Futsal Canadian Championship

Futsal Canadian Championship
Founded	2015
First season	2015
Country	Canada
Confederation	CONCACAF / FIFA
Number of teams	8
Current champions	9 de Octubre (men); Xtrême (women) ; (2023)
Most championships	Sporting Montreal FC (2 titles); Toronto Idolo Futsal (2 titles)
Website	Official website

Futsal Canadian Championship is the futsal national club competition. Its first year featured two clubs from Quebec and Ontario in 2015. The competition is under the authority of the Canada Soccer Association.

The inaugural season was played in 2015 at Centre d'éducatif des adultes Outremont with only two clubs participating: Futsal Club Toronto and Albiceleste.^[1] The most recent edition featured eight clubs in 2019 and was won by Toronto Idolo, who are the most successful club in the competition's history. The 2020 and 2021 tournaments were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2016 tournament was held at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology while the 2017-2019 editions were held at the Athletic Recreation Complex at Queen's University in Kingston. 2022 was held at the Centre Sportif de Gatineau in Gatineau, Quebec, and 2023 at the Seven Chiefs Sportsplex in Calgary, Alberta. 2024 will also be hosted in Calgary

2023 also added a women's championship, won by Xtrême from Quebec in a field of eight teams.

Assistant Canadian Men's National Futsal Coach, Lorenzo Redwood, is the most successful coach in the competition, having won three national titles, 2016 with Toronto United Futsal, and in 2018 and 2019 with Toronto Idolo.

Since 2017, matches have been broadcast internationally via Canada Soccer's YouTube channel.

Participating clubs have come from British Columbia, Yukon, Alberta, Nunavut, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec.

Past winners

Men's champions

Season	Winners	Score	Runners-up	MVP	Venue
2015	Futsal Club Toronto	7-5 6-2	Albiceleste FC Laval		Montréal, Québec Outremont
2016^[2]	Toronto United Futsal	4-3 4-3	Montréal Sparte FC		Oshawa, Ontario Durham College
2017^[3]	Montréal Sporting Outlaws FC	7-3	Saskatoon Olimpia SK FC	Diyaeddine Abzi	Kingston, Ontario Queen's University
2018^[4]	Toronto Idolo Futsal	6-1	Sporting Montréal FC	Luigi Caruso	Kingston, Ontario Queen's University
2019^[5]	Toronto Idolo Futsal	5-5 (a.e.t.) 3-2(p)	Sporting Montréal FC	Luis Rocha	Kingston, Ontario Queen's University
2022^[6]	Sporting Montréal FC	6-3	Toronto Idolo Futsal	Shaquille Michaud	Gatineau, Québec Centre sportif Gatineau
2023	9 de Octubre FC Toronto	5-3	Sporting Montréal FC	Raheem Rose	Calgary, Alberta 7 Chiefs
2024					Calgary, Alberta 7 Chiefs

Women's champions

Season	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Scorers	MVP	Venue
2023	Montréal Xtreme ADR	3-2	Scarborough GS United		Sophie Thérien	Calgary, Alberta 7 Chiefs
2024						Calgary, Alberta 7 Chiefs

Top goalscorers

Season	Player	Club	Goals
2015	Timo Garzon	Futsal Club Toronto	3
2015	Alvaro Yaques	Futsal Club Toronto	3
2016	Desmond Humphrey	Toronto United Futsal	2
	Marco Rodriguez	Toronto United Futsal
	Jonathan Osorio	Toronto United Futsal
2017	Diyaeddine Abzi	Sporting de Montreal	8
2018	Damion Graham	Toronto Idolo Futsal	13
2019	Luis Rocha	Toronto Idolo Futsal	11

References

^ "Futsal Club Toronto crowned 2015 Canadian Champion". Canada Soccer. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
^ "Toronto United wins". Ontario Soccer. 10 April 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
^ "Montréal Sporting Outlaws FC". Canada Soccer. 23 April 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
^ "Ontario's Toronto Idolo". Canada Soccer. 22 April 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
^ "Toronto Idolo win second straight". CanadaSoccer. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
^ "Sporting Montreal win 2022". CanadaSoccer. 18 April 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2024.

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