NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

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Women's Division I Soccer Championship
NCAA logo.svg
Organizing body NCAA
Founded1982;43 years ago (1982)
Number of teams64
Current champion(s) North Carolina (22nd title)
Most successful team(s) North Carolina
(22 titles)
Television broadcasters ESPNU
ESPN+ [1]
Website ncaa.com/soccer
Soccerball current event.svg 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

The NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship, sometimes known as the Women's College Cup, is an American college soccer tournament conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and determines the Division I women's national champion.

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History

The NCAA began conducting a single division Women's Soccer Championship tournament in 1982 with a 12-team tournament. The tournament became the Division I Championship in 1986, when Division III was created for non-scholarship programs. Currently, the tournament field consists of 64 teams. The semifinals and final of the tournament, held at a single site every year, are collectively known as the Women's College Cup (analogous to the College Cup in men's soccer).

Historically, North Carolina has been the dominant school in Division I women's soccer. Known widely as one of the most successful collegiate programs in any NCAA sport, the Tar Heels have won 22 national championships of the 43 NCAA tournaments contested. They also won the only AIAW national championship in soccer in 1981. The Tar Heels have reached the College Cup 30 times. Head coach Anson Dorrance is considered one of the greatest women's soccer coaches in NCAA history, leading the Tar Heels since the inception of the program in 1979.

Only seven other schools have multiple titles, Notre Dame (3 titles, 5-times runner-up and 12 College Cup appearances), Florida State (4 titles, 3-time runner-up and 12 college cup appearances), Stanford (3 titles, 2-times runner-up and 10 College Cup appearances), UCLA (2 titles, 4-times runner-up and 12 College Cup appearances), Santa Clara (2 titles, 1-time runner up and 11 College Cup appearances), Portland (2 titles, 1-time runner-up and 8 College Cup appearances), and USC (2 titles, 2 College Cup appearances).

