2016 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament

Football tournament season

2016 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship
Tournament details
Country	United States
Teams	18
Final positions
Champions	Delaware (1st title)
Runner-up	North Carolina (17th title match)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	68 (4 per match)
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The 2016 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship was the 36th annual women's collegiate field hockey tournament organized by the NCAA, to determine the national champion of Division I college field hockey in the United States. The semifinals and championship match were played at the L.R. Hill Sports Complex at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia from November 18th through 20th, 2016.

Delaware defeated North Carolina in the final, 3–2, to win their first national title.

Qualified teams

A total of 18 teams qualified for the 2016 tournament, the same number of teams as 2015. 10 teams received automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments and an additional 8 teams earned at-large bids based on their regular season records.

Play-In round November 9, 2016 Campus sites			First round November 12, 2016 Campus sites			Second round November 13, 2016 Campus sites			Semifinals November 18, 2016 Norfolk, Virginia L.R. Hill Complex			Championship November 20, 2016 Norfolk, Virginia L.R. Hill Complex

			1	Duke*	3

				American	0
	American*	2

	Kent State	1
						1	Duke	2

							Delaware	3



				Louisville	0

				Delaware*	1



										Delaware	3

										Princeton	2



				Virginia*	2

				Michigan	1



							Virginia	2

							Princeton	3



				Princeton	2

			4	Penn State*	1



													Delaware	3

													North Carolina	2



			3	Syracuse*	5

				Harvard	1



						3	Syracuse	2

							Connecticut	3



				Boston College	0

				Connecticut*	5



										Connecticut	1

										North Carolina(OT)	2



				North Carolina*	3

				Stanford	0



							North Carolina	3

						2	Maryland	0
	Monmouth*	3

	Massachusetts	4
				Massachusetts	1

			2	Maryland*	2

Tournaments

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Statistics

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Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Beach volleyball Bowling Cross country Fencing Field hockey Football (FBS) † Football (FCS) Men's golf Women's golf Men's gymnastics Women's gymnastics Men's ice hockey Women's ice hockey Indoor track and field Men's lacrosse Women's lacrosse Outdoor track and field Rifle Rowing Skiing Men's soccer Women's soccer Softball Men's swimming and diving Women's swimming and diving Tennis Men's volleyball Women's volleyball Men's water polo Women's water polo Wrestling
† Not an officially sanctioned NCAA championship

2016–17 NCAA Division I championships