2026 national championship

NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship

December 3 & 5, 2026 · Historic Crew Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

Championship finals

Championship archive

Seasons & results

1999 champion

St. Lawrence Saints

Runner-up

Wheaton Thunder

Recorded final2-0 ↗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.

Championship/final history from 1974 through 2025, including the canceled 2020 championship.

Every 2025 tournament result is normalized into a stable match source key.

Bracket results are complete. Event/official/team-stat enrichment is currently deep for the championship final, where an official structured box score was verified.

https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/print/soccer-men/d3/2025

NCAA_DIII_Mens_Tournament_1974_2025_enriched.xlsx

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

All championship seasons · 52

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Final / status
2025	Tufts Jumbos	Trinity Tigers	2-1 (OT) ↗COMPLETED
2024	Amherst Mammoths	Connecticut Camels	0-0 (4-3 PK) ↗COMPLETED
2023	St. Olaf Oles	Amherst Mammoths	2-1 ↗COMPLETED
2022	UChicago Maroons	Williams Ephs	2-0 ↗COMPLETED
2021	Connecticut Camels	Amherst Mammoths	1-1 (4-1 PK) ↗COMPLETED
2020	—	—	Canceled ↗CANCELED
2019	Tufts Jumbos	Amherst Mammoths	2-0 ↗COMPLETED
2018	Tufts Jumbos	Calvin Knights	2-1 ↗COMPLETED
2017	Messiah Falcons	North Park Vikings	2-1 ↗COMPLETED
2016	Tufts Jumbos	Calvin Knights	1-0 (2 OT) ↗COMPLETED
2015	Amherst Mammoths	Loras Duhawks	2-1 ↗COMPLETED
2014	Tufts Jumbos	Wheaton Thunder	4-2 ↗COMPLETED
2013	Messiah Falcons	Rutgers-Camden Scarlet Raptors	2-1 (2 OT) ↗COMPLETED
2012	Messiah Falcons	Ohio Northern Polar Bears	5-1 ↗COMPLETED
2011	Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops	Calvin Knights	2-1 ↗COMPLETED
2010	Messiah Falcons	Lynchburg Hornets	2-1 (OT) ↗COMPLETED
2009	Messiah Falcons	Calvin Knights	2-0 ↗COMPLETED
2008	Messiah Falcons	Stevens Ducks	1-1 (PK) ↗COMPLETED
2007	Middlebury Panthers	Trinity Tigers	0-0 (PK) ↗COMPLETED
2006	Messiah Falcons	Wheaton Thunder	3-0 ↗COMPLETED
2005	Messiah Falcons	Gust. AdolphusTeam link pending	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
2004	Messiah Falcons	UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs	4-0 ↗COMPLETED
2003	Trinity Tigers	Drew Rangers	2-1 ↗COMPLETED
2002	Messiah Falcons	Otterbein Cardinals	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
2001	Stockton Ospreys	Redlands Bulldogs	3-2 ↗COMPLETED
2000	Messiah Falcons	Rowan Profs	2-0 ↗COMPLETED
1999	St. Lawrence Saints	Wheaton Thunder	2-0 ↗COMPLETED
1998	Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops	Greensboro Pride	2-1 (2 OT) ↗COMPLETED
1997	Wheaton Thunder	TCNJ Lions	3-0 ↗COMPLETED
1996	TCNJ Lions	Kenyon Owls	2-1 (4 OT) ↗COMPLETED
1995	Williams Ephs	Methodist Monarchs	2-1 ↗COMPLETED
1994	Bethany Bison	Johns Hopkins Blue Jays	1-0 (2 OT) ↗COMPLETED
1993	UC San Diego Tritons	Williams Ephs	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
1992	Kean Cougars	Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops	3-1 ↗COMPLETED
1991	UC San Diego Tritons	TCNJ Lions	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
1990	Rowan Profs	Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops	2-1 (4 OT, PK) ↗COMPLETED
1989	Elizabethtown Blue Jays	Greensboro Pride	2-0 ↗COMPLETED
1988	UC San Diego Tritons	RIT Tigers	3-0 ↗COMPLETED
1987	UNC Greensboro Spartans	WashU Bears	6-1 ↗COMPLETED
1986	UNC Greensboro Spartans	UC San Diego Tritons	2-0 ↗COMPLETED
1985	UNC Greensboro Spartans	WashU Bears	5-0 ↗COMPLETED
1984	Wheaton Thunder	Brandeis Judges	2-1 (3 OT) ↗COMPLETED
1983	UNC Greensboro Spartans	Claremont-M-STeam link pending	3-2 ↗COMPLETED
1982	UNC Greensboro Spartans	Bethany Bison	2-1 ↗COMPLETED
1981	Rowan Profs	Scranton Royals	2-1 (4 OT) ↗COMPLETED
1980	Babson Beavers	Scranton Royals	1-0 (OT) ↗COMPLETED
1979	Babson Beavers	Rowan Profs	2-1 ↗COMPLETED
1978	Lock Haven Bald Eagles	WashU Bears	3-0 ↗COMPLETED
1977	Lock Haven Bald Eagles	Cortland Red Dragons	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
1976	Brandeis Judges	SUNY Brockport Golden Eagles	2-1 (2 OT) ↗COMPLETED
1975	Babson Beavers	SUNY Brockport Golden Eagles	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
1974	SUNY Brockport Golden Eagles	Swarthmore Garnet	3-1 ↗COMPLETED

Finals datesDecember 3 & 5, 20262026 championship

Finals venueHistoric Crew StadiumColumbus, Ohio

Local program coverage408Division III men's teams

Tournament path

From the opening round to the national title.

01First & second rounds

02Sectionals

03Quarterfinals

04Semifinals

05National 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 III programs.

Browse all 408 →

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