NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

Women's Division I Soccer Championship
Organizing bodyNCAA
Founded1982; 42 years ago (1982)
Number of teams64
Current champion(s)North Carolina (22nd title)
Most successful team(s)North Carolina
(22 titles)
Television broadcastersESPNU
ESPN+[1]
Websitencaa.com/soccer
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.

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 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. Year Team Championship Host city Stadium Third Place Final Att.
Champion Score Runner-up Champion Score Runner-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)
1–0
 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)
3–2 (a.e.t.)
 North Carolina Cary WakeMed Soccer Park Florida State, Alabama 9,531
42 2023 Florida State (4)
5–1
 Stanford Cary WakeMed Soccer Park BYU, Clemson 3,954
43 2024 North Carolina (22)
1–0
 Wake Forest Cary WakeMed Soccer Park Duke, Stanford
44 2025 Kansas City, MO CPKC Stadium
45 2026 Cary WakeMed Soccer Park
46 2027 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

NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament is located in the United States
North Carolina
North Carolina
Florida State
Florida State
Stanford
Stanford
Notre Dame
Notre
Dame
Santa Clara
Santa Clara
USC
USC
Portland
Portland
Penn State
Penn State
UCLA
UCLA
Florida
Florida
George Mason
George Mason
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National Championships by school: 22, 4, 3, 2, 1
Team Titles Years 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

  •  •  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
42 31 22 North Carolina CH CH CH RU CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH SF CH CH RU CH CH RU SF CH 16 QF CH 16 CH CH 16 16 CH QF 16 32 SF 16 RU RU SF • RU QF
24 14 4 Florida State 16 32 16 SF • SF SF RU QF QF QF SF SF RU CH SF 32 16 CH QF RU CH SF CH
32 11 3 Stanford 12 QF QF SF QF 24 32 • 16 32 16 QF • 32 • 16 16 SF RU RU CH SF 16 SF QF 32 CH SF CH • 32 RU
29 12 3 Notre Dame 16 RU CH RU SF QF RU SF 32 16 32 CH QF RU SF RU SF CH • QF 16 16 32 • 16 32 16 QF 32
33 12 2 Santa Clara SF SF 12 SF 16 24 QF SF SF SF SF QF CH RU QF SF QF • • 16 32 • 32 16 32 QF 16 32 16 CH SF 32 32
27 12 2 UCLA 24 QF 32 16 RU QF 16 SF RU RU SF SF SF SF 16 32 QF CH QF 16 RU QF SF 16 • CH •
22 8 2 Portland 12 QF SF RU SF 32 SF SF SF CH 16 QF CH QF QF QF QF 32 32 32 32 32
22 2 2 USC 32 32 32 • 32 • 32 32 CH 16 • 32 • 16 CH 32 16 QF 32 32 • 32
29 5 1 Penn State 24 16 32 QF SF QF QF SF QF 32 SF QF 16 • 32 32 16 RU 32 QF CH 32 QF QF 16 16 16 16 QF
11 4 1 George Mason 12 RU 12 CH SF QF 12 RU 16 32 16
22 2 1 Florida QF 16 CH 32 32 SF QF • • 16 16 16 32 32 32 16 32 QF 16 16 QF •
31 7 - Connecticut SF SF RU 12 QF QF 12 12 RU QF 12 QF SF QF QF RU QF QF QF 16 QF RU 16 • 32 QF 32 • 32 16 32
15 6 - Massachusetts QF SF SF SF SF RU QF QF 12 QF SF 16 16 16 32
11 5 - Colorado College QF SF RU 12 QF RU SF SF • • •
35 4 - Virginia 12 12 12 QF SF QF 24 16 32 16 32 16 16 QF 16 32 32 QF 16 16 16 16 16 QF 16 SF RU QF 16 16 16 32 SF 16 QF
28 4 - Duke RU 16 QF 16 16 32 32 32 32 32 16 32 32 QF QF • 16 RU QF QF RU QF SF 16 32 QF QF QF
27 3 - California QF SF QF SF SF 16 • • 32 • 32 • 16 32 32 • 32 • 32 32 • 32 • • • • •
23 2 - Wisconsin SF 12 QF RU QF 24 16 16 32 32 32 32 • 16 32 • 32 32 32 16 16 16 32
