Big Ten men's soccer tournament explained
The Big Ten men's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Big Ten Conference. The tournament has been held every year since 1991. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men's soccer championship.
Indiana is the most winning team with 16 championships to date.
Champions
The following is a list of Big Ten Tournament winners:
Finals
Source:[1]
| width= px style="" | Ed. | width= px style="" | Year | width= 120px style="" | Champion | width= px style="" | Score | width= 120px style="" | Runner-up | width= px style="" | Venue | width= px style="" | City |
|---|
| 1991 | Indiana | | Wisconsin | | Bloomington, IN |
| 1992 | Indiana | | Penn State | | |
| 1993 | Penn State | | Wisconsin | | |
| 1994 | Indiana | | Penn State | | Columbus, OH |
| 1995 | Indiana | | (none) | | East Lansing, MI |
| Wisconsin |
| 1996 | Indiana | 4–0 | Michigan State | | University Park, PA |
| 1997 | Indiana | 1–0 | Ohio State | | Bloomington, IN |
| 1998 | Indiana | align=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1" | 1–0 | Penn State | | Evanston, IL |
| 1999 | Indiana | align=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1" | 2–1 | Penn State | | East Lansing, MI |
| 2000 | Ohio State | align=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1" | 3–2 | Penn State | | Columbus, OH |
| 2001 | Indiana | 2–0 | Michigan State | | Madison, WI |
| 2002 | Penn State | 2–1 | Michigan | | University Park, PA |
| 2003 | Indiana | align=center style="background-color:#cedff2" | 1–1 | Penn State | | Bloomington, IN |
| 2004 | Michigan State | 1–0 | Northwestern | | Ann Arbor, MI |
| 2005 | Penn State | 1–0 | Indiana | | Evanston, IL |
| 2006 | Indiana | | Ohio State | | Columbus, OH |
| 2007 | Ohio State | align=center style="background-color:#cedff2" | 0–0 | Indiana | | East Lansing, MI |
| 2008 | Michigan State | | Indiana | | Madison, WI |
| 2009 | Ohio State | 1–0 | Penn State | | Bloomington, IN |
| 2010 | Michigan | | Penn State | | University Park, PA |
| 2011 | Northwestern | 2–1 | Penn State | | Ann Arbor, MI |
| 2012 | Michigan State | align=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1" | 2–1 | Michigan | | Evanston, IL |
| 2013 | Indiana | 1–0 | Michigan State | | Columbus, OH |
| 2014 | Maryland | | Indiana | | College Park, MD |
| 2015 | Maryland | 2–0 | Ohio State | | Columbus, OH |
| 2016 | Maryland | 3–1 | Wisconsin | | Westfield, IN |
| 2017 | Wisconsin | align=center style="background-color:#cedff2" | 0–0 | Indiana | | Westfield, IN |
| 2018 | Indiana | | Michigan | | Westfield, IN |
| 2019 | Indiana | align=center style="background-color:#cedff2" | 0–0 | Michigan | | College Park, MD |
| 2020 | Indiana | align=center style="background-color:#cedff2" | 1–1 | Penn State | | Bloomington, IN |
| 2021 | Penn State | | Indiana | | University Park, PA |
| 2022 | Rutgers | | Indiana | | Piscataway, NJ |
| 2023 | Indiana | | Penn State | | Bloomington, IN | |
- Notes
Performance by school
Most championships
Source:[2]
| width= 150px style="" | School | width= px style="" | Titles | width= px style="" | Winning years |
|---|
| Indiana | align=center | 16 | 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023 |
| Penn State | align=center | 4 | 1993, 2002, 2005, 2021 |
| Maryland | align=center | 3 | 2014, 2015, 2016 |
| Michigan State | align=center | 3 | 2004, 2008, 2012 |
| Ohio State | align=center | 3 | 2000, 2007, 2009 |
| Wisconsin | align=center | 2 | 1995, 2017 |
| Michigan | align=center | 1 | 2010 |
| Northwestern | align=center | 1 | 2011 |
| Rutgers | align=center | 1 | 2022 |
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Records all-time by team
through 2023 Tournament[3]
| width= 150px style="" | School | width= px style="" | | width= px style="" | | width= px style="" | | width= px style="" | | width= px style="" | | width= px style="" | Titles | width= px style="" | |
|---|
| Indiana | 71 | 47 | 13 | 11 | | 16 | 7 |
| Penn State | 68 | 36 | 25 | 7 | | 4 | 11 |
| Maryland | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | | 3 | 0 |
| Michigan State | 47 | 19 | 25 | 3 | | 3 | 3 |
| Ohio State | 50 | 22 | 25 | 3 | | 3 | 3 |
| Michigan | 42 | 19 | 21 | 2 | | 1 | 4 |
| Northwestern | 39 | 10 | 27 | 2 | | 1 | 1 |
| Rutgers | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | | 1 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 45 | 12 | 27 | 6 | | 2 | 3 | |
Notes and References
- http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-soccer/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/MSOCRecordBook.pdf B1G Men's Soccer Tournament Records Book
- Web site: B1G Men's Soccer Tournament Records. Big Ten Conference. BigTen.org. December 20, 2016. August 16, 2016. December 21, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161221090825/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-soccer/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/MSOCRecordBook.pdf. dead.
- Book: Big Ten Men's Soccer Records and Statistics. August 16, 2016. Big Ten Conference. Rosemont, Illinois. 3. English. PDF. All-Time Big Ten Tournament Standings. December 20, 2016. December 21, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161221090825/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-soccer/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/MSOCRecordBook.pdf. dead.