Champions

Ed.YearTeam ChampionshipHost cityStadiumThird Place FinalAtt.
ChampionScoreRunner-upChampionScoreRunner-up
1 1982 North Carolina (1)
1–0
Central Florida Orlando UCF Knights Connecticut
2–1
UMSL 1,000
2 1983 North Carolina (2)
4–0
George Mason Orlando UCF Knights Massachusetts
1–0
Connecticut 700
3 1984 North Carolina (3)
2–0
Connecticut Chapel Hill Fetzer Field Massachusetts
4–1
California 3,500
4 1985 George Mason (1)
2–0
North Carolina Fairfax George Mason Stadium Colorado College, Massachusetts 4,500
5 1986 North Carolina (4)
2–0
Colorado College Fairfax George Mason Stadium George Mason, Massachusetts 1,000
6 1987 North Carolina (5)
1–0
Massachusetts Hadley Warren McGuirk Stadium California, UCF 3,651
7 1988 North Carolina (6)
4–1
NC State Chapel Hill Fetzer Field California, Wisconsin 3,500
8 1989 North Carolina (7)
2–0
Colorado College Raleigh Method Road NC State, Santa Clara 1,625
9 1990 North Carolina (8)
6–0
Connecticut Chapel Hill Fetzer Field Colorado College, Santa Clara 3,200
10 1991 North Carolina (9)
3–1
Wisconsin Chapel Hill Fetzer Field Colorado College, Virginia 3,800
11 1992 North Carolina (10)
9–1
Duke Chapel Hill Fetzer Field Hartford, Santa Clara 3,573
12 1993 North Carolina (11)
6–0
George Mason Chapel Hill Fetzer Field Massachusetts, Stanford 5,721
13 1994 North Carolina (12)
5–0
Notre Dame Portland Merlo Field Connecticut, Portland 5,000
14 1995 Notre Dame (1)
1–0 (a.e.t.)
Portland Chapel Hill Fetzer Field North Carolina, SMU 6,926
15 1996 North Carolina (13)
1–0 (a.e.t.)
Notre Dame Santa Clara Buck Shaw Stadium Portland, Santa Clara 8,800
16 1997 North Carolina (14)
2–0
Connecticut Greensboro UNCG Soccer Stadium Notre Dame, Santa Clara 3,200
17 1998 Florida (1)
1–0
North Carolina Greensboro UNCG Soccer Stadium Portland, Santa Clara 10,583
18 1999 North Carolina (15)
2–0
Notre Dame San Jose Spartan Stadium Penn State, Santa Clara 14,410
19 2000 North Carolina (16)
2–1
UCLA San Jose Spartan Stadium Notre Dame, Portland 9,566
20 2001 Santa Clara (1)
1–0
North Carolina University Park Gerald J. Ford Stadium Florida, Portland 7,090
21 2002 Portland (1)
2–1 (a.e.t.)
Santa Clara Austin Mike A. Myers Stadium North Carolina, Penn State 10,027
22 2003 North Carolina (17)
6–0
Connecticut Cary SAS Soccer Park Florida State, UCLA 10,042
23 2004 Notre Dame (2)1–1 (4–3 p) UCLA Cary SAS Soccer Park Princeton, Santa Clara 7,644
24 2005 Portland (2)
4–0
UCLA College Station Aggie Soccer Stadium Florida State, Penn State 6,578
25 2006 North Carolina (18)
2–1
Notre Dame Cary SAS Soccer Park Florida State, UCLA 8,349
26 2007 USC (1)
2–0
Florida State College Station Aggie Soccer Stadium Notre Dame, UCLA 8,255
27 2008 North Carolina (19)
2–1
Notre Dame Cary WakeMed Soccer Park Stanford, UCLA 9,055
28 2009 North Carolina (20)
1–0
Stanford College Station Aggie Soccer Stadium Notre Dame, UCLA 8,536
29 2010 Notre Dame (3)
1–0
Stanford Cary WakeMed Soccer Park Boston College, Ohio State 7,833
30 2011 Stanford (1)
1–0
Duke Kennesaw Fifth Third Bank Stadium Florida State, Wake Forest 9,241
31 2012 North Carolina (21)
4–1
Penn State San Diego Torero Stadium Florida State, Stanford 7,289
32 2013 UCLA (1)
1–0 (a.e.t.)
Florida State Cary WakeMed Soccer Park Virginia, Virginia Tech 8,806*
33 2014 Florida State (1)
1–0
Virginia Boca Raton FAU Stadium Stanford, Texas A&M 4,137
34 2015 Penn State (1)
1–0
Duke Cary WakeMed Soccer Park Florida State, Rutgers 10,676
35 2016 USC (2)
3–1
West Virginia San Jose Avaya Stadium Georgetown, North Carolina 6,612
36 2017 Stanford (2)
3–2
UCLA Orlando Orlando City Stadium South Carolina, Duke 1,938
37 2018 Florida State (2) North Carolina Cary WakeMed Soccer Park Stanford, Georgetown 12,512
38 2019 Stanford (3)
0–0 (5–4 p)
North Carolina San Jose Avaya Stadium UCLA, Washington State 9,591 [n 1]
39 2020 Santa Clara (2)
1–1 (4–1 p)
Florida State Cary WakeMed Soccer Park North Carolina, Virginia 5000
40 2021 Florida State (3)
0-0 (4–3 p)
BYU Santa Clara Stevens Stadium Santa Clara, Rutgers 7,087
41 2022 UCLA (2) North Carolina Cary WakeMed Soccer Park Florida State, Alabama 9,531
42 2023 Florida State (4) Stanford Cary WakeMed Soccer Park BYU, Clemson 3,954
43 2024 North Carolina (22) Wake Forest Cary WakeMed Soccer Park Duke, Stanford 9,475
442025 Kansas City, MO CPKC Stadium
452026 Cary WakeMed Soccer Park
462027 Cary WakeMed Soccer Park
Notes
  1. The reported attendance for 2013 is the number of tickets sold for the match. Actual game attendance was less than 3,000. [2]

Team titles

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ButtonBlue.svg
North Carolina
ButtonViolet.svg
Florida State
ButtonRed.svg
Stanford
ButtonRed.svg
Notre
Dame
ButtonYellow.svg
Santa Clara
ButtonYellow.svg
USC
ButtonYellow.svg
Portland
ButtonWhite.svg
Penn State
ButtonYellow.svg
UCLA
ButtonWhite.svg
Florida
ButtonWhite.svg
George Mason
National Championships by school: ButtonBlue.svg 22, ButtonViolet.svg 4, ButtonRed.svg 3, ButtonYellow.svg 2, ButtonWhite.svg 1
TeamTitlesYears won
North Carolina 22 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2024
Florida State 4
2014, 2018, 2021, 2023
Stanford 3
2011, 2017, 2019
Notre Dame 3
1995, 2004, 2010
Santa Clara 2
2001, 2020
USC 2
2007, 2016
Portland 2
2002, 2005
UCLA 2
2013, 2022
Penn State 1
2015
Florida 1
1998
George Mason 1
1985

Performance by team

In 2001 and 2002, the top 8 teams were seeded 1 through 8. The top 4 teams are shown with double underline, and next 4 teams are shown with dotted underline. Since 2003, the top 16 teams have been seeded, and the top 4 teams are shown with double underline, and next 12 teams are shown with dotted underline.

