1969 NAIA Soccer Championship
The 1969 NAIA Soccer Championship was the 11th 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 | Earlham College Richmond, Indiana |
| Teams | 8 |
| Champions | Eastern Illinois (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Davis & Elkins |
| Third place | Drew |
| Fourth place | Spring Arbor |
| Matches played | 12 |
| Goals scored | 40 (3.33 per match) |
| Best player | William Smyth, Davis & Elkins |
← 1968 1970 → | |
Eastern Illinois defeated defending champions Davis & Elkins in the final, 1–0 after two overtime periods, to claim the Panthers' first NAIA national title.
The final was played at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana.[1]
Qualification
The tournament field remained fixed at eight teams.
| Qualified Teams | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | Appearance | Last Bid | ||
| Campbell | 1st | Never | ||
| Davis & Elkins | 2nd | 1968 | ||
| Drew | 1st | Never | ||
| Eastern Connecticut | 2nd | 1968 | ||
| Eastern Illinois | 1st | Never | ||
| Ottawa (KS) | 1st | Never | ||
| Spring Arbor | 1st | Never | ||
| Westmont | 2nd | 1968 | ||
Bracket
| Fifth place | Consolation semifinals | First round | Championship semifinals | Championship | ||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Campbell | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Campbell | 2 | Eastern Illinois | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Westmont | 1 | Drew | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Drew | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Westmont | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Campbell | 2 | Eastern Illinois | 1** | |||||||||||||||
| Ottawa (KS) | 1 | Davis & Elkins | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Davis & Elkins | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ottawa (KS) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Seventh place | Ottawa (KS) | 3 | Davis & Elkins | 4 | Third place | |||||||||||||
| Eastern Connecticut | 0 | Spring Arbor | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Westmont | 0 | Spring Arbor | 1****** | Drew | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Eastern Connecticut | 4 | Eastern Connecticut | 0 | Spring Arbor | 3 | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- "NAIA Men's Soccer Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
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