2008 CIS Men's Soccer Championship

Template:Template other The 2008 CIS Men's Soccer Championship Finals were held from the 6-9 November, 2008 at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario. It consisted of 8 teams from the various conferences under the Canadian Interuniversity Sport. The breakdown was host (Carleton), 2 from the OUA, 2 from QSSF, 2 from Canada West and 1 from the AUS.

All-Canadians

First Team(1-11) and Second Team(12-22) with school and hometown. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	Template:Fba/core	Gerardo Argento (Montreal - Montreal, QC)
2	DF	Template:Fba/core	Augustin Nechad (Montreal - Rueil Malmaison, France)
3	DF	Template:Fba/core	Graham Smith (UBC - Abbotsford, BC)
4	DF	Template:Fba/core	Jonathan McNeil (Saint Mary's - Halifax, N.S.)
5	MF	Template:Fba/core	Gerard Ladiyou (York - Burlington, Ont)
6	MF	Template:Fba/core	Francesco Bruno (York - Toronto, Ont.)
7	MF	Template:Fba/core	Olivier Babineau (Moncton - Dieppe, N.B.)
8	MF	Template:Fba/core	Nick Poole (UBC - Mission, B.C.)
9	FW	Template:Fba/core	Yannick Rome-Gosselin (Sherbrooke - St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que.)
10	FW	Template:Fba/core	Cole McFarlane (Victoria - Calgary, Alta.)
11	FW	Template:Fba/core	Matthew D'Angelo (Carleton - 5 - Ottawa, Ont.)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	GK	Template:Fba/core	Srdjan Djekanovic (UBC - Vancouver, B.C.)
13	DF	Template:Fba/core	Nicholas Persichino (Carleton - Thunder Bay, Ont.)
14	DF	Template:Fba/core	Paul Hamilton (Trinity Western - Calgary, Alta.)
15	DF	Template:Fba/core	Alex Lévesque-Tremblay (Laval - Baie-Saint-Paul, Que)
16	MF	Template:Fba/core	Wandrille Lefevre (Montreal - Chartres, France)
17	MF	Template:Fba/core	Ross Hagen (Dalhousie - Calgary, Alta.)
18	MF	Template:Fba/core	James Scholefield (McGill - Senneville, Que.)
19	FW	Template:Fba/core	Ken Morrison (UNB - Fredericton, N.B.)
20	FW	Template:Fba/core	Paul Craig (UPEI - Charlottetown, P.E.I.)
21	FW	Template:Fba/core	Brett Colvin (Alberta - Calgary, Alta.)
22	FW	Template:Fba/core	Pat Mroczek (Western - St. Catharines, Ont.)

Nationals

Final

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Tournament XI

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	Template:Fba/core	Andrew Kowan ((Richmond, BC)Trinity Western)
2	DF	Template:Fba/core	Paul Hamilton ((Calgary, AB)Trinity Western)
3	DF	Template:Fba/core	Hicham Aâboubou ((Morocco)Montreal)
4	DF	Template:Fba/core	Alexandre Lévesque-Tremblay ((Baie-Saint-Paul, QC), Laval)
5	MF	Template:Fba/core	Gerard Ladiyou ((Burlington, Ont.), York)
6	MF	Template:Fba/core	Francesco Bruno ((Toronto), York)
7	MF	Template:Fba/core	Philip Rivers ((Toronto), York)
8	MF	Template:Fba/core	Douglas Sereti ((Toronto), York)
9	MF	Template:Fba/core	Nicolas Suter ((Switzerland), Montreal)
10	FW	Template:Fba/core	Daniel Lowen ((Langley, B.C.), Trinity Western)
11	FW	Template:Fba/core	Peter Mangiras ((Belleville, Ont.), Carleton)

Regional Conference play-offs

Atlantic (AUS)

Top 6 will make the play-offs with 1 and 2 seeds getting a bye to the semi-final round. Hosted this season by Mount Allison. Other qualifiers include UNB, St. Mary's, Dalhousie, Moncton and UPEI.

Quebec (QSSF)

Top 4 teams will make the semi-final round. McGill, Montreal and Laval have qualified.

Ontario (OUA)

The OUA play-off will include the top 6 from each of the east and west divisions. The top 2 will get a bye to the quarter-finals with the 1st round being #6 @ #3 and #5 @ #4. In subsequent rounds, the teams will be repositioned so that the higher seed always plays the lowest. Laurier, York, Carleton and Toronto are the top 4 seeds.

Canada West (CW)

Top 4 teams make the semi-final round. The final four will be hosted by the top team. Currently UBC, Victoria and Trinity Western have clinched a spot.

Season Ranking

Top Ten rankings as published by the CIS.

Date	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10
28 October 2008	Carleton	UBC	Montreal	York	Victoria	Toronto	McGill	UNB	Wilfrid Laurier	St. Mary's
21 October 2008	Carleton	UBC	Montreal	York	Victoria	Toronto	McGill	UNB	Wilfrid Laurier	St. Mary's
14 October 2008	Carleton	UBC	Victoria	Montreal	UNB	Toronto	Western Ontario	McGill	York	Dalhousie
7 October 2008	UBC	Carleton	Montreal	Victoria	UNB	Toronto	Western Ontario	McGill	York	Dalhousie
30 September 2008	York	UBC	Carleton	Victoria	Montreal	Toronto	UNB	Laval	Western Ontario	Dalhousie
23 September 2008	York	UBC	Laval	Carleton	Montreal	Victoria	Western Ontario	Toronto	UNB	UPEI
16 September 2008	York	Carleton	UBC	Laval	Montreal	Victoria	Toronto	Western Ontario	Cape Breton	UNB
9 September 2008	York	Laval	Trinity Western	Carleton	UBC	Saint Mary's	Toronto	Western Ontario	Montreal	Cape Breton
2 September 2008	UBC	Laval	Western Ontario	York	Trinity Western	Saint Mary's	Montreal	Cape Breton	Carleton	Victoria

External links

• Official Site
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