1981 NCAA Division II soccer tournament

1981 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship

Tournament details
Country	United States
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Tampa (1st)
Runner-up	Cal State Los Angeles
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	24 (2.4 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Ron Basile, SCSC (3)

The 1981 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship was the tenth annual tournament held by the NCAA to determine the top men's Division II college soccer program in the United States. This was the final Division II tournament to feature a third-place match.

Tampa defeated Cal State Los Angeles in the final, 1–0 (after one overtime period), to win their first Division II national title. The semifinals and final were played at the Soccer-Lacrosse Stadium on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.

Bracket

	First Round Campus sites					Quarterfinals Campus sites					Semifinals New Haven, CT					Final November 28, 1981 New Haven, CT
							UM–Saint Louis	1
							Lock Haven State*	0
												UM–Saint Louis	0
												Tampa	2
							Tampa*	1
							Rollins	0
																	Tampa (OT)	1
																	Cal State LA	0
							Cal State LA	2
							Chico State*	1
		Seattle Pacific	2
		Chico State*	3
												Cal State LA	3
												So. Conn. State	0
																Third place
							So. Conn. State	1									UM–Saint Louis	1
							New Haven*	0									So. Conn. State	3
		New Haven (OT)	2*
		Hartford*	1

Final

November 28, 1981

Tampa	1–0 (OT)	Cal State Los Angeles
Peter Johansson  92:29'	Report 1 Report 2

Soccer-Lacrosse Stadium, New Haven, Connecticut

Attendance: 700

See also

• NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
• NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship
• NAIA Men's Soccer Championship