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1982 AIAW National Division II College Basketball Championship

Tournament information
Administrator	Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women
Host(s)	College of Charleston
Venue(s)	Charleston, South Carolina
Participants	8
Final positions
Champions	Francis Marion (1st title)
Runner-up	College of Charleston
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
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The 1982 AIAW National Division II Basketball Championship was the third annual and final 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 College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina.

Francis Marion defeated College of Charleston in the championship game, 92–83, to capture the Patriots' first AIAW Division II national title.

Format

Eight 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

• 1982 AIAW National Division I Basketball Championship (final edition)
• 1982 AIAW National Division III Basketball Championship (final edition)
• 1982 NAIA women's basketball tournament

References

1. "PRE-NCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RECORDS" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 24, 2022.

• AIAW women's basketball tournament
• 1981–82 in American women's college basketball
• March 1982 sports events in the United States
• 1982 in sports in South Carolina
• Women's sports in South Carolina