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The 2009 Challenge Trophy was contested for in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan from October 7 to 12, 2009. The round robin group seedings were based on last years performance.

Group A : Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
Group B : Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland Labrador, Yukon

2009 Challenge Trophy
Tournament details
Country	Canada
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Hellas SC
Runner-up	Royal-Sélect de Beauport
← 2008 2010 →

Day 2 saw extreme snow and wind which forced organizers to adjust the schedule to the SaskTel Indoor pitch. Games were also shortened to 60 minutes.^[1]

Teams and rosters

The Nationals are seeded based on last seasons performance. For 2009 the seedings are:^[2]

Hellas SC

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
11	MF	ITA	Fabio Capone
19	FW	GRE	Justin Castalanos
14	FW	CAN	Ulrick Disna
6	DF	GRE	Bill Economou
27	DF	CAN	Vinny Ferlaino
28	MF	CAN	Tom Findlay
15	MF	CAN	Tom Foderaro
27	FW	PAR	Andry Giesbrecht
4	MF	CAN	Jordan Goetting
16	MF	CAN	Dimitri Ifandis
1	GK	CAN	Kyle Kilcup


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	MF	BIH	Edin Kurbegovic
21	MF	SLV	Jorge Mendez
3	DF	CAN	Tim Mullen
11	FW	CAN	Chris Musto
29	GK	CAN	Dylan O'Connor
10	DF	CAN	Trevor Perrault
3	DF	ITA	Phillip Porpiglia
8	MF	GRE	Yiannis Tsalatsidis
17	DF	COL	Jeff Valdivia

Royal-Sélect de Beauport

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	CAN	Alexandre Lévesque-Tremblay
18	FW	TOG	Boris I Gervais Salou
15	FW	CAN	David Chapdelaine-Miller
8	DF	ARG	Édouardo Davalos
2	FW	FRA	Francois Ouellet
20	DF	CMR	Nyam A Well Garba
17	MF	FRA	Jean-Philippe Grenon
5	DF	FRA	Julien Meunier
14	MF	CGO	Michael Mana Nga
3	DF	CAN	Marc-Olier Boudreau-Daigle
12	FW	CAN	Mathieu-François


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	FW	BIH	Nihad Nedzibovic
6	DF	CAN	Olivier Brett
16	DF	ITA	Pascal Bragagnolo
13	DF	CAN	Pierre-Henri Poudré
10	DF	MAR	Samir El Akkati
11	DF	FRA	Samuel Georget
22	GK	CAN	Vincent Dubé

Calgary Callies

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK		Dave Harrison
3	DF		Drew Milne
4	MF		Cenek Patik
5	DF		Andre Duberry
6	DF		Eric Roa
7	MF		Nic Reyes
8	DF		Jamie Auvigne
9	FW		Mark Slade
10	MF		Fran Miron
11	FW		Greg Perez


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	DF		Liam deSilva
13	FW		Felix Napuri
14	FW		Scott McCorkill
15	MF		Alex Strbac
17	DF		Brett Colvin
18	DF		Neto Miguel
19	FW		Milan Timotjevic
10	MF		Chris Kooy
21	DF		Allen Jovica
22	GK		Will Langford

Results

Group stage

Group A
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hellas SC	4	3	0	1	5	4	+1	9
2	Calgary Callies	4	3	0	1	7	3	+4	9
3	West Van FC	4	2	0	2	4	5	−1	6
4	Huskies Alumni	4	1	1	2	5	4	+1	4
5	Real Toronto	4	0	1	3	3	8	−5	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Royal-Sélect de Beauport	4	2	2	0	7	2	+5	8
2	Avondale Islanders	4	2	1	1	8	3	+5	7
3	Holy Cross	4	1	3	0	7	2	+5	6
4	Halifax City SC	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5
5	Yukon Selects	4	0	0	4	1	16	−15	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7 October 2009	West Van SC	1-2	Real Toronto	Saskatoon, SK
16:00				Stadium: Umea East

7 October 2009	Calgary Callies	1-2	Hellas SC	Saskatoon, SK
16:00				Stadium: Sasktel Sports Centre West

7 October 2009	Avondale Islanders	4-1	Halifax City SC	Saskatoon, SK
18:00				Stadium: Umea West

7 October 2009	Royal-Sélect de Beauport	1-1	Holy Cross	Saskatoon, SK
18:00				Stadium: Sasktel East

8 October 2009	Calgary Callies	1-0	Huskie Alumni	Saskatoon, SK
14:00	Felix Napuri			Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

