Old Four
No. of teams | 4 |
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Region | Central Canada |
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The Old Four is a soccer conference composed of four public institutions of higher education in Central Canada. The name is also an appellation for the four universities as a group, consisted of McGill University, Queen's University, University of Toronto and University of Western Ontario. They are home to the original four soccer teams in Canadian collegiate athletics.[1] The Old Four holds an annual exhibition tournament over the Labour Day weekend, although the teams do not accumulate points toward the regular season of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport competition.
As the name suggests, the Old Four schools are among Canada's oldest and most prestigious universities. Except for the University of Western Ontario, all were founded by royal charter during the British colonial era before Canadian Confederation. Historically, these schools have held intense rivalries in athletics. Today, the Old Four are all research universities and members of Canada's U15 Group of Canadian research universities.
The Old Four was for several decades also a conference for Canadian football competition between these same four schools, but conference realignment, beginning in the early 1970s, has meant that it no longer exists in its original form.
Members
The Old Four schools are all public institutions unaffiliated with any religion. Although three were founded as religious schools, they have all since become secular institutions.
Institution | Location | Team name | Venue | Founding religious affiliation | Founded |
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McGill University | Montreal, Quebec | Martlets, Redbirds | Percival Molson Memorial Stadium | Nonsectarian | 1821 as McGill College |
Queen's University | Kingston, Ontario | Gaels | Richardson Memorial Stadium | Presbyterian | 1841 as Queen's College |
University of Toronto | Toronto, Ontario | Varsity Blues | Varsity Stadium | Anglican | 1827 as King's College |
University of Western Ontario | London, Ontario | Mustangs | TD Waterhouse Stadium | Anglican | 1878 as The Western University of London Ontario |
Summary of tournament finals
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Year | Location | Men's winner | Men's runner-up | Score | Women's winner | Women's runner-up | Score |
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2002 | Montreal | ? | ? | ?-? | Western | McGill | 2-1 |
2003 | London | Western | McGill | 1-0 | Western | McGill | 4-3 |
2004 | Kingston | Western | McGill | 2-1 | McGill | Western | 2-1 |
2005 | Montreal | Toronto | Queen's | 2-1 | McGill | Queen's | 1-0 |
2006 | Toronto | Western | Queen's | 3-0 | McGill | Western | 6-2 |
2007 | London | Western | McGill | 1-0 | McGill | Queen's | 1-0 |
2008 | Toronto | McGill | Toronto | 2-0 | McGill | Toronto | 3-1 |
2009 | London | Western | McGill | 2-1 | McGill | Queen's | 3-0 |
2010 | Kingston | McGill | Queen's | 2-1 | McGill | Toronto | 1-0 |
2011 | Montreal | Toronto | McGill | P-P* | Toronto | McGill | P-P* |
2012 | Toronto | Toronto | Western | 1-1 (5-4 PK) | McGill | Western | 2-1 |
2013 | London | Queen's | Western | 1-1 (4-2 PK) | Toronto | McGill | 0-0 (4-3 PK) |
2014 | Kingston | McGill | Western | 1-0 | Western | McGill | 1-0 |
2015 | Montreal | Western | McGill | 2-1 | Western | McGill | 2-2 (5-3 PK) |
2016 | Toronto | Western | McGill | 3-1 | McGill | Toronto | 1-0 |
2017 | London | Western | Queen's | 2-1 | Queen's | Western | 1-0 |
2018 | Kingston | Western | Queen's | 2-1 | Queen's | Toronto | 1-0 |
Note: The 2011 finals were cancelled due to field conditions.[2]
References
- ^ "U of T Soccer to Host Old Four Tournament". Retrieved 2008-09-02.[permanent dead link] "The University of Toronto Varsity Blues soccer program is proud to host a very time-honoured tradition - the annual Old Four tournament, August 30–31, 2008 at the Varsity Centre. This tournament features the original four football schools in Canadian university sport: McGill University, Queen’s University, the University of Western Ontario and the University of Toronto."
- ^ "OLD FOUR MATCHES CANCELLED DUE TO WET FIELD CONDITIONS". Retrieved 2012-08-28. "Both men’s and women’s gold-medal matches at the 2011 Old Four tournament have been cancelled due to excessive water on the field."
External links
Conference news
- https://web.archive.org/web/20060509054448/http://universitysport.ca/e/w_fieldhockey/story_detail.cfm?id=5898
- https://web.archive.org/web/20060220081001/http://www.goldengaels.com/interuniversity/soccerm.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20051016033626/http://www.varsityblues.ca/news/?id=2572
- Mustangs blank Redmen in Old Four gold medal game - Aug 26, 2007
- McGill claims Old Four soccer titles - August 31, 2008 [permanent dead link]
- Old Four Tournament wraps up at Queen's 8/29/2010[permanent dead link]