2023 Challenge Trophy

The 2023 Challenge Trophy (Trophée Challenge 2023, part of the Toyota National Championships for sponsorship reasons) was the 99th edition of the Challenge Trophy, an annual cup competition contested by amateur teams in men's Canadian soccer. Ten teams participated in the tournament, which took place in Halifax, Nova Scotia from 4–9 October 2023.

The West Ottawa Warriors won the Challenge Trophy on their debut, defeating host team Western Halifax FC 1–0 in the final.

Teams
Teams were seeded on the basis of their Provincial/Territorial Associations team's final standing in the previous year's championship.

Teams
Each of Canada Soccer's thirteen provincial and territorial associations can send one representative to the Challenge Trophy, with teams generally qualifying through a regional preliminary series such as an open cup or league competition.

For the 2023 tournament, nine provincial associations confirmed their participation, with Nova Scotia fielding two teams as the host.


 * 1 Bold indicates champion for that year.
 * 2 Competed in previous tournaments as Central City Breakers FC.
 * 3 Competed in previous tournaments as Winnipeg Sons of Italy.

Venues
Matches took place at three different venues within the Halifax Regional Municipality.

Group stage
Competing teams were divided into two groups of five teams, playing against one another in a single round-robin and advancing to the final round based on their group positioning.

The preliminary schedule was released by Canada Soccer in August 2023 without locations or kick-off times, which were later confirmed on 15 September. Teams were given bye days based on the pot they were drawn from, with pot 1 teams receiving byes on the 5th day of the group stage, pot 2 teams receiving byes on the 4th day of the group stage, etc.

Final round
The final round (known as Teck Finals Day for sponsorship reasons) paired equally-ranked opponents from opposite groups to determine a final ranking for the tournament.

Classification
Per statistical convention in football, matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.