Championship (Canada)

Championship (Canada) (Canadian Championship, TELUS Men's Canadian Championship) - Canada’s domestic knockout cup competition organised by Canada Soccer within Concacaf. Regulations: the competition is played as a single-elimination tournament across four rounds, with draws and hosting duties managed through organiser procedures that use the Canadian Championship ranking index and specific draw procedures. The Preliminary Round is a single match and if level after 90 minutes the winner is decided by a penalty shoot-out. The Quarter-finals and Semi-finals are two-legged home and away ties decided on aggregate goals, and if level on aggregate after the second leg the winner is decided by a penalty shoot-out. The Final is a single match, and if level after 90 minutes extra time is played followed by penalties if required. The winner lifts the Voyageurs Cup and qualifies for the Concacaf Champions Cup subject to competition entry requirements.