8 October 2009	West Van SC	0-1	Hellas SC	Saskatoon, SK
14:00			Tom Findlay	Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

8 October 2009	Royal-Sélect de Beauport	5-1	Yukon Selects	Saskatoon, SK
16:00	Ammon Hoefs		Boris Gervais Salou (x3) Jean-Philippe Grenon	Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

8 October 2009	Avondale Islanders	0-0	Holy Cross	Saskatoon, SK
16:00				Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

9 October 2009	Calgary Callies	3-1	West Van SC	Saskatoon, SK
12:00				Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

9 October 2009	Real Toronto	2-2	Huskie Alumni	Saskatoon, SK
12:00				Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

9 October 2009	Royal-Sélect de Beauport	2-0	Avondale Islanders	Saskatoon, SK
14:00				Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

9 October 2009	Halifax City SC	3-0	Yukon Selects	Saskatoon, SK
14:00				Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

10 October 2009	Calgary Callies	2-0	Real Toronto	Saskatoon, SK
16:00				Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

10 October 2009	Hellas SC	0-3	Huskie Alumni	Saskatoon, SK
18:00				Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

10 October 2009	Royal-Sélect de Beauport	0-0	Halifax City SC	Saskatoon, SK
18:00				Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

10 October 2009	Holy Cross	5-0	Yukon Selects	Saskatoon, SK
18:00				Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

11 October 2009	West Van SC	1-0	Huskie Alumni	Saskatoon, SK
12:00				Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

11 October 2009	Real Toronto	0-2	Hellas SC	Saskatoon, SK
12:00				Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

11 October 2009	Avondale Islanders	4-0	Yukon Selects	Saskatoon, SK
14:00				Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

11 October 2009	Halifax City SC	1-1	Holy Cross	Saskatoon, SK
14:00				Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

Finals

12 October 2009	Real Toronto (A5)	1-3 (pks)	Yukon Selects (B5)	Saskatoon, SK
08:00				Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

12 October 2009	Huskie Alumni (A4)	3-4 (pks)	Halifax City SC (B4)	Saskatoon, SK
08:00				Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

12 October 2009	West Van FC (A3)	6-5 (pks)	Holy Cross (B3)	Saskatoon, SK
10:00				Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

12 October 2009	Calgary Callies (A2)	3-4 (pks)	Avondale Islanders (B2)	Saskatoon, SK
12:30				Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

12 October 2009	Hellas SC (A1)	1-0	Royal-Sélect de Beauport (B1)	Saskatoon, SK
12:30	Chris Musto	Report		Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre Referee: Dave Gantar

Final standings

Pos	Club
1	Hellas SC
2	Royal-Sélect de Beauport
3	Avondale Islanders
4	Calgary Callies
5	West Van FC
6	Holy Cross
7	Halifax City SC
8	Huskies Alumni
9	Yukon Selects
10	Real Toronto

Qualified teams

British Columbia

The BC Provincial Cup is held in the spring of the season. This year's event went from April 4 to May 16.^[4]

	Sixteenth-final					Eight-final					Quarter-final					Semi-final					Final

							Langley United	0

							Croatia FC	1



												Croatia FC	0

												CMF Wolves	2



							CMF Wolves	7

							Peace Arch SC	5
		Peace Arch SC	0

		ICSF Inter	0
																	CMF Wolves	0

																	West Van SC	2



							West Van SC	7

							Westside FC	0



												West Van SC	2

												Surrey United	0



							Surrey United	3

							Columbus Clan FC	2
		Columbus Clan FC	2

		Abbotsford Mariners	0
																						West Van SC	1

																						Victoria Gorge FC	0



							Bays United	1

							Nanaimo	0



												Bays United	3

												Athletic Club of BC	2



							Athletic Club of BC	2

							NorVan Eagles	1
		NorVan Eagles	2

		Sooke Celtic	1
																	Bays United	0

																	Victoria Gorge FC	5



							Victoria Gorge FC	4

							PoCo City FC	0



												Victoria Gorge FC	2

												RCIU Legends	0



							RCIU Legends	2

							Gordon Head	1
		Kamloops Excel	1

		Gordon Head	5

Alberta

The Mike Traficante Challenge Cup will be held in Edmonton from 4 Sep to 7 Sep, 2009.info The teams will be seeded from the Alberta Major Soccer League. The groups will be S1, N2 and N3 in one and N1, S2 and S3 in the other. Seeds S3 and N3 are open to challenge from any district. This year, the teams in the AMSL include:

