Summit League men's soccer tournament explained

The Summit League
men's soccer tournament
Sport:College soccer
Conference:Summit League
Number Of Teams:4 (2 in 2024)
Format:Single-elimination
Current Stadium:Case Soccer Complex
Current Location:Tulsa, OK
Years:1994–present
Most Recent:2024
Current Champion:Kansas City (4)
Most Championships:Denver (8)
Television:ESPN3

The Summit League men's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Summit League. The tournament has been held every year since 1994.

It is played under a single-elimination format, 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.

In 2024, the tournament will not be played and will instead be replaced by a championship game including the top two finishing teams in conference play.

Denver is the most winning team of the competition with 8 titles.

Champions

Finals

Source:[1]

Details

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1994 Central Connecticut 2–0BuffaloBuffalo, NYEverton Barrington
1995 Central Connecticut 3–0Western IllinoisMacKenzie Field Macomb, ILStephen Yanosy
1996 Valparaiso 4–2Central ConnecticutWashington, DCTony Dal Santo
1997 Howard 2–1Central Connecticutn/i Valparaiso, INMike Lawrence
1998 Howard 4–1Kansas Cityn/i Valparaiso, IN
1999 Oral Roberts 2–1 IU IndyIndianapolis, INTrey Vaut
2000 IU Indy 2–1 OaklandMacKenzie Field Macomb, IL Armando Femia
2001 Kansas City 2–1IU IndyORU Soccer Field Tulsa, OKBeau Williams
2002 Oakland 3–0Western IllinoisOakland Field Rochester, MInot awarded
2003 Kansas City 2–1Oakland Field Rochester, MI not awarded
2004 Western Illinois 4–0MacKenzie Field Macomb, IL Nowaf Jaman
2005 Western Illinois 4–3 OaklandKansas, MONick Bohnenkamp
2006 Western Illinois 2–0Kansas CityOakland Field Rochester, MI Matt Wieclaw
2007 Oakland 2–0IU IndyIndianapolis, INMichael Reyes
2008 Kansas City 1–1 Oakland Field Rochester, MI Ken Cooper
2009 Western Illinois 1–0Kansas CityOakland Field Rochester, MI Stephen Paterson
2010 Oakland 2–0Oral RobertsOakland Field Rochester, MI Jon Evans
2011 Western Illinois 2–1Oral RobertsDurwood Stadium Kansas, MO
2012 Western Illinois 3–1MacKenzie Field Macomb, IL Nathan Bruinsma
2013 Denver 1–0Western IllinoisMacKenzie Field Macomb, IL Reid Hukari
2014 Denver 3–1Western IllinoisDenver, CO
Denver 2–0 Oral RobertsCIBER Field Denver, CODan Jackson
Denver 2–1 CIBER Field Denver, CO
Omaha 1–1 DenverOmaha, NEEmmanuel Hamzat
Denver 1–0 OmahaCIBER Field Denver, COScott DeVoss
Denver 1–0 OmahaCIBER Field Denver, COPreston Judd
2020(No tournament held due to COVID-19 pandemic) [2]
2021Denver 1–1 MacKenzie Field Macomb, IL Kobe Gray
2022Denver 3–0Kansas CityCIBER Field Denver, CO Isaac Nehme
20232–0Case Soccer Complex Tulsa, OK Nathanel Sallah
2024 CIBER Field Denver, COJulien Le Bourdoulous

Performance by school

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Denver2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
Western Illinois2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012
Oakland2002, 2007, 2010
Kansas City2001, 2003, 2008, 2024
Central Connecticut1994, 1995
Howard1997, 1998
Omahaalign=center 22017, 2023
IUPUI2000
Oral Roberts1999
Valparaiso1996
Total

Italics indicate a school that is no longer a conference member

† No longer sponsor men's soccer

References

Notes and References

  1. https://thesummitleague.org/documents/2023/11/7/Men_s_Soccer_2022.pdf 2022 Men's Soccer Book
  2. Web site: 2020 Summit League Men's Soccer Championship. thesummitleague.com. Summit League. March 3, 2022.