The 1980 AIAW National Division II Basketball Championship was the inaugural
tournament
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# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentr ...
hosted by the
Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women
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to determine the national champion of
collegiate basketball among its Division II members in the
United States
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.
The tournament was held at the
University of Dayton
The University of Dayton (UD) is a private, Catholic research university in Dayton, Ohio. Founded in 1850 by the Society of Mary, it is one of three Marianist universities in the nation and the second-largest private university in Ohio. The univ ...
in
Dayton, Ohio
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.
Hosts
Dayton
Dayton () is the sixth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County. A small part of the city extends into Greene County. The 2020 U.S. census estimate put the city population at 137,644, while Greater Da ...
defeated
College of Charleston
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in the championship game, 83–53, to capture the Flyers' first AIAW Division II national title.
Format
Twenty-four teams participated in a
single-elimination tournament
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, with eight teams receiving byes into the second round.
The tournament also included a third-place game for the two teams that lost in the semifinal games.
Tournament bracket
See also
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1980 AIAW National Division I Basketball Championship
The 1980 AIAW National Division I Basketball Championship was held on March 12–23, 1980. Twenty-four teams were invited, with eight teams receiving first round byes. First round games were played at on-campus locations. Old Dominion Universit ...
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1980 AIAW National Division III Basketball Championship
References
{{NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament
AIAW women's basketball tournament
AIAW Division II
AIAW National Division II Basketball Championship
1980 in sports in Ohio
Women's sports in Ohio