NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship

NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
Founded 1969
Number of teams 4
Current champions UCLA (10)
Most successful club(s) California (13)
Website NCAA.com

The NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship is an annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate water polo. It has been held every year since 1969. With a limited number of NCAA water polo programs at the national level, all men's teams, whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III, are eligible to compete each year. The tournament was expanded from a 4 team bracket in 2013 by adding two play-in games that are contested by the bottom four seeds, effectively creating a 6 team bracket with a first round bye for the top two teams.

While the championship often includes teams from around the country, most programs are located within the state of California, and no school from outside the California has ever surpassed third place or participated in the NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship game.

California is the most successful program, with 13 titles. The Golden Bears are followed by Stanford and UCLA (10 each).[1]

Championships Summary

Year Team Champion Score Team Runner-Up Location Venue
1969 UCLA 5–2 California Long Beach, CA Belmont Plaza Pool
1970 UC Irvine 7–6 (3OT) UCLA Long Beach, CA Belmont Plaza Pool
1971 UCLA (2) 5–3 San Jose State Long Beach, CA Belmont Plaza Pool
1972 UCLA (3) 10–5 UC Irvine Albuquerque, NM Armond H. Seidler Natatorium
1973 California 8–4 UC Irvine Long Beach, CA Belmont Plaza Pool
1974 California (2) 7–6 UC Irvine Long Beach, CA Belmont Plaza Pool
1975 California (3) 9–8 UC Irvine Long Beach, CA Belmont Plaza Pool
1976 Stanford 13–12 UCLA Long Beach, CA Belmont Plaza Pool
1977 California (4) 8–6 UC Irvine Providence, RI Smith Swim Center[2]
1978 Stanford (2) 7–6 (3OT) California Long Beach, CA Belmont Plaza Pool
1979 UC Santa Barbara 11–3 UCLA Long Beach, CA Belmont Plaza Pool
1980 Stanford (3) 8–6 California Long Beach, CA Belmont Plaza Pool
1981 Stanford (4) 17–6 Long Beach State Long Beach, CA Belmont Plaza Pool
1982 UC Irvine (2) 7–4 Stanford Long Beach, CA Belmont Plaza Pool
1983 California (5) 10–7 USC Long Beach, CA Belmont Plaza Pool
1984 California (6) 9–8 Stanford Long Beach, CA Belmont Plaza Pool
1985 Stanford (5) 12–11 (2OT) UC Irvine Long Beach, CA Belmont Plaza Pool
1986 Stanford (6) 9–6 California Long Beach, CA Belmont Plaza Pool
1987 California (7) 9–8 (OT) UC Irvine Long Beach, CA Belmont Plaza Pool
1988 California (8) 14–11 UCLA Long Beach, CA Belmont Plaza Pool
1989 UC Irvine (3) 9–8 California Indianapolis, IN Indiana University Natatorium
1990 California (9) 8–7 Stanford Long Beach, CA Belmont Plaza Pool
1991 California (10) 7–6 UCLA Long Beach, CA Belmont Plaza Pool
1992 California (11) 12–11 (3OT) Stanford Long Beach, CA Belmont Plaza Pool
1993 Stanford (7) 11–9 USC Long Beach, CA Belmont Plaza Pool
1994 Stanford (8) 14–10 USC Long Beach, CA Belmont Plaza Pool
1995 UCLA (4) 10–8 California Stanford, CA Avery Aquatic Center
1996 UCLA (5) 8–7 USC La Jolla, San Diego, CA Canyonview Pool
1997 Pepperdine 8–7 (2OT) USC Fort Lauderdale, FL International Swimming Hall of Fame
Aquatics Complex
1998 USC 9–8 (2OT) Stanford Newport Beach, CA Marian Bergeson Aquatic Center
1999 UCLA (6) 6–5 Stanford La Jolla, San Diego, CA Canyonview Pool
2000 UCLA (7) 11–2 UC San Diego Malibu, CA Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool
2001 Stanford (9) 8–5 UCLA Stanford, CA Avery Aquatic Center
2002 Stanford (10) 7–6 California Los Angeles, CA Burns Aquatics Center
2003 USC (2) 9–7 (2OT) Stanford Stanford, CA Avery Aquatic Center
2004 UCLA (8) 10–9 (OT) Stanford Stanford, CA Avery Aquatic Center
2005 USC (3) 3–2 Stanford Lewisburg, PA Kinney Natatorium
2006 California (12) 7–6 USC Los Angeles, CA Burns Aquatics Center
2007 California (13) 8–6 USC Stanford, CA Avery Aquatic Center
2008 USC (4) 7–5 Stanford Stanford, CA Avery Aquatic Center
2009 USC (5) 7–6 UCLA Princeton, NJ DeNunzio Pool
2010 USC (6) 12–10 (OT) California Berkeley, CA Spieker Aquatics Complex
2011 USC (7) 7–4 UCLA Berkeley, CA Spieker Aquatics Complex
2012 USC (8) 11–10 UCLA Los Angeles, CA McDonald's Swim Stadium
2013 USC (9) 12-11 (2OT) Pacific Stanford, CA Avery Aquatic Center
2014 UCLA (9) 9-8 USC San Diego, CA Canyonview Pool
2015 UCLA (10) 10-7 USC Los Angeles, CA Spieker Aquatics Center
2016 Berkeley, CA Spieker Aquatics Complex
2017 Los Angeles, CA Uytengsu Aquatics Center

