1981 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship

1981 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
Dates December 1981
Teams 8
Champions Stanford (4th title)
Runners-up Long Beach State (1st title game)
Matches played 12
Goals scored 228 (19 per match)
Attendance 2,579 (215 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) James Bergeson, Stanford (12)
Best player James Bergeson, Stanford & Jody Campbell, Stanford
← 1980 1982 →

The 1981 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the 13th annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's college water polo. Tournament matches were played at the Belmont Plaza Pool in Long Beach, California during December 1981.[1]

Stanford defeated Long Beach State in the final, 17–6, to win their fourth, and second consecutive, national title.

James Bergeson (Stanford) and Jody Campbell (Stanford) were named the Co-Most Outstanding Players of the tournament. An All-Tournament Team, consisting of seven players, was also named.

Bergeson was also the tournament's leading scorer, with 12 goals.

Qualification

Since there has only ever been one single national championship for water polo, all NCAA men's water polo programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of 8 teams were invited to contest this championship.

Team Appearance Previous
Air Force 4th 1979
Brown 3rd 1979
California 9th 1980
Long Beach State 6th 1975
Stanford 9th 1980
UC Irvine 12th 1980
UC Santa Barbara 9th 1980
UCLA 10th 1979

Bracket

  Fifth place Consolation semifinals First round Championship semifinals Championship
                                               
    Stanford 8  
    Brown 5  
  Brown 6       Stanford 13  
  UC Santa Barbara 16       UC Irvine 6  
  UC Irvine 9
    UC Santa Barbara 8  
  UC Santa Barbara 9       Stanford 17
  UCLA 8       Long Beach State 6
    Long Beach State 15  
      Air Force 6  
Air Force 5       Long Beach State 11
  Seventh place     UCLA 16       California 9     Third place
  Brown 9   California 10   UC Irvine 10
  Air Force 8     UCLA 7     California 11

All-tournament team

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Men's Water Polo Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
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