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1981 NCAA Division I soccer tournament

Field	Value
title	NCAA Division I soccer tournament
year	1981
other_titles	1981 College Cup
country	United States
num_teams	20
venue	Stanford Stadium
California Stanford, California
winners	Connecticut
count	1
second	Alabama A&M
third	Eastern Illinois (vacated)
fourth	Philadelphia Textile
matches	20
goals	63
attendance	31200
scoring_leader	ENG Elvis Comrie,
Connecticut (5)
CPV Pedro DeBrito,
Connecticut (5)
ETH Solomon Shiferow,
Alabama A&M (5)
prev_season	1980
next_season	1982

California Stanford, California Connecticut (5) CPV Pedro DeBrito, Connecticut (5) ETH Solomon Shiferow, Alabama A&M (5)

The 1981 NCAA Division I soccer tournament was the 23rd annual tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the national men's college soccer champion among its Division I members in the United States.

The final match was played at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California on December 6.

Connecticut won their first Division I national title, defeating Alabama A&M in the final, 2–1 after one overtime.

This was the final NCAA Division I championship before the introduction of gendered tournaments in the fall of 1982.

Qualifying

Two teams made their debut appearance in the NCAA Division I soccer tournament: NC State and Wisconsin.

Bracket

| team-width=160 | score-width=30

| RD1-team01=Clemson | RD1-score01=3 | RD1-team02=NC State | RD1-score02=1

| RD1-team03=Alabama A&M (OT) | RD1-score03=1 | RD1-team04=Duke | RD1-score04=0

| RD1-team27=San Diego State | RD1-score27=4# | RD1-team28=California | RD1-score28=0

| RD1-team31=Eastern Illinois (OT) | RD1-score31=2# | RD1-team32=SIU Edwardsville | RD1-score32=1

| RD2-team01=Clemson | RD2-score01=1 | RD2-team02=Alabama A&M (2OT) | RD2-score02=2

| RD2-team03=Virginia | RD2-score03=1 | RD2-team04=West Virginia | RD2-score04=2

| RD2-team05=Indiana | RD2-score05=5 | RD2-team06=Wisconsin | RD2-score06=1

| RD2-team07=Philadelphia Textile | RD2-score07=2 | RD2-team08=Penn State | RD2-score08=0

| RD2-team09=Long Island (4OT) | RD2-score09=1 | RD2-team10=Columbia | RD2-score10=0

| RD2-team11=Connecticut | RD2-score11=6 | RD2-team12=Vermont | RD2-score12=2

| RD2-team13=San Francisco | RD2-score13=1 | RD2-team14=San Diego State (OT, PK) | RD2-score14=2#

| RD2-team15=Saint Louis | RD2-score15=0 | RD2-team16=Eastern Illinois | RD2-score16=1#

| RD3-team01=Alabama A&M (OT) | RD3-score01=2 | RD3-team02=West Virginia | RD3-score02=1

| RD3-team03=Indiana | RD3-score03=0 | RD3-team04=Philadelphia Textile | RD3-score04=1

| RD3-team05=Long Island | RD3-score05=0 | RD3-team06=Connecticut | RD3-score06=3

| RD3-team07=San Diego State | RD3-score07=0 | RD3-team08=Eastern Illinois | RD3-score08=w/o#

| RD4-team01=Alabama A&M (OT, PK) | RD4-score01=3 | RD4-team02=Philadelphia Textile | RD4-score02=2

| RD4-team03=Connecticut | RD4-score03=2 | RD4-team04=Eastern Illinois | RD4-score04=1

| RD5-team01=Alabama A&M | RD5-score01=1 | RD5-team02=Connecticut (OT) | RD5-score02=2

| RD5-team03=Philadelphia Textile | RD5-score03=2 | RD5-team04=Eastern Illinois | RD5-score04=4

Note

San Diego State and Eastern Illinois had their results vacated by the NCAA.

Championship Rounds

Final

References

"DIVISION I MEN’S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK". NCAA.

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