1963 NCAA soccer tournament

Football tournament season

1963 NCAA soccer tournament1963 College Cup

Tournament details
Country|  United States
Venue(s)| Rutgers Stadium
Piscataway, New Jersey
Teams| 16
Final positions
Champions| Saint Louis (4th title)
Runner-up| Navy
Semifinalists|

* Army
* Maryland

Tournament statistics
Matches played| 15
Goals scored| 67 (4.47 per match)
Best player| None designated

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The 1963 NCAA soccer tournament was the fifth annual tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the national champion of men's college soccer among its members in the United States. For the first time, the tournament expanded in size, increasing from 8 to 16 teams.

The tournament final was played at the old Rutgers Stadium in Piscataway, New Jersey on December 7.

Saint Louis won their fourth title, defeating Navy in the final, 3–0.[1]

## Qualifying

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See also: 1963 NCAA soccer season

Qualified teams

School  | Record  | Appearance  | Last Bid
Adelphi | 13–1  | 1st  | Never
Army | 10–0  | 1st  | Never
Bridgeport | 10–2–1  | 3rd  | 1961
Brown | 10–1–1  | 1st  | Never
Drexel | 9–2  | 1st  | Never
Fairleigh Dickinson | 5–1–3  | 1st  | Never
Howard | 7–1  | 2nd  | 1962
Long Island | 10–2–1  | 1st  | Never
Maryland | 8–2  | 5th  | 1962
Michigan State | 9–0  | 2nd  | 1962
Navy | 9–0  | 1st  | Never
Saint Louis | 9–1  | 5th  | 1962
San Francisco | 5–2–1  | 3rd  | 1961
San Jose State | 9–3  | 1st  | Never
Springfield College | 6–2–3  | 2nd  | 1962
West Chester State | 10–3–1  | 4th  | 1961

## Bracket

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| First Round | | | Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | Championship |

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| Brown | 1 | | | |
| Springfield | 0 |
| | Brown | 1 |
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| | | Army | 3 |
| Army | 4 |

| Adelphi | 2 |
| | Army | 0 |
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| | | Navy | 4 |
| Navy | 5 | |

| Howard | 1 |
| | Navy | 3 |
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| | | West Chester State | 0 |
| West Chester State | 2 |

| Fairleigh Dickinson | 0 |
| | Navy | 0 |
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| | | Saint Louis | 3 |
| Saint Louis | 2 | | |

| Michigan State | 0 |
| | Saint Louis | 3 |
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| | | San Francisco | 2 |
| San Francisco | 2 |

| San Jose State | 0 |
| | Saint Louis | 7 |
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| | | Maryland | 3 |
| Maryland | 5 | |

| Drexel | 2 |
| | Maryland | 5 |
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| | | Bridgeport | 3 |
| Bridgeport | 3 |

| Long Island | 1 |

## See also

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* 1963 NAIA Soccer Championship

## References

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1. ^ "1963 Division I Men's Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 3. Retrieved November 22, 2012.

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