Big West Conference men's soccer tournament

The Big West men's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Big West Conference. The tournament has been held every year since 2008. 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 Division I men's soccer championship.

Big West Conference men's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
SportCollege soccer
ConferenceBig West Conference
Number of teams6
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumCampus Sites (Higher Seed)
Played2008–present
Last contest2022
Current championUC Riverside
Most championshipsUC Irvine (4)
TV partner(s)ESPN+
Official websitebigwest.org/msoc

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

Finals
Year Champion Score Runner-up Site Most valuable player
2008 UC Irvine 4–2 UC Santa Barbara Anteater Stadium • Irvine, CA United States Andrew Fontein, UC Irvine
2009 UC Irvine (2) 4–1 UC Santa Barbara Anteater Stadium • Irvine, CA United States Carlos Aguilar, UC Irvine
2010 UC Santa Barbara 3–1 Cal State Fullerton Harder Stadium • Santa Barbara, CA United States Luis Silva, UCSB
2011 UC Irvine (3) 3–2* UC Santa Barbara Anteater Stadium • Irvine, CA United States Miguel Ibarra, UC Irvine
2012 Cal State Northridge 1–0 UC Davis Aggie Field • Davis, CA Israel Sagi Lev-Ari, CSUN
2013 UC Irvine (4) 1–0 Cal State Northridge Anteater Stadium • Irvine, CA United States Enrique Cardenas, UC Irvine
2014 Cal State Fullerton 0–0†
(3–2 pk)		 UC Irvine Anteater Stadium • Irvine, CA United States Jeff Salt, CSU Fullerton
2015 Cal State Fullerton (2) 1–0 UC Santa Barbara Harder Stadium • Santa Barbara, CA United States David Rodriguez Elias, CSU Fullerton
2016 Cal State Northridge (2) 2–1* Cal State Fullerton Matador Soccer Field • Northridge, CA United States Kevin Marquez, CSUN
2017 Cal State Fullerton (3) 0–0 †
(4–3 pk)		 UC Davis Aggie Field • Davis, CA France Paul-Andre Guerin, UC Davis
2018 UC Riverside 0–0 †
(4–2 pk)		 UC Davis UC Riverside Soccer Stadium • Riverside, CA United States Daniel Aguiree, UC Riverside
2019 UC Davis 2–0 UC Santa Barbara Aggie Field • Davis, CA United States Adam Mickelson, UC Davis
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 UC Santa Barbara 4–0 UC Irvine Harder Stadium • Santa Barbara, CA Australia Finn Ballard McBride, UC Santa Barbara
2022 UC Riverside 1-0 UC Santa Barbara UC Riverside Soccer Stadium • Riverside, CA United States Carlos Gonzalez, UC Riverside

Source: Big West Men's Soccer Record Book

Performance by school

Most championships
SchoolChampionships[1]Winning years[1]
UC Irvine 4 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013
Cal State Fullerton 3 2014, 2015, 2017
Cal State Northridge 2 2012, 2016
UC Santa Barbara 2 2010, 2021
UC Riverside 2 2018, 2022
UC Davis 1 2019
TOTAL 13

References
  1. "Big West Tournament Champions - Big West Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Big West Conference. BigWest.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
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