1971 NAIA Soccer Championship
The 1971 NAIA Soccer Championship was the 13th 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 | Dunn, North Carolina |
| Teams | 8 |
| Champions | Quincy (IL) (3rd title) |
| Runners-up | Davis & Elkins |
| Third place | Ottawa (KS) |
| Fourth place | Westmont |
| Matches played | 10 |
| Goals scored | 39 (3.9 per match) |
| Best player | Al Harte, Quincy (IL) |
← 1970 1972 → | |
In a rematch of the previous year's final, Quincy (IL) defeated defending champions Davis & Elkins in the final, 1–0, to claim the Hawks' third NAIA national title.
For the second consecutive year, the final was played in Dunn, North Carolina.[1]
Qualification
For the fourth year, the tournament field remained fixed at eight teams. Unlike the previous three years, however, additional fifth- and seventh-place finals were not contested.
| Qualified Teams | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | Appearance | Last Bid | ||
| Davis & Elkins | 4th | 1970 | ||
| Erskine | 1st | Never | ||
| Goshen | 1st | Never | ||
| Keene State | 1st | Never | ||
| Newark Engineering | 3rd | 1961 | ||
| Ottawa (KS) | 3rd | 1970 | ||
| Quincy (IL) | 5th | 1970 | ||
| Westmont | 4th | 1970 | ||
Bracket
| Fifth place | Consolation semifinals | First round | Championship semifinals | Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ottawa (KS) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Newark Engineering | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Newark Engineering | 6 | Ottawa (KS) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Goshen | 1 | Davis & Elkins | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Davis & Elkins | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Goshen | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Newark Engineering | Davis & Elkins | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Keene State | Quincy (IL) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Fifth place match not held | Quincy (IL) | 8 | Dunn, NC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Keene State | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Keene State | 4 | Quincy (IL) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Seventh place | Erskine | 2 | Westmont | 0 | Third place | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goshen | Westmont | 3 | Ottawa (KS) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Erskine | Erskine | 2 | Westmont | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Seventh place match not held | |||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
References
- "NAIA Men's Soccer Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
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