2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

The 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament (also known as the 2020 Women's College Cup) was the 39th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I women's collegiate soccer. The Santa Clara Broncos defeated the Florida State Seminoles in a penalty shoot-out to win the national championship.

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the NCAA postponed the fall championships, hoping to play them in the spring. In September, the NCAA approved a plan to hold fall championships in the spring.

Instead of the usual 64-team tournament, the field is reduced to 48 teams for the 2020 tournament.

Rather than the higher seed hosting the early-round matches, the entire tournament will be played in the state of North Carolina, similar to how the 2021 men's and women's basketball tournaments were held in a single state.

Venues CaryBuies CreekGreenvilleWilmingtonWakeMed Soccer ParkEakes Athletics ComplexJohnson StadiumUNCW Soccer StadiumCapacity: 10,000Capacity: 586Capacity: 1,000Capacity: 3,000WilsonGreensboroMatthewsJ. Burt Gillette Athletic ComplexBryan ParkMatthews SportsplexCapacity: 500 Capacity: 3,000Capacity: 2,300

Qualified teams 48 teams qualified for the Division I women's soccer tournament. There were 29 conference champions after the Big West Conference and Ivy League chose not to have a 2020 fall or 2021 spring season. The other 19 were at-large selections.

Automatic bidsConferenceTeamRecordAppearanceLast bidACC 11–0–0212019America East 6–3–042019American 9–0–272019ASUN 7–5–572016Atlantic 10 15–1–052019Big 12 11–1–152019Big East 11–0–1112019Big Sky 9–1–052018Big South 8–3–122004Big Ten 6–8–132019Big WestBig West Conference season canceledColonial 6–3–021999C-USA 12–2–152017Horizon 8–1–1142019IvyIvy League season canceledMAAC 6–0–232015MAC 6–1–052019Missouri Valley 8–1–162019Mountain West 10–1–032011Northeast 7–0–0102019Ohio Valley 8–2–232016Pac-12 12–1–2242019Patriot 4–4–252019SEC 9–5–1112019Southern 8–0–282015Southland 8–2–442015SWAC 8–2–232017Summit 16–2–1122018Sun Belt 13–8–172019West Coast 7–1–0302019WAC 12–4–432017

At-Large BidsConferenceTeamRecordAppearanceLast bidPac-12 8–5–282014SEC 11–3–072019West Coast 10–3–1212019ACC 12–4–0212019Pac-12 9–5–2122019ACC 10–5–3262019American 8–3–092019ACC 15–1–0392019Big Ten 7–2–3132018Big 12 12–3–1132019SEC 10–5–092018Big Ten 10–2–1262019Big Ten 8–3–3152019SEC 10–4–0142019SEC 11–3–0262019Pac-12 7–3–3192019ACC 10–4–2332019Pac-12 9–3–3152019Big 12 10–2–1212019

Bracket

Results

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Rankings shown are tournament seeds

Record by conference ConferenceBidsRecordPct.R32R16QFSFFNCACC511–2–755531–SEC53–5–3531–––Pac-1253–3–342––––Big Ten45–3–141––––Big 1232–2–2321–––West Coast24–1–1211111American21–2–01–––––Big East11–0–111––––C-USA12–1–011––––Atlantic 1010–0–11–––––Horizon11–1–01–––––Mountain West10–1–11–––––Summit11–1–01–––––Sun Belt11–1–01–––––WAC11–1–01–––––ASUN10–1–0––––––America East10–1–0––––––Big Sky10–1–0––––––Big South10–1–0––––––Colonial10–1–0––––––MAAC10–1–0––––––MAC10–0–1––––––MVC10–1–0––––––NEC10–1–0––––––OVC10–1–0––––––Patriot10–0–1––––––Southern10–1–0––––––Southland10–1–0––––––SWAC10–1–0––––––

The R32, S16, E8, F4, CG, and NC columns indicate how many teams from each conference were in the Round of 32 (second round), Round of 16 (third round), Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final, and National Champion, respectively.

Statistics

Goalscorers

References