The 1968 NAIA Soccer Championship was the tenth annual tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of men's college soccer among its members in the United States.
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country |  United States |
| Venue(s) | Quincy College Quincy, Illinois |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Davis & Elkins (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Quincy (IL) |
| Third place | Eastern Connecticut |
| Fourth place | Plattsburgh State |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 12 |
| Goals scored | 48 (4 per match) |
| Best player | William Smyth, Davis & Elkins |
Davis & Elkins defeated hosts and two-time defending champions Quincy (IL) in the final, 2–1 after five overtime periods, to claim the Senators' first NAIA national title. This was the first NAIA national championship game to go into extra time.
The final was again played at Quincy College in Quincy, Illinois.[1]
Qualification edit
The tournament field expanded for the first time in 1968, increasing from four to eight. The tournament format, meanwhile, remained single-elimination format, but added additional matches to determine the teams in fifth to eighth place, increasing the number of matches from 4 to 12.
Bracket edit
| Fifth place | Consolation semifinals | First round | Championship semifinals | Championship | ||||||||||||||
| Quincy (IL) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| St. Andrews (NC) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| St. Andrews (NC) | 0 | Quincy (IL) | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Westmont | 4 | Eastern Connecticut | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Eastern Connecticut | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Westmont | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Westmont | 1 | Quincy (IL) | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Earlham | 4 | Davis & Elkins | 2***** | |||||||||||||||
| Davis & Elkins | 3** | |||||||||||||||||
| Earlham | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Seventh place | Earlham | 4 | Davis & Elkins | 1 | Third place | |||||||||||||
| Rockhurst | 1 | Plattsburgh State | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| St. Andrews (NC) | 3 | Plattsburgh State | 3 | Eastern Connecticut | 0**† | |||||||||||||
| Rockhurst | 1 | Rockhurst | 1 | Plattburgh State | 0 | |||||||||||||
† Eastern Connecticut was awarded victory after two overtimes for having most corner kicks.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "NAIA Men's Soccer Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved December 24, 2021.