The NCR XVs Champions Cup is a single-elimination tournament played each year in the United States featuring men's college rugby teams from National Collegiate Rugby (formerly National Small College Rugby Organization) to determine the national championship.
From 2002 to 2006, event name was "East Coast Division 3 Collegiate Championship". In 2007, event was renamed to "NSCRO Men's Collegiate Division 3 National Championship", and "Champions Cup" since 2012. __TOC__
Results Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place 4th Place Finals venue Ref. 2002 Western Carolina Stonehill Lehigh Old Dominion Bethlehem, PA 2003 Furman Stonehill Franklin & Marshall Wake Forest Cherry Hill, NJ 2004 Furman Central Connecticut Albright Bentley Cherry Hill, NJ 2005 Furman Duke Western Connecticut Lehigh University Greenville, SC 2006 Bentley The Citadel Franklin & Marshall Virginia Commonwealth Richmond, VA 2007 Bentley Furman Longwood Allegheny Wake Forest 2008 Plymouth State Furman Widener Hamilton Hamilton College 2009 Longwood Coastal Carolina SUNY Oswego Salve Regina South Jersey Rugby Football Club 2010 Penn State Berks Keene State Louisiana–Lafayette William Paterson Virginia Beach Sportsplex 2011 Longwood Occidental Salve Regina Ithaca Virginia Beach Sportsplex 2012 Salve Regina California State Maritime Franciscan North Florida Infinity Park 2013 Saint John's (Minn.) Duke New England Denver Infinity Park 2014 Saint John's New England Denver Mount St. Mary's Infinity Park 2015 New England Mount St. Mary's Saint John's California State Maritime Infinity Park 2016 Mount St. Mary's Claremont Southern Indiana Eastern Connecticut Infinity Park 2017 Claremont Tufts Xavier Louisiana State Infinity Park 2018 Iowa Central Claremont Salve Regina Loyola (Maryland) Life University 2019 Claremont Christendom Saint John's Endicott Siena College2020 Life2021 Christendom New Mexico Tech Holy Cross Saint John's Aveva Stadium, Houston 2022 Brown Queens Aveva Stadium, Houston 2023 Notre Dame College St. Bonaventure Brown Indiana Aveva Stadium, Houston 2024Brown Queens St. Bonaventure Wheeling Aveva Stadium, Houston Notes
See also College rugby Division 1-A Rugby Intercollegiate sports team champions
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