1968 NAIA Soccer Championship
The 1968 NAIA Soccer Championship was the tenth annual tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of men's college soccer among its members in the United States.
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| Country |  United States |
|---|---|
| Championship venue | Quincy College Quincy, Illinois |
| Teams | 8 |
| Champions | Davis & Elkins (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Quincy (IL) |
| Third place | Eastern Connecticut |
| Fourth place | Plattsburgh State |
| Matches played | 12 |
| Goals scored | 48 (4 per match) |
| Best player | William Smyth, Davis & Elkins |
← 1967 1969 → | |
Davis & Elkins defeated hosts and two-time defending champions Quincy (IL) in the final, 2–1 after five overtime periods, to claim the Senators' first NAIA national title. This was the first NAIA national championship game to go into extra time.
The final was again played at Quincy College in Quincy, Illinois.[1]
Qualification
The tournament field expanded for the first time in 1968, increasing from four to eight. The tournament format, meanwhile, remained single-elimination format, but added additional matches to determine the teams in fifth to eighth place, increasing the number of matches from 4 to 12.
Bracket
| Fifth place | Consolation semifinals | First round | Championship semifinals | Championship | ||||||||||||||
| Quincy (IL) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| St. Andrews (NC) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| St. Andrews (NC) | 0 | Quincy (IL) | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Westmont | 4 | Eastern Connecticut | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Eastern Connecticut | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Westmont | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Westmont | 1 | Quincy (IL) | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Earlham | 4 | Davis & Elkins | 2***** | |||||||||||||||
| Davis & Elkins | 3** | |||||||||||||||||
| Earlham | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Seventh place | Earlham | 4 | Davis & Elkins | 1 | Third place | |||||||||||||
| Rockhurst | 1 | Plattsburgh Setate | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| St. Andrews (NC) | 3 | Plattsburgh State | 3 | Eastern Connecticut | 0**† | |||||||||||||
| Rockhurst | 1 | Rockhurst | 1 | Plattburgh State | 0 | |||||||||||||
† Eastern Connecticut was awarded victory after two overtimes for having most corner kicks.
See also
References
- "NAIA Men's Soccer Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved December 24, 2021.