NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

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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.

Organizer(s)NCAA
Founded1982; 44 years ago (1982)
Teams64
Current championFlorida State (5th title)
Quick facts Organizer(s), Founded ...
Women's Division I Soccer Championship
Organizer(s)NCAA
Founded1982; 44 years ago (1982)
Teams64
Current championFlorida State (5th title)
Most championshipsNorth Carolina
(22 titles)
Broadcaster(s)ESPNU
ESPN+[1]
Websitencaa.com/soccer
2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament
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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. Widely known as one of the most successful collegiate programs in any NCAA sport, the Tar Heels have won 22 national championships, out of the 43 NCAA tournaments contested. They also won the only AIAW national championship in soccer (1981). The Tar Heels have reached the College Cup 30 times. Former head coach Anson Dorrance (1979-2024) led North Carolina to all 22 of their titles (21 NCAA and 1 AIAW) and is considered one of the greatest soccer coaches in NCAA history.

Only seven other schools have won multiple titles: Florida State (5 titles, 3-time runner-up and 13 College Cup appearances), Notre Dame (3 titles, 5-time runner-up and 12 College Cup appearances), Stanford (3 titles, 2-time runner-up and 10 College Cup appearances), UCLA (2 titles, 4-time 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

More information Ed., Year ...
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) 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 5,000
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
44 2025 Florida State (5)
1–0
Stanford Kansas City, MO CPKC Stadium TCU, Duke 3,311
45 2026 Cary WakeMed Soccer Park
46 2027 Cary WakeMed Soccer Park
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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
National Championships by school: 22, 5, 3, 2, 1
More information Team, Titles ...
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 5
2014, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2025
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
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Performance by team

  •  CH  National Champion
  •  RU  National Runner-up
  •  SF  Semifinals
  •  QF  Quarterfinals
  •  12   16  Round of 12 (1982 - 1992); Round of 16 (1993 - present)
  •  24   32  Round of 24 (1993 - 1994); Round of 32 (1995 - present)
  •    First Round (Fewer than 64 teams invited before 1994.)

Starting in 2001, the NCAA started seeing the top 2 teams in each region. This expanded to the top 4 teams in each region in 2003, and the top 8 teams in each region in 2022. The teams' seeds are shown in superscript next to the result.

