{ "title": "Canada Soccer announces cancellation of the 2021 Futsal Canadian Championship", "modified_at": "2026-05-04 14:45:30", "published_at": "2021-01-28 19:00:00", "url": "https://news.canadasoccer.com/canada-soccer-announces-cancellation-of-the-2021-futsal-canadian-championship", "short_url": "http://prez.ly/NsEd", "culture": "en", "language": "EN", "subtitle": "Canada Soccer has announced that the 2021 Futsal Canadian Championship scheduled to take place in May 2021 has ben cancelled due to health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 edition was also cancelled due to the suspension of sanctioned soccer in March 2020 as coronavirus\u2026", "slug": "canada-soccer-announces-cancellation-of-the-2021-futsal-canadian-championship", "body": "

Canada Soccer has announced that the 2021 Futsal Canadian
\u200bChampionship scheduled to take place in May 2021 has ben cancelled due to
\u200bhealth and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 edition
\u200bwas also cancelled due to the suspension of sanctioned soccer in March 2020 as
\u200bcoronavirus public safety measures were instituted.

Launched in 2015 as the highest domestic futsal competition
\u200bleading to international competition, the Futsal Canadian Championship has
\u200bgrown from a two-team tournament in 2015 to include seven Member Association
\u200brepresentatives from Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, Yukon
\u200band Nunavut. Nunavut’s participation for the first time in 2018 was a milestone
\u200bfor the territory as it was the first-ever National Championships participation
\u200bfor the Member Association.

Ontario’s Toronto Idolo are the back-to-back defending
\u200bchampions having won the 2018 and 2019 editions of the Futsal Canadian
\u200bChampionship. Quebec’s Sporting Outlaws were the 2017 champions and
\u200bparticipated in the 2017 Concacaf Futsal Club Championship in Honduras. Toronto
\u200bUnited Futsal won the competition in 2016. 
\u200bFutsal Club Toronto won the inaugural competition in 2015 after having
\u200bparticipated in the 2014 Concacaf Futsal Club Championship.

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\n Paulo Senra\n Chief Communications & Content Officer | Chef des communications et du contenu, Canada Soccer\n \n
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