The Victoria Challenge Cup was a pre-season competition between the 4 USL Premier Development League clubs from Ontario, Canada. The inaugural event took place on the Victoria Day weekend of May 15 to 17, 2009 at the Algonquin Soccer Complex in Ottawa, Ontario.

Victoria Challenge Cup

Founded	2009
Abolished	2009
Region	Canada ( CONCACAF)
Number of teams	4
Television broadcasters	Rogers TV

Background

The establishment of Forest City London prior to the 2009 Premier Development League season brought the number of PDL teams in Ontario to four. With American PDL sides starting their season earlier than their Canadian counterparts in order to take part in US Open Cup qualifying, ^[1] the Canadian PDL teams decided to establish the Victoria Challenge Cup. As of 2009, the Victoria Challenge Cup does not act as qualifying for the Canadian equivalent to the US Open Cup, the Canadian Championship.

The tournament did not take place in 2010 and has lapsed since then.

Participating teams

• Toronto Lynx
• Ottawa Fury
• Thunder Bay Chill
• Forest City London

Format

In 2009, the four competing clubs played a round robin tournament in Ottawa. Toronto Lynx and Forest City London did not play each other in Ottawa, but their PDL regular season match completed the tournament schedule.

Past winners

2009 Results

Toronto Lynx v Forest City London

3 June 2009	Toronto Lynx	1 - 1	Forest City London	Ontario Soccer Centre Vaughan, ON
11:00 am	57' Jordan Webb	Soccer in Toronto Report	45' Kevin Zimmerman	Attendance: 1,000

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