KITCHENER, Ont. - The Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) has selected hosts for its 2016-17 OCAA championships.
OCAA members went through a bid process for hosting OCAA regional tournaments and championships which got final approval at the OCAA Annual General Meetings in Kitchener last week.
Hosts in six league sports automatically qualify for the eight-team tournaments. This includes Redeemer (Ancaster) in Men's Soccer, St. Clair (Windsor) in Women's Soccer, Mohawk (Hamilton) in Men's Volleyball, St. Clair in Women's Volleyball, Centennial (Scarborough) in Men's Basketball and Seneca (North York) in Women's Basketball.
Playing host to OCAA tournament sports championships (either on or off campus) include Georgian (Barrie) in both Golf and Badminton, Seneca (King City) in Cross Country, Sault (Sault Ste. Marie) in Curling and Redeemer in Indoor Soccer.
Boréal (Sudbury) and Conestoga (Kitchener) play host to Badminton regionals, while Fanshawe (London), Conestoga and Redeemer host Indoor Soccer regionals.
New in 2016-17 is the Women's Rugby Sevens championship being hosted by Sheridan College (Oakville) in early November. Humber (Etobicoke) plays host to Men's Baseball, while Conestoga hosts Women's Softball. Hosts do not automatically qualify for these four-team tournaments.
There is no predetermined championship site for OCAA Men's and Women's Rugby (traditional), with the top-seeded teams playing host to the OCAA gold and bronze medal matches.
OCAA All-Star Games return in March, 2017, with Fleming (Peterborough) hosting Basketball, and Durham (Oshawa) hosting Volleyball.
2016-17 OCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
| Championship(s) | Host(s) | Date(s) |
| Badminton | Georgian College |
Feb. 17-18, 2017 |
| Men's Baseball | Humber College |
Oct. 21-22, 2016 |
| Men's Basketball | Centennial College |
March 2-4 or 3-5, 2017 |
| Women's Basketball | Seneca College |
March 2-4 or 3-5, 2017 |
| Cross Country | Seneca College | Oct. 29, 2016 |
| Curling | Sault College |
Feb. 15-19, 2017 |
| Golf |
Georgian College |
Oct. 3-5, 2016 |
| Men's Rugby |
Higher Seeded Team |
Nov. 12 or 13, 2016 |
| Women's Rugby |
Higher Seeded Team |
Nov. 12 or 13, 2016 |
| Women's Rugby Sevens | Sheridan College | Nov. 4-5, 2016 |
| Men's Soccer |
Redeemer University College |
Oct. 27-29, 2016 |
| Women's Soccer |
St. Clair College | Oct. 27-29, 2016 |
| Indoor Soccer |
Redeemer University College |
March 23-25, 2017 |
| Women's Softball |
Conestoga College |
Oct. 21-22, 2016 |
| Men's Volleyball | Mohawk College | Feb. 23-25, 2017 |
| Women's Volleyball | St. Clair College | Feb. 24-26, 2017 |
| Regional | Host | Date(s) |
| Badminton East |
Collège Boréal |
Feb. 3-4, 2017 |
| Badminton West |
Conestoga College |
Feb. 3-4, 2017 |
| Indoor Soccer Group A |
Fanshawe College |
March 6, 2017 |
| Indoor Soccer Group B |
Conestoga College @ OSA Soccer Centre |
March 7, 2017 |
| Indoor Soccer Group C |
Conestoga College @ OSA Soccer Centre |
March 8, 2017 |
| Indoor Soccer Group D |
Redeemer University College |
March 9, 2017 |
| Indoor Soccer Group E | Redeemer University College | March 10, 2017 |
| All-Star Games | Host | Date |
| Basketball | Fleming College | March 25, 2017 |
| Volleyball |
Durham College | March 25, 2017 |
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