NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
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| Founded | 1969 |
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| Number of teams | 4 |
| Current champions | California (14) |
| Most successful club(s) | California (14) |
| Website | NCAA.com |
The NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship is an annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate water polo. It has been held every year since 1969. With a limited number of NCAA water polo programs at the national level, all men's teams, whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III, are eligible to compete each year. The tournament was expanded from a four-team bracket in 2013 by adding two play-in games that are contested by the bottom four seeds, effectively creating a six-team bracket with a first-round bye for the top two teams.
While the championship often includes teams from around the country, most programs are located within the state of California, and no school from outside California has ever surpassed third place or participated in the NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship game.
The four California based PAC-12 schools have been the most successful. California is the most successful program, with 14 titles, followed by Stanford and UCLA (10 each), and USC with 9. One of these four schools has won the championship every year since 1998.
Semifinals scores (Princeton University, December 5, 3:00 pm and 5:00 pm (ET)):
National Championship (Princeton University, December 6, 2:00 pm (ET)):
2009 NCAA All-Tournament Teams:
Semifinals (December 4, 2010, Spieker Aquatics Complex, University of California, Berkeley, California)
Championship (December 5, 2010, Spieker Aquatics Complex, University of California, Berkeley, California)
2010 NCAA All-Tournament Teams:
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.
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