1979 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship
The 1979 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship was the eighth annual tournament held by the NCAA to determine the top men's Division II college soccer program in the United States.
| Country |  |
|---|---|
| Teams | 10 |
| Champions | Alabama A&M (2nd title) |
| Runners-up | Eastern Illinois (1st title game) |
| Third place | Seattle Pacific |
| Matches played | 10 |
| Goals scored | 26 (2.6 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) | Gordon Prempeh, EIU (3) |
← 1978 1980 → | |
Alabama A&M defeated Eastern Illinois in the final, 2–0, to win their second national title. This was the Bulldogs' third consecutive appearance in the Division II championship match after winning in 1977 and losing in 1978.
The final was played at Florida International University in Miami, Florida on December 1, 1979.[1]
Bracket
| First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final December 1, 1979 Miami, Florida | |||||||||||||||
| So. Conn. State | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mercy | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| So. Conn. State | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| UM–Saint Louis | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Alabama A&M | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Seattle Pacific | 3 | Third place | ||||||||||||||||
| Chapman | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| So. Conn. State | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Seattle Pacific | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Seattle Pacific | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Alabama A&M | 1* | |||||||||||||||||
| Alabama A&M | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Florida International | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rollins | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Florida International | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
- An asterisk indicates one overtime period
Final
| Eastern Illinois | 0–2 | Alabama A&M |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Felix Onyekwelu  Segun Adele |
FIU Soccer Stadium, Miami, Florida
Attendance: 300
See also
- NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
- NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship
- NAIA Men's Soccer Championship
References
- "NCAA Division II Men's Championship Brackets" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
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