The NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship is an American intercollegiate
college soccer
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tournament conducted by the
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...
(NCAA) to determine the
Division III
In sport, the Third Division, also called Division 3, Division Three, or Division III, is often the third-highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below.
Association football
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national champion. It has been held annually since 1986 when the Division III championship was established for universities that do not award athletics scholarships. A third
Division II championship was added in 1988.
Traditionally, the tournament is held in November and December of each year following the end of the regular season. Originally, the tournament finals were held on the campus of one of the teams participating in the semifinals. Since 2004, however, it has been held at a pre-determined neutral site.
The most successful program has been
Messiah
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, with six national titles.
The current champion is
Johns Hopkins
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, who won their first national title in 2022.
Champions
Cumulative results
See also
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AIAW Intercollegiate Women's Soccer Championship
*NCAA Women's Soccer Championships (
Division I,
Division II)
*NCAA Men's Soccer Championships (
Division I,
Division II,
Division III
In sport, the Third Division, also called Division 3, Division Three, or Division III, is often the third-highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below.
Association football
*Belgian Thir ...
)
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NAIA Women's Soccer Championship
The NAIA Women's Soccer Championship is the annual tournament to determine the national champions of NAIA women's collegiate soccer in the United States and Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three terr ...
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Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association
The NCAA held its first men's National Collegiate Soccer Championship in 1959, with eight teams selected for the tournament. Before 1959, national champions were selected by a committee of the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association (ISFA) ba ...
Notes and references
External links
NCAA Division III women's soccer page
{{Major women's sport leagues in North America
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NCAA Division III women's soccer