CW Announces Scheduling Format Changes for 2024-25 Season
CW members approve new schedule formats for multiple sports
Oct. 12, 2023 – Canada West Universities Athletic Association members have approved scheduling format changes for multiple sports that will take effect starting in the 2024-25 season.
Scheduling format changes were approved in basketball, hockey, volleyball and women’s soccer, with the changes allowing for an increased emphasis on regional rivalries.
The following schedule format changes will be implemented for the 2024-25 Canada West season:
Men’s and Women’s Basketball
• Two divisions with a 20-game schedule with increased focus on regional rivalries
• 12-team single elimination playoff format
Men’s and Women’s Hockey
• Two divisions consisting of four and five teams each that will rotate through nine teams over six years
• Games will be played both in and out of division
• Playoff format will feature a six-team cross over
Men’s and Women’s Volleyball
• One division with a 20-game schedule
• Each school has four annual opponents they will play each season and will rotate through the remaining teams
• Men’s teams will play six of eight opponents each year; women’s teams will play six of nine opponents each year
• Further discussion on the 2024-25 volleyball playoff format will be held in early 2024
Women’s Soccer
• Two divisions with a 14-game schedule within each division
• Eight-team single elimination playoff format
Men’s Soccer
• The current 2023 men's soccer playoff format, which sees the CW quarter-finals and semi-finals take place during Playoff Week 1 and the CW final take place during Playoff Week 2, was approved moving forward.