Team titles

Team # Winning years Runner-up years
California 13 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2006, 2007 1969, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1989, 1995, 2002, 2010
Stanford 10 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2002 1982, 1984, 1990, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008
UCLA 10 1969, 1971, 1972, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2014, 2015 1970, 1976, 1979, 1988, 1991, 2001, 2009, 2011, 2012
USC 9 1998, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 1983, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2006, 2007, 2014, 2015
UC Irvine 3 1970, 1982, 1989 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1985, 1987
Pepperdine 1 1997
UC Santa Barbara 1 1979
Long Beach State 0 1981
Pacific 0 2013
San Jose State 0 1971
UC San Diego 0 2000

Recent Championships

2009 Championship

Semifinals scores (Princeton University, December 5, 3:00 pm and 5:00 pm (ET)):

National Championship (Princeton University, December 6, 2:00 pm (ET)):

Semi-finals Final
December 5, 3:00 pm
 #1 USC  13  
 #4 Princeton  3  
 
December 6, 2:00 pm
     #1 USC   7
   #2 UCLA  6
Third place
December 5, 5:00 pm
 #2 UCLA  9    
 #3 Loyola Marymount  8 (2 OT)      

2009 NCAA All-Tournament Teams:

On January 12, 2010, the NCAA Men’s Water Polo Committee has reprimanded the University of Southern California men’s water polo team for inappropriate behavior following the championship event at the 2009 NCAA Water Polo Championship.[3]

2010 Championship

Semifinals (December 4, 2010, Spieker Aquatics Complex, University of California, Berkeley, California)

Championship (December 5, 2010, Spieker Aquatics Complex, University of California, Berkeley, California)

Semi-finals Final
December 4
 USC  10  
 St. Francis (NY)  7  
 
December 5
     USC  12
   Cal  10 (OT)
Third place
December 4 December 5
 Cal  7  Loyola Marymount  
 Loyola Marymount  6    St. Francis (NY)  

2010 NCAA All-Tournament Teams:

2011 Championship

Conferences receiving automatic qualification included the Collegiate Water Polo Association, the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation and the Western Water Polo Association. The remaining team was selected at-large without geographical restrictions.

Semifinals (December 3, 2011, Spieker Aquatics Complex, University of California, Berkeley, California)

Championship (December 4, 2010, Spieker Aquatics Complex, University of California, Berkeley, California)

Semi-finals Final
December 3
 USC  17  
 Princeton  4  
 
December 4
     USC   7
   UCLA  4
Third place
December 3 December 4
 UCLA  10  Princeton   9
 UC-San Diego  1    UC-San Diego  7

2011 NCAA All-Tournament Teams:

2012 Championship

The NCAA men's water polo championship was held December 1 and 2, 2012 at Southern California's McDonald’s Swim Stadium. Conferences receiving automatic qualification included the Collegiate Water Polo Association, the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation and the Western Water Polo Association. The remaining team was selected at-large without geographical restrictions. All four championship games will be streamed live on www.NCAA.com.

Semifinals - December 1, 2012

Finals - December 2, 2012

Semi-finals Final
December 1, 4:00 PM
 #1 Southern California   18  
 #4 Air Force   7  
 
December 2, 6:12 PM
      Southern California   11
    UCLA   10
Third place
December 1, 6:12 PM December 2, 4:00 PM
 #2 UCLA  17   St. Francis Brooklyn   14
 #3 St. Francis Brooklyn   3     Air Force   8

2013 Championship

The NCAA men's water polo championship was held December 7 and 8, 2013 at Stanford's Avery Aquatic Center. This season marked the introduction of an expanded format. Six teams were seeded into the tournament, with the bottom four participating in Play-in games to fill the four team bracket. Four conferences received automatic qualification: the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA), the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF), Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC), and the Western Water Polo Association (WWPA). The remaining two teams were selected at-large without geographical restrictions. The tournament was seeded by the Men’s Water Polo Committee on December 1, 11:00 p.m. (ET)/8:00 p.m. (PT). Conference representatives were Southern Cal (MPSF), Whittier College (SCIAC), UC San Diego (WWPA), and St. Francis College Brooklyn (CWPA).

Play-in – December 5, 2013

Semifinals – December 7, 2013

Finals – December 8, 2013

Semi-finals Final
December 7, 1:00 PM
 #1 Southern California   10  
 #4 St. Francis Brooklyn  3  
 
December 8, 3:00 PM
      Southern California   12
    Pacific   11(2 OT)
Third place
December 7, 2:45 PM December 8, 1:00 PM
 #2 Pacific   11   St. Francis Brooklyn   2
 #3 Stanford   10     Stanford   17

2014 Championship

The NCAA men's water polo championship was held December 6 and 7, 2014 at UC San Diego's Canyonview Aquatic Center, La Jolla, CA. The tournament continued with the new format by adding two more teams to play in the four-team play-in games. Conferences received automatic qualification were the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA), the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF), Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC), and the Western Water Polo Association (WWPA). The remaining teams were selected at-large without geographical restrictions. They were selected by the Men’s Water Polo Committee on November 23, 2014.

Play-in – November 29, 2014

Semifinals – December 6, 2014

Championship Dec. 7, 2014

2015 Championship

The NCAA men's water polo championship will be held December 5 and 6, 2015 at UCLA's Spieker Aquatics Center, Los Angeles, CA. The tournament continued with the new format by adding two more teams to play in the four-team play-in games. Conferences received automatic qualification were the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA), the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF), Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC), and the Western Water Polo Association (WWPA). The remaining teams were selected at-large without geographical restrictions. They are selected by the Men’s Water Polo Committee on November 22, 2015.[4]

Play-in – December 2, 2015

Semifinals – December 5, 2015

Championship Dec. 6, 2015

References

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