2026 U Sports Women's Soccer Championship

2026 U Sports Women's Soccer Championship
Tournament details
CountryCanada
CitiesVancouver, British Columbia
VenueThunderbird Stadium
DatesNovember 12–15, 2026
Teams8

The 2026 U Sports Women's Soccer Championship will be the 39th edition of the U Sports women's soccer championship, a postseason tournament to determine the national champion of the 2026 U Sports women's soccer season. The tournament will be played November 12–15, 2026 at Thunderbird Stadium on the Vancouver campus of UBC.[1]

Host

The tournament will be held at Thunderbird Stadium, on the Vancouver campus of UBC. This will be the 4th U Sports women's soccer championship event hosted at UBC, having previously hosted in 1988, 1990, and 2015.[2]

Qualified teams

The format has not yet been confirmed. If the previous year's format remains, the championship will consist of an eight-team single-elimination tournament. One team qualified as the hosts, four teams qualify as winners of each of the four conferences, one team from each of CW and OUA qualify as conference medalists, and one team from RSEQ will qualify based on RSEQ's performance at the previous year's championship.[3][4]

Participating teams

Team Conf. Qualified as (conference result) Qualified on Last win
UBC Thunderbirds CW Hosts February 27, 2025 2024
AUS Champions
CW Champions
OUA Champions
RSEQ Champions
CW Runners-up
OUA Runners-up
RSEQ Runners-up

Bracket

Fifth-place matchConsolation semi-finalsQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
1
8
4
5
2
7
Third-place match
3
6

Results

Quarter-finals

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v
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v

Consolation semi-finals

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v

Semi-finals

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v

Fifth-place match

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Third-place match

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Final

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See also

References

  1. ^ "Championship Calendar". U Sports. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
  2. ^ "U SPORTS announces hosts for multiple championships". The Sport Information Resource Centre. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
  3. ^ "U Sports Playing Regulations: Women's Soccer" (PDF). U Sports. August 2025.
  4. ^ "Policies and Procedures (20 – Programs)" (PDF). U SPORTS. July 2025. Retrieved December 9, 2025.