Women's Division I Soccer Championship
Organizing bodyNCAA
Founded1982 (1982)
Number of teams64
Current champion(s)FSU (4th title)
Most successful team(s)North Carolina
(21 titles)
Television broadcastersESPNU
ESPN+[1]
Websitencaa.com/soccer
2023 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.

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 31 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 six 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), 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

NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship
Ed. Year Team Championship Host city Stadium Third Place Final Att.
Champion Score Runner-up Champion Score Runner-up
11982 North Carolina (1)
1–0
Central Florida Orlando UCF Knights Connecticut
2–1
UMSL 1,000
21983 North Carolina (2)
4–0
George Mason Orlando UCF Knights Massachusetts
1–0
Connecticut 700
31984 North Carolina (3)
2–0
Connecticut Chapel Hill Fetzer Field Massachusetts
4–1
California 3,500
41985 George Mason (1)
2–0
North Carolina Fairfax George Mason Stadium Colorado College, Massachusetts 4,500
51986 North Carolina (4)
2–0
Colorado College Fairfax George Mason Stadium George Mason, Massachusetts 1,000
61987 North Carolina (5)
1–0
Massachusetts Hadley Warren McGuirk Stadium California, UCF 3,651
71988 North Carolina (6)
4–1
NC State Chapel Hill Fetzer Field California, Wisconsin 3,500
81989 North Carolina (7)
2–0
Colorado College Raleigh Method Road NC State, Santa Clara 1,625
91990 North Carolina (8)
6–0
Connecticut Chapel Hill Fetzer Field Colorado College, Santa Clara 3,200
101991 North Carolina (9)
3–1
Wisconsin Chapel Hill Fetzer Field Colorado College, Virginia 3,800
111992 North Carolina (10)
9–1
Duke Chapel Hill Fetzer Field Hartford, Santa Clara 3,573
121993 North Carolina (11)
6–0
George Mason Chapel Hill Fetzer Field Massachusetts, Stanford 5,721
131994 North Carolina (12)
5–0
Notre Dame Portland Merlo Field Connecticut, Portland 5,000
141995 Notre Dame (1)
1–0 (a.e.t.)
Portland Chapel Hill Fetzer Field North Carolina, SMU 6,926
151996 North Carolina (13)
1–0 (a.e.t.)
Notre Dame Santa Clara Buck Shaw Stadium Portland, Santa Clara 8,800
161997 North Carolina (14)
2–0
Connecticut Greensboro UNCG Soccer Stadium Notre Dame, Santa Clara 3,200
171998 Florida (1)
1–0
North Carolina Greensboro UNCG Soccer Stadium Portland, Santa Clara 10,583
181999 North Carolina (15)
2–0
Notre Dame San Jose Spartan Stadium Penn State, Santa Clara 14,410
192000 North Carolina (16)
2–1
UCLA San Jose Spartan Stadium Notre Dame, Portland 9,566
202001 Santa Clara (1)
1–0
North Carolina University Park Gerald J. Ford Stadium Florida, Portland 7,090
212002 Portland (1)
2–1 (a.e.t.)
Santa Clara Austin Mike A. Myers Stadium North Carolina, Penn State 10,027
222003 North Carolina (17)
6–0
Connecticut Cary SAS Soccer Park Florida State, UCLA 10,042
232004 Notre Dame (2) 1–1 (4–3 p) UCLA Cary SAS Soccer Park Princeton, Santa Clara 7,644
242005 Portland (2)
4–0
UCLA College Station Aggie Soccer Stadium Florida State, Penn State 6,578
252006 North Carolina (18)
2–1
Notre Dame Cary SAS Soccer Park Florida State, UCLA 8,349
262007 USC (1)
2–0
Florida State College Station Aggie Soccer Stadium Notre Dame, UCLA 8,255
272008 North Carolina (19)
2–1
Notre Dame Cary WakeMed Soccer Park Stanford, UCLA 9,055
282009 North Carolina (20)
1–0
Stanford College Station Aggie Soccer Stadium Notre Dame, UCLA 8,536
292010 Notre Dame (3)
1–0
Stanford Cary WakeMed Soccer Park Boston College, Ohio State 7,833
302011 Stanford (1)
1–0
Duke Kennesaw Fifth Third Bank Stadium Florida State, Wake Forest 9,241
312012 North Carolina (21)
4–1
Penn State San Diego Torero Stadium Florida State, Stanford 7,289
322013 UCLA (1)
1–0 (a.e.t.)
Florida State Cary WakeMed Soccer Park Virginia, Virginia Tech 8,806*
332014 Florida State (1)
1–0
Virginia Boca Raton FAU Stadium Stanford, Texas A&M 4,137
342015 Penn State (1)
1–0
Duke Cary WakeMed Soccer Park Florida State, Rutgers 10,676
352016 USC (2)
3–1
West Virginia San Jose Avaya Stadium Georgetown, North Carolina 6,612
362017 Stanford (2)
3–2
UCLA Orlando Orlando City Stadium South Carolina, Duke 1,938
372018 Florida State (2)
1–0
North Carolina Cary WakeMed Soccer Park Stanford, Georgetown 12,512
382019 Stanford (3)
0–0 (5–4 p)
North Carolina San Jose Avaya Stadium UCLA, Washington State 9,591 [n 1]
392020 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
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

NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament is located in the United States
North Carolina
North Carolina
Florida State
Florida State
Stanford
Stanford
NotreDame
Notre
Dame
Santa Clara
Santa Clara
USC
USC
Portland
Portland
Penn State
Penn State
UCLA
UCLA
Florida
Florida
George Mason
George Mason
National Championships by school: 21, 4, 3, 2, 1
Team Titles Years won
North Carolina 21 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012
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

  •    First round
  •  24   32  Round of 24 (1993 - 1994); Round of 32 (1995 - present)
  •  12   16  Round of 12 (1982 - 1992); Round of 16 (1993 - present)
  •  QF  Quarterfinals
  •  SF  Semifinals
  •  RU  National Runner-up
  •  CH  National Champion

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.

# SF CH School 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
423121North CarolinaCHCHCHRUCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHSFCHCHRUCHCHRUSFCH16QFCH16CHCH1616CHQF1632SF16RURUSFRUQF
24144Florida State163216SFSFSFRUQFQFQFSFSFRUCHSF3216CHQFRUCHSFCH
32113Stanford12QFQFSFQF2432163216QF321616SFRURUCHSF16SFQF32CHSFCH32RU
29123Notre Dame16RUCHRUSFQFRUSF321632CHQFRUSFRUSFCHQF161632163216QF32
33122Santa ClaraSFSF12SF1624QFSFSFSFSFQFCHRUQFSFQF1632321632QF163216CHSF3232
27122UCLA24QF3216RUQF16SFRURUSFSFSFSF1632QFCHQF16RUQFSF16CH
2282Portland12QFSFRUSF32SFSFSFCH16QFCHQFQFQFQF3232323232
2222USC323232323232CH163216CH3216QF323232
2951Penn State241632QFSFQFQFSFQF32SFQF16323216RU32QFCH32QFQF16161616QF
1141George Mason12RU12CHSFQF12RU163216
2221FloridaQF16CH3232SFQF1616163232321632QF1616QF
317-ConnecticutSFSFRU12QFQF1212RUQF12QFSFQFQFRUQFQFQF16QFRU1632QF32321632
156-MassachusettsQFSFSFSFSFRUQFQF12QFSF16161632
115-Colorado CollegeQFSFRU12QFRUSFSF
354-Virginia121212QFSFQF24163216321616QF163232QF1616161616QF16SFRUQF16161632SF16QF
284-DukeRU16QF16163232323232163232QFQF16RUQFQFRUQFSF1632QFQFQF
273-CaliforniaQFSFQFSFSF16323216323232323232
232-WisconsinSF12QFRUQF24161632323232163232323216161632
222-UCFRUQFSFQF12323232323232QF321632
182-Rutgers1216323216323232SF323232SF
172-NC StateQFQFQFRUSFQFQF1216QF321632161632
142-GeorgetownQF323232SFSF16323232
281-Texas A&M163232321616QFQF163216QF32QF1632321616SFQF32321632QF32
241-BYU3216321632QF3232QF323216QF32RU16SF
231-Clemson242432QF16QFQF16QF3232163232QFSF
221-Wake Forest1632163232323232QF32SF3216321632
221-West Virginia32163232QF32321632QFRU1632163232
191-Boston College12QF12QF1616161616QFSF1632QF
171-South Carolina16323232QFQFSF32QF32QF1632
171-Ohio State32QFSF1616323232
151-PrincetonQF1232SF3232QF3232
141-SMU121216SF16163232323232
141-Washington State1632321632SF32
131-HartfordQF12QFSFQF241616QF32
131-Virginia Tech1616SF16321632
61-Alabama32SF32
21-Missouri St. LouisSF12
23--William & Mary12QF12QF12QF16QF2432QF16163232323232
19--HarvardQFQF2432QF32321632323232
17--Milwaukee323232323232
17--Auburn3232323232323216QF32
17--Texas1616163232163216
16--Washington1616321632QF3232QF163216
16--Michigan3232323232QF1616QF16QF
15--Tennessee16161632161632QF1632
