No Canadian university national championship was awarded in the 2020-21 season amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The top university women’s rugby teams in the country will be hosted by the national No. 2 ranked Queen’s Gaels at Nixon Field in Kingston, Ont., with CBC Sports’ live streaming coverage beginning on Wednesday at 11 a.m. ET with the quarter-final matchups.

Semifinals begin on Friday at 11 a.m. ET and conclude with the gold medal game on Sunday at 3:30 p.m ET.

Along with host Queen’s, the event also features No. 1 UBC Thunderbirds, No. 3 Laval Rouge et Or, Ottawa Gee-Gees, Guelph Gryphons, Victoria Vikes, St. Francis Xavier X-Women and Acadia Axe Women.

In 2019, Laval defeated Queen’s 22-14 in the U Sports championship final, in Ottawa.

Women’s rugby competition schedule

Quarter-finals

• QF #1, Wednesday, Nov. 10 – 11 a.m. ET
• QF #2, Wednesday, Nov. 10 – 2 p.m. ET
• QF #3, Wednesday, Nov. 10 – 5 p.m. ET
• QF #4, Wednesday, Nov. 10 – 7:30 p.m. ET

Semifinals

• SF #1, Friday, Nov. 12 – 5 p.m. ET
• SF #2, Friday, Nov. 12 – 7:30 p.m. ET

Bronze medal game

• Sunday, Nov. 14 – 12:30 p.m. ET

Gold medal game

• Sunday, Nov. 14 – 3:30 p.m. ET

The University of Victoria women’s field hockey team will look to defend their 2018 and 2019 national championship titles in Ontario, against the OUA Champion in a best-of-three series for the 2021 U Sports crown.

Victoria captured their third straight Canada West championship with a 1-0 victory over the UBC Thunderbirds to secure their spot in the final.  

The Guelph Gryphons seek their second straight OUA title and the right to host the 2021 U Sports field hockey championship as they head to Toronto on Sunday for a matchup against the University of Toronto Varsity Blues.

Watch the U Sports women’s championship series between the Victoria Vikes and the OUA Champion beginning on Friday at 6 p.m. ET on CBCSports.ca, the CBC Sports app and CBC Gem.

Women’s field hockey competition schedule

• Game 1 – Friday, Nov. 12 – 6 p.m. ET
• Game 2 – Saturday, Nov. 13 – TBD
• Game 3, if necessary, Sunday Nov.14 – TBD (best-of-3 series)

The national championships each year will be evenly split between men’s and women’s sports. CBC Sports carried six national championships live in the 2019-20 season.

U Sports championship schedule

Fall sports

• Women’s rugby, Nov. 10-14
• Women’s field hockey, Nov. 12-14
• Men’s soccer, Nov. 18-21
• Women’s soccer, Nov. 18-21
• Men’s and women’s cross-country, Nov. 20

Winter sports

• Men’s and women’s wrestling, Feb. 25-26
• Men’s and women’s swimming, Feb. 25-27
• Men’s and women’s track and field, Mar. 10-12
• Women’s basketball, Mar. 10-13
• Men’s basketball, Mar. 11-13
• Men’s and women’s curling, Mar. 15-19
• Men’s hockey, Mar. 17-20
• Women’s hockey, Mar. 24-27
• Men’s volleyball, Mar. 25-27
• Women’s volleyball, Mar. 25-27