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    "title": "Ontario\u2019s Toronto Idolo Futsal win 2018 Futsal Canadian Championship",
    "modified_at": "2026-05-04 18:33:07",
    "published_at": "2018-04-22 18:47:00",
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    "subtitle": "Ontario\u2019s Toronto Idolo Futsal defeated Qu\u00e9bec\u2019s Sporting Montr\u00e9al FC 6:1 to earn their first Futsal Canadian Championship title on 22 April, at Queen\u2019s University in Kingston, ON. Last year\u2019s silver medalists, Saskatoon Olimpia SK FC earned a bronze medal with a 5:2 victory over Qu\u00e9bec\u2019s Sporting Q\u2026",
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    "body": "<p>Ontario&rsquo;s Toronto Idolo Futsal defeated Qu&eacute;bec&rsquo;s Sporting Montr&eacute;al FC 6:1 to earn their first Futsal Canadian Championship title on 22 April, at Queen&rsquo;s University in Kingston, ON. Last year&rsquo;s silver medalists, Saskatoon Olimpia SK FC earned a bronze medal with a 5:2 victory over Qu&eacute;bec&rsquo;s Sporting Qu&eacute;bec FC. Alberta defeated Manitoba 4:2 to secure fifth place while Yukon defeated Nunavut 3:2 to earn seventh place.</p><p>In the final, Ontario&rsquo;s Toronto Idolo Futsal got two goals from Damion Graham, and singles from Edson Jimenez, Christian Samaniego, Marco Rodriguez, and Eduardo Jauregui. Manuel Adair Chavez Melendez scored for Sporting Montr&eacute;al FC.</p><p>The tournament&rsquo;s leading goal scorer was Toronto&rsquo;s Damion Graham who scored 13 goals in four games including his 2 in the Final.</p><blockquote>Champions! pic.twitter.com/EqrSihW1J0<br>\u200b&mdash; Canada Soccer (@CanadaSoccerEN) 22 avril 2018</blockquote><p><strong>Bronze Medal Match</strong><br>\u200bQC-Sporting Qu&eacute;bec FC 2:5 SK-Saskatoon Olimpia SK FC</p><p>Saskatchewan earn the bronze medal with a 5:2 victory over Qu&eacute;bec. Nikolas Baikas scored three and Michael Veszi had two for Saskatoon Olimpia SK FC. Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Beaulieu and Morio Gerges scored for Sporting Qu&eacute;bec FC.</p><p><strong>5/6 Place Match</strong><br>\u200bAB-Calgary Progressive FC 4:2 MB-Winnipeg Rovers FC</p><p>Alberta secured 5th place with a 4:2 win over Manitoba. Carlos Melendez Salinas and Shawn Chamberlain each had two for Calgary Progressive FC. Alex Castro and Yahia Chihab had the goals for Winnipeg Rovers FC.</p><p><strong>7/8 Place Match</strong><br>\u200bYT-Whitehorse Yukon Selects FC 3:2 NU-Rankin FC</p><p>Yukon earned 7th place with their 3:2 win over Nunavut. Carl Knickle had two and Simon Kishchuk the single for Whitehorse. Chad Graham and Kris Okpatauyak each scored for Rankin FC.</p><p>Two provinces and two territories participated in their first Futsal Canadian Championship as the competition grew from three teams in 2017 to eight teams in 2018. Nunavut&rsquo;s Rankin FC were that territory&rsquo;s first-ever Canada Soccer national competition entrant. Manitoba, Calgary, and Yukon all sent teams for the first time.</p><p>Launched in 2015, the Futsal Canadian Championship is Canada&rsquo;s top-level futsal championship. Quebec were the 2017 Futsal Canadian Championship winners, while Ontario were the inaugural 2015 and 2016 champions.</p>",
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