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1980 AIAW-USFHA Division I field hockey tournament

Tournament details
Host country	United States
City	Carbondale, Illinois
Teams	16
Venue(s)	Southern Illinois University
Final positions
Champions	Penn State (1st title)
Runner-up	California
Third place	Delaware
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	86 (3.19 per match)
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The 1980 Division I AIAW-USFHA field hockey tournament was the sixth annual single-elimination tournament joint hosted by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women and the United States Field Hockey Association to determine the national champion of women's collegiate field hockey among their Division I members in the United States, the culmination of the 1980 AIAW Division I field hockey season.

This was the final AIAW Division I tournament before the NCAA introduced its own tournament for its affiliated field hockey programs. As such, this was the final tournament a sixteen-team field.

Penn State won its first AIAW national title, defeating California in the final, 1–0.

The tournament was played at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois.

Bracket

Championship

Consolation

• * indicates an overtime period

See also

• 1980 AIAW Division II field hockey tournament
• 1980 AIAW Division III field hockey tournament

References

1. "AIAW Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA.org. NCAA. Retrieved 5 November 2023.

• NCAA Division I field hockey tournament
• 1980 in American women's sports
• 1980 in women's field hockey
• 1980 in sports in Illinois
• Women's sports in Illinois