2016 Summit League men's soccer tournament

2016 Summit League men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	4
Matches	3
Site	CIBER Field Denver, Colorado
Champions	Denver (4th title)
Winning coach	Jamie Franks (2nd title)
Summit League men's soccer tournament «2015  2017»

2016 Summit League men's soccer standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Denver ‡	5	–	0	–	1			20	–	1	–	3
Omaha	5	–	0	–	1			10	–	5	–	4
Western Illinois	3	–	3	–	0			8	–	10	–	1
Eastern Illinois	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	12	–	1
Fort Wayne	2	–	4	–	0			9	–	9	–	0
Oral Roberts	2	–	4	–	0			6	–	10	–	2
IUPUI	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	15	–	1
‡-Tournament Champion +-Invited to the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 13 December 2016 Rankings from NSCAA

The 2016 Summit League men's soccer tournament, was the 11th edition of the tournament. It determined the Summit League's automatic berth into the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.

The Denver Pioneers won The Summit League title, besting the Omaha Mavericks, 2–1 in the championship match. It was Denver's fourth Summit League title and their fourth consecutive.

The tournament was hosted by the University of Denver and all matches were contested at CIBER Field at the University of Denver Soccer Stadium.

Seeds

The top four teams participate in the tournament. The seeding is based on the program's conference record during the 2016 Summit League season.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Omaha	5–0–1	+8 GD
2	Denver	5–0–1	+7 GD
3	Western Illinois	3–3
4	Eastern Illinois	2–4	−2 GD

• Oral Roberts and Fort Wayne also had 2–4 conference records but a poorer goal differential

Bracket

	Semifinals					Championship
	1	Omaha	3
	4	Eastern Illinois	1
						1	Omaha	1
						2	Denver	2
	2	Denver	1
	3	Western Illinois	0

Results

Semifinals

^#1 Omaha v ^#4 Eastern Illinois

November 10, 2016	#1 Omaha	3–1	#4 Eastern Illinois	Denver, Colorado
1:00 PM MDT	Alihodžić 12' Ibišević 26' Hamadi 62'	Report	Huerta 74'	Stadium: CIBER Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Cesar Ibarra

^#2 Denver v ^#3 Western Illinois

November 10, 2016	#2 Denver	1–0	#3 Western Illinois	Denver, Colorado
4:00 PM MDT	Hanlin 81'	Report		Stadium: CIBER Field Attendance: 201 Referee: Christopher Koloffon

Championship

^#1 Omaha v ^#2 Denver

November 12, 2016	#1 Omaha	1–2	#2 Denver	Denver, Colorado
1:00 PM MDT	Weiler 58'	Report	Shinyashiki 75', 90'	Stadium: CIBER Field Attendance: 583 Referee: Keith Angel

Statistical leaders

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	College	Goals
1	Andre Shinyashiki	Denver	2
2	Fazlo Alihodžić	Omaha	1
	Karsten Hanlin	Denver
	Noor Hamadi	Omaha
	Jonathan Huerta	Eastern Illinois
	Elvir Ibišević	Omaha
	Jacob Weiler	Omaha