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. 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 Ed. Year Team Championship Host city Stadium Third Place Final Champion Score Runner-up Champion Score Runner-up 1 1982 North Carolina Central Florida Orlando UCF Knights Connecticut UMSL 1,000 2 1983 North Carolina George Mason Orlando UCF Knights Massachusetts Connecticut 700 3 1984 North Carolina Connecticut Chapel Hill Fetzer Field Massachusetts California 3,500 4 1985 George Mason North Carolina Fairfax George Mason Stadium Colorado College, Massachusetts 4,500 5 1986 North Carolina Colorado College Fairfax George Mason Stadium George Mason, Massachusetts 1,000 6 1987 North Carolina Massachusetts Hadley Warren McGuirk Stadium California, UCF 3,651 7 1988 North Carolina NC State Chapel Hill Fetzer Field California, Wisconsin 3,500 8 1989 North Carolina Colorado College Raleigh Method Road NC State, Santa Clara 1,625 9 1990 North Carolina Connecticut Chapel Hill Fetzer Field Colorado College, Santa Clara 3,200 10 1991 North Carolina Wisconsin Chapel Hill Fetzer Field Colorado College, Virginia 3,800 11 1992 North Carolina Duke Chapel Hill Fetzer Field Hartford, Santa Clara 3,573 12 1993 North Carolina George Mason Chapel Hill Fetzer Field Massachusetts, Stanford 5,721 13 1994 North Carolina Notre Dame Portland Merlo Field Connecticut, Portland 5,000 14 1995 Notre Dame Portland Chapel Hill Fetzer Field North Carolina, SMU 6,926 15 1996 North Carolina Notre Dame Santa Clara Buck Shaw Stadium Portland, Santa Clara 8,800 16 1997 North Carolina Connecticut Greensboro UNCG Soccer Stadium Notre Dame, Santa Clara 3,200 17 1998 Florida North Carolina Greensboro UNCG Soccer Stadium Portland, Santa Clara 10,583 18 1999 North Carolina Notre Dame San Jose Spartan Stadium Penn State, Santa Clara 14,410 19 2000 North Carolina UCLA San Jose Spartan Stadium Notre Dame, Portland 9,566 20 2001 Santa Clara North Carolina University Park Gerald J. Ford Stadium Florida, Portland 7,090 21 2002 Portland Santa Clara Austin Mike A. Myers Stadium North Carolina, Penn State10,027 22 2003 North Carolina Connecticut Cary SAS Soccer Park Florida State, UCLA 10,042 23 2004 Notre Dame 1–1 UCLA Cary SAS Soccer Park Princeton, Santa Clara 7,644 24 2005 Portland UCLA College Station Aggie Soccer Stadium Florida State, Penn State 6,578 25 2006 North Carolina Notre Dame Cary SAS Soccer Park Florida State, UCLA 8,349 26 2007 USC Florida State College Station Aggie Soccer Stadium Notre Dame, UCLA8,255 27 2008 North Carolina Notre Dame Cary WakeMed Soccer Park Stanford, UCLA 9,055 28 2009 North Carolina Stanford College Station Aggie Soccer Stadium Notre Dame, UCLA 8,536 29 2010 Notre Dame Stanford Cary WakeMed Soccer Park Boston College, Ohio State 7,833 30 2011 Stanford Duke Kennesaw Fifth Third Bank Stadium Florida State, Wake Forest 9,241 31 2012 North Carolina Penn State San Diego Torero Stadium Florida State, Stanford 7,289 32 2013 UCLA Florida State Cary WakeMed Soccer Park Virginia, Virginia Tech 8,806* 33 2014 Florida State Virginia Boca Raton FAU Stadium Stanford, Texas A&M 4,137 34 2015 Penn State Duke Cary WakeMed Soccer Park Florida State, Rutgers 10,676 35 2016 USC West Virginia San Jose Avaya Stadium Georgetown, North Carolina 6,612 36 2017 Stanford UCLA Orlando Orlando City Stadium South Carolina, Duke 1,938 37 2018 Florida State North Carolina Cary WakeMed Soccer Park Stanford, Georgetown 12,512 38 2019 Stanford North Carolina San Jose Avaya Stadium UCLA, Washington State 9,591 39 2020 Santa Clara (2) Florida State Cary WakeMed Soccer ParkNorth Carolina, Virginia 5,000 40 2021 Florida State BYU Santa Clara Stevens StadiumSanta Clara, Rutgers 7,087412022UCLA North Carolina CaryWakeMed Soccer ParkFlorida State, Alabama 9,531 42 2023Florida State Stanford Cary WakeMed Soccer Park BYU, Clemson 3,954 43 2024North Carolina Wake Forest Cary WakeMed Soccer Park Duke, Stanford 9,475 44 2025Florida State Stanford Kansas City, MO CPKC Stadium TCU, Duke 3,311 45 2026 Cary WakeMed Soccer Park 46 2027 Cary WakeMed Soccer Park Notes

Team titles

Team Titles Years won 22 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2024 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1

Performance by team National Champion National Runner-up Semifinals Quarterfinals Round of 12 (1982 - 1992); Round of 16 (1993 - present) 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.

