the final weekend. Approximately 2500 fans were in attendance. Final competition Official Site Host SiteSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Round robin The teams will be split into 2 groups of 5 teams each. After round robin, seeding matches will take place (A1vB1, A2vB2, etc.) New Brunswick dropped out so a second team from the host Newfoundland was entered. main WDL Q y Group A CAL Alberta Calgary Callies HAL Nova Scotia Halifax City Coldwell Banker AVO Prince Edward Island Avondale Islanders HEL Manitoba SC Hellas YOR Saskatchewan Yorkton United 4 0 0 11 5 2 1 1 8 6 2 1 1 8 6 0 1 3 4 9 0 1 3 3 8 complete main WDL Q y Group B COR Quebec Corfinium de St-Leonard GOR British Columbia Gorge FC LON Ontario AEK London STL Newfoundland and Labrador St. Lawrence Laurentians FEI Newfoundland and Labrador Feildians 3 1 0 6 2 1 2 1 5 3 1 2 1 3 3 1 1 2 3 6 1 1 0 3 2 5 complete Play-offs 13-October-2008 08:30 (UTC-2:30) Yorkton United 2-1 Feildians Topsail Field 13-October-2008 08:30 (UTC-2:30) SC Hellas 3-5 St. Lawrence Laurentians Middle Smallwood 13-October-2008 11:00 (UTC-2:30) Halifax City Coldwell Banker 0-3 AEK London Upper Smallwood 13-October-2008 08:00 (UTC-2:30) Avondale Islanders 3-2 CSA Report Gorge FC Paul Craig128Morgan DesRoches74 Patrick GawrysRussell Anderson King George V Park 13-October-2008 13:00 (UTC-2:30) AlbertaCalgary Callies 3-1 CSA ReportThe TelegramCSA News Corfinium de St-LeonardQuebec Nicky Reyes Mark Slade Steffen Holdt 12 Likenson Chery71 King George V Park 3,000 Top goal scorers Goals Games Team Player 6 5 Avondale Islanders Paul Craig 4 5 Halifax City Kristin Kirincich 4 5 Yorkton United Waelical Sven References Official site; fixtures and results at CanadaSoccer.com External links List of champions 2008 Canadian National Challenge Cup Nat Category:October 2008 sports events in Canada Category:Sports competitions in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Category:2008 in Newfoundland and Labrador