NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship

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.

Women's Division I Soccer Championship
Founded1982
Number of teams64
Current championsFlorida State (3)
Most successful club(s)North Carolina (21)
Television broadcastersESPNU
WebsiteNCAA.com
2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament

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 21 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 26 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 (3 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
Year Site
(Host)
Stadium Team Championship Third Place Final / Semifinalists Attendance
Champion Score Runner-up Champion Score Runner-up
1982
Details
Orlando, Florida
(Central Florida)
University of Central Florida North Carolina 1–0 Central Florida Connecticut 2–1 UMSL 1,000
1983
Details
North Carolina (2) 4–0 George Mason Massachusetts 1–0 Connecticut 700
1984
Details
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
(North Carolina)
Fetzer Field North Carolina (3) 2–0 Connecticut Massachusetts 4–1 California 3,500
1985
Details
Fairfax, Virginia
(George Mason)
George Mason Stadium George Mason 2–0 North Carolina Colorado College, Massachusetts 4,500
1986
Details
North Carolina (4) 2–0 Colorado College George Mason, Massachusetts 1,000
1987
Details
Hadley, Massachusetts
(Massachusetts)
Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium North Carolina (5) 1–0 Massachusetts California, Central Florida 3,651
1988
Details
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
(North Carolina)
Fetzer Field North Carolina (6) 4–1 NC State California, Wisconsin 3,500
1989
Details
Raleigh, North Carolina
(NC State)
Method Road Soccer Stadium North Carolina (7) 2–0 Colorado College NC State, Santa Clara 1,625
1990
Details
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
(North Carolina)
Fetzer Field North Carolina (8) 6–0 Connecticut Colorado College, Santa Clara 3,200
1991
Details
North Carolina (9) 3–1 Wisconsin Colorado College, Virginia 3,800
1992
Details
North Carolina (10) 9–1 Duke Hartford, Santa Clara 3,573
1993
Details
North Carolina (11) 6–0 George Mason Massachusetts, Stanford 5,721
1994
Details
Portland, Oregon
(Portland)
Merlo Field North Carolina (12) 5–0 Notre Dame Connecticut, Portland 5,000
1995
Details
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
(North Carolina)
Fetzer Field Notre Dame 1–0
(3OT)
Portland North Carolina, SMU 6,926
1996
Details
Santa Clara, California
(Santa Clara)
Buck Shaw Stadium North Carolina (13) 1–0
(2OT)
Notre Dame Portland, Santa Clara 8,800
1997
Details
Greensboro, North Carolina
(UNC Greensboro)
UNCG Soccer Stadium North Carolina (14) 2–0 Connecticut Notre Dame, Santa Clara 3,200
1998
Details
Florida 1–0 North Carolina Portland, Santa Clara 10,583
1999
Details
San Jose, California
(San Jose State)
Spartan Stadium North Carolina (15) 2–0 Notre Dame Penn State, Santa Clara 14,410
2000
Details
North Carolina (16) 2–1 UCLA Notre Dame, Portland 9,566
2001
Details
University Park, Texas
(SMU)
Gerald J. Ford Stadium Santa Clara 1–0 North Carolina Florida, Portland 7,090
2002
Details
Austin, Texas
(Texas)
Mike A. Myers Stadium Portland 2–1
(OT)
Santa Clara North Carolina, Penn State 10,027
2003
Details
Cary, North Carolina SAS Soccer Park North Carolina (17) 6–0 Connecticut Florida State, UCLA 10,042
2004
Details
Notre Dame (2) 1–1
(4–3 pen)
UCLA Princeton, Santa Clara 7,644
2005
Details
College Station, Texas
(Texas A&M)
Aggie Soccer Stadium Portland (2) 4–0 UCLA Florida State, Penn State 6,578
2006
Details
Cary, North Carolina SAS Soccer Park North Carolina (18) 2–1 Notre Dame Florida State, UCLA 8,349
2007
Details
College Station, Texas
(Texas A&M)
Aggie Soccer Stadium USC 2–0 Florida State Notre Dame, UCLA 8,255
2008
Details
Cary, North Carolina WakeMed Soccer Park North Carolina (19) 2–1 Notre Dame Stanford, UCLA 9,055
2009
Details
College Station, Texas
(Texas A&M)
Aggie Soccer Stadium North Carolina (20) 1–0 Stanford Notre Dame, UCLA 8,536
2010
Details
Cary, North Carolina WakeMed Soccer Park Notre Dame (3) 1–0 Stanford Boston College, Ohio State 7,833
2011
Details
Kennesaw, Georgia
(Kennesaw State)
Kennesaw State University Soccer Stadium Stanford 1–0 Duke Florida State, Wake Forest 9,241
2012
Details
San Diego
(San Diego)
Torero Stadium North Carolina (21) 4–1 Penn State Florida State, Stanford 7,289
2013
Details
Cary, North Carolina WakeMed Soccer Park UCLA 1–0
(OT)
Florida State Virginia, Virginia Tech 8,806*
2014
Details
Boca Raton, Florida
(Florida Atlantic)
FAU Stadium Florida State 1–0 Virginia Stanford, Texas A&M 4,137
2015
Details
Cary, North Carolina WakeMed Soccer Park Penn State 1–0 Duke Florida State, Rutgers 10,676
2016
Details
San Jose, California Avaya Stadium USC (2) 3–1 West Virginia Georgetown, North Carolina 6,612
2017
Details
Orlando, Florida Orlando City Stadium Stanford (2) 3-2 UCLA South Carolina, Duke 1,938
2018
Details
Cary, North Carolina WakeMed Soccer Park Florida State (2) 1–0 North Carolina Stanford, Georgetown 12,512
2019
Details
San Jose, CA Avaya Stadium Stanford (3) 0–0 (5-4 pen.) North Carolina UCLA, Washington State 9,591[1]
2020
Details
Cary, North Carolina WakeMed Soccer Park Santa Clara (2) 1-1