More information School, Conference (as of 2025) ...
School Conference
(as of 2025)
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ACC2622191585163216³SF²SF²SF³RU²QF¹QF²QF¹SF¹SF¹RU¹CH¹SF³32⁴16¹CH¹QF¹RU¹CH¹SF¹CH¹32³CH
Notre Dame    
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Stanford    
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UCLA    
Big Ten292217126224QF3216RU¹QF²16¹SF⁴RU¹RU²SF¹SF¹SF¹SF16²32³QF²CH¹QF⁴16²RU²QF²SF¹16²✖¹CH¹✖²32⁴32
West Coast3423171232SFSF12SF1624QFSFSFSFSFQF¹CH²RU³QF⁴SF²QF¹✖⁴163232⁴16⁴32QF16³3216³CHSF⁸32⁷3232
Portland    
West Coast22161483212QFSFRUSF32SFSF¹SF²CH²16²QF¹CHQF²QF²QF²QF¹3232⁴32³32⁸32
USC    
Big Ten2374222323232323232²CH⁴1632⁴16²CH³32⁴16²QF²32³32⁴✖⁸32¹QF
Atlantic 101110543112RU14CHSFQF12RU163216
Penn State    
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Florida    
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UConn    
Big East32251874-SFSFRU14QFQF1212RUQF12QFSFQFQFRUQFQFQF²16¹QFRU16³✖32QF3232163232
Duke    
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UMass    
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Virginia    
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NC State    
ACC1713821-QFQFQFRUSFQFQF1216QF321632161632⁸✖
BYU    
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UCF    
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Wisconsin    
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ACC247321-1632163232³32⁴32³32³QF⁴32¹SF³3216321632²RU⁷32
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California    
ACC28753--QFSFQFSFSF163232³16323232323232³✖32
Georgetown    
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Rutgers    
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Texas A&M    
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Clemson    
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ACC191351--12QF14QF16⁴✖161616³16²QF²SF⁴1632QF⁴✖
Hartford    
D313851--QF12QFSFQF241616QF32
SEC19751--²163232³32³QF¹QF¹SF³32²QF32QF³16⁷32³32
Ohio State    
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Princeton    
Ivy League16431--QF1232²SF3232⁴QF32⁷32
ACC14621--³1616¹SF16⁴321632⁷QF
TCU    
Big 129421--32¹QF⁴16⁵16⁵32²SF
SMU    
ACC14611--121216SF16163232323232
West Coast14311--1632321632SF32
UMSL    
D22211--SF12
Alabama    
SEC7111--32¹SF⁶32⁸32
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Big West1075---14QFQFQFQFQF12
Nebraska    
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Washington    
Big Ten1883---1616321632⁴QF3232QF⁴16⁴321632⁴QF
Michigan    
Big Ten1663---3232323232QF16⁴16³QF16²QF
Harvard    
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Cortland    
D2443---QFQF14QF
Brown    
Ivy League1062---12QFQF1412163232³32
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Big Ten1352---QFQF3232323216⁴16¹321632
Arkansas    
SEC1252---16323232³32²16²QF³QF²32²16⁵32
Baylor    
Big 12742---3232³16QF²QF⁵16
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Tennessee    
SEC1771---16⁴16³1632⁴16³16⁴✖32²QF³16⁶✖32³✖
Vanderbilt    
SEC1451---16161632323232⁴3232⁸16¹QF
Illinois    
Big Ten1341---32⁴✖QF32³163216323216
Dartmouth    
Ivy League1141---162432QF321616
Big Ten831---3232⁴32⁵16⁵16²QF
Auburn    
SEC1821---32323232³323232⁴16⁴QF32⁴✖⁶32
Pittsburgh    
ACC221---⁴16⁷QF
Big West711---QF
FIU    
CUSA311---QF
Texas    
SEC185----³16¹16163232⁴16⁴✖⁷32⁵16⁴32
Pepperdine    
West Coast154----32¹1632⁴16³✖⁴163232⁴16⁷✖
Minnesota    
Big Ten124----2432163232161632⁴✖32⁶16
Colorado    
Big 12153----³✖3232⁴1632⁴✖163232323232³16
Sun Belt133----161632323232321632
Marquette    
Big East133----3232⁴1632³1632⁴16²✖
Kansas    
Big 12113----⁴16²32323232³16³16
Big Ten83----3216321632⁴16
Cincinnati    
Big 1273----121224321632
UC Irvine    
Big West53----16321616
San Diego    
West Coast132----1632323216
Georgia    
SEC132----32163232³323232⁷32⁴16⁷✖⁸✖
Memphis    
American132----⁴323216⁶16⁷32
Ole Miss    
SEC102----3232163216
Texas Tech    
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Mountain West72----1632²16
Arizona    
Big 1272----⁴✖163216323232
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West Coast32----121632
D222----1412
Kentucky    
SEC131----2432323232³16⁵32
Denver    
Summit121----3216⁴✖32
SoCon111----3216323232
Dayton    
Atlantic 10111----32163232
LSU    
SEC111----32⁴3232⁸32⁴16
Radford    
Big South101----14
Big West91----³1632
Atlantic 1091----3232⁴3232²✖⁶16⁸32
Utah    
Big 1281----32⁴3216
American81----3232321632
Purdue    
Big Ten71----3216²3232
Louisville    
ACC71----1632⁶32
Villanova    
Big East61----32163232
Iowa    
Big Ten61----32⁵32³16⁵32
Indiana    
Big Ten51----32321632
Rice    
American51----16
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St. John's    
Big East41----3216
Providence    
Big East31----16
Yale    
Ivy League31----3216
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America East21----14
Richmond    
Atlantic 1021----3216
Rochester    
D311----12
D311----12
Barry    
D211----12
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Xavier    
Big East7-----3232⁴✖⁶32
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Bucknell    
Patriot7-----
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Atlantic 107-----
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Colgate    
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Fairfield    
MAAC6-----32
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Big West6-----32
MAC6-----
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American5-----3232
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Big Sky5-----32
Miami (FL)    
ACC5-----32
Creighton    
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MAC5-----3232
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Patriot5-----32
Toledo    
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Utah State    
Mountain West5-----⁸✖
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WAC5-----32
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ASUN5-----3232
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SEC4-----32
UNLV    
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CAA4-----3232
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Mountain West4-----32
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DePaul    
Big East3-----
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Valparaiso    
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Albany    
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Maine    
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VCU    
Atlantic 102-----32
Gonzaga    
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Ivy League2-----⁸32
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Binghamton    
America East1-----
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Iowa State    
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Drake    
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McNeese    
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Big West1-----
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Lehigh    
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MAAC1-----
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MAAC1-----
Duquesne    
Atlantic 101-----
Kent State    
MAC1-----
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Summit1-----
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Big Sky1-----
Ohio    
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CAA1-----
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SWAC1-----
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