North:

South:

Saskatchewan

The Saskatchewan representative shall be determined through the Saskatchewan Premier Soccer League.^[5] Six teams will compete this season including:

Yorkton United
ACFC Milan
SK Canada Games
Huskie Alumni
Saskatoon Hose and Hydrant
Colo Colo

Standings as of 9 July 2009

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Huskie Alumni	7	5	2	0	21	1	+20	17
ACFC Milan	7	5	1	1	14	5	+9	16
Yorkton United	8	5	0	3	22	10	+12	15
Saskatoon Hose and Hydrant	6	1	1	4	5	12	−7	4
Sk Canada Games	4	0	1	3	4	19	−15	1
Colo Colo	6	0	1	5	3	22	−19	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

The Saskatchewan Huskie Alumni have qualified^[6]

Manitoba

The Manitoba representative will be determined through the MSA 2009 Senior Provincial Championship. This cup competition will take place in August as the team entry's are due 4 August 2009.^[7] Watch for teams in the Manitoba Major Soccer League to be entered. Seeding is determined by 15 July 2009.

Hellas SC of Manitoba qualified after a 1-0 extra time win over Lucania.

Ontario

The Ontario representative is determined by the Ontario Cup. This is a single knock-out tournament with the finals scheduled for 20-Sep-2009 at 8:00pm at the Soccer Centre in Vaughan. This year's event features 62 teams entering the bracket at various levels determined by geography. Before the First round is a Preliminary round and an Extra Preliminary round for some regions.^[8]

The final match saw a repeat of 2008 between London AEK and Real Toronto.^[9]

	Extra Round 10 May 2009					Preliminary Round 7 24 May 2009

						Hamilton Boca Juniors		0
						Hamilton Glasgow United		3

	Extra Round 10 May 2009					Preliminary Round 8 24 May 2009

						Barrie Spirit		2
						Richmond Hill Raiders Madrid FC		1

	Extra Round 10 May 2009					Preliminary Round 15 24 May 2009

						Mississauga Portofino		2
	Alliston Arsenal		0			Cambridge Aurora Lodge		1
	Cambridge Aurora Lodge		2

	Extra Round 10 May 2009					Preliminary Round 16 24 May 2009

						Toronto FC Hitmen		0
						Malton Steeda Bulls		4

	Extra Round 10 May 2009					Preliminary Round 23 24 May 2009

						Brampton Ebony Jrs		0 (2)
						Toronto Blues FC		0 (4)

	Extra Round 10 May 2009					Preliminary Round 24 24 May 2009

						Toronto Blackstar FC		2
						Brantford Vicano		4

	Extra Round 10 May 2009					Preliminary Round 31 24 May 2009

						Kitchener Al's Motors		1
	Welland Youngs Insurance		2			Welland Youngs Insurance		2
	Erin Mills Eagles		0

	Extra Round 10 May 2009					Preliminary Round 32 24 May 2009

						Kitchener Hrvat		5
						Brampton United FC		0

	Extra Round 10 May 2009					Preliminary Round 35 24 May 2009

						London/St.Thomas Croatia		3
						Tecumseh Warriors		0

	Extra Round 10 May 2009					Preliminary Round 39 24 May 2009

						Sonny's Waterloo FC		2
						Weston Wolves		3

	Extra Round 10 May 2009					Preliminary Round 40 24 May 2009

						East Hamilton 76		2
						Real Toronto		9

	Extra Round 10 May 2009					Preliminary Round 59 24 May 2009

						Toronto Peniche		4
	Niagara Falls Club Italia Juventus		3			Niagara Falls Club Italia Juventus		1
	Toronto Celtic		0

