32 Youth Teams have Qualified for 2026 PDP Championship

All 32 youth teams have now qualified for the third edition of Canada Soccer’s Player-Development Program Championship to be played in Montréal, Québec this 26-30 August. The 32 teams divided into four divisions – PDP U-17 Cup and PDP U-15 Cup for both boys and girls – have all qualified through Canada’s four standards-based leagues in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Québec.

Tickets to the PDP Championship are now on sale through Soccer Québec with matches to be played in three different venues being Terra-Cotta Natural Park, Grier Park and George-Springate Park. Matches have been scheduled for Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday (Finals Day) with a four-day pass available for just $40 and a single-day pass available for $15. Tickets can be purchased using the following link: Canada Soccer PDP Championship.

As part of Canada Soccer’s Youth Competitions Network, the PDP Championship features four divisions across the PDP U-17 Cup and PDP U-15 Cup (boys and girls in each age category). With eight teams in each division, the PDP Championship will feature group matches from Wednesday 26 August through Saturday 29 August followed by medal and ranking matches for all 32 teams on Sunday 30 August. The 32 teams have qualified from a group of 236 teams competing in the four divisions across Canada Soccer’s four standards-based leagues from the 2025-26 / 2026 seasons. There are eight teams in each division with the full match schedule published at canadasoccer.com/competitions.

The 32 qualified teams represent 22 different clubs including 12 former national youth champions Burnaby FC, Calgary Foothills SC, Coquitlam Metro-Ford SC, North Mississauga SC, Ottawa South United, Pickering FC, St. Albert Impact FC, CS Saint-Laurent, CS St-Hubert, Surrey United SC, Union Lanaudière-Sud, and Woodbridge SC.

Canada Soccer’s Player-Development Program features a network of standards-based programs that represent high-level amateur youth soccer in Canada. Participating organisations, both clubs and academies, all meet the requirements for standards-based programming including recognition as an active National Youth Club Licensee.

Alongside the 32 qualified youth teams, the PDP Championship will feature some of Canada Soccer’s best young referees from the Elite Referee Development Program. With 64 matches across the four divisions, the referees will be working alongside top referee prospects from the host province Soccer Québec.

Across the first four years of the competition, Canada Soccer will host the PDP Championship alongside the four provincial member associations in which Canada’s standards-based youth leagues are played: Alberta in 2024, Ontario in 2025, Québec in 2026, and British Columbia in 2027.