2016 Summit League men's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams4
Matches3
SiteCIBER Field
Denver, Colorado
ChampionsDenver (4th title)
Winning coachJamie Franks (2nd title)
Summit League men's soccer tournament
«2015  2017»
2016 Summit League men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Denver5 0 120 1 3
Omaha 5 0 110 5 4
Western Illinois 3 3 08 10 1
Eastern Illinois 2 4 05 12 1
Fort Wayne 2 4 09 9 0
Oral Roberts 2 4 06 10 2
IUPUI 1 5 02 15 1
As of 13 December 2016
Rankings from NSCAA

The 2016 Summit League men's soccer tournament, was the 11th edition of the tournament. It determined the Summit League's automatic berth into the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.

The Denver Pioneers won The Summit League title, besting the Omaha Mavericks, 21 in the championship match. It was Denver's fourth Summit League title and their fourth consecutive.

The tournament was hosted by the University of Denver and all matches were contested at CIBER Field at the University of Denver Soccer Stadium.

Seeds

The top four teams participate in the tournament. The seeding is based on the program's conference record during the 2016 Summit League season.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Omaha 5–0–1 +8 GD
2 Denver 5–0–1 +7 GD
3 Western Illinois 3–3
4 Eastern Illinois 2–4 2 GD
  • Oral Roberts and Fort Wayne also had 2–4 conference records but a poorer goal differential[1]

Bracket

Semifinals Championship
      
1 Omaha 3
4 Eastern Illinois 1
1 Omaha 1
2 Denver 2
2 Denver 1
3 Western Illinois 0

Results

Semifinals

November 10, 2016 #1 Omaha 3–1 #4 Eastern Illinois Denver, Colorado
1:00 PM MDT Alihodžić 12'
Ibišević 26'
Hamadi 62'
Report Huerta 74' Stadium: CIBER Field
Attendance: 0
Referee: Cesar Ibarra
November 10, 2016 #2 Denver 1–0 #3 Western Illinois Denver, Colorado
4:00 PM MDT Hanlin 81' Report Stadium: CIBER Field
Attendance: 201
Referee: Christopher Koloffon

Championship

November 12, 2016 #1 Omaha 1–2 #2 Denver Denver, Colorado
1:00 PM MDT Weiler 58' Report Shinyashiki 75', 90' Stadium: CIBER Field
Attendance: 583
Referee: Keith Angel

Statistical leaders

Top goalscorers

Rank Player College Goals
1Brazil Andre ShinyashikiDenver2
2Bosnia and Herzegovina Fazlo AlihodžićOmaha1
United States Karsten HanlinDenver
Kenya Noor HamadiOmaha
United States Jonathan HuertaEastern Illinois
Bosnia and Herzegovina Elvir IbiševićOmaha
United States Jacob WeilerOmaha

References

  1. "2016 Men's Soccer Standings". The Summit League. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
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