1980 NAIA Soccer Championship

Football tournament season

1980 NAIA Soccer Championship

Tournament details
Country|  United States
Canada
Venue(s)| Springfield, Illinois
Teams| 10
Final positions
Champions| Quincy (IL) (10th title)
Runner-up| Simon Fraser
Third place| Davis & Elkins
Fourth place| Alabama–Huntsville
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 13
Goals scored| 56 (4.31 per match)
Best player| Mike Gallo,
Quincy (IL)

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The 1980 NAIA Soccer Championship was the 22nd annual tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of men's college soccer among its members in the United States and Canada.

Three-time defending champions Quincy (IL) defeated Simon Fraser in the final, 1–0, to claim the Hawks' tenth NAIA national title.

The final was again played at Sangamon State University in Springfield, Illinois.[1]

## Qualification

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See also: 1980 NAIA men's soccer season

The tournament field remained fixed at ten teams. Two consolation games were eliminated, however, reducing the number of games from fifteen to thirteen.

Qualified Teams

School  | Appearance  | Last Bid
Alabama–Huntsville | 4th  | 1979
Davis & Elkins | 11th  | 1978
Dowling | 1st  | Never
Keene State | 6th  | 1978
Quincy (IL) | 14th  | 1979
Rockhurst | 9th  | 1979
Sangamon State | 2nd  | 1979
Simon Fraser | 6th  | 1979
Southern Maine | 3rd  | 1979
Wilmington (OH) | 1st  | Never

## Brackets

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### Championship

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| Preliminary round | | | Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | Final |

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| | | |  | Davis & Elkins | 4**** | | |
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| | |  | Sangamon State | 3 |
|  | Sangamon State | 2 |

|  | Dowling | 0 |
| |  | Davis & Elkins | 0 |
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| | |  | Simon Fraser | 5 |
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| |  | Simon Fraser | 2 |
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| | |  | Keene State | 0 |
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| |  | Simon Fraser | 0 |
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| | |  | Quincy (IL) | 1 |
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| |  | Alabama–Huntsville | 8 |
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| | |  | Wilmington (OH) | 1 |
|  | Wilmington (OH) | 5 |

|  | Southern Maine | 2 |
| |  | Alabama–Huntsville | 0 |
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| | |  | Quincy (IL) | 4 |
| | | | | Third Place Final

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| |  | Quincy (IL) | 1 | | |  | Davis & Elkins | 3
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| | |  | Rockhurst | 0 | | |  | Alabama–Huntsville | 2

### Consolation

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| Consolation semifinls | | | Consolation final |

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| Dowling | 3 | |
| Keene State | 4 |
| | Keene State | 1 |
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| | | Rockhurst | 4 |
| Southern Maine | 0 |

| Rockhurst | 1* |

## See also

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* 1980 NCAA Division I Soccer Tournament
* 1980 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship
* 1980 NCAA Division III Soccer Championship

## References

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1. ^ "NAIA Men's Soccer Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved January 9, 2022.

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