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NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
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The NCAA
Men's Water Polo
Championship has existed since the 1969 season.
No school from outside the state of California
has ever surpassed third place. Hence, no non-California school has ever participated in the NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship game.
California (Berkeley) leads all universities with 13, followed by Stanford with 10 and UCLA at 8.
National Championship (Princeton University, December 6, 2:00 pm (ET)):
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.
, Berkeley, California
)
Championship (December 5, 2010, Spieker Aquatics Complex, University of California, Berkeley, California)
2010 NCAA All-Tournament Teams:
Semifinals (December 3, 2011, Spieker Aquatics Complex, University of California
, Berkeley, California
)
Championship (December 4, 2010, Spieker Aquatics Complex, University of California, Berkeley, California)
2011 NCAA All-Tournament Teams:
† Denotes overtime, multiple †'s denotes multiple overtimes
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Men's Water Polo
Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
Championship has existed since the 1969 season.
No school from outside the state of California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
has ever surpassed third place. Hence, no non-California school has ever participated in the NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship game.
California (Berkeley) leads all universities with 13, followed by Stanford with 10 and UCLA at 8.
2009 Championship
Semifinals scores (Princeton University, December 5, 3:00 pm and 5:00 pm (ET)):- #1 USCUniversity of Southern CaliforniaThe University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
13 vs. #4 PrincetonPrinceton UniversityPrinceton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
3; #2 UCLA 9 vs. #3 Loyola Marymount 8 (2 OT)
National Championship (Princeton University, December 6, 2:00 pm (ET)):
- #1 USCUniversity of Southern CaliforniaThe University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
(25-2) vs. #2 UCLA (23-6)
2009 NCAA All-Tournament Teams:
- First-Team – Shea Buckner, USC; Scott Davidson, UCLA; Ben Hohl, UCLA; Tibor Forai, LMU; J.W. Krumpholz, USC; Andy Stevens, LMU; Jordan Thompson, USC (MVP)
- Second-Team – Edgaras Asajavicius, LMU; Matt Hale, Princeton; Cullen Hennessy, UCLA; Chay Lapin, UCLA; Matt Sagehorn, USC; Josh Samuels, UCLA; Eric Vreeland, Princeton; Griffin White, UCLA; Mark Zalewski, Princeton
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.
2010 Championship
Semifinals (December 4, 2010, Spieker Aquatics Complex, University of CaliforniaUniversity of California
The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
, Berkeley, California
Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
)
- So. California def. St. Francis (NY) 10-7
- California def. Loyola Marymount 7-6
Championship (December 5, 2010, Spieker Aquatics Complex, University of California, Berkeley, California)
- So. California def. California 12-10 (OT)
2010 NCAA All-Tournament Teams:
- First-Team – Peter Kurzeka, USC (MVP); Ivan Rackov, CAL; Zachary White, CAL; Tibor Forai, LMU; Nikola Vavic, USC; Andy Stevens, LMU; Brian Dudley, CAL
- Second-Team – Boris Plavsic, St. Francis (NY); Ikaika Aki, LMU; Marko Gencic, St. Francis (NY); Jeremy Davie, USC; Joel Dennerley, USC; Matt Burton, USC; Cory Nasoff, CAL
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
University of California
The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
, Berkeley, California
Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
)
- Southern California (22-3) vs. Princeton (21-9), 4:00 p.m. ET
- UCLA (23-4) vs. UC-San Diego (17-9), 6:00 p.m. ET
Championship (December 4, 2010, Spieker Aquatics Complex, University of California, Berkeley, California)
- Third-place game, 4 p.m. ET
- Championship game at 6 p.m. ET.
2011 NCAA All-Tournament Teams:
- TBD
Champions
Year | National Champion | Score | Runner-Up | Host or site |
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1969 | UCLA | 5-2 | California University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA... |
Long Beach, Calif. |
1970 | UC Irvine University of California, Irvine The University of California, Irvine , founded in 1965, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, located in Irvine, California, USA... |
7-6††† | UCLA | Long Beach, Calif. |
1971 | UCLA | 5-3 | San Jose State San José State University San Jose State University is a public university located in San Jose, California, United States... |
Long Beach, Calif. |
1972 | UCLA | 10-5 | UC Irvine | New Mexico |
1973 | California | 8-4 | UC Irvine | Long Beach, Calif. |
1974 | California | 7-6 | UC Irvine | Long Beach, Calif. |
1975 | California | 9-8 | UC Irvine | Long Beach, Calif. |
1976 | Stanford | 13-12 | UCLA | Long Beach, Calif. |
1977 | California | 8-6 | UC Irvine | Brown |
1978 | Stanford | 7-6††† | California | Long Beach, Calif. |
1979 | UC Santa Barbara | 11-3 | UCLA | Long Beach, Calif. |
1980 | Stanford | 8-6 | California | Long Beach, Calif. |
1981 | Stanford | 17-6 | Long Beach State | Long Beach, Calif. |
1982 | UC Irvine | 7-4 | Stanford | Long Beach, Calif. |
1983 | California | 10-7 | Southern California University of Southern California The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university... |
Long Beach, Calif. |
1984 | California | 9-8 | Stanford | Long Beach, Calif. |
1985 | Stanford | 12-11†† | UC Irvine | Long Beach, Calif. |
1986 | Stanford | 9-6 | California | Long Beach, Calif. |
1987 | California | 9-8† | UC Irvine | Long Beach, Calif. |
1988 | California | 14-11 | UCLA | Long Beach, Calif. |
1989 | UC Irvine | 9-8 | California | Indianapolis |
1990 | California | 8-7 | Stanford | Long Beach, Calif. |
1991 | California | 7-6 | UCLA | Long Beach, Calif. |
1992 | California | 12-11††† | Stanford | Long Beach, Calif. |
1993 | Stanford | 11-9 | Southern California | Long Beach, Calif. |
1994 | Stanford | 14-10 | Southern California | Long Beach, Calif. |
1995 | UCLA | 10-8 | California | Stanford |
1996 | UCLA | 8-7 | Southern California | UC San Diego |
1997 | Pepperdine | 8-7†† | Southern California | Fort Lauderdale, Fla. |
1998 | Southern California | 9-8†† | Stanford | Newport Beach, Calif. |
1999 | UCLA | 6-5 | Stanford | La Jolla, Calif. |
2000 | UCLA | 11-2 | UC San Diego | Malibu, Calif. |
2001 | Stanford | 8-5 | UCLA | Stanford |
2002 | Stanford | 7-6 | California | Loyola Marymount |
2003 | Southern California | 9-7†† | Stanford | Stanford |
2004 | UCLA | 10-9† | Stanford | Stanford |
2005 | Southern California | 3-2 | Stanford | Bucknell |
2006 | California | 7-6 | Southern California | Loyola Marymount |
2007 | California | 8-6 | Southern California | Stanford |
2008 | Southern California | 7-5 | Stanford | Stanford |
2009 | Southern California | 7-6 | UCLA | Princeton University |
2010 | Southern California | 12-10† | California | California |
2011 | Berkeley, California | |||
2012 | Southern California | |||
† Denotes overtime, multiple †'s denotes multiple overtimes
External links
- NCAA Men's Water Polo
- Pre-NCAA Water Polo Champion