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    "title": "Three finalists set to compete for Futsal Canadian Championship in April",
    "modified_at": "2026-05-04 19:07:50",
    "published_at": "2017-04-07 19:34:00",
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    "subtitle": "The teams are set for the third annual Futsal Canadian Championship which will run 21-23 April in Kingston, ON. The matches will be streamed live via CanadaSoccer.com.",
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    "body": "<p>Futsal Club Toronto of Ontario was the final team to punch their ticket, with a 4:3 win over last year&rsquo;s defending champions, Toronto United Futsal, on 25 March. Futsal Club Toronto were the national champions in the inaugural edition of the Futsal Canadian Championship in 2015.</p><p>They join Sporting Outlaws FC of Qu&eacute;bec and Olimpia SK FC of Saskatchewan. Sporting Outlaws FC qualified for their first appearance at the national championship by defeating Evolution Levis-est in a playoff.</p><p>Olimpia SK FC were the first team to earn their trip to Kingston, winning the Saskatchewan provincial championship tournament in February despite losing their first match 2:1 to Lakeland Rustlers United Soccer Program. In the final, Olimpia SK FC scored twice in the second half to win 3:1 over Yorkton United.</p><p>This is the first year that Saskatchewan will be represented at the Futsal Canadian Championship. Instead of a two-game final, this year&rsquo;s competition will feature the three teams in a round-robin series before the championship match on Sunday.</p><p>The weekend will be hosted by Canada Soccer at Queen&rsquo;s University and will also feature a Youth Futsal Clinic run by National Futsal Head Coach Kyt Selaidopoulos in the afternoon on Saturday 22 April.</p><p>The first two Futsal Canadian Championships were both won by the Ontario representative, with Futsal Club Toronto taking the title in 2015 and Toronto United Futsal winning in 2016.</p><p><strong>Schedule of Events</strong></p><p><strong>Friday 21 April 2017</strong><br>\u200b19.00 ET: Sporting Outlaws FC (QC) vs. Futsal Club Toronto (ON)</p><p><strong>Saturday 22 April 2017</strong><br>\u200b11.00 ET: Futsal Club Toronto (ON) vs. Olimpia SK FC (SK)<br>\u200b14.00 ET: Youth Futsal Clinic<br>\u200b18.00 ET: Olimpia SK FC (SK) vs. Sporting Outlaws FC (QC)</p><p><strong>Sunday 23 April 2017</strong><br>\u200b12.00 ET: Championship Match 1st Place Round Robin vs. 2nd Place Round Robin<br>\u200b14.00 ET: Awards Ceremony<br>\u200b</p>",
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