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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada |
| Venue(s) | Vaso's Field Oshawa, Ontario |
| Dates | November 7–10, 2024 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | UBC Thunderbirds (14th title) |
| Runners-up | Montreal Carabins |
| Third place | York Lions |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 11 |
| Goals scored | 32 (2.91 per match) |
| Attendance | 5,508 (501 per match) |
| Top goal scorer | Joven Mann (3 goals) |
| Awards | |
| Championship MVP | Joven Mann (UBC Thunderbirds) |
The2024 U Sports Men's Soccer Championship was the 52nd edition of theU Sports men's soccer championship, a postseason tournament to determine the national champion of the 2024U Sports men's soccer season. The tournament started on November 7 and ended with the bronze-medal and championship games being played on November 10 atOntario Tech University.
The tournament was held at Vaso's Field, on the grounds ofOntario Tech University. This was the first-ever U Sports national championship event hosted by Ontario Tech.[1]
The matches were streamed live onCBC Gem, CBCSports.ca, CBC YouTube, andRadio-Canada.[2] All matches were streamed on CBC Gem.[3]
The championship consists of an eight-teamsingle-elimination tournament. Four teams automatically qualify for the tournament as one of the winners of thefour conferences, three qualify as the runners-ups, and one qualify as the host.
| Team | Qualified | Last appearance[4] | Last win |
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| Ontario Tech Ridgebacks | OUA champions (Host) | None | Never |
| York Lions | OUA finalists | 2023 | 2015 |
| St. Francis Xavier X-Men | AUS champions | 2023 | Never |
| UNB Reds | AUS finalists | 2018 | 1980 |
| Montreal Carabins | RSEQ champions | 2023 | 2021 |
| McGill Redbirds | RSEQ finalists | 2011 | 1997 |
| UBC Thunderbirds | Canada West champions | 2023 | 2013 |
| Mount Royal Cougars | Canada West finalists | 2023 | Never |
The conference champions were allocated seeds 1 through 4, with the additional teams (conference runners-up or host team) allocated seeds 5 through 8. Ideally, seed 1 plays seed 8, seed 2 plays seed 7, seed 3 plays seed 6, and seed 4 plays seed 5, however, the bracket may be adjusted in the interest of avoiding an intra-conference matchup in the first round.[5][6]
| Pos | Conf. | Team | Reg. Season | Playoffs | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CW | UBC Thunderbirds | 11–1–3 | 3–0–0 | 14–1–3 |
| 2 | RSEQ | Montreal Carabins | 10–1–1 | 2–0–0 | 12–1–1 |
| 3 | AUS | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 8–1–3 | 2–0–0 | 10–1–3 |
| 4 | OUA | Ontario Tech Ridgebacks(H) | 6–4–2 | 3–0–1 | 9–4–3 |
| 5 | RSEQ | McGill Redbirds | 5–4–3 | 1–1–0 | 6–5–3 |
| 6 | OUA | York Lions | 8–1–3 | 1–1–1 | 9–2–4 |
| 7 | CW | Mount Royal Cougars | 7–2–5 | 2–1–0 | 9–3–5 |
| 8 | AUS | UNB Reds | 4–4–4 | 2–1–0 | 6–5–4 |
| 5th place match | Consolation semi-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | UBC Thunderbirds | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | UNB Reds | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | UNB Reds | 1 | 1 | UBC Thunderbirds | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ontario Tech Ridgebacks | 2 | 5 | McGill Redbirds | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ontario Tech Ridgebacks | 1 (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | McGill Redbirds(p) | 1 (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ontario Tech Ridgebacks | 1 | 1 | UBC Thunderbirds | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 2 | 2 | Montreal Carabins | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Montreal Carabins | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Mount Royal Cougars | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Mount Royal Cougars | 1 | 2 | Montreal Carabins | 2 | 3rd place match | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 2 | 6 | York Lions | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 1 | 5 | McGill Redbirds | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | York Lions | 2 | 6 | York Lions | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 1–2 | York Lions |
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| UBC Thunderbirds | 4–2 | UNB Reds |
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| Ontario Tech Ridgebacks | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | McGill Redbirds |
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| St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 2–1 | Mount Royal Cougars |
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| Ontario Tech Ridgebacks | 1–2 | St. Francis Xavier X-Men |
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| McGill Redbirds | 1–3 | York Lions |
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There have been 32 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 2.91 goals per match.
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