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1981 AIAW National Small College Basketball Championship

Tournament information
Administrator	Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women
Host(s)	University of Dayton
Venue(s)	Dayton, Ohio
Participants	16
Final positions
Champions	William Penn (1st title)
Runner-up	College of Charleston
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
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The 1981 AIAW National Division II Basketball Championship was the second annual tournament hosted by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women to determine the national champion of collegiate basketball among its Division II members in the United States.

The tournament was held at the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio.

William Penn defeated College of Charleston in the championship game, 64–51, to capture the Statesmen's first AIAW Division II national title.

Format

Sixteen teams participated in a single-elimination tournament, a decrease in eight teams from the previous year's championship.

The tournament also included a third-place game for the two teams that lost in the semifinal games.

Tournament bracket

See also

• 1981 AIAW National Division I Basketball Championship
• 1981 AIAW National Division III Basketball Championship
• 1981 NAIA women's basketball tournament

References

1. "PRE-NCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RECORDS" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 23, 2022.

• AIAW women's basketball tournament
• 1980–81 in American women's college basketball
• March 1981 sports events in the United States
• 1981 in sports in Ohio
• Women's sports in Ohio