ACC men's soccer tournament

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ACC men's soccer tournament
Atlantic Coast Conference
men's soccer championship
ACC Men's Soccer Tournament Log.png
Sport College soccer
Conference Atlantic Coast
Number of teams15
Format Single-elimination
Current stadium Sahlen's Stadium
Current location Cary, North Carolina
Played1987–present
Last contest 2024
Current champion Wake Forest
Most championships Virginia (11)
TV partner(s) ESPN3, ESPNU
Official website theacc.com/msoc

The ACC men's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The tournament has been held every year since 1987. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.

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The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men's soccer championship. Beginning in 2024, the tournament expanded from 12 teams to 15, with the No. 1 seed receiving a first-round bye; seeds 2-8 hosting first-round games; No. 1 seed and top remaining seeds in each bracket hosting quarterfinal games. The semifinals and championship game are all played at the same location.

Virginia is the most winning team of the ACC tournament with 11 conference titles.

Champions

The following is a list of Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Tournament winners:

Finals

Key
  • (1) – Title number
  • Bold – Winner won regular season
  •   – Match went to extra time
  •   – Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
  •   – Winning team reached College Cup
  •   – Winning team won National Championship

Year by year

Ed.YearChampionScoreRunner-upVenueTournament MVP
1
1987 North Carolina (1)
4–3 (a.e.t.)
NC State Duke Soccer StadiumDurham, NC Derek Missimo (UNC)
2
1988 Virginia (1)
2–1
North Carolina Riggs FieldClemson, SC none named
3
1989 Wake Forest (1)
2–2 (5–3 p)
NC State Duke Soccer Stadium • Durham, NC Neil Covone (Wake)
4
1990 NC State (1)
2–1
Virginia Duke Soccer Stadium • Durham, NC Henry Gutierrez (NC State)
5
1991 Virginia (2)
3–1
Wake Forest Fetzer FieldChapel Hill, NC Claudio Reyna (Virginia)
6
1992 Virginia (3)
4–2
Clemson Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC Brad Agoos (Virginia)
7
1993 Virginia (4)
2–1
Clemson Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC Jaro Zawislan (Clemson)
8
1994 Virginia (5)
1–0
Duke Riggs Field • Charlottesville, SC Mark Peters (Virginia)
9
1995 Virginia (6)
1–0
Clemson Duke Soccer Stadium • Durham, NC Mike Fisher (Virginia)
10
1996 Maryland (1)
2–0
Virginia Klöckner StadiumCharlottesville, VA Pierre Venditti (Maryland)
11
1997 Virginia (7)
2–0
Maryland Wide World of SportsOrlando, FL Ben Olsen (Virginia)
12
1998 Clemson (1)
1–0
Duke Spry StadiumWinston-Salem, NC Josh Campbell (Clemson)
13
1999 Duke (1)
2–1 (a.e.t.)
Virginia Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC Troy Garner (Duke)
14
2000 North Carolina (2)
1–0 (a.e.t.)
Virginia Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC Caleb Norkus (UNC)
15
2001 Clemson (2)
2–1
Virginia Riggs Field • Charlottesville, SC Ian Fuller (Clemson)
16
2002 Maryland (2)
3–0
Virginia SAS Soccer ComplexCary, NC Abe Thompson (Maryland)
17
2003 Virginia (8)
1–1 (7–6 p)
Maryland SAS Soccer Complex • Cary, NC Ryan Burke (Virginia)
18
2004 Virginia (9)
2–1
Maryland SAS Soccer Complex • Cary, NC Jeremy Barlow (Virginia)
19
2005 Duke (2)
0–0 (5–4 p)
North Carolina SAS Soccer Complex • Cary, NC Blake Camp (Duke)
20
2006 Duke (3)
1–0 (a.e.t.)
Wake Forest SoccerPlexGermantown, MD Michael Videira (Duke)
21
2007 Boston College (1)
2–1
Wake Forest SAS Soccer Complex • Cary, NCSherron Manswell (BC)
22
2008 Maryland (3)
1–0
Virginia WakeMed Soccer ParkCary, NC Jeremy Hall (Maryland)
23
2009 Virginia (10)
1–0
NC State WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NC Diego Restrepo (Virginia)
24
2010 Maryland (4)
1–0
North Carolina WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NC Zac MacMath (Maryland)
25
2011 North Carolina (3)
3–1
Boston College WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NC Ben Speas (North Carolina)
26
2012 Maryland (5)
2–1
North Carolina SoccerPlex • Germantown, MD Patrick Mullins (Maryland)
27
2013 Maryland (6)
1–0
Virginia SoccerPlex • Germantown, MD Patrick Mullins (Maryland)
28
2014 Clemson (3)
2–1 (a.e.t.)
Louisville WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NC Paul Clowes (Clemson)
29
2015 Syracuse (1)
1–0
Notre Dame Alumni StadiumNotre Dame, Indiana Ben Polk (Syracuse)
30
2016 Wake Forest (2)
3–1
Clemson MUSC Health StadiumCharleston, SC Ian Harkes (Wake Forest)
31
2017 Wake Forest (3)
0–0 (4–3 p)
Virginia MUSC Health Stadium • Charleston, SCAndreu Mundet (Wake Forest)
32
2018 Louisville (1)
1–0
North Carolina WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NC Tate Schmitt (Louisville)
33
2019 Virginia (11)
3–1
Clemson Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, NC Henry Kessler (Virginia)
34
2020 Clemson (4)
2–1
Pittsburgh Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, NC Kimarni Smith (Clemson)
35
2021 Notre Dame (1)
2–0
Duke Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, NC Dawson McCartney (Notre Dame)
36
2022 Syracuse (2)
2–0
Clemson Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, NC Russell Shealy (Syracuse)
37
2023 Clemson (5)
1–1 (5–3 p)
North Carolina Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, NC Ousmane Sylla (Clemson)
38
2024 Wake Forest (4)
1–1 (7–6 p)
Clemson Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, NCPrince Amponsah (Wake Forest)

By school

Through 2024

SchoolAppsWLTPct.TitlesWinning years
Boston College178150.34812007
California1210.6670
Clemson3732268.54551998, 2001, 2014, 2020, 2023
Duke3723306.44131999, 2005, 2006
Louisville9871.5311 2018
Maryland2728192.59261996, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013
NC State3615286.36711990
North Carolina3730268.53131987, 2000, 2011
Notre Dame10982.5261 2021
Pittsburgh9681.4330
SMU1101.7500
Stanford1110.5000
Syracuse9764.5292 2015, 2022
Virginia3749229.669111988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995,
1997, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2019
Virginia Tech197171.3000
Wake Forest37253112.45641989, 2016, 2017, 2024

Florida State, Georgia Tech, and Miami do not sponsor men's soccer.
Teams in italics no longer sponsor soccer in the ACC.

Pre-tournament champions

Prior to 1987, the champion was determined based on regular season play.

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