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Collegiate soccer tournament
The Sun Belt Conference Men's Soccer Tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Sun Belt Conference . The tournament was held from 1976 through 1995, when the sport was discontinued.[ 1] The tournament resumed in 2014 when the conference reinstated men's soccer. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Championship .
Champions
Key
(2)
Title number
*
Match went to extra time
†
Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
Bold
Winning team won regular season
By year
Year
Champion
Score
Runner-up
Venue
Tournament MVP
1976
South Florida
6–1
Georgia State
Southern Oak Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida
MVP (School)
1977
South Florida (2)
4–3
Jacksonville
USF Soccer Stadium • Tampa, Florida
Fran Lemmons (USF)
1978
Jacksonville
2–1
Georgia State
USF Soccer Stadium • Tampa, Florida
Aleks Mihailović (JAX)
1979
South Florida (3)
3–2*
Charlotte
GSU Soccer Field • Atlanta, Georgia
Ralph Baker (USF)
1980
South Florida (4)
2–1
Georgia State
Memorial Stadium • Charlotte, North Carolina
Nigel Clark (USF)
1981
South Florida (5)
2–1
South Alabama
USF Soccer Stadium • Tampa, Florida
Jay Whitr (USF)
1982
South Florida (6)
2–1
Old Dominion
USF Soccer Stadium • Tampa, Florida
Roy Wegerle (USF)
1983
Charlotte
0–0*
Old Dominion
Foreman Field • Norfolk, Virginia
Craig Brown (UNCC)
1984
Old Dominion
2–1
South Florida
Ladd–Peebles Stadium • Mobile, Alabama
Alvaro Ibanez (ODU)
1985
South Florida (7)
2–2†
Old Dominion
Foreman Field • Norfolk, Virginia
Ray Perler (USF)
1986
South Florida (8)
1–0
Western Kentucky
USF Soccer Stadium • Tampa, Florida
Aris Bogdaneris (USF)
1987
Old Dominion (2)
1–0
South Alabama
Foreman Field • Norfolk, Virginia
Chris Haywood (ODU)
1988
South Florida (9)
1–1†
Old Dominion
Ladd–Peebles Stadium • Mobile, Alabama
Sean Crowley (ODU)
1989
Old Dominion (3)
1–1†
South Alabama
Old Dominion Soccer Complex • Norfolk, Virginia
Rick Jenik (ODU)
1990
no tournament held
1991
South Alabama
3–0
Western Kentucky
Ladd–Peebles Stadium • Mobile, Alabama
Stephen Small (USA)
1992
Western Kentucky
1–1†
South Alabama
Ladd–Peebles Stadium • Mobile, Alabama
Stephen Small (USA)
1993
South Alabama (2)
5–0
Little Rock
UTPA Soccer Field • Edinburg, Texas
Luke Whittle (USA)
1994
South Alabama (3)
3–0
Western Kentucky
Ladd–Peebles Stadium • Mobile, Alabama
Dale Edwards (USA)
1995
South Alabama (4)
3–2
Western Kentucky
WKU Soccer Complex • Bowling Green, Kentucky
Shaun Rothuysen (USA)
1996– 2013
Sun Belt did not sponsor men's soccer
2014
Hartwick
1–0
Georgia Southern
Erk Russell Athletic Park • Statesboro, Georgia
Kit Tregear (HWCK)
2015
Hartwick (2)
2–0
Georgia State
ASU Soccer Stadium • Boone, North Carolina
Jamie O’Grady (HWCK)
2016
Coastal Carolina
1–0
Georgia State
GSU Soccer Field • Atlanta, Georgia
Jair Espinoza (CCU)
2017
Coastal Carolina (2)
2–0
Georgia State
CCU Soccer Field • Conway, South Carolina
Frantzdy Pierrot (CCU)
2018
Georgia State
4–2
Georgia Southern
Eagle Field • Statesboro, Georgia
Hannes Burmeister (GSU)
2019
Coastal Carolina (3)
1–1†
Georgia State
ASU Soccer Stadium • Boone, North Carolina
Alberto Ciroi (CCU)
2020
Coastal Carolina (4)
0–0†
Georgia State
Center Parc Stadium • Atlanta, Georgia
Tor Saunders (CCU)
Statistics
All-time Champions
Teams in italics no longer participate in the Sun Belt Conference. Teams with a † no longer sponsor men's soccer.
References
NCAA men's college soccer tournaments
Division I
Pre-season Conference postseason Postseason
Division II
Division III
1 (Defunct tournament / conference)
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