Formerly | CIAU soccer, CIS soccer |
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Sport | Soccer |
Founded | 1987 |
No. of teams | 53, in four conferences |
Country | Canada |
Most recent champion(s) | UBC Thunderbirds (2023) |
Most titles | UBC Thunderbirds (8)[1] |
Official website | usports |
U Sports women's soccer is the highest level of play at the university level under the auspices of U Sports, Canada's governing body for university sports.[2] As of the 2021 season, 53 teams from Canadian universities are divided into four conferences, drawing from the four conferences of U Sports: Canada West, Ontario University Athletics, Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec, and Atlantic University Sport.[3] After interconference playoffs have been played, eight teams compete for the Gladys Bean Memorial Trophy, awarded to the U Sports women's soccer championship winner.