The California Collegiate Athletic Association women's basketball tournament is the annual conference women's basketball championship tournament for the California Collegiate Athletic Association. The tournament was held annually between 1986 and 1998, discontinued between 1999 and 2007, and then held annually again after it was re-established in 2008. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
The winner receives the CCAA's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Championship.
Results
First tournament (1986–1998) YearChampionsScoreRunner-up 1986 Cal Poly Pomona 69–61 Cal State Northridge 1987 Cal Poly Pomona 80–46 Cal State Northridge 1988 Cal Poly Pomona 71–59 Cal State Los Angeles 1989 Cal Poly Pomona 75–62 Cal State Northridge 1990 Cal Poly Pomona 79–47 Cal State Northridge 1991 Cal Poly Pomona 76–47 Cal State Los Angeles 1992 Cal Poly Pomona 57–45 Cal State Dominguez Hills 1993 Cal Poly Pomona 80–72 Cal State San Bernardino 1994 Cal State San Bernardino 70–57 Cal State Dominguez Hills 1995 Cal State Dominguez Hills 69–66 UC Riverside 1996 UC Riverside 66–58 Cal State Dominguez Hills 1997 Cal Poly Pomona 76–52 Cal State Dominguez Hills 1998 Cal Poly Pomona 70–55 Cal State Dominguez Hills
Second tournament (2008–present) YearChampionsScoreRunner-upArena 2008 Chico State 69–63 UC San Diego Coussoulis Arena (San Bernardino, CA) 2009 Cal State Dominguez Hills 74–69 Humboldt State Coussoulis Arena (San Bernardino, CA) 2010 Humboldt State 85–55 Chico State Lumberjack Arena (Arcata, CA) 2011 Cal Poly Pomona 59–53 Cal State Monterey Bay Pioneer Gymnasium, (Hayward, CA) 2012 Cal State Monterey Bay 71–69 Cal State Los Angeles RIMAC Arena (La Jolla, San Diego, CA) 2013 UC San Diego 66–61 Cal State Los Angeles Citizens Business Bank Arena (Ontario, CA) 2014 Cal State Dominguez Hills 65–61 Cal Poly Pomona Citizens Business Bank Arena (Ontario, CA) 2015 Cal State Dominguez Hills 76–57 Cal State East Bay Stockton Arena (Stockton, CA) 2016 Cal State East Bay 68–53 Cal State Dominguez Hills Stockton Arena (Stockton, CA) 2017 Cal State East Bay 62–53 UC San Diego The Sports Center (San Marcos, CA) 2018 Humboldt State 76–75 UC San Diego Kellogg Arena (Pomona, CA) 2019 UC San Diego 72–60 Cal Poly Pomona Pioneer Gymnasium (Hayward, CA) 2020 UC San Diego 73–62 Cal State San Marcos RIMAC Arena (La Jolla, San Diego, CA) 2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2022 Cal State East Bay 80–66 Cal State San Marcos Lumberjack Arena (Arcata, CA) 2023 Cal State San Marcos 72–62 Cal State Dominguez Hills Fitzpatrick Arena (Turlock, CA) 2024 Cal State San Marcos 61–59 Chico State Coussoulis Arena (San Bernardino, CA) 2025 Cal State Dominguez Hills 77–54 Cal Poly Pomona The Sports Center (San Marcos, CA) 2026 Cal State Los Angeles 78–62 Cal Poly Pomona Kellogg Arena (Pomona, CA)
Championship records School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years Cal Poly Pomona 11–4 15 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2011 Cal State Dominguez Hills 5–7 12 1995, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2025 UC San Diego 3–3 6 2013, 2019, 2020 Cal State East Bay3–14 2016, 2017, 2022 Cal State San Marcos 2–2 4 2023, 2024 Humboldt State2–13 2010, 2018 Cal State Los Angeles 1–4 5 2026 Chico State 1–2 3 2008 Cal State Monterey Bay 1–1 2 2012 UC Riverside 1–1 2 1996 Cal State San Bernardino 1–1 2 1994 Cal State Northridge0–44
Cal State Stanislaus, UC Merced, and San Francisco State have not yet qualified for the CCAA tournament finals. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Cal State Bakersfield, Chapman, Grand Canyon, and Sonoma State never qualified for the CCAA tournament finals as conference members. Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the CCAA.
See also CCAA men's basketball tournament
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