The 2023 U Sports Men's Soccer Championship was the 51st edition of the

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, 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

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. It was the fourth tournament to be held in

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. 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

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playoffs.

Host

The tournament was held at Ness Timmons Field, on the grounds of

. CBU were hosting the tournament for the first time in 51 years.

Qualified teams

The championship consisted of an eight-team

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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

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

References

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