MONTREAL – The Academy unveiled on Monday the teams and the groups of the 2019 International U14 Qualification Tournament, presented by Nutrilait.
The 16 participating teams will be divided in four groups for the competition, which takes place from May 3 to 5 at Centre Nutrilait. This year, teams from the same region will be placed in different groups, so they don’t face each other during the group phase.
Every team will play the other teams in its group once before moving on to the next round. In the group phase, games are composed of two 16-minute halves, which will turn into two 20-minute halves during the qualifying rounds.
Group A
CS Terrebonne
Spatial de Saint-Hubert
CS MRO
Royal de Beauport
Group B
CS Chomedey
CS Longueuil
ASM Lasalle
CSRDP
Group C
AS Blainville
Mistral de Sherbrooke
CS Saint-Laurent
NDG SA
Group D
CS Étoiles de l’Est
CS Roussillon
FC Gatineau
FS Salaberry
The Montréal-Nord Pumas won the first edition of the tournament, in 2017. Last year, CS Saint-Laurent won the tournament and the club will have a chance to defend his title in 2019.
The winner of the tournament will qualify for the International U14, presented by the Fédération des producteurs d’oeufs du Québec, from June 27 to June 30. The victorious team from Quebec will have the opportunity to play against the Montreal Impact, Bologna FC, D.C. United, New York City FC, the New York Red Bulls, the Chicago Fire and last year’s champion, Toronto FC.
The Qualification Tournament winner will also have access to a mezzanine at State Saputo for a Montreal Impact home game, offered by the Fédération des producteurs d’oeufs du Québec.
