59th Vanier Cup
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| Date | November 23, 2024 | ||||||
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| Stadium | Richardson Memorial Stadium | ||||||
| Location | Kingston, Ontario | ||||||
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| Network | English: CBC Sports,[1] French: TVA Sports[2] | ||||||
The 2024 Vanier Cup, the 59th edition of the Canadian university football championship, is scheduled for November 23, 2024 at the home stadium of the Queen's Gaels, the Richardson Memorial Stadium in Kingston, Ontario.[3][4] It will take place between the Uteck Bowl champions, the Laurier Golden Hawks and the Mitchell Bowl champions, the Laval Rouge et Or.
Host
[edit]This is scheduled to be the second time that Kingston will host the Vanier Cup with the first being in the previous year with the 58th Vanier Cup game.[5] However, it will be the fourth time that the school has hosted the university final, with the others taking place in 1920 and 1929.[5]
Date
[edit]While no date was specified in the press release announcement, the U Sports calendar confirmed that the game is scheduled to take place on November 23, 2024.[3][4]
Semi-Championships
[edit]The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl, the Laval Rouge et Or and the Uteck Bowl, the Laurier Golden Hawks the national semi-final games. The week before, the Québec conference Dunsmore Cup championship team, the Laval Rouge et Or visited the winners of the Canada West Hardy Trophy, the Regina Rams for the Mitchell Bowl and defeated them. The Yates Cup Ontario Conference championship team visited the Atlantic conference's Loney Bowl championship team, the Bishop's Gaiters for the Uteck Bowl, and defeated them.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "CBC Sports to broadcast U Sports national championships for next 4 years". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. September 20, 2021.
- ^ "Carabins and Rouge et Or to launch the 2020 university football season at TVA Sports". U Sports. February 28, 2020. Archived from the original on February 28, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
- ^ a b c "U Sports Championship Information". U Sports. September 13, 2022. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
- ^ a b "Queen's University to host the 2023 and 2024 Vanier Cup". U Sports. March 30, 2023.
- ^ a b "Queen's University to host the 2023 and 2024 U Sports Vanier Cup". Queen's Gaels. March 30, 2023.