School Conference # 16 QF SF CG CH ACC 44 42 35 32 28 22 ACC 26 22 19 15 8 5 ACC 31 23 17 12 8 3 ACC 34 24 18 13 7 3 Big Ten 29 22 17 12 6 2 West Coast 34 23 17 12 3 2 West Coast 22 16 14 8 3 2 Big Ten 23 7 4 2 2 2 Atlantic 10 11 10 5 4 3 1 Big Ten 31 22 15 5 2 1 SEC 22 13 6 2 1 1 Big East 32 25 18 7 4 - ACC 30 21 15 6 3 - Mountain West 11 8 7 5 2 - MAC 15 14 10 6 1 - ACC 37 30 11 4 1 - ACC 17 13 8 2 1 - Big 12 26 10 5 2 1 - Big 12 23 7 5 2 1 - Big Ten 26 13 4 2 1 - ACC 24 7 3 2 1 - Big 12 24 7 3 1 1 - ACC 28 7 5 3 - - Big East 16 5 3 2 - - Big Ten 19 5 2 2 - - SEC 28 16 7 1 - - ACC 25 9 6 1 - - ACC 19 13 5 1 - - D3 13 8 5 1 - - SEC 19 7 5 1 - - Big Ten 19 6 3 1 - - Ivy League 16 4 3 1 - - ACC 14 6 2 1 - - Big 12 9 4 2 1 - - ACC 14 6 1 1 - - Pac-12 14 3 1 1 - - D2 2 2 1 1 - - SEC 7 1 1 1 - - CAA 25 13 5 - - - Big West 10 7 5 - - - Big Ten 13 9 3 - - - Big Ten 18 8 3 - - - Big Ten 16 6 3 - - - Ivy League 19 4 3 - - - D2 4 4 3 - - - Ivy League 10 6 2 - - - Big Ten 13 5 2 - - - SEC 12 5 2 - - - Big 12 7 4 2 - - - Big 12 14 3 2 - - - SEC 17 7 1 - - - SEC 14 5 1 - - - Big Ten 13 4 1 - - - Ivy League 11 4 1 - - - Big Ten 8 3 1 - - - SEC 18 2 1 - - - ACC 2 2 1 - - - Big West 7 1 1 - - - CUSA 3 1 1 - - - SEC 18 5 - - - - West Coast 15 4 - - - - Big Ten 12 4 - - - - Big 12 15 3 - - - - Sun Belt 13 3 - - - - Big East 13 3 - - - - Big 12 11 3 - - - - Big Ten 8 3 - - - - Big 12 7 3 - - - - Big West 5 3 - - - - West Coast 13 2 - - - - SEC 13 2 - - - - American 13 2 - - - - SEC 10 2 - - - - Big 12 10 2 - - - - Pac-12 7 2 - - - - Big 12 7 2 - - - - SEC 5 2 - - - - West Coast 3 2 - - - - D2 2 2 - - - - SEC 13 1 - - - - West Coast 12 1 - - - - SoCon 11 1 - - - - Atlantic 10 11 1 - - - - SEC 11 1 - - - - Big South 10 1 - - - - Big West 9 1 - - - - Atlantic 10 9 1 - - - - Big 12 8 1 - - - - American 8 1 - - - - Big Ten 7 1 - - - - ACC 7 1 - - - - Big East 6 1 - - - - Big Ten 6 1 - - - - Big Ten 5 1 - - - - American 5 1 - - - - Pac-12 4 1 - - - - Big East 4 1 - - - - Big East 3 1 - - - - Ivy League 3 1 - 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- - - - Ivy League 4 - - - - - CUSA 4 - - - - - MAC 4 - - - - - Mountain West 4 - - - - - Ohio Valley 4 - - - - - Southland 4 - - - - - SEC 4 - - - - - Mountain West 4 - - - - - Sun Belt 4 - - - - - CAA 4 - - - - - Big Sky 4 - - - - - Missouri Valley 4 - - - - - Southland 4 - - - - - D3 4 - - - - - Mountain West 4 - - - - - Horizon 3 - - - - - CAA 3 - - - - - ASUN 3 - - - - - Metro 3 - - - - - Southland 3 - - - - - Big East 3 - - - - - Big Sky 3 - - - - - 3 - - - - - SoCon 3 - - - - - SWAC 3 - - - - - SWAC 3 - - - - - Big West 3 - - - - - Patriot 3 - - - - - MAC 3 - - - - - SWAC 3 - - - - - Metro 3 - - - - - American 3 - - - - - SWAC 3 - - - - - Southland 3 - - - - - America East 3 - - - - - Big East 3 - - - - - MEAC 3 - - - - - SWAC 3 - - - - - Southland 3 - - - - - America East 3 - - - - - ACC 2 - - - - - Metro 2 - - - - - American 2 - - - - - CAA 2 - - - - - Atlantic 10 2 - - - - - Pac-12 2 - - - - - Ohio Valley 2 - - - - - Ivy League 2 - - - - - CUSA 2 - - - - - Missouri Valley 2 - 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See also

AIAW Intercollegiate Women's Soccer Champions NCAA Women's Soccer Championships (Division II, Division III) NCAA Men's Soccer Championships (Division I, Division II, Division III) NAIA Women's Soccer Championship