2026 national championship

NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship

December 10 & 13, 2026 · First Horizon Stadium, Cary, North Carolina

College Cup

Championship archive

Seasons & results

1988 champion

North Carolina Tar Heels

Runner-up

NC State Wolfpack

Recorded final4-1 ↗COMPLETED

Match-by-match results have not been imported for this season. The recorded championship summary remains available above.

Coverage and sources

Imported from the supplied history workbook; its cited sources and coverage labels are retained. This import is not a new independent verification. Team links identify present-day profiles, not present-day division or conference membership in historical seasons.

NCAA_DI_Womens_Tournament_1982_2025_enriched.xlsx

Only recorded games are displayed. Missing scores, dates and matches are not inferred.

All championship seasons · 44

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Final / status
2025	FSU Seminoles	Stanford Cardinal	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
2024	North Carolina Tar Heels	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
2023	FSU Seminoles	Stanford Cardinal	5-1 ↗COMPLETED
2022	UCLA Bruins	North Carolina Tar Heels	3-2 (OT) ↗COMPLETED
2021	FSU Seminoles	BYU Cougars	0-0 (4-3 PK) ↗COMPLETED
2020	Santa Clara Broncos	FSU Seminoles	1-1 (4-1 PK) ↗COMPLETED
2019	Stanford Cardinal	North Carolina Tar Heels	0-0 (5-4 PK) ↗COMPLETED
2018	FSU Seminoles	North Carolina Tar Heels	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
2017	Stanford Cardinal	UCLA Bruins	3-2 ↗COMPLETED
2016	USC Trojans	West Virginia Mountaineers	3-1 ↗COMPLETED
2015	Penn State Nittany Lions	Duke Blue Devils	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
2014	FSU Seminoles	Virginia Cavaliers	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
2013	UCLA Bruins	FSU Seminoles	1-0 (OT) ↗COMPLETED
2012	North Carolina Tar Heels	Penn State Nittany Lions	4-1 ↗COMPLETED
2011	Stanford Cardinal	Duke Blue Devils	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
2010	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Stanford Cardinal	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
2009	North Carolina Tar Heels	Stanford Cardinal	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
2008	North Carolina Tar Heels	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	2-1 ↗COMPLETED
2007	USC Trojans	FSU Seminoles	2-0 ↗COMPLETED
2006	North Carolina Tar Heels	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	2-1 ↗COMPLETED
2005	Portland Pilots	UCLA Bruins	4-0 ↗COMPLETED
2004	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	UCLA Bruins	1-1 (4-3 PK) ↗COMPLETED
2003	North Carolina Tar Heels	UConn Huskies	6-0 ↗COMPLETED
2002	Portland Pilots	Santa Clara Broncos	2-1 (2OT) ↗COMPLETED
2001	Santa Clara Broncos	North Carolina Tar Heels	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
2000	North Carolina Tar Heels	UCLA Bruins	2-1 ↗COMPLETED
1999	North Carolina Tar Heels	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	2-0 ↗COMPLETED
1998	Florida Gators	North Carolina Tar Heels	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
1997	North Carolina Tar Heels	UConn Huskies	2-0 ↗COMPLETED
1996	North Carolina Tar Heels	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	1-0 (2OT) ↗COMPLETED
1995	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Portland Pilots	1-0 (3OT) ↗COMPLETED
1994	North Carolina Tar Heels	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	5-0 ↗COMPLETED
1993	North Carolina Tar Heels	George Mason Patriots	6-0 ↗COMPLETED
1992	North Carolina Tar Heels	Duke Blue Devils	9-1 ↗COMPLETED
1991	North Carolina Tar Heels	Wisconsin Badgers	3-1 ↗COMPLETED
1990	North Carolina Tar Heels	UConn Huskies	6-0 ↗COMPLETED
1989	North Carolina Tar Heels	Colorado Tigers	2-0 ↗COMPLETED
1988	North Carolina Tar Heels	NC State Wolfpack	4-1 ↗COMPLETED
1987	North Carolina Tar Heels	UMass Minutemen	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
1986	North Carolina Tar Heels	Colorado Tigers	2-0 ↗COMPLETED
1985	George Mason Patriots	North Carolina Tar Heels	2-0 ↗COMPLETED
1984	North Carolina Tar Heels	UConn Huskies	2-0 ↗COMPLETED
1983	North Carolina Tar Heels	George Mason Patriots	4-0 ↗COMPLETED
1982	North Carolina Tar Heels	UCF Knights	2-0 ↗COMPLETED

Finals datesDecember 10 & 13, 20262026 championship

Finals venueFirst Horizon StadiumCary, North Carolina

Local program coverage350Division I women's teams

Tournament path

From the opening round to the national title.

01First round

02Second round

03Third round

04Quarterfinals

05College Cup semifinals

06National championship

The Division I semifinal and final stage is styled as the College Cup. Division II and III retain the NCAA championship naming used by the official competition pages.

Competition field

Division I programs.

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Teams qualify through conference automatic bids and NCAA selection. This page links the complete local program directory now; the 2026 selected field and bracket will appear only after an official NCAA release is ingested.

Qualification context