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2010 CIS championship: Brackets and schedule announced
Photo credit Toronto Varsity Blues Athletics
OTTAWA (CIS) – The schedule and quarter-final matchups
were announced Monday morning for the 2010 Canadian Interuniversity
Sport men’s soccer championship set to get under way on
Thursday at the University of Toronto.
The eight-team, single-elimination tournament culminates on Sunday
with the national final scheduled for 4 p.m. All 11 games from the
event will be webcast by SSN Canada (www.ssncanada.ca or www.cis-sic.ca).
The Laval Rouge et Or will have a chance to defend their CIS title
from 2009 after claiming the Quebec banner for a second straight
season over the weekend. Laval captured the first Sam Davidson
memorial trophy in school history last year with a 3-2 win over
McGill in the CIS title match.
In addition to Laval, the teams who will compete for the Davidson
trophy this week are the tournament host – and OUA champion -
Varsity Blues, the Saint Mary’s Huskies (AUS champions), UBC
thunderbirds (Canada West champions), UQAM Citadins (Quebec
finalists), York Lions (OUA finalists), Alberta Golden Bears
(Canada West regular season champions), as well as the Western
Ontario Mustangs (OUA bronze medallists).
In the regional finals, all played Sunday, Saint Mary’s beat
Cape Breton 2-1, Laval blanked UQAM 2-0, Toronto edged York 1-0 on
penalty kicks, and UBC downed Saskatchewan 1-0.
Alberta claimed Canada West bronze with a 3-2 victory against
Calgary, while Western finished third in Ontario with a 3-2 PK win
over Ryerson.
Reigning champion Laval and York kick off the CIS tourney Thursday
at 11 a.m. The other quarter-finals will see Saint Mary’s
square off against Alberta at 1:30 p.m., UBC battle Western at 4
p.m., and host Toronto face off versus UQAM at 6:30 p.m.
The winners on opening day move on to Saturday’s semifinals,
while the losers resume play Friday on the consolation side of the
bracket.
Six of the participating teams have hoisted the Davidson trophy in
the past. The Thunderbirds have claimed a record 11 national titles
since the inaugural CIS championship in 1970, while the Bears (4),
Lions (2), Mustangs (2), Rouge et Or (1) and Blues (1) have all
triumphed at least once.
NOTE: A complete championship preview will follow on Tuesday.
PARTICIPATING
TEAMS
Saint Mary’s Huskies (AUS champions: 8-2-3 regular season /
2-0 playoffs)
Laval Rouge et Or (RSEQ champions: 10-2-0 regular season / 2-0
playoffs)
Toronto Varsity Blues (OUA champions: 10-1-3 regular season / 3-0
playoffs)
UBC Thunderbirds (CWUAA champions: 8-3-3 regular season / 2-0
playoffs)
UQAM Citadins (RSEQ finalists: 7-4-1 regular season / 1-1
playoffs)
York Lions (OUA finalists: 12-2-2 regular season / 2-1
playoffs)
Alberta Golden Bears (CWUAA first-place finishers: 11-2-1 regular
season / 1-1 playoffs)
Western Ontario Mustangs (OUA bronze medallists: 11-1-4 regular
season / 2-1 playoffs)
CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE
Wednesday, Nov. 10
18:30 All-Canadian Awards Banquet
Thursday, Nov. 11
11:00 Quarterfinal 1: Laval vs. York (SSN Canada webcast)
13:30 Quarterfinal 2: Saint Mary’s vs. Alberta (SSN Canada
webcast)
16:00 Quarterfinal 3: UBC vs. Western (SSN Canada webcast)
18:30 Quarterfinal 4: Toronto vs. UQAM (SSN Canada webcast)
Friday, Nov. 12
13:30 Consolation 1: Loser QF 1 vs. Loser QF 2 (SSN Canada
webcast)
16:00 Consolation 2: Loser QF 3 vs. Loser QF 4 (SSN Canada
webcast)
Saturday, Nov. 13
11:00 Semi-final 1: Winner QF 1 vs. Winner QF 2 (SSN Canada
webcast)
14:00 Semi-final 2: Winner QF 3 vs. Winner QF 4 (SSN Canada webcast
)
16:30 Consolation final (SSN Canada webcast)
Sunday, Nov. 14
13:00 Bronze medal (SSN Canada webcast)
16:00 Championship final (SSN Canada webcast)
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