22 2 - UCF RU QF SF QF 12 • 32 • • • 32 32 32 32 32 QF 32 • 16 • • 32
18 2 - Rutgers 12 16 32 32 16 32 32 • 32 SF 32 32 • • 32 SF • •
17 2 - NC State QF QF QF RU SF QF QF 12 16 QF 32 16 32 16 16 32 •
14 2 - Georgetown • QF 32 32 32 • SF • SF • 16 32 32 32
28 1 - Texas A&M 16 32 32 32 16 16 QF QF 16 32 16 QF 32 QF 16 32 32 16 16 SF QF 32 32 16 32 QF • 32
24 1 - BYU 32 16 32 16 32 • QF • • • 32 32 • QF 32 • 32 16 • QF 32 RU 16 SF
23 1 - Clemson 24 24 32 QF 16 QF QF 16 • • • • QF 32 • 32 16 32 • 32 QF • • SF
22 1 - Wake Forest 16 32 • 16 32 • 32 • • • 32 32 32 QF 32 SF 32 16 32 16 32 •
22 1 - West Virginia • • 32 16 32 32 • QF 32 32 16 • • 32 • QF RU 16 32 16 32 32
19 1 - Boston College 12 QF 12 QF 16 • • 16 16 16 • 16 QF SF 16 32 QF • •
17 1 - South Carolina • • • 16 32 32 32 QF • QF SF 32 QF 32 QF 16 32
17 1 - Ohio State • 32 QF • • SF 16 • • 16 32 • • 32 • 32 •
15 1 - Princeton QF 12 • • 32 • • SF • 32 32 QF • 32 32
14 1 - SMU 12 12 16 SF 16 16 32 32 • • 32 32 • 32
14 1 - Washington State 16 • • • 32 32 • • • • 16 32 SF 32
13 1 - Hartford QF 12 QF SF QF 24 16 16 QF 32 • • •
13 1 - Virginia Tech • • 16 • 16 • SF 16 32 16 • 32 •
6 1 - Alabama • • • 32 SF 32
2 1 - Missouri St. Louis SF 12
23 - - William & Mary 12 QF 12 QF 12 QF 16 QF 24 32 QF 16 16 • 32 • • 32 • 32 32 • 32
19 - - Harvard QF QF 24 32 QF 32 32 16 32 • • • • • 32 • • 32 32
17 - - Milwaukee 32 • • 32 32 • • • 32 • • • • 32 32 • •
17 - - Auburn • 32 32 32 • • 32 • • 32 32 32 16 QF 32 • •
17 - - Texas • • • 16 • 16 16 32 • • 32 16 • • • 32 16
16 - - Washington 16 16 32 • 16 32 • QF 32 32 QF • 16 • 32 16
16 - - Michigan 32 32 32 32 32 QF 16 • • • 16 QF • 16 QF •
15 - - Tennessee • 16 16 16 32 16 16 • • • 32 QF 16 • 32
14 - - Boston University 32 • • 32 • • • • • 32 32 • 32 •
13 - - Maryland QF QF 32 32 32 • 32 • 16 16 32 16 32
13 - - Nebraska QF 16 16 QF 16 16 16 32 16 32 32 32 QF
13 - - San Diego 16 32 • • • • 32 • 32 • • 16 •
13 - - Central Connecticut • • • 32 • • • • • 32 • • •
13 - - Marquette 32 32 • • 16 32 • • 16 32 16 • •
13 - - Pepperdine 32 16 32 • 16 • • 16 32 32 • 16 •
13 - - Colorado • 32 32 16 32 • 16 32 32 32 32 • •
13 - - Oklahoma State • 32 32 32 32 QF QF • • • 32 32 16
12 - - Vanderbilt 16 16 16 32 32 • • 32 32 • 32 32
12 - - James Madison 16 16 32 32 32 32 • 32 16 32 • •
12 - - Illinois 32 • • QF 32 16 32 16 • 32 32 16
12 - - Denver • • • 32 • • • 16 • • • 32
12 - - Memphis • • • • 32 • • • • 32 16 16
11 - - Minnesota 24 32 16 32 32 16 16 • 32 • 32
11 - - Kentucky 24 32 • 32 • • • • 32 32 16
11 - - UNC Greensboro 32 16 • 32 • 32 • 32 • • •
11 - - Georgia 32 16 32 32 32 • 32 32 • 32 16
10 - - Brown 12 QF QF 12 12 16 32 • 32 32
10 - - Radford 12 • • • • • • • • •
10 - - Dartmouth 16 24 32 QF 32 16 16 • • •
10 - - Dayton 32 16 • • • 32 32 • • •
10 - - Arizona State 32 32 32 • • • 32 32 • •
10 - - Ole Miss • 32 • • 32 16 • 32 16 •
10 - - Hofstra • 32 32 • 32 • 32 32 32 •
10 - - Arkansas 16 32 32 • 32 32 16 QF QF 32
9 - - UC Santa Barbara 12 QF QF QF QF QF 12 • •
9 - - South Alabama • • • 32 • • • 32 •
9 - - Kansas • 16 32 32 • • 32 32 16
9 - - Cal State Fullerton • 16 32 • • • • • •
9 - - LSU 32 • 32 • • 32 • 32 •
8 - - Furman • • • • • • • •
8 - - Liberty • • • • • • • •
8 - - Oakland • • • • • • 32 •
8 - - Utah 32 • • • 32 • 16 •
8 - - Saint Louis 32 32 • • 32 32 • 16
8 - - Monmouth • • • • • • • •
8 - - South Florida 32 • • 32 32 16 32 •
