2012 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
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| Country | USA | ||
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| Teams | 48 | ||
| Champions | Indiana | ||
| Runners-up | Georgetown | ||
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| Matches played | 47 | ||
| Goals scored | 123 (2.62 per match) | ||
| Top goal scorer(s) | Nikita Kotlov (5) | ||
| Best player |
Steve Neumann, Georgetown (Offensive) Luis Soffner, Indiana (Defensive) |
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The 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship is a single-elimination tournament involving 48 teams to determine the champion of the 2012 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 54th edition of the tournament. Indiana defeated Georgetown, 1-0, to win its 8th national title.
A total of 48 teams will qualify into the tournament proper, either automatically, or through an at-large bid that is determined by a selection committee. Each conference that field varsity soccer teams are admitted one automatic berth into the tournament. Depending on the conference, that automatic berth is either given the champions of the regular season, or the tournament that culminates the regular season. Twenty-two teams earn automatic bids into the tournament, while 26 enter through an at-large bid.
Like previous editions of the NCAA Division I Tournament, the tournament will feature 48 participants out of a possible field of 198 teams. Of the 48 berths, 22 are allocated to the conference tournament or regular season winners. The remaining 26 berths are determined through an at-large process based upon teams' Ratings Percentage Index that did not win their conference tournament.
From there, the NCAA Selection Committee selects the top sixteen seeds for the tournament, that earn an automatic bye to the second round of the tournament. The remaining 32 teams play in a single-elimination match in the first round of the tournament, to play a seeded team in the second round.
A total of 123 goals were scored over 47 matches, for an average of 2.62 goals per match.
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