1972 NCAA College Division soccer tournament

1972 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship

Men's Division II College Cup (semifinals & final)
Tournament details
Country	USA
Teams	24
Final positions
Champions	SIU Edwardsville (1st title)
Runner-up	SUNY Oneonta (1st title game)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	88 (3.83 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	N/A
Best player	None named

The 1972 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship was the inaugural Division II men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Since 1959, all schools had competed in a single division. The SIU Edwardsville Cougars won their first NCAA title in any sport by defeating the Oneonta Red Dragons in the championship game, 1-0. In 1973, SIUE would move into Division I (returning to Division II some fifteen years later), and Oneonta would not qualify for the tournament, before moving into the newly created Division III in 1974. The final match was played on December 9, 1972, in Edwardsville, Illinois, at SIUE's Cougar Field, which also hosted the Division I College Cup in 1970 and 1975.

Early rounds

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semifinals
		Bridgeport	1
		New Haven	0
							Bridgeport	0
							Springfield	1
		Springfield (2 ot)	2
		Hartford	1
												Springfield	1
												Oneonta	2
		Hartwick (2ot)	2
		Brockport	1
							Hartwick	0
							Oneonta	3
		Adelphi	0
		Oneonta	6
																	Oneonta	6
																	Cal State, Chico	0
							Cal State, Fullerton	6
							San Francisco State	1
												Cal State, Fullerton	0
												Cal State, Chico	1
							Cal State, Chico	3
							Seattle Pacific	2

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semifinals
		East Stroudsburg (2ot)	2
		Montclair State	1
							East Stroudsburg (2ot)	2
							Muhlenberg	1
		Muhlenberg	5
		Philadelphia	4
												East Stroudsburg	0
												Baltimore	3
		South Florida (ot)	1
		James Madison	0
							South Florida	0
							Baltimore	1
		Baltimore	7
		Loyola (MD)	1
																	Baltimore	1
																	SIU Edwardsville	4
							Missouri St. Louis	2
							Akron	6
												Akron	2
												SIU Edwardsville	3
							Eastern Illinois	0
							SIU Edwardsville	3

Final – Cougar Field, SIUE, Edwardsville, Illinois

December 9, 1972

SIU Edwardsville	1-0	Oneonta

Cougar Field@ SIUE, Edwardsville, Illinois

Attendance: not recorded