(4-1 pen.)

Florida State North Carolina, Virginia N/A
2021

Details

Santa Clara, CA Stevens Stadium Florida State (3) 0-0 (4-3 pen.) BYU Santa Clara, Rutgers
  • The reported attendance for 2013 is the number of tickets sold for the match. Actual game attendance was less than 3000.

Team titles

North Carolina
Florida State
Stanford
Notre
Dame
Santa Clara
USC
Portland
Penn State
UCLA
Florida
George Mason
National Championships by school: 21, 3, 2, 1
Team # Years
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 3 2014, 2018, 2021
Stanford 3 2011, 2017, 2019
Notre Dame 3 1995, 2004, 2010
Santa Clara 2 2001, 2020
USC 2 2007, 2016
Portland 2 2002, 2005
Penn State 1 2015
UCLA 1 2013
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)
  •  E8  Quaterfinals
  •  F4  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
403021North CarolinaCHCHCHRUCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHSFCHCHRUCHCHRUSFCH16QFCH16CHCH1616CHQF1632SF16RURUSF
27123Notre Dame16RUCHRUSFQFRUSF321632CHQFRUSFRUSFCHQF161632163216
22123Florida State163216SFSFSFRUQFQFQFSFSFRUCHSF3216CHQFRUCH
30103Stanford12QFQFSFQF2432163216QF321616SFRURUCHSF16SFQF32CHSFCH
31122Santa ClaraSFSF12SF1624QFSFSFSFSFQFCHRUQFSFQF1632321632QF163216CHSF
2182Portland12QFSFRUSF32SFSFSFCH16QFCHQFQFQFQF32323232
2022USC323232323232CH163216CH3216QF3232
25111UCLA24QF3216RUQF16SFRURUSFSFSFSF1632QFCHQF16RUQFSF16
2751Penn State241632QFSFQFQFSFQF32SFQF16323216RU32QFCH32QFQF161616
1141George Mason12RU12CHSFQF12RU163216
2221FloridaQF16CH3232SFQF1616163232321632QF1616QF
317-ConnecticutSFSFRU12QFQF1212RUQF12QFSFQFQFRUQFQFQF16QFRU1632QF32321632
156-MassachusettsQFSFSFSFSFRUQFQF12QFSF16161632
115-Colorado CollegeQFSFRU12QFRUSFSF
344-Virginia121212QFSFQF24163216321616QF163232QF1616161616QF16SFRUQF16161632SF16
274-DukeRU16QF16163232323232163232QFQF16RUQFQFRUQFSF1632QFQF
263-CaliforniaQFSFQFSFSF16323216323232323232
222-WisconsinSF12QFRUQF241616323232321632323232161616
212-UCFRUQFSFQF12323232323232QF3216
162-NC StateQFQFQFRUSFQFQF1216QF321632161632
162-Rutgers1216323216323232SF323232SF
122-GeorgetownQF323232SFSF1632
261-Texas A&M163232321616QFQF163216QF32QF1632321616SFQF32321632QF
221-BYU3216321632QF3232QF323216QF32RU
211-Wake Forest1632163232323232QF32SF3216321632
211-West Virginia32163232QF32321632QFRU16321632
191-Boston College12QF12QF1616161616QFSF1632QF
151-South Carolina16323232QFQFSF32QF32QF
151-Ohio State32QFSF16163232
141-PrincetonQF1232SF3232QF32
141-SMU121216SF16163232323232
141-Washington State1632321632SF32
131-HartfordQF12QFSFQF241616QF32
121-Virginia Tech1616SF16321632
21-Missouri St. LouisSF12
23--William & Mary12QF12QF12QF16QF2432QF16163232323232
22--Clemson242432QF16QFQF16QF3232163232QF
17--HarvardQFQF2432QF3232163232
17--Auburn3232323232323216QF32
16--Washington1616321632QF3232QF163216
15--Michigan3232323232QF1616QF16QF
15--Milwaukee323232323232
15--Texas161616323216
14--Boston University3232323232
13--MarylandQFQF323232321616321632
13--San Diego1632323216
13--Marquette32321632163216
13--Tennessee16161632161632QF16
13--Oklahoma State32323232QFQF323216
12--NebraskaQF1616QF1616163216323232
12--Central Connecticut3232
12--Illinois32QF32163216323216
12--Pepperdine3216321616323216
12--Denver321632
