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With the 2018-19 season in full swing, the countdown is on to this year’s U SPORTS fall national championships.
Fall #CHAMPSZN officially kicks off with women’s field hockey at the home of the OUA champion and women’s rugby at Acadia University’s Raymond Field on Nov. 1 and concludes with the 54th Vanier Cup in Quebec City at TELUS-U.L. Stadium on Nov. 24.
This season, 21 U SPORTS champions will be crowned across eight provinces - five in Ontario, four in Alberta, three in B.C., two each in Manitoba, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and one in P.E.I. - reaffirming U SPORTS as the national brand of university sports in Canada. Live-streaming is available on USPORTS.LIVE.
2018 U SPORTS Fall Championship Hosts
2018 U SPORTS Women’s Field Hockey Championship
- Dates: November 1-4, 2018
- Matchup: Canada West champion at OUA champion (Best-of-3 series)
2018 U SPORTS Women’s Rugby Championship
- Dates: November 1-4, 2018
- Host: Acadia Axewomen
- Venue: Raymond Field
- Years Previously Hosted: Never
- Championships: None
2018 U SPORTS Men’s Soccer Championship
- Dates: November 8-11, 2018
- Host: UBC Thunderbirds
- Venue: Thunderbird Stadium
- Years Previously Hosted (5): 1985, 1988, 1989, 1994, 2007
- Championships (13): 1974, 1984-86, 1989-92, 1994, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2013
2018 U SPORTS Women’s Soccer Championship
- Dates: November 9-12, 2018
- Host: Ottawa Gee-Gees
- Venue: Gee-Gees Field
- Years Previously Hosted: Never
- Championships (1): 1996
2018 U SPORTS Cross Country Championships
- Date: November 10, 2018
- Host: Queen’s Gaels
- Venue: Fort Henry Hill
- Years Previously Hosted (4): 1973 (co-host, men only), 1977 (men only), 1999 (co-host), 2009
- Men’s Championships (4): 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984
- Women’s Championships: None
2018 U SPORTS Mitchell Bowl
- Date: November 17, 2018
- Matchup: Canada West champion at OUA champion
2018 U SPORTS Uteck Bowl
- Date: November 17, 2018
- Matchup: AUS champion at RSEQ champion
54th Vanier Cup
- Date: November 24, 2018
- Host: Université Laval
- Venue: TELUS-UL Stadium
- Years Previously Hosted (4): 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015
The U SPORTS Winter Championships begin in Vancouver with swimming at UBC’s brand new state-of-the-art UBC Aquatic Centre on Feb. 21, and run until Mar. 19 with curling at Willie O’Ree Place in Fredericton, N.B.