8 - - Florida Gulf Coast • • • 32 • • • •
8 - - Texas Tech 32 32 16 32 • 32 32 16
7 - - Cincinnati 12 12 24 32 16 32 •
7 - - Northwestern 32 16 32 16 32 • 16
7 - - San Diego State 16 • 32 16 • • •
7 - - Missouri • 32 32 32 • 32 •
7 - - Bucknell • • • • • • •
7 - - Loyola (MD) • • • • • • •
7 - - Purdue 32 16 • • 32 • 32
7 - - High Point • • • • • • •
7 - - Illinois State • • • • 32 32 32
7 - - North Texas • • • • • • •
7 - - Arizona • 16 32 16 32 32 32
7 - - Samford 32 • • • • 32 •
7 - - Long Beach State • • QF • • • •
7 - - South Dakota State 32 • • • • •
7 - - TCU • • 32 • QF 16 16
6 - - Colgate 32 • • 32 • •
6 - - Baylor 32 • 32 16 QF QF
6 - - Xavier • • 32 • 32 •
6 - - Montana • 32 • • • •
6 - - Villanova 32 • 16 32 32 •
6 - - Michigan State • 32 32 • 32 16
6 - - Loyola (IL) • • • • • •
6 - - Bowling Green • • • • • •
6 - - Louisville • • 16 • • 32
5 - - Indiana 32 32 16 32 •
5 - - Fairfield 32 • • • •
5 - - Charlotte 32 • • 32 •
5 - - Evansville • • • • •
5 - - Cal Poly 32 • • • •
5 - - Idaho State • • 32 • •
5 - - Miami (FL) • • • 32 •
5 - - Creighton • • • • •
5 - - Navy • 32 • • •
5 - - Rice • • • • 16
5 - - Toledo • • • • •
5 - - UC Irvine 16 • 32 16 16
5 - - La Salle • • • • •
5 - - Seattle • 32 • • •
5 - - SIU Edwardsville • 32 • • •
4 - - Cortland State QF QF 12 QF
4 - - Oregon State 24 16 32 •
4 - - Penn • • • •
4 - - Fresno State • • • •
4 - - Long Island • • • •
4 - - Miami (OH) • 32 32 32
4 - - Morehead State • • • •
4 - - San Jose State • • • •
4 - - Eastern Illinois • • • •
4 - - Texas State • • • •
4 - - Oklahoma • • • 32
4 - - UNLV • • • •
4 - - Old Dominion • • • •
4 - - Northern Arizona • • • •
4 - - Northeastern 32 • 32 •
4 - - SE Louisiana • • • •
4 - - St. John's • 32 • 16
4 - - Murray State • • • •
4 - - New Mexico • • 32 •
4 - - Saint Francis (PA) • • • •
4 - - Stony Brook • • • •
4 - - Iowa • • 32 32
4 - - Utah Valley • • 32 •
3 - - St. Mary's 12 16 32
3 - - Providence 16 • •
3 - - Wright State • • •
3 - - Jacksonville • • •
3 - - Missouri State • • •
3 - - Quinnipiac • • •
3 - - Yale 32 • 16
3 - - Northwestern State • • •
3 - - Loyola Marymount • • 16
3 - - Western Michigan 32 32 •
3 - - Stephen F. Austin • • •
3 - - DePaul • • •
3 - - Weber State • 32 •
3 - - Mississippi Valley • • •
3 - - Western Carolina • • •
3 - - Valparaiso • • •
3 - - Central Michigan 32 • •
3 - - Jackson State • • •
3 - - Siena • • •
3 - - Utah State • • •
3 - - Prairie View A&M • • •
3 - - Albany • • •
3 - - Butler • • •
3 - - Alabama State • • •
3 - - Lamar • • •
3 - - Lipscomb 32 • •
3 - - Mississippi State • 32 16
2 - - Cal State Hayward 12 12
2 - - FIU QF •
2 - - Syracuse 32 32
2 - - Elon • •
2 - - Richmond 32 16
2 - - UAB 32 •
2 - - VCU • 32
2 - - Campbell • •
2 - - Gonzaga • 32
2 - - SE Missouri State • •
2 - - Columbia • 32
2 - - Grambling State • •
2 - - Kennesaw State • •
2 - - Sacramento State • •
2 - - Army • •
2 - - Belmont • •
2 - - Ark.-Pine Bluff • •
2 - - UNC Wilmington • 32
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 16 16
1 - - Rochester (NY) 12
1 - - Keene State 12
1 - - Barry 12
1 - - George Washington 32
1 - - Georgia State •
1 - - Pacific 32
1 - - Eastern Michigan •
1 - - Holy Cross •
1 - - Sacred Heart •
1 - - Rhode Island 32
1 - - American •
1 - - Detroit 32
1 - - Binghamton •
1 - - B'ham Southern •
1 - - Oral Roberts •
1 - - UTEP 32
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.