1980 NAIA Soccer Championship
The 1980 NAIA Soccer Championship was the 22nd annual tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of men's college soccer among its members in the United States and Canada.
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| Country |  United States.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
|---|---|
| Championship venue | Springfield, Illinois |
| Teams | 10 |
| Champions | Quincy (IL) (10th title) |
| Runners-up | Simon Fraser |
| Third place | Davis & Elkins |
| Fourth place | Alabama–Huntsville |
| Matches played | 13 |
| Goals scored | 56 (4.31 per match) |
| Best player | Mike Gallo, Quincy (IL) |
← 1979 1981 → | |
Three-time defending champions Quincy (IL) defeated Simon Fraser in the final, 1–0, to claim the Hawks' tenth NAIA national title.
The final was again played at Sangamon State University in Springfield, Illinois.[1]
Qualification
The tournament field remained fixed at ten teams. Two consolation games were eliminated, however, reducing the number of games from fifteen to thirteen.
| Qualified Teams | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | Appearance | Last Bid | ||
| Alabama–Huntsville | 4th | 1979 | ||
| Davis & Elkins | 11th | 1978 | ||
| Dowling | 1st | Never | ||
| Keene State | 6th | 1978 | ||
| Quincy (IL) | 14th | 1979 | ||
| Rockhurst | 9th | 1979 | ||
| Sangamon State | 2nd | 1979 | ||
| Simon Fraser | 6th | 1979 | ||
| Southern Maine | 3rd | 1979 | ||
| Wilmington (OH) | 1st | Never | ||
Brackets
Championship
| Preliminary round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Davis & Elkins | 4**** | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sangamon State | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sangamon State | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dowling | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Davis & Elkins | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Simon Fraser | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Simon Fraser | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Keene State | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Simon Fraser | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Quincy (IL) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama–Huntsville | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wilmington (OH) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wilmington (OH) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Maine | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama–Huntsville | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Quincy (IL) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Third Place Final | |||||||||||||||||||
| Quincy (IL) | 1 | Davis & Elkins | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rockhurst | 0 | Alabama–Huntsville | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Consolation
| Consolation semifinls | Consolation final | ||||||||
| Dowling | 3 | ||||||||
| Keene State | 4 | ||||||||
| Keene State | 1 | ||||||||
| Rockhurst | 4 | ||||||||
| Southern Maine | 0 | ||||||||
| Rockhurst | 1* | ||||||||
See also
- 1980 NCAA Division I Soccer Tournament
- 1980 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship
- 1980 NCAA Division III Soccer Championship
References
- "NAIA Men's Soccer Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
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