NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship
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, 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.Historically, North Carolina has been the dominant school in Division I women's soccer. Known widely as one of the most successful collegiate programs in any NCAA sport, the Tar Heels have won 21 national championships of the 31 NCAA tournaments contested. They also won the only AIAW national championship in soccer in 1981. The Tar Heels have reached the College Cup 26 times. Head coach Anson Dorrance is considered one of the greatest women's soccer coaches in NCAA history, leading the Tar Heels since the inception of the program in 1979.
Only five other schools have multiple titles, Notre Dame, Stanford, Florida State, Portland, and USC.
Champions
- The reported attendance for 2013 is the number of tickets sold for the match. Actual game attendance was less than 3000.
Team titles
College Cup Appearances
- Through 2019
- Years in bold = won national championship
| No. | School | College Cup Years | NCAA Appearances | Championships |
| 29 | North Carolina | 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2019 | 33 | 21 |
| 12 | Notre Dame | 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 | 20 | 3 |
| 11 | UCLA | 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2019 | 17 | 1 |
| 10 | Stanford | 1993, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019 | 25 | 3 |
| 10 | Florida State | 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018 | 17 | 2 |
| 10 | Santa Clara | 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004 | 22 | 1 |
| 8 | Portland | 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005 | 19 | 2 |
| 7 | UConn | 1982, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1994, 1997, 2003 | 29 | 0 |
| 6 | Massachusetts | 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993 | 15 | 0 |
| 5 | Penn State | 1999, 2002, 2005, 2012, 2015 | 25 | 1 |
| 5 | Colorado College | 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| 4 | Duke | 1992, 2011, 2015, 2017 | 18 | 0 |
| 4 | George Mason | 1983, 1985, 1986, 1993 | 11 | 1 |
| 3 | Virginia | 1991, 2013, 2014 | 25 | 0 |
| 3 | California | 1984, 1987, 1988 | 20 | 0 |
| 2 | Georgetown | 2016, 2018 | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | USC | 2007, 2016 | 14 | 2 |
| 2 | Florida | 1998, 2001 | 16 | 1 |
| 2 | Wisconsin | 1988, 1991 | 17 | 0 |
| 2 | NC State | 1988, 1989 | 11 | 0 |
| 2 | UCF | 1982, 1987 | 17 | 0 |
| 1 | Washington State | 2019 | 13 | 0 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 2017 | 11 | 0 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 2016 | 17 | 0 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 2015 | 10 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 2014 | 20 | 0 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 2013 | 8 | 0 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 2011 | 16 | 0 |
| 1 | Boston College | 2010 | 15 | 0 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 2010 | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Princeton | 2004 | 9 | 0 |
| 1 | SMU | 1995 | 12 | 0 |
| 1 | Hartford | 1992 | 13 | 0 |
| 1 | UMSL | 1982 | 2 | 0 |