| Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament | |
| Sport: | College soccer |
| Conference: | Sun Belt Conference |
| Number Of Teams: | 8 |
| Format: | Single-elimination |
| Current Stadium: | Campus sites |
| Years: | 1976–1995; 2014–2020; 2022–present |
| Most Recent: | 2024 |
| Most Championships: | South Florida (9) |
| Television: | ESPN+ |
The Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Sun Belt Conference (SBC). The tournament was held from 1976 through 1995, when the sport was discontinued.[1]
The tournament resumed in 2014 when the conference reinstated men's soccer, and was discontinued again when the conference dropped men's soccer for the second time after the 2020–21 season. The SBC later announced that men's soccer would be reinstated again in 2022, and the tournament resumed at that time.[2]
It is a single-elimination tournament involving the top eight teams in the SBC regular-season standings, with seeding based on record. Starting with the 2022 tournament, the quarterfinals and semifinals are hosted by the top two seeds, with the final being held at the home field of the top surviving seed. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men's soccer championship.
South Florida is the most winning team of the tournament with 9 titles.
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| width= px style="" | Ed. | width= px style="" | Year | width= px style="" | Champion | width= px style="" | Score | width= px style="" | Runner-up | width= px style="" | Venue | width= px style="" | City | width= px style="" | Tournament MVP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | South Florida | 6–1 | Georgia State | Jacksonville, FL | MVP (School) | ||||||||||
| 1977 | South Florida | 4–3 | Jacksonville | USF Soccer Stadium | Tampa, FL | Fran Lemmons (USF) | |||||||||
| 1978 | Jacksonville | 2–1 | Georgia State | USF Soccer Stadium | Tampa, FL | Aleks Mihailović (JAX) | |||||||||
| 1979 | South Florida | 3–2 | Charlotte | GSU Soccer Field | Atlanta, GA | Ralph Baker (USF) | |||||||||
| 1980 | South Florida | 2–1 | Georgia State | Charlotte, NC | Nigel Clark (USF) | ||||||||||
| 1981 | South Florida | 2–1 | South Alabama | USF Soccer Stadium | Tampa, FL | Jay Whitr (USF) | |||||||||
| 1982 | South Florida | 2–1 | Old Dominion | USF Soccer Stadium | Tampa, FL | Roy Wegerle (USF) | |||||||||
| 1983 | Charlotte | 0–0 | Old Dominion | Norfolk, VA | Craig Brown (UNCC) | ||||||||||
| 1984 | Old Dominion | 2–1 | South Florida | Mobile, AL | Alvaro Ibanez (ODU) | ||||||||||
| 1985 | South Florida | 2–2 | Old Dominion | Foreman Field | Norfolk, VA | Ray Perler (USF) | |||||||||
| 1986 | South Florida | 1–0 | Western Kentucky | USF Soccer Stadium | Tampa, FL | Aris Bogdaneris (USF) | |||||||||
| 1987 | Old Dominion | 1–0 | Foreman Field | Norfolk, VA | Chris Haywood (ODU) | ||||||||||
| 1988 | South Florida | 1–1 | Old Dominion | Ladd–Peebles Stadium | Mobile, AL | Sean Crowley (ODU) | |||||||||
| 1989 | Old Dominion | 1–1 | Norfolk, VA | Rick Jenik (ODU) | |||||||||||
| 1990 | (no tournament held) | ||||||||||||||
| 1991 | South Alabama | 3–0 | Western Kentucky | Ladd–Peebles Stadium | Mobile, AL | Stephen Small (USA) | |||||||||
| 1992 | Western Kentucky | 1–1 | South Alabama | Ladd–Peebles Stadium | Mobile, AL | Stephen Small (USA) | |||||||||
| 1993 | South Alabama | 5–0 | Little Rock | UTPA Soccer Field | Edinburg, TX | Luke Whittle (USA) | |||||||||
| 1994 | South Alabama | 3–0 | Western Kentucky | Ladd–Peebles Stadium | Mobile, AL | Dale Edwards (USA) | |||||||||
| 1995 | South Alabama | 3–2 | Western Kentucky | WKU Soccer Complex | Bowling Green, KY | Shaun Rothuysen (USA) | |||||||||
| (Sun Belt did not sponsor men's soccer in 1996–2013) | |||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Hartwick | 1–0 | Georgia Southern | Erk Russell Park | Statesboro, GA | Kit Tregear (HWCK) | |||||||||
| 2015 | Hartwick | 2–0 | Georgia State | Boone, NC | Jamie O’Grady (HWCK) | ||||||||||
| 2016 | Coastal Carolina | 1–0 | Georgia State | GSU Soccer Field | Atlanta, GA | Jair Espinoza (CCU) | |||||||||
| 2017 | Coastal Carolina | 2–0 | Georgia State | Conway, SC | Frantzdy Pierrot (CCU) | ||||||||||
| 2018 | Georgia State | 4–2 | Georgia Southern | Statesboro, GA | Hannes Burmeister (GSU) | ||||||||||
| 2019 | Coastal Carolina | 1–1 | Georgia State | ASU Soccer Stadium | Boone, NC | Alberto Ciroi (CCU) | |||||||||
| 2020 | Coastal Carolina | bgcolor=#cedff2 align=center | 0–0 | Georgia State | Atlanta, GA | Tor Saunders (CCU) | |||||||||
| 2021 | (Sun Belt did not sponsor men's soccer) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Kentucky | align=center | 2–0 | Lexington, KY | Clay Holstad (UK) | ||||||||||
| 2023 | Marshall | align=center | 3–2 | Huntington, WV | Alvaro Garcia-Pascual (MU) | ||||||||||
| 2024 | bgcolor=#cedff2 align=center | 0–0 | Marshall | Morgantown, WV | Sergio Ors Navarro (WVU) | ||||||||||
Teams in bold are current SBC men's soccer members. Teams with a † no longer sponsor men's soccer.
| width= px style="" | College | width= px style="" | Wins | width= px style="" | Last final won | width= px style="" | Runners-up | width= px style="" | Last final lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | 9 | 1988 | 1 | 1984 | |||||
| Coastal Carolina | 4 | 2020 | 0 | ||||||
| South Alabama† | 4 | 1995 | 3 | 1989 | |||||
| Old Dominion | 3 | 1989 | 4 | 1988 | |||||
| 2 | 2015 | 0 | |||||||
| Georgia State | 1 | 2018 | 4 | 2020 | |||||
| WKU† | 1 | 1992 | 4 | 1995 | |||||
| 1 | 1983 | 1 | 1979 | ||||||
| 1 | 1978 | 1 | 1977 | ||||||
| align=left | Marshall | 1 | 2023 | 1 | 2024 | ||||
| align=left | West Virginia | 1 | 2024 | 1 | 2023 | ||||
| align=left | Kentucky | 1 | 2022 | 0 | |||||
| align=left | Georgia Southern | 0 | 1 | 2014 | |||||
| align=left | James Madison | 0 | 1 | 2022 | |||||
| Little Rock† | 0 | 1 | 1993 |