Canada Soccer announced Friday, that Forge FC has drawn Canadian Premier League side York United FC in the Preliminary Round for the 2024 Telus Canadian Championship during the tournament’s official draw. Forge will host York United FC with the official match date and time to be announced at a later date. The winner of the matchup will advance to play MLS side CF Montreal in the Quarter-Final round of the competition.

2024 Competition Format & Schedule

The 2024 TELUS Canadian Championship will be played across nineteen total matches culminating with the Final in late September. The fourteen participating clubs represent five different leagues: Major League Soccer (MLS), Canadian Premier League (CPL), League1 BC (L1BC), League1 Ontario (L1O), and Ligue1 Québec (L1Q).

The opening stage Preliminary Round will be played in a single-match format with twelve clubs entering into West and East regionalized brackets. The six Preliminary Round matches will be played between 23 April and 1 May.

The six winning clubs from the Preliminary Round will advance to the Quarter-Final stage where they will join 2023 champions Vancouver Whitecaps FC and 2023 finalists CF Montréal who receive first round byes. The Quarter-Final phase will be played in a two-match home and away series format with matches scheduled throughout the month of May.

The four remaining clubs will advance to the Semi-Final stage which will also be contested in a two-match home and away format, with the first leg played between 9-10 July and the second leg played 27-28 August.

The 2024 TELUS Canadian Championship Final will be played as single match on 24 or 25 September.

About Canadian Championship

​Canada Soccer’s TELUS Canadian Championship, also known as the Battle of the North, is the nation’s highest men’s domestic competition featuring clubs from coast to coast across the country, notably professional teams in Major League Soccer and the Canadian Premier League as well as league winners in League1 BC, League1 Ontario and Ligue1 Québec. Winners of the 2024 TELUS Canadian Championship lift the Voyageurs Cup and qualify to the annual international competition, ​ Concacaf Champions Cup. Winners of the ​ Concacaf Champions Cup qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup.