User:Zadora13/2023 Challenge Trophy

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

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.
 * 4 Replaced Stratford SC as Prince Edward Island representatives.

Draw
The draw for the group stage was held in August 2023, with the 10 teams drawn into two groups of five. For the draw, the teams were seeded into five pots of two teams, based on the final positions of representative provinces at the 2022 Challenge Trophy.

Final draw
The two groups were formed randomly, selecting one team from each of the five pots.

Venues
Matches were played at eight different venues within the Halifax Regional Municipality.

Group stage
Competing teams are 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 will be confirmed in mid-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) pairs equally-ranked opponents from opposite groups to determine a final ranking for the tournament.

Discipline
There were 0 red cards and 0 yellow cards shown in 0 matches, for an average of 0.00 ejections and 0.00 cautions per match.

Red cards

 * 1 red card

Yellow cards

 * 2 yellow cards


 * 1 yellow card