1913 Canadian National Challenge Cup
football tournament season
The 1913 Dominion of Canada Football Championship was the first staging of Canada Soccer's domestic football club competition. Norwood Wanderers FC of St. Boniface, Manitoba won the Connaught Cup after they finished in first place in a four-team round-robin series in Fort William from 1-6 September 1913.
For the inaugural edition, four teams qualified to contest the competition – Fort William CPR from Fort William, New Ontario, Lachine from Montreal, Quebec, Norwood Wanderers from Winnipeg, Manitoba and Toronto Old County from Toronto, Ontario.
Background
The idea for a Canada-wide soccer championship was born in Toronto on May 24, 1912 by the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada (AAUC). Later in the year, the Dominion of Canada Football Association (DCFA) was formed in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Members associations of the DCFA in 1913 included Alberta, Manitoba, New Ontario, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan. The trophy that would be contested was known as the Connaught Cup.
Format
The inaugural competition was played as a single round robin tournament. Each team played every other team once at a neutral venue hosted in Fort William, New Ontario.
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