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The 2022 CSA Cup is scheduled to be the 1st 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 2022 edition will be the only edition with six teams and no host team.

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. Initially, twelve bids were made for the 2022 CSA Cup, but Walt Disney World (as Lake Buena Vista) later withdrew from proceedings, and Danville, Lego City, and Berry Bitty City's bids were rejected by the CSA as they had teams qualified for the tournament. New York City, Seattle/Vancouver, and Heartlake City/Lego Village didn't submit their bids in time.

In the end, there were five bids for the 2022 CSA Cup: Astor City/Astor North, Boston, Bricksburg, Los Angeles, and LPV/Sodor. Fifty-five people voted in Rounds 1 through 3. 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: Astor City and Astor North were announced as the host cities on 4 August 2022 after winning the final vote over Bricksburg 9 to 2.

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 10 August 2022, the CSA announced the list of 8 referees and 16 assistant referees for the tournament.

Schedule
The match schedule was confirmed by the CSA on 4 August 2022. During the group stage, one match will be played each day, with it's kick-off time being 18:00. The final will be played on 21 August 2022 at the AstorTrust Stadium at 19:30.

Match venues and kick-off times for each fixture are set prior to the draw. The group stage matches for each group will be allocated to the following cities:


 * Groups A: Astor City
 * Groups B: Astor North

The CSA confirmed the group stage venues and kick-off times on 6 August 2022, following the draw.

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

Official song
The official song for the tournament is "Stay the Night", by Sigala featuring Talia Mar. The song was released in 2022 shortly before the tournament.

Sponsorship

 * Walt Disney World Resort
 * United Insurance
 * Octan
 * Ford
 * RF Chamberland Inc.
 * EA Sports