British Columbia Provincial Soccer Championship
The British Columbia Provincial Soccer Championship is a soccer tournament organized by the British Columbia Soccer Association. The tournament winner advances to the national Challenge Trophy tournament for men and Jubilee Trophy tournament for women, organized by the Canadian Soccer Association. It has a history of 122 years and the men's 'A' championship competes for the 90-year-old Province Cup trophy.[1][2] Teams qualify by final league standings or by winning their league cup. The number of berths and team seeding each league is awarded in each year's competition is determined annually by the Adult Competitions Committee. The cup competition brackets are created by a publicly accessible or open random draw out of a "hat". The format is a single elimination style tournament.[3] The leagues taking part in the Provincial Cup in 2013 are:[3]
Women's
Men's
- Vancouver Metro Soccer League
- Fraser Valley Soccer League
- Vancouver Island Soccer League
- Pacific Coast Soccer League
Recent champions[]
Year | Men's | Women's |
---|---|---|
1960 | North Shore Carling's | N/A |
1961 | Vancouver Firefighters FC | N/A |
1962 | Vancouver Firefighters FC | N/A |
1963 | Vancouver Firefighters FC | N/A |
1964 | Vancouver Columbus FC | N/A |
1965 | Vancouver Firefighters FC | N/A |
1966 | North Shore Luckies | N/A |
1967 | Vancouver Firefighters FC | N/A |
1968 | Vancouver Columbus FC | N/A |
1969 | Vancouver Columbus FC | N/A |
1970 | Croatia SC Vancouver | N/A |
1971 | Vancouver Eintracht[4] | |
1972 | New Westminster Blues[5] | |
1973 | Vancouver Firefighters FC | |
1974 | Vancouver Lobbans | |
1975 | London Boxing Club of Victoria[6] | |
1976 | Victoria West FC | |
1977 | Vancouver Columbus FC | |
1978 | Vancouver Columbus FC | |
1979 | Victoria West FC | |
1980 | Victoria West FC | |
1981 | Victoria West FC | |
1982 | Victoria West FC | |
1983 | Vancouver Firefighters FC | |
1984 | Victoria West FC | James Bay |
1985 | Vancouver Croatia | Richmond Seniors |
1986 | Vancouver Croatia | Richmond Seniors |
1987 | New Westminster Q.P.R. | Coquitlam Soccer Club |
1988 | NorVan ANAF | Coquitlam |
1989 | Westside FC | Surrey |
1990 | Vancouver Firefighters FC | Coquitlam Strikers |
1991 | NorVan ANAF | Surrey Marlins |
1992 | NorVan ANAF | Surrey Marlins |
1993 | Westside FC | Surrey Marlins |
1994 | Coquitlam Metro Ford SC | Coquitlam Strikers |
1995 | North Shore Pegasus | |
1996 | Westside C.I.B.C. | UBC Alumni |
1997 | North Shore Pegasus | UBC Alumni |
1998 | Vancouver Firefighters FC | UBC Alumni |
1999 | Coquitlam Metro Ford SC | UBC Alumni |
2000 | Westside FC | UBC Alumni |
2001 | Burnaby Canadians Anduccis | |
2002 | Burnaby Canadians Anduccis | |
2003 | Surrey United | SportsTown UBC |
2004 | Surrey United | |
2005 | Surrey United | |
2006 | |Surrey United | |
2007 | Columbus Clan FC | Surrey United |
2008 | Surrey United | |
2009 | West Van FC | Surrey United |
2010 | Surrey United | |
2011 | ICST Pegasus | Surrey United |
2012 | Surrey United Firefighters | Surrey United |
2013 | Surrey United Firefighters | Surrey United |
2014 | Vancouver Croatia | Surrey United |
2015 | EDC Burnaby | North Shore Girls SC Renegades |
2016 | ICST Pegasus | Richmond FC |
2017 | Vancouver Club Inter FC | Surrey United |
Sources:[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Colin Jose (2012). "British Columbia: Province Cup 1922–1941". Canadian Soccer History. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
- ^ Robert Janning (2012). Westcoast Reign-The BC Soccer Championships 1892-1905. Ballboy Press. ISBN 978-0-9877478-1-5.
- ^ a b "Provincial Cup Season Kicks Off with the Adult Draw on April 2nd". British Columbia Soccer Association. March 27, 2013. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
- ^ "Leafs seek dominion title". Windsor Star. October 2, 1971. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
- ^ "Soccer Opponents Singing the Blues of Royal City". The Vancouver Sun. April 2, 1973. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
- ^ "1975 London Boxing Club (2011)". 2011. Archived from the original on October 3, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
- ^ "Adult Provincial Cup Past Winners". British Columbia Soccer Association. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
- ^ "Past Winners". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on April 5, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
- ^ "National Championship | Past Champions". Canadian Soccer Association.
- ^ "Provincial Cup Champions | Past Winners". Vancouver Metro Soccer League. Archived from the original on December 17, 2012. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
- ^ "1999 Jubilee Shield and Challenge Cup | National Championships | Fixtures and Results". soccer.on.ca. 1999. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
- ^ "Andrea Neil". Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 10, 2016. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
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- Soccer in British Columbia
- Canadian National Challenge Cup
- Soccer cup competitions in Canada