The 2023 Challenge Trophy (, part of the Toyota National Championships for sponsorship reasons) was the 99th edition of the Challenge Trophy, an annual cup competition contested by amateur teams in men's Canadian soccer. Ten teams participated in the tournament, which took place in Halifax, Nova Scotia from 4–9 October 2023.
The West Ottawa Warriors won the Challenge Trophy on their debut, defeating host team Western Halifax FC 1–0 in the final.
Teams
Each of Canada Soccer's thirteen provincial and territorial associations can send one representative to the Challenge Trophy, with teams generally qualifying through a regional preliminary series such as an open cup or league competition.
For the 2023 tournament, nine provincial associations confirmed their participation, with Nova Scotia fielding two teams as the host.
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. 2 Competed in previous tournaments as Central City Breakers FC. 3 Competed in previous tournaments as Winnipeg Sons of Italy. 4 Replaced Stratford SC as Prince Edward Island representatives.
Draw
The draw for the group stage was held in August 2023, with the 10 teams drawn into two groups of five. For the draw, the teams were seeded into five pots of two teams, based on the final positions of representative provinces at the 2022 Challenge Trophy.
Pots
Final draw
The two groups were formed randomly, selecting one team from each of the five pots.
Venues
Matches took place at three different venues within the Halifax Regional Municipality.
Group stage
Competing teams were divided into two groups of five teams, playing against one another in a single round-robin and advancing to the final round based on their group positioning.
The preliminary schedule was released by Canada Soccer in August 2023 without locations or kick-off times, which were later confirmed on 15 September. Teams were given bye days based on the pot they were drawn from, with pot 1 teams receiving byes on the 5th day of the group stage, pot 2 teams receiving byes on the 4th day of the group stage, etc.
Group A
Group B
Final round
The final round (known as Teck Finals Day for sponsorship reasons) paired equally-ranked opponents from opposite groups to determine a final ranking for the tournament.
Statistics
Classification
Per statistical convention in football, matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.