2021 U Sports University Cup

2021 U Sports University Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s)Eastlink Centre, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
DatesMarch 18–21, 2021 (2021-03-18 – 2021-03-21)
Teams8
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The 2021 U Sports University Cup hockey tournament (59th Annual) was scheduled to be held from March 18, 2021, to March 21, 2021, in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, to determine a national champion for the 2020–21 U Sports men's ice hockey season. However, on October 15, 2020, it was announced that the University Cup championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

U Sports, along with agreements from Acadia and UPEI, maintained the current hosting schedule and awarded the 2022 University Cup to Acadia and the 2023 University Cup to UPEI.[2]

Host

The UPEI Panthers, a member of U Sports Atlantic University Sport conference, was scheduled to host the event at the Eastlink Centre with support from the Province of PEI, and the City of Charlottetown.[3] This would have been the second time that UPEI had hosted the tournament, having first hosted in the school's inaugural year in 1970.[4] The school also hosted the 2019 and 2020 U Sports women's ice hockey championship tournaments.

Format

The tournament would have featured an eight-team, single-elimination tournament, as introduced in 2015, and would have included quarter-finals, semi-finals, finals and a bronze medal game.[5]

References

  1. ^ "U Sports unable to offer national championships in winter 2021". U Sports. October 15, 2020. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  2. ^ "U SPORTS: Acadia to host 2022 University Cup; St. F.X. tabbed for Final 8 in 2023". Retrieved March 29, 2022.
  3. ^ "Panthers, Carabins to host U Sports Hockey Championships in 2020-21". U Sports. August 6, 2019.
  4. ^ "About UPEI - Our History". UPEI. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  5. ^ "Bid Book: U Sports Men's Hockey National Championship 2021" (PDF). U Sports. Retrieved March 4, 2020.