2016 Amway Canadian Championship (English) Championnat Canadien Amway 2016 (French) |
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Country | Canada | ||
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Dates | 11 May – 29 June 2016 | ||
Teams | 5 | ||
Champions | Toronto FC (5th title) | ||
Runners-up | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | ||
Matches played | 8 | ||
Goals scored | 20 (2.5 per match) | ||
Attendance | 114,360 (14,295 per match) | ||
Top goal scorer(s) |
Jordan Hamilton Jonathan Osorio Nicolás Mezquida (2 goals each) |
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The 2016 Canadian Championship (officially the Amway Canadian Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a soccer tournament hosted and organized by the Canadian Soccer Association. It was the ninth edition of the annual Canadian Championship, and took place in the cities of Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver in 2016. The participating teams were Ottawa Fury FC and FC Edmonton of the second-division North American Soccer League, and the Montreal Impact, Toronto FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer, the first-level of Canadian club soccer. The Vancouver Whitecaps were the reigning champions; having won their first title in the 2015 competition.
The winner, Toronto FC, was awarded the Voyageurs Cup and was supposed to become Canada's sole entry into the Group Stage of the 2017–18 CONCACAF Champions League. However, due to that tournament's restructuring, it was later announced that the Canadian representative will be the determined by a playoff match between Toronto FC and the 2017 Canadian Championship winner.