- NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship
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Men's Division III Soccer Championship Founded 1974 Number of teams 57 Current champions Messiah (8 titles) Most successful club Messiah (8 titles) Website NCAA.com The NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship is played since 1974.
It is the largest of the three NCAA divisions' championships, with the most complicated selection process. The tournament is a 57-team, single-elimination tournament. Teams are divided into three pools. Pool A consists of the 36 conference champions, who all receive automatic bids to the tournament. Pool B consists of all teams which are not in conferences or are in conferences which do not meet the requirements to be awarded an automatic bid. Four teams are selected from Pool B. Pool C consists of all the other teams, plus those Pool B teams not already selected. 17 teams are selected from Pool C. The seven highest teams receive first round byes, and the rest of the bracket is filled by geographical proximity. The first two rounds of the championship are played at campus sites with the higher seeded team hosting the match. The next two rounds are group by four-team sites, with the highest seed acting as host. The semifinals and finals are played at a predetermined campus site. The 2010 Division III final rounds were held at Blossom Soccer Complex in San Antonio.
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Champions
Schools ranked by titles
Rank School # 1 Messiah 8 2 UNC-Greensboro 5 3 Babson 3 3 UC San Diego 3 5 Glassboro State 2 5 Lock Haven 2 5 Wheaton (IL) 2 See also
- NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Championship
- NCAA Men's Division II Soccer Championship
- NCAA Women's Soccer Championship
- NAIA national men's soccer championship
- Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association
References
External links
- NCAA Men's Soccer
- 2009 NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Championship 59 team's bracket
- American College Soccer, 1946-1959: The Postwar era
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Division II Institutions • Baseball (CWS) • Basketball (Men, Women) • Football (Championship) • Soccer (Men) • Softball (CWS)
Division III Institutions • Baseball (CWS) • Basketball (Men, Women) • Football (Championship) • Soccer (Men) • Softball (CWS)
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- NCAA Division III
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