The 2022 Première ligue de soccer du Québec féminine season will be the fifth season of play for the
Première ligue de soccer du Québec
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History
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, a Division 3 women's soccer league in the
Canadian soccer pyramid and the highest level of soccer based in the
Canadian province
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of
Québec
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.
A.S. Blainville won their third consecutive league title, as well as their second consecutive Coupe PLSQ. AS Blainville and
AS Laval
Alliance Soccer Laval (formerly CS Monteuil) is a Canadian semi-professional association football, soccer club based in Laval, Quebec, Laval, Quebec that plays in Ligue1 Québec. In 2021, CS Monteuil merged with youth club CS Étoiles de l’Es ...
qualified for the
League1 Canada
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Interprovincial Championship
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with Blainville winning the title and Laval finishing as runner-ups.
Changes from 2021
The 2022 season will have its greatest number of participating teams with 12 teams.
AS Chaudière-Ouest and the
Québec girls EXCEL program join as expansion franchises.
CS Monteuil became
AS Laval
Alliance Soccer Laval (formerly CS Monteuil) is a Canadian semi-professional association football, soccer club based in Laval, Quebec, Laval, Quebec that plays in Ligue1 Québec. In 2021, CS Monteuil merged with youth club CS Étoiles de l’Es ...
following a merger with another non-PLSQ club.
Each team will play each other once, with the top four clubs qualifying for the Coupe PLSQ. After the season, there will be a Final Four tournament, hosted in Laval, featuring two PLSQ teams and the champions of
League1 Ontario
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League1 Ontario consists of three tiers – League1 Premier ...
and
League1 British Columbia
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to decide the champion of
League1 Canada
League1 Canada (L1C; ) is a national pro–am Association football, soccer organization in Canada. It consists of four regional leagues; League1 Alberta, League1 British Columbia, League1 Ontario, and Ligue1 Québec with each league operating m ...
.
Teams
Twelve teams will participate in the 2022 season.
Standings
Top scorers
Awards
Coupe PLSQ
Semi-finals
Final
References
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