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433222 North Carolina CHCHCHRUCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHSFCHCHRUCHCHRUSFCH16QFCH16CHCH1616CHQF1632SF16RURUSFRUQFCH
25144 Florida State 163216SFSFSFRUQFQFQFSFSFRUCHSF3216CHQFRUCHSFCH32
33133 Stanford 12QFQFSFQF2432163216QF321616SFRURUCHSF16SFQF32CHSFCH32RUSF
30123 Notre Dame 16RUCHRUSFQFRUSF321632CHQFRUSFRUSFCHQF161632163216QF32QF
34122 Santa Clara SFSF12SF1624QFSFSFSFSFQFCHRUQFSFQF1632321632QF163216CHSF323232
28122 UCLA 24QF3216RUQF16SFRURUSFSFSFSF1632QFCHQF16RUQFSF16CH32
2282 Portland 12QFSFRUSF32SFSFSFCH16QFCHQFQFQFQF3232323232
2322 USC 323232323232CH163216CH3216QF323232QF
3051 Penn State 241632QFSFQFQFSFQF32SFQF16323216RU32QFCH32QFQF16161616QFQF
1141George Mason12RU12CHSFQF12RU163216
2221 Florida QF16CH3232SFQF1616163232321632QF1616QF
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295- Duke RU16QF16163232323232163232QFQF16RUQFQFRUQFSF1632QFQFQFSF
115-Colorado CollegeQFSFRU12QFRUSFSF
364- Virginia 121212QFSFQF24163216321616QF163232QF1616161616QF16SFRUQF16161632SF16QF32
283- California QFSFQFSFSF1632321632323232323232
242-WisconsinSF12QFRUQF2416163232323216323232321616163216
232- Wake Forest 1632163232323232QF32SF3216321632RU
222- UCF RUQFSFQF12323232323232QF321632
192- Rutgers 1216323216323232SF323232SF
172- NC State QFQFQFRUSFQFQF1216QF321632161632
152-GeorgetownQF323232SFSF1632323232
281- Texas A&M 163232321616QFQF163216QF32QF1632321616SFQF32321632QF32
251- BYU 3216321632QF3232QF323216QF32RU16SF
231- Clemson 242432QF16QFQF16QF3232163232QFSF
231-West Virginia32163232QF32321632QFRU1632163232
191- Boston College 12QF12QF1616161616QFSF1632QF
181- South Carolina 16323232QFQFSF32QF32QF163232
181-Ohio State32QFSF161632323216
161-PrincetonQF1232SF3232QF3232
141- SMU 121216SF16163232323232
141- Washington State 1632321632SF32
141- Virginia Tech 1616SF16321632QF
131-HartfordQF12QFSFQF241616QF32
61- Alabama 32SF32
21-Missouri St. LouisSF12
23-- William & Mary 12QF12QF12QF16QF2432QF16163232323232
19--HarvardQFQF2432QF32321632323232
18--Milwaukee323232323232
18-- Texas 161616323216321632
18--Auburn3232323232323216QF3232
17-- Washington 1616321632QF3232QF16321632
16--Michigan3232323232QF1616QF16QF
16-- Tennessee 16161632161632QF1632
15--Boston University3232323232
14--Pepperdine3216321616323216
14-- Colorado 32321632163232323232
14--Oklahoma State32323232QFQF323216
13--Vanderbilt16161632323232323216
13--James Madison161632323232321632
13--MarylandQFQF323232321616321632
13-- Nebraska QF1616QF1616163216323232QF
13--San Diego1632323216
13--Central Connecticut3232
13--Marquette32321632163216
12--Kentucky24323232321632
12-- Minnesota 24321632321616323216
12--Georgia321632323232323216
12--Illinois32QF32163216323216
12--Denver321632
12--Memphis32321616
11--UNC Greensboro3216323232
11-- Arkansas 163232323216QFQF3216
10--Brown12QFQF121216323232
10--UC Santa Barbara12QFQFQFQFQF12
10-- Radford 12
10--Dartmouth162432QF321616
10--Dayton32163232
10-- Arizona State 3232323232
10--Kansas163232323216
10--Ole Miss3232163216
10--Hofstra323232323232
10-- LSU 32323232
9--South Alabama3232
9--Cal State Fullerton1632
9--Saint Louis323232321632
9-- Texas Tech 3232163232321632