	Extra Round 10 May 2009					Preliminary Round 60 24 May 2009

						Woodbridge Veneto Lions		0
						Aurora Hearts		1

Ontario Cup proper

First Round
7 June 2009

Second Round
21 June 2009

Third Round
5 July 2009

Quarter-finals
16 August 2009

Semi-finals
Centennial Stadium
Toronto
30 August 2009

Final
The Soccer Centre
Vaughan
20 September 2009

bye

bye

Sudbury Croatia Adria

2 (3)

Sudbury Panhellenic

2 (2)

bye

bye

Sudbury Croatia Adria

1

Hamilton Serbians

4

bye

bye

Hamilton Serbians

0 (4)

Hamilton Glasgow United

0 (3)

Hamilton Glasgow United

2

Barrie Spirit

0

Hamilton Serbians

2

Scarborough Ulster Thistle

1

bye

bye

Scarboro Azzurri

2

Ottawa Capital United Premier

0

Ottawa Capital United Premier

1

0

Scarboro Azzurri

2

Scarborough Ulster Thistle

4

bye

bye

Scarborough Ulster Thistle

9

Malton Steeda Bulls

0

Mississauga Portofino

1 (2)

Malton Steeda Bulls

1 (4)

Hamilton Serbians

1

A.E.K. London FC

1 *4-3pk

bye

bye

1

A.E.K. London FC

2

bye

bye

A.E.K. London FC

10

Toronto Blues FC

0

bye

bye

Brampton Boavista FC

1 (2)

Toronto Blues FC

1 (4)

Toronto Blues FC

3

Brantford Vicano

2

A.E.K. London FC

2

London Portuguese

1

London Portuguese

3

Windsor Caboto F.C.

0

London Portuguese

1

0

London Marconi

3

London Benfica

3 (pk)

London Portuguese

1

Kitchener Hvart

0

bye

bye

Oakville Italia

3 (2)

Kitchener Hvart

3 (4)

Welland Youngs Insurance

1

Kitchener Hvart

4

A.E.K. London FC

1

2

HNSC Croatia Windsor

2

St. Thomas "A"

0

HNSC Croatia Windsor

1 *

London/St.Thomas Croatia

1

London/St.Thomas Croatia

3

Strathroy Portuguese

0

HNSC Croatia Windsor

3

6

bye

bye

Scarborough G.S. United

1

2

Weston Wolves

3

Real Toronto

6

1

Oakville Wisla United

0

bye

bye

Oakville Wisla United

4

Peterborough City

2

bye

bye

Oakville Wisla United

3

Windsor Hellenic

1

Sarnia Fury

3

London White Eagles

0

1

Windsor Hellenic

4

Windsor A.E. United

0

Windsor Hellenic

8

4

Croatia Hamilton

1

bye

bye

Mississauga A.C. Soccer Diavoli

4

Vaughan Shooters

0

bye

bye

Mississauga A.C. Soccer Diavoli

1

Ottawa St. Anthony Italia

2

Ottawa South United

5

Ottawa Rockers

4

Ottawa South United

0

Ottawa St. Anthony Italia

6

Ottawa St. Anthony Italia

2

Ottawa Eagles

0

Ottawa St. Anthony Italia

1

Croatia Hamilton

4

bye

bye

Croatia Hamilton

2

Toronto Peniche

1

Toronto Peniche

1

0

Croatia Hamilton

0 *

Thunder Bay Italia Juventus

0

bye

bye

bye

bye

bye

bye

Québec

The AAA Quebec Cup (aka Coupe du Québec Saputo AAA) is the cup competition that determines the Quebec representative at the Canadian Club Nationals.^[10] The first 2 rounds are home and away matches, while the last 3 rounds are single matches. Results Site

	First Round 4/5 June 2009 4/5 July 2009							Eighth-finals 11/12 July 2009 1/2 August 2009

	Verts de Sherbrooke		4	0	4

	FC Trois-Rivières AA		0	1	1
								Verts de Sherbrooke		1	2	3

								Corfinium St-Léonard		2	3	5
	bye

	bye

	First Round 4/5 June 2009 4/5 July 2009							Eighth-finals 11/12 July 2009 1/2 August 2009

	Chomedey		1	2	3

	Longueuil 2		3	3	6
								Longueuil 2		1	-	1

								Lachine SC		0	-	0
	Lachine SC		2	2	4

	Casalciprano Anjou AA		1	0	1

	First Round 4/5 June 2009 4/5 July 2009							Eighth-finals 11/12 July 2009 1/2 August 2009