12--Colorado323216321632323232
11--Vanderbilt1616163232323232
11--James Madison161632323232321632
11--Minnesota243216323216163232
11--Kentucky243232323216
11--UNC Greensboro3216323232
10--Dartmouth162432QF321616
10--Dayton32163232
10--Ole Miss3232163216
10--Memphis3232
9--UC Santa Barbara12QFQFQFQFQF12
9--Georgia32163232323232
9--South Alabama3232
9--Kansas163232323216
9--Cal State Fullerton1632
9--Hofstra323232323232
8--Brown12QFQF12121632
8--Radford12
8--Furman
8--Arizona State3232323232
8--Oakland32
8--Utah323216
8--Monmouth
8--South Florida3232321632
8--Arkansas163232323216QF
7--Cincinnati121224321632
7--San Diego State163216
7--Missouri32323232
7--Liberty
7--Loyola (MD)
7--Purdue32163232
7--High Point
7--Illinois State323232
7--North Texas
7--Arizona163216323232
7--LSU323232
7--Long Beach StateQF
7--Texas Tech323216323232
6--Northwestern3216321632
6--Colgate3232
6--Baylor323216QFQF
6--Montana32
6--Villanova32163232
6--Loyola (IL)
6--Bowling Green
6--Saint Louis32323232
6--Samford3232
6--Louisville1632
6--South Dakota State32
6--Florida Gulf Coast32
6--TCU32QF16
5--Fairfield32
5--Charlotte3232
5--Evansville
5--Cal Poly32
5--Idaho State32
5--Bucknell
5--Miami (FL)32
5--Creighton
5--Navy32
5--Rice16
5--Toledo
5--La Salle
5--Seattle32
4--Cortland StateQFQF12QF
4--Oregon State241632
4--Indiana32321632
4--Xavier32
4--Alabama32
4--Penn
4--Fresno State
4--Long Island
4--Miami (OH)323232
4--Eastern Illinois
4--Texas State
4--Michigan State3232
4--Oklahoma32
4--UNLV
4--Northeastern3232
4--St. John's3216
4--SE Louisiana
4--Murray State
4--New Mexico32
4--Saint Francis (PA)
4--Stony Brook
4--SIU Edwardsville32
3--St. Mary's121632
3--Wright State
3--Jacksonville
3--San Jose State
3--Yale3216
3--Northwestern State
3--Loyola Marymount16
3--Western Michigan3232
3--Stephen F. Austin
3--DePaul
3--Weber State32
3--Mississippi Valley
3--Northern Arizona
3--Morehead State
3--Central Michigan32
3--UC Irvine1632
3--Siena
3--Iowa32
3--Prairie View A&M
3--Albany
3--Utah Valley32
3--Butler
3--Alabama State
3--Lipscomb32
2--Cal State Hayward1212
2--FIUQF
2--Providence16
2--Syracuse3232
2--Elon
2--Richmond3216
2--Missouri State
2--UAB32
2--VCU32
2--Campbell
2--Western Carolina
2--Valparaiso
2--SE Missouri State
2--Old Dominion
2--Kennesaw State
2--Sacramento State
2--Army
2--Belmont
2--Ark.-Pine Bluff
2--UNC Wilmington32
2--IUPUI
2--Boise State
2--Jackson State
2--Mercer
2--UT Martin
2--Utah State
2--Houston Baptist
2--Howard
2--Northern Colorado
2--Eastern Washington
2--Lamar
1--Rochester (NY)12
1--Keene State12
1--Barry12
1--George Washington32
1--Georgia State
1--Pacific32
1--Eastern Michigan
1--Holy Cross
1--Quinnipiac
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--Gonzaga
1--Iowa State
1--UC Riverside
1--Columbia
1--Drake
1--Grambling State
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--UTSA
1--Marist
1--Cal State Northridge
1--Georgia Southern
1--UMBC
1--Buffalo
1--New Hampshire
1--Rider
1--Duquesne
1--Fairleigh Dickinson
1--Kent State
1--Northern Kentucky
1--Abilene Christian
1--Little Rock
1--Mississippi State
1--Grand Canyon
1--Loyola Chicago
1--Vermont

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References

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