2019 Challenge Trophy

The 2019 Canada Soccer National Championships was the 97th staging of Canada Soccer's amateur football club competition. Central City Breakers FC won the Challenge Trophy after they beat Ottawa St. Anthony SC in the [|Canadian Final] at King [George V Park] in St. John's on 14 October 2019.
Central City Breakers FC won the tournament on their debut, defeating Ottawa St. Anthony SC 2–0 in the Canadian Final.
Ten teams qualified to the final week of the 2019 National Championships in St. John's. Each team played four group matches before the medal and ranking matches on the last day.
On the road to the National Championships, Central City Breakers FC beat Rino's FC Tigers Vancouver in the 2019 BC Province Cup Final.

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 2019 tournament, nine provinces and one territory confirmed their participation.

Province

Team

Qualified as

Previous appearances in tournament¹

Previous best performance

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Venues

Matches were played at four different venues within the St. John's metropolitan area.

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.

Tie-breaking criteria for group play

The following criteria shall be used to determine the final standings:

Most points in all group matches;
Greater number of points in matches between the teams concerned ;
Greater goal difference in all group matches;
Greater number of goals scored in all group matches;
Kicks from the penalty mark as per the Laws of [the Game |Laws of the Game], at a time and place decided by the Canada Soccer General Coordinator.

Group A

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Group B