14--Boston University3232323232
13--MarylandQFQF323232321616321632
13--NebraskaQF1616QF1616163216323232QF
13--San Diego1632323216
13--Central Connecticut3232
13--Marquette32321632163216
13--Pepperdine3216321616323216
13--Colorado323216321632323232
13--Oklahoma State32323232QFQF323216
12--Vanderbilt161616323232323232
12--James Madison161632323232321632
12--Illinois32QF32163216323216
12--Denver321632
12--Memphis32321616
11--Minnesota243216323216163232
11--Kentucky243232323216
11--UNC Greensboro3216323232
11--Georgia321632323232323216
10--Brown12QFQF121216323232
10--Radford12
10--Dartmouth162432QF321616
10--Dayton32163232
10--Arizona State3232323232
10--Ole Miss3232163216
10--Hofstra323232323232
10--Arkansas163232323216QFQF32
9--UC Santa Barbara12QFQFQFQFQF12
9--South Alabama3232
9--Kansas163232323216
9--Cal State Fullerton1632
9--LSU32323232
8--Furman
8--Liberty
8--Oakland32
8--Utah323216
8--Saint Louis3232323216
8--Monmouth
8--South Florida3232321632
8--Florida Gulf Coast32
8--Texas Tech32321632323216
7--Cincinnati121224321632
7--Northwestern321632163216
7--San Diego State163216
7--Missouri32323232
7--Bucknell
7--Loyola (MD)
7--Purdue32163232
7--High Point
7--Illinois State323232
7--North Texas
7--Arizona163216323232
7--Samford3232
7--Long Beach StateQF
7--South Dakota State32
7--TCU32QF1616
6--Colgate3232
6--Baylor323216QFQF
6--Xavier3232
6--Montana32
6--Villanova32163232
6--Michigan State32323216
6--Loyola (IL)
6--Bowling Green
6--Louisville1632
5--Indiana32321632
5--Fairfield32
5--Charlotte3232
5--Evansville
5--Cal Poly32
5--Idaho State32
5--Miami (FL)32
5--Creighton
5--Navy32
5--Rice16
5--Toledo
5--UC Irvine16321616
5--La Salle
5--Seattle32
5--SIU Edwardsville32
4--Cortland StateQFQF12QF
4--Oregon State241632
4--Penn
4--Fresno State
4--Long Island
4--Miami (OH)323232
4--Morehead State
4--San Jose State
4--Eastern Illinois
4--Texas State
4--Oklahoma32
4--UNLV
4--Old Dominion
4--Northern Arizona
4--Northeastern3232
4--SE Louisiana
4--St. John's3216
4--Murray State
4--New Mexico32
4--Saint Francis (PA)
4--Stony Brook
4--Iowa3232
4--Utah Valley32
3--St. Mary's121632
3--Providence16
3--Wright State
3--Jacksonville
3--Missouri State
3--Quinnipiac
3--Yale3216
3--Northwestern State
3--Loyola Marymount16
3--Western Michigan3232
3--Stephen F. Austin
3--DePaul
3--Weber State32
3--Mississippi Valley
3--Western Carolina
3--Valparaiso
3--Central Michigan32
3--Jackson State
3--Siena
3--Utah State
3--Prairie View A&M
3--Albany
3--Butler
3--Alabama State
3--Lamar
3--Lipscomb32
3--Mississippi State3216
2--Cal State Hayward1212
2--FIUQF
2--Syracuse3232
2--Elon
2--Richmond3216
2--UAB32
2--VCU32
2--Campbell
2--Gonzaga32
2--SE Missouri State
2--Columbia32
2--Grambling State
2--Kennesaw State
2--Sacramento 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--Howard
2--Northern Colorado
2--Fairleigh Dickinson
2--Eastern Washington
2--Grand Canyon
2--Pittsburgh 1616
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--Maine
1--Towson
1--Ohio

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.
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