1975 NAIA soccer championship
Football tournament season
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The 1975 NAIA Soccer Championship was the 17th annual tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of men's college soccer among its members in the United States.
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States Canada |
| Venue | Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Quincy (IL) (6th title) |
| Runners-up | Simon Fraser |
| Third place | Rockhurst |
| Fourth place | Western New England |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 12 |
| Goals scored | 49 (4.08 per match) |
| Awards | |
| Best player |   John McGrane,Simon Fraser |
Two-time defending champions Quincy (IL) defeated Simon Fraser in the final, 1–0, to claim the Hawks' sixth NAIA national title. This was the first championship appearance by a team from Canada.
The final was played in Raleigh, North Carolina.[1]
Qualification
The tournament field remained fixed at eight teams. Third-, fifth-, and seventh-placed finals remained in place alongside the national championship match.
| Qualified Teams | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | Appearance | Last Bid | ||
| Campbell | 3rd | 1970 | ||
| Fredonia State | 2nd | 1972 | ||
| Houghton | 1st | Never | ||
| Huntington | 1st | Never | ||
| Quincy (IL) | 9th | 1974 | ||
| Rockhurst | 5th | 1973 | ||
| Simon Fraser | 1st | Never | ||
| Western New England | 1st | Never | ||
Bracket
| Fifth place | Consolation semifinals | First round | Championship semifinals | Championship | ||||||||||||||
| Rockhurst | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Huntingdon | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Huntington | 1 | Rockhurst | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Fredonia State | 2 | Simon Fraser | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Simon Fraser | 3* | |||||||||||||||||
| Fredonia State | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fredonia State | 4 | Simon Fraser | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Campbell | 3 | Quincy (IL) | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Quincy (IL) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Houghton (NY) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Seventh place | Houghton | 1 | Quincy (IL) | 3 | Third place | |||||||||||||
| Campbell | 2 | Western New England | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Huntington | 3 | Western New England | 4 | Rockhurst | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Houghton | 0 | Campbell | 2 | Western New England | 0 | |||||||||||||