Football tournament season
| 1981 College Cup | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Country |  United States |
| Venue(s) | Stanford Stadium Stanford, California |
| Teams | 20 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Connecticut (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Alabama A&M |
| Third place | Eastern Illinois (vacated) |
| Fourth place | Philadelphia Textile |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 20 |
| Goals scored | 63 (3.15 per match) |
| Attendance | 31,200 (1,560 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) |  Elvis Comrie,Connecticut (5)  Pedro DeBrito,Connecticut (5)  Solomon Shiferow,Alabama A&M (5) |
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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
See also: 1981 NCAA Division I soccer seasonTwo teams made their debut appearance in the NCAA Division I soccer tournament: NC State and Wisconsin.
Bracket
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship | |||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 1 | Clemson | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Alabama A&M (OT) | 1 | Alabama A&M (2OT) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 0 | Alabama A&M (OT) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama A&M (OT,PK) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Philadelphia Textile | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Philadelphia Textile | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Philadelphia Textile | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama A&M | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut (OT) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Long Island (4OT) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Long Island | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 1 | Third place | |||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 4# | San Diego State (OT,PK) | 2# | ||||||||||||||||
| California | 0 | San Diego State | 0 | Philadelphia Textile | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | w/o# | Eastern Illinois | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois (OT) | 2# | Eastern Illinois | 1# | ||||||||||||||||
| SIU Edwardsville | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Note
- San Diego State and Eastern Illinois had their results vacated by the NCAA.
Championship Rounds
Final
| Alabama A&M | 1–2 (OT) | Connecticut |
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See also
- 1981 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship
- 1981 NCAA Division III Soccer Championship
- 1981 NAIA Soccer Championship
References
- "DIVISION I MEN'S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
| NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament | |
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| NCAA Tournaments |
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| NCAA Finals | |
| National tournaments | |
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| 1981–82 NCAA Division I championships | |
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| † Inaugural championship – ‡ Inaugural combined championship |