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2018 Canadian Soccer Championships
The 2018 Canadian Soccer Championships is the 3rd annual inter-provincial soccer competition organized in Canada by the CSA and FIFA. The tournament will take place in Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta, kicking off with the opening playoff on TBA and concluding with the final on TBA.

Collective bargaining
In 2016 the tournament was scheduled to be played in Ottawa and Toronto, however the tournament had to be cancelled due to a strike by players over compensation. 2016 was due to be the first year with a CBA in place, as tournament organizers had not anticipated the growth and popularity of the tournament. The first two years the players played for no pay other than their basic expenses being paid for (travel, accommodations).

In September 2016, following the tournaments cancellation, the president of the players association, Hank DeBere, was unanimously voted out by the players for allegedly refusing to negotiate with the CSA, instead demanding an 8-year contract for 80% of the total revenue. The CSA reportedly proposed a 50/50 split of the revenue handed out in prize money based on each teams success in the tournament. The majority of players had said they supported the deal proposed by the CSA but DeBere refused to listen to either side causing a massive loss of revenue for both sides. The players then replaced DeBere, a lawyer, with a group of three players to lead the Canadian Soccer Players Association (CSPA) in an effort to avoid such a disaster in the future.

Two weeks later the CSPA and the CSA agreed to a 2-year contract that will ensure a tournament will be played through 2019. In 2018, the CSA will earn 57.5% of the profits due to the fact that the CSPA was at fault for the cancellation of the 2016 tournament and this was a way of repaying the CSA. In 2019 it will revert back to a standard 50/50 split.

Taking into account the prize money and the CBA it can be estimated that the tournament is expected to generate a total revenue of over $200 million.

Ticketing
Tickets were made available to the general public in November 2017. The tournament sold out in record time. It took just 5 days for every ticket available including suites to all 27 matches to be purchased. As a deterrent to ticket scalping the tickets will be mailed out 30 days prior to the first match.

United States
Fox has exclusive television coverage of the tournament in the United States, with most group stage games and two quarter-final games being broadcast by Fox Sports 1.

Canada
The TSN family of networks has the rights to the television coverage of the games in Canada, with feature night games being broadcast on TSN 1, 3, 4 and 5. Games directly competing with TSN's CFL coverage will be on TSN2. Afternoon games will be on TSN1. All knockout stage games will be on TSN 1, 3, 4 and 5 regardless of CFL coverage.

Venues
2 venues in two cities were selected for the tournament. This will be the first time that the tournament has been played in 2 host cities after the first two tournaments (2014, 2015) were played at one venue and the third tournament (2016) was cancelled. During the tournament, Albertan cities will be home to the participating teams at 13 separate base camps, as well as staging official fan fests where supporters can view the games. Capacities shown include expanded seating and standing room only areas that are exclusive to the tournament.

Opening Playoff
The opening playoff will take place on TBA. The winner will advance to the group stage.

Group Stage
The group stage will take place from TBA. Groups are determined by the 2015 final rankings with the hosts, Alberta being automatically assigned to position A1. Teams will receive 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss. The top 2 teams from each group plus the two best third-placed teams will advance to the knockout stage.

Knockout Stage
The knockout stage will take place from TBA.

Scores
The schedule shown below is tentative. As hosts, Alberta is guaranteed to play in the night game for the Quarter-Finals and Semi-Finals if they qualify for those respective rounds.

Final Rankings
The final rankings will be used to determine the groups for the 2019 tournament and will also decide who plays in the opening playoff.


 * colspan="11"| Eliminated in the quarter-finals
 * colspan="11"| Eliminated in the quarter-finals


 * colspan="11"| Eliminated in the group stage
 * colspan="11"| Eliminated in the group stage


 * colspan="11"| Eliminated in the opening playoff
 * colspan="11"| Eliminated in the opening playoff

Note: As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
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Prize money
The total prize money on offer for the tournament was confirmed by FIFA as $87.3 million. Before the tournament, each of the 13 entrants received $100,000 for preparation costs. At the tournament, the prize money was distributed as follows:


 * $1 million – To the team eliminated in the opening playoff
 * $2 million – To each team eliminated in the group stage (4 teams)
 * $4 million – To each team eliminated in the quarter-finals (4 teams)
 * $8 million – Fourth placed team
 * $12 million – Third placed team
 * $16 million – Runner-up
 * $25 million – Winner