	Hull		5	4	9

	Cosmos de Granby		1	0	1
								Hull		2	4	6

								Dollard Red Star		1	0	1
	bye

	bye

	First Round 4/5 June 2009 4/5 July 2009							Eighth-finals 11/12 July 2009 1/2 August 2009

	Rimouski		0	1	1

	Casalciprano Anjou		2	2	4
								Casalciprano Anjou		1

								Association trifluvienne		0
	Longueuil 1		1	0	1

	Association trifluvienne		3	7	10

	First Round 4/5 June 2009 4/5 July 2009							Eighth-finals 11/12 July 2009 1/2 August 2009

	SC Panellinios Montréal		5	6	11

	TerreBonne		0	0	0
								SC Panellinios Montréal		3	3	6

								Beauport		5	2	7
	bye

	bye

	First Round 4/5 June 2009 4/5 July 2009							Eighth-finals 11/12 July 2009 1/2 August 2009

	CS Mont-Royal Outremont		1	0	1

	Blainville AA		1	3	4
								Blainville AA		1	-	1

								Lasalle-Lakeshore United		0	-	0
	Rivière-des-Prairies		2	1	3

	Lasalle-Lakeshore United		0	3	3

	First Round 4/5 June 2009 4/5 July 2009							Eighth-finals 11/12 July 2009 1/2 August 2009

	Drummondville AA		1	6	7

	St-Hubert		1	2	3
								Drummondville AA		1	1	2

								Vallée-du-Richelieu		1	2	3
	bye

	bye

	First Round 4/5 June 2009 4/5 July 2009							Eighth-finals 11/12 July 2009 1/2 August 2009

	FS Salaberry AA		3	1	4

	Brossard		0	0	0
								FS Salaberry AA		2	-	2

								Celtix du Haut-Richelieu		4	-	4
	Charlesbourg		0	2	2

	Celtix du Haut-Richelieu		1	3	4

Quarter-finals
15/16 August 2009

Semi-finals
5 September 2009
Quebec City

Final
6 September 2009
Quebec City

Corfinium St-Léonard

3

Longueuil 2

1

Corfinium St-Léonard

Casalciprano Anjou

Hull

1

Casalciprano Anjou

2

Beauport

4

Blainville AA

1

Beauport

Celtix du Haut-Richelieu

Vallée-du-Richelieu

0

Celtix du Haut-Richelieu

3

New Brunswick

Did not send a team in 2008 and so are unranked for 2009. Deadline for teams to register is 15-July-2009.^[11]

Prince Edward Island

The Avondale Islanders seen to be the only team competing at a high enough level and will probably represent PEI again.

Nova Scotia

The winner of the Nova Scotia Soccer League will represent the province at the National Challenge Trophy. This year's competition will include:

standings as of 22-July-2009

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Halifax Dunbrack	10	10	0	0	36	4	+32	30
Halifax City	10	5	3	2	18	11	+7	18
Valley Kings Arms	10	5	2	3	14	14	0	17
Scotia	10	4	1	5	17	17	0	13
NS Canada Games*	10	3	2	5	17	17	0	11
Cape Breton United	10	2	3	5	11	22	−11	9
Halifax County United Molson Canadian	10	2	2	6	16	23	−7	8
Dartmouth United	10	2	1	7	10	31	−21	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Newfoundland Labrador

2009 Newfoundland and Labrador Challenge Cup

Yukon

Selects Team

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^ "Soccer Canada- 2009 Challenge Trophy Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-27. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
^ "Official Bracket". BC Soccer. Retrieved 2009-05-25.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Saskatchewan Premier Soccer League". Archived from the original on 17 June 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
^ "Soccer Championships in Saskatoon". SaskatoonHomepage.ca. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
^ "2009 PROVINCIAL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS". Manitoba Soccer Association. Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
^ "Ontario Cup Draw Chart". Ontario Soccer Association. Retrieved 2009-05-25.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Ferrari, Rob. "Real Toronto Crowned 2009 Mens Champions". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
^ "Official Site". Archived from the original on 2006-02-22. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
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External links

Official website

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