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2023 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament

The 2023 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament was the 28th edition of the Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament. The tournament ran from November 5 to November 12, 2023. Marshall won the Sun Belt Conference (SBC) tournament and with it the SBC's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I National Tournament.

2023 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams8
Matches7
SiteHuntington, WV
Orlando, FL
ChampionsMarshall (1st title)
Winning coachChris Grassie (1st title)
MVPAlvaro Garcia-Pascual (Marshall)
BroadcastESPN+
Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament
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2023 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Marshall ‡ 7 – 2 – 0 18 – 3 – 0
No. 19 UCF + 6 – 2 – 1 10 – 4 – 2
No. 3 West Virginia + 5 – 1 – 3 17 – 3 – 4
No. 18 James Madison + 4 – 2 – 3 10 – 5 – 5
Kentucky + 3 – 3 – 3 8 – 8 – 4
Georgia State 3 – 4 – 2 6 – 7 – 5
South Carolina 3 – 4 – 2 6 – 9 – 3
Old Dominion 2 – 6 – 1 5 – 7 – 5
Georgia Southern 1 – 5 – 3 2 – 9 – 6
Coastal Carolina 1 – 6 – 2 3 – 9 – 3
As of December 12, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Sun Belt

The conference announced the top two seeds would host the quarterfinals and semifinal rounds, and then the highest remaining seed in the finals would host the finals. #1 seed Marshall and #2 seed UCF earned the right to host the first two rounds of the tournament.

Seeds

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Seed School Conference Points
1 Marshall 7–2–0 21
2 UCF 6–2–1 19
3 West Virginia 5–1–3 18
4 James Madison 4–2–3 15
5 Kentucky 3–3–3 12
6 Georgia State 3–4–2 11
7 South Carolina 3–4–2 11
8 Old Dominion 2–6–1 7

Bracket

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 Marshall 2
8 Old Dominion 0
Marshall 3
Kentucky 0
4 James Madison 1
5 Kentucky 2
Marshall 3
West Virginia 2
2 UCF 1
7 South Carolina 2
South Carolina 0
West Virginia 2
3 West Virginia 3
6 Georgia State 1

Schedule

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Quarterfinals

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#1 Marshall Thundering Herd2–0#8 Old Dominion Monarchs
  • Pablo Simon   60'
  • Agustin Iusem   85'
 Report
Attendance: 1790
Referee: Michael Nickerson
#3 West Virginia Mountaineers3–1#6 Georgia State Panthers
 Report
  • Ethan Sassine   51'
#4 James Madison Dukes1–2#5 Kentucky Wildcats
  • Rodrigo Robles   27'
 Report
  • Mason Visconti   26'
  • Ben Damge   54'
Attendance: 333
Referee: Sorin Stoica
#2 UCF Knights1–2#7 South Carolina Gamecocks
  • Anderson Rosa   56'
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  • Harrison Myring   6'
  • Jack Burgess   24'
Attendance: 816
Referee: Madzid Coric

Semifinals

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#1 Marshall Thundering Herd3–0#5 Kentucky Wildcats
  • Alvaro Garcia-Pascual   6'
  • Joao Roberto   65'
  • Matthew Bell   87'
 Report
Attendance: 2176
Referee: Kevin Fikar
#3 West Virginia Mountaineers2–0#7 South Carolina Gamecocks
 Report
Attendance: 205
Referee: Nickrod Fateh

Final

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#1 Marshall Thundering Herd3–2#3 West Virginia Mountaineers
  • Alvaro Garcia-Pascual   25', 77'
  • Aymane Sordo   36'
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  • Sergio Ors Navarro   18', 31'
Attendance: 3151
Referee: David Erbacher

Honors

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All-Tournament Team

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The following were recognized by the Sun Belt Conference as the All-Tournament Team. [1]

Position Player School
F Alvaro Garcia-Pascual Marshall
F Yutaro Tsukada West Virginia
F Ben Damge Kentucky
M Alymane Sordo Marshall
M Sergio Ors Navarro West Virginia
M Luke McCormick West Virginia
D Rai Pinto Marshall
D Alex Bamford Marshall
D William Nilsson South Carolina
D Kasper Lehm South Carolina
GK Casper Mols Kentucky

References

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  1. ^ "No. 1 Marshall Wins 2023 Sun Belt Men's Soccer Championship". sunbeltsports.org. Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
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