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The 2023 CSA Cup is scheduled to be the 2nd edition of the competition, a yearly international men's football championship contested by the club teams of the CSA.

In July 2022 the CSA announced that it would introduce a new tournament featuring the champions of each of the six top soccer leagues that the CSA owns and operates. The new tournament will be held every year in a neutral city and the 2023 edition was the first tournament with eight teams as well as the first to allow host cities to send two teams.

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Host selection
The bidding procedure to host the 2022 and 2023 CSA Cups began in July 2022, and cities had until 1 August 2022 to submit their bids for the 2023 edition.

In the end, there were nine bids for the 2023 CSA Cup: Berry Bitty City, Bricksburg, Danville, Los Angeles, Lego City, LPV/Sodor, Malibu/Pixie Hollow/Polly City, Mexico City, and Seattle/Vancouver. Fifty-five people voted in Rounds 1 through 9. The members were from different committees in the leagues that compete in the tournament (11 from the CSA, 17 from the JSL, 7 from the Coastal League, 15 from the America League, and 5 from the CSA Soccer League). The eleven member CSA Executive Committee convened in Presque Isle, Maine on 3 August 2022 to vote in the final round to select the hosts of both tournaments.

The voting patterns were as follows: Bricksburg was announced as the host city on 4 August 2022 after winning the final vote over Berry Bitty City 6 to 5. Bricksburg will become the second host of the tournament and the first to feature three venues.

Qualification
The CSA has four league systems that it operates and two tournaments of it's own. A team was invited from each league system as well as the winners of the two CSA competitions, the CSA Champions League and CSA Super League. The teams that qualified and their method of qualification is listed below.

Officiating
On 29 December 2022, FIFA announced the list of 8 referees and 16 assistant referees for the tournament.

Schedule
The match schedule was confirmed by the CSA on 20 December 2022. During the group stage, two matches will be played each day, alternating between Group A and Group B. The final will be played on 15 January 2023 at the City Stadium at 14:00.

The CSA confirmed the group stage venues and kick-off times on 4 August 2022, following the draw.

Match ball
The official match ball for the tournament was the Nike Flight.

Official song
The official song of the tournament is "Get You Down", performed by Sam Fender, released in 2021.

Sponsorship

 * Walt Disney World Resort
 * United Insurance
 * Octan
 * Ford