| NCAA women's soccer tournament | |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Other Titles: | Women's College Cup (Semifinals & Final) |
| Country: | United States |
| Dates: | April 27 – May 17, 2021 |
| Num Teams: | 48 |
| Champions: | (11) Santa Clara (2nd title) |
| Runner-Up: | (1) Florida State |
| Semi-Finalist1: | (2) North Carolina |
| Semi-Finalist2: | Virginia |
| Matches: | 47 |
| Goals: | 122 |
| Top Goal Scorer: |  Gabriella Coleman – Oklahoma State Alexa Spaanstra – Virginia(4 goals each) |
| Prevseason: | 2019 |
| Nextseason: | 2021 |
| Updated: | 5/18/2021 |
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.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the NCAA postponed the fall championships, hoping to play them in the spring.[1] [2] In September, the NCAA approved a plan to hold fall championships in the spring.[3]
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.[4] [5]
| Cary | Buies Creek | Greenville | Wilmington |
|---|---|---|---|
| WakeMed Soccer Park | Eakes Athletics Complex | Johnson Stadium | UNCW Soccer Stadium |
| Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 586 | Capacity: 1,000 | Capacity: 3,000 |
| Wilson | Greensboro | Matthews | |
| J. Burt Gillette Athletic Complex | Bryan Park | Matthews Sportsplex | |
| Capacity: 500 | Capacity: 3,000 | Capacity: 2,300 | |
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.[6] [7] The other 19 were at-large selections.
| Team | Record | Appearance[8] | Last bid | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACC | 11–0–0 | 21 | 2019 | ||
| America East | 6–3–0 | 4 | 2019 | ||
| American | 9–0–2 | 7 | 2019 | ||
| ASUN | 7–5–5 | 7 | 2016 | ||
| Atlantic 10 | 15–1–0 | 5 | 2019 | ||
| Big 12 | 11–1–1 | 5 | 2019 | ||
| Big East | 11–0–1 | 11 | 2019 | ||
| Big Sky | 9–1–0 | 5 | 2018 | ||
| Big South | 8–3–1 | 2 | 2004 | ||
| Big Ten | 6–8–1 | 3 | 2019 | ||
| Big West | Big West Conference season canceled | ||||
| Colonial | 6–3–0 | 2 | 1999 | ||
| C-USA | 12–2–1 | 5 | 2017 | ||
| Horizon | 8–1–1 | 14 | 2019 | ||
| Ivy | Ivy League season canceled | ||||
| MAAC | 6–0–2 | 3 | 2015 | ||
| MAC | 6–1–0 | 5 | 2019 | ||
| Missouri Valley | 8–1–1 | 6 | 2019 | ||
| Mountain West | 10–1–0 | 3 | 2011 | ||
| Northeast | 7–0–0 | 10 | 2019 | ||
| Ohio Valley | 8–2–2 | 3 | 2016 | ||
| Pac-12 | 12–1–2 | 24 | 2019 | ||
| Patriot | 4–4–2 | 5 | 2019 | ||
| SEC | 9–5–1 | 11 | 2019 | ||
| Southern | 8–0–2 | 8 | 2015 | ||
| Southland | 8–2–4 | 4 | 2015 | ||
| SWAC | 8–2–2 | 3 | 2017 | ||
| Summit | 16–2–1 | 12 | 2018 | ||
| Sun Belt | 13–8–1 | 7 | 2019 | ||
| West Coast | 7–1–0 | 30 | 2019 | ||
| WAC | 12–4–4 | 3 | 2017 |
| Team | Record | Appearance | Last bid | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pac-12 | 8–5–2 | 8 | 2014 | ||
| SEC | 11–3–0 | 7 | 2019 | ||
| West Coast | 10–3–1 | 21 | 2019 | ||
| ACC | 12–4–0 | 21 | 2019 | ||
| Pac-12 | 9–5–2 | 12 | 2019 | ||
| ACC | 10–5–3 | 26 | 2019 | ||
| American | 8–3–0 | 9 | 2019 | ||
| ACC | 15–1–0 | 39 | 2019 | ||
| Big Ten | 7–2–3 | 13 | 2018 | ||
| Big 12 | 12–3–1 | 13 | 2019 | ||
| SEC | 10–5–0 | 9 | 2018 | ||
| Big Ten | 10–2–1 | 26 | 2019 | ||
| Big Ten | 8–3–3 | 15 | 2019 | ||
| SEC | 10–4–0 | 14 | 2019 | ||
| SEC | 11–3–0 | 26 | 2019 | ||
| Pac-12 | 7–3–3 | 19 | 2019 | ||
| ACC | 10–4–2 | 33 | 2019 | ||
| Pac-12 | 9–3–3 | 15 | 2019 | ||
| Big 12 | 10–2–1 | 21 | 2019 |
See main article: 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer championship game. Rankings shown are tournament seeds
| Conference | Bids | Record | Pct. | R32 | R16 | QF | SF | F | NC | |||||||
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| ACC | 5 | 11–2–7 | data-sort-value="-1" | 5 | data-sort-value="-1" | 5 | data-sort-value="-1" | 5 | data-sort-value="-1" | 3 | data-sort-value="-1" | 1 | data-sort-value="-1" | – | ||
| SEC | 5 | 3–5–3 | data-sort-value="-1" | 5 | data-sort-value="-1" | 3 | data-sort-value="-1" | 1 | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | ||
| Pac-12 | 5 | 3–3–3 | data-sort-value="-1" | 4 | data-sort-value="-1" | 2 | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | ||
| Big Ten | 4 | 5–3–1 | data-sort-value="-1" | 4 | data-sort-value="-1" | 1 | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | ||
| Big 12 | 3 | 2–2–2 | data-sort-value="-1" | 3 | data-sort-value="-1" | 2 | data-sort-value="-1" | 1 | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | ||
| West Coast | 2 | 4–1–1 | data-sort-value="-1" | 2 | data-sort-value="-1" | 1 | data-sort-value="-1" | 1 | data-sort-value="-1" | 1 | data-sort-value="-1" | 1 | data-sort-value="-1" | 1 | ||
| American | 2 | 1–2–0 | data-sort-value="-1" | 1 | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | ||
| Big East | 1 | 1–0–1 | data-sort-value="-1" | 1 | data-sort-value="-1" | 1 | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | ||
| C-USA | 1 | 2–1–0 | data-sort-value="-1" | 1 | data-sort-value="-1" | 1 | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | ||
| Atlantic 10 | 1 | 0–0–1 | data-sort-value="-1" | 1 | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | ||
| Horizon | 1 | 1–1–0 | data-sort-value="-1" | 1 | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | ||
| Mountain West | 1 | 0–1–1 | data-sort-value="-1" | 1 | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | ||
| Summit | 1 | 1–1–0 | data-sort-value="-1" | 1 | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | ||
| Sun Belt | 1 | 1–1–0 | data-sort-value="-1" | 1 | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | ||
| WAC | 1 | 1–1–0 | data-sort-value="-1" | 1 | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | ||
| ASUN | 1 | 0–1–0 | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | ||
| America East | 1 | 0–1–0 | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | ||
| Big Sky | 1 | 0–1–0 | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | ||
| Big South | 1 | 0–1–0 | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | ||
| Colonial | 1 | 0–1–0 | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | ||
| MAAC | 1 | 0–1–0 | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | ||
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| MVC | 1 | 0–1–0 | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | ||
| NEC | 1 | 0–1–0 | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | ||
| OVC | 1 | 0–1–0 | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | ||
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| Southern | 1 | 0–1–0 | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | ||
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