The 2023 U Sports Men's Soccer Championship was the 51st edition of the U Sports men's soccer championship, a postseason tournament to determine the national champion of the 2023 U Sports men's soccer season. The tournament started on November 9 and ended with the bronze-medal and championship games being played on November 12 at Cape Breton University. It was the fourth tournament to be held in Nova Scotia.
Thompson Rivers WolfPack were the defending champions following their victory in 2022, however, they failed the qualify for the 2023 tournament following a quarterfinal elimination in the Canada West playoffs.
Host The tournament was held at Ness Timmons Field, on the grounds of Cape Breton University. CBU were hosting the tournament for the first time in 51 years.
Qualified teams The championship consisted of an eight-team single-elimination tournament. Four teams automatically qualified for the tournament as one of the winners of the four conferences, three qualified as the runners-ups, and one qualified as the host.
Participating teams TeamQualifiedLast appearance Last winCBU CapersHost20222017St. Francis Xavier X-MenAUS champions2022NeverCarleton RavensOUA champions2021NeverYork LionsOUA finalists20192015Montréal CarabinsRSEQ champions20222021UQTR PatriotesRSEQ finalists20222019Mount Royal CougarsCanada West championsNoneNeverUBC ThunderbirdsCanada West finalists20222013
Seeding The conference champions were allocated seeds 1 through 4, with the additional teams (conference runners-up or host team) allocated seeds 5 through 8. Ideally, seed 1 plays seed 8, seed 2 plays seed 7, seed 3 plays seed 6, and seed 4 plays seed 5, however, the bracket may be adjusted in the interest of avoiding an intra-conference matchup in the first round.
Bracket
Results
Day 1 Quarter-finals
Day 2 Consolation Semi-finals
Semi-finals
Day 3 5th place match
Day 4 3rd place match
Final
Statistics
Goalscorers
See also 2023 CPL–U Sports Draft 2024 CPL–U Sports Draft
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