1961 Canadian National Challenge Cup

In soccer, the 1961 Canadian National Challenge Cup, also known as the Dominion Cup, was won by Montreal Concordia (also National League champions). They beat the Vancouver Firefighters 1-0 in a rain–soaked game in Montreal.

Format
The eastern Canada based National Soccer League held a round robin series to determine a winner to play against the winner of the Eastern Professional Soccer League. The winner of that series would then face the western Canada representative.

Squad lists
The following are some of the players from the games found in the news reports.

Montreal Concordia

 * Olivio Lacerda (centre forward)
 * Hector Dadderio (outside right)
 * Emilio Svitch (GK)

Vancouver Firfighters

 * Ken Pears (GK)
 * Art Hughes (centre-forward)
 * Art Bennett (forward)