8--Furman
8--Liberty
8--Oakland32
8-- Utah 323216
8--Samford3232
8--Monmouth
8--South Dakota State32
8--South Florida3232321632
8--Florida Gulf Coast32
8-- TCU 32QF161632
7--Cincinnati121224321632
7--Northwestern321632163216
7--San Diego State163216
7--Missouri32323232
7--Bucknell
7--Loyola (MD)
7--Michigan State3232321616
7--Purdue32163232
7-- High Point
7--Illinois State323232
7--North Texas
7-- Arizona 163216323232
7--Long Beach StateQF
6--Colgate3232
6--Fairfield32
6--Baylor323216QFQF
6--Xavier3232
6--Montana32
6--Villanova32163232
6--Loyola (IL)
6--Bowling Green
6-- Louisville 1632
5--Indiana32321632
5--Charlotte3232
5--Evansville
5--Cal Poly32
5--Idaho State32
5-- Miami (FL) 32
5--Creighton
5--Navy32
5--Rice16
5--Toledo
5--Morehead State
5--UC Irvine16321616
5--La Salle
5--Stony Brook
5--Iowa323216
5--Seattle32
5-- SIU Edwardsville 32
4--Cortland StateQFQF12QF
4-- Oregon State 241632
4--Penn
4--Fresno State
4--Long Island
4--Miami (OH)323232
4--Missouri State
4--San Jose State
4--Eastern Illinois
4--Texas State
4-- Oklahoma 32
4--Stephen F. Austin
4--Western Michigan3232
4--UNLV
4--Old Dominion
4--Northern Arizona
4-- Northeastern 3232
4-- SE Louisiana
4--St. John's3216
4--Murray State
4--New Mexico32
4--Saint Francis (PA)
4--Utah State
4--Utah Valley32
4--Lipscomb32
4--Mississippi State321616
3--St. Mary's121632
3--FIUQF
3--Providence16
3--Wright State
3--Jacksonville
3--Quinnipiac
3--Yale3216
3--Northwestern State
3--Loyola Marymount16
3--DePaul
3--Weber State32
3--Mississippi Valley
3--Western Carolina
3--Valparaiso
3--Sacramento State
3--Central Michigan32
3--Jackson State
3--Siena
3--Prairie View A&M
3--Albany
3-- Butler
3--Howard
3--Alabama State
3-- Lamar
2--Cal State Hayward1212
2-- Syracuse 3232
2--Elon
2--Richmond3216
2--UAB32
2-- VCU 32
2--Campbell
2--Gonzaga32
2--SE Missouri State
2--Columbia32
2--Grambling State
2--Kennesaw State
2--Army
2--Belmont
2--Ark.-Pine Bluff
2--UNC Wilmington32
2--IUPUI
2--Boise State
2--Mercer
2--UTSA
2--UT Martin
2--Houston Baptist
2--Buffalo
2--New Hampshire
2--Northern Colorado
2--Fairleigh Dickinson
2--Eastern Washington
2--Grand Canyon
2-- Pittsburgh 16QF
2--Maine
1--Rochester (NY)12
1--Keene State12
1--Barry12
1--George Washington32
1--Georgia State
1--Pacific32
1--Eastern Michigan
1--Holy Cross
1--Sacred Heart
1--Rhode Island32
1--American
1--Detroit32
1--Binghamton
1--B'ham Southern
1--Oral Roberts
1--UTEP32
1--Florida Atlantic
1-- Iowa State
1--UC Riverside
1--Drake
1--McNeese State
1--Nevada
1--Niagara
1--UNC Asheville
1--Alabama A&M
1--Hawaii
1--Davidson
1--Lehigh
1--Middle Tennessee
1--North Dakota State
1--Marist
1--Cal State Northridge
1--Georgia Southern
1--UMBC
1--Rider
1--Duquesne
1--Kent State
1--Northern Kentucky
1--Abilene Christian
1--Little Rock
1--Loyola Chicago
1--Vermont
1--New Mexico State
1--Omaha
1--Idaho
1--Towson
1--Ohio
1--Cal Baptist
1--East Carolina
1--Southern
1--USC Upstate

See also

References

  1. Elchlepp, Kimberly (November 10, 2022). "ESPN Platforms Present Full NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship for First Time". ESPN.
  2. "College Cup: Stanford extended to a shootout before winning title". December 9, 2019.