Football Conference
The ACC men's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The tournament has been held every year since 1987. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men's soccer championship .
Champions
Key
(2)
Title number
*
Match went to extra time
†
Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
Bold
Winning team won regular season
^
Winning team reached College Cup
‡
Winning team lost national championship
‡
Winning team won national championship
By year
Claudio Reyna was the 1991 ACC tournament MVP.
Ben Olsen was the 1997 ACC tournament MVP.
Zac MacMath won the ACC tournament MVP award in 2010.
Year
Champion
Score
Runner-up
Venue
Tournament MVP
1987
North Carolina
4–3*
NC State
Duke Soccer Stadium • Durham, North Carolina
Derek Missimo (UNC)
1988
Virginia
2–1
North Carolina
Riggs Field • Clemson, South Carolina
none named
1989
Wake Forest
2–2†
NC State
Duke Soccer Stadium • Durham, North Carolina
Neil Covone (Wake)
1990
NC State
2–1
Virginia
Duke Soccer Stadium • Durham, North Carolina
Henry Gutierrez (NC State)
1991
Virginia ‡ (2)
3–1
Wake Forest
Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Claudio Reyna (Virginia)
1992
Virginia ‡ (3)
4–2
Clemson
Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Brad Agoos (Virginia)
1993
Virginia ‡ (4)
2–1
Clemson
Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Jaro Zawislan (Clemson)
1994
Virginia ‡ (5)
1–0
Duke
Riggs Field • Clemson, South Carolina
Mark Peters (Virginia)
1995
Virginia ^ (6)
1–0
Clemson
Duke Soccer Stadium • Durham, North Carolina
Mike Fisher (Virginia)
1996
Maryland
2–0
Virginia
Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, Virginia
Pierre Venditti (Maryland)
1997
Virginia ‡ (7)
2–0
Maryland
Disney's Wide World of Sports • Orlando, Florida
Ben Olsen (Virginia)
1998
Clemson
1–0
Duke
Spry Soccer Stadium • Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Josh Campbell (Clemson)
1999
Duke
2–1*
Virginia
Spry Soccer Stadium • Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Troy Garner (Duke)
2000
North Carolina (2)
1–0*
Virginia
Spry Soccer Stadium • Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Caleb Norkus (UNC)
2001
Clemson (2)
2–1
Virginia
Riggs Field • Clemson, South Carolina
Ian Fuller (Clemson)
2002
Maryland ^ (2)
3–0
Virginia
SAS Soccer Complex • Cary, North Carolina
Abe Thompson (Maryland)
2003
Virginia (8)
1–1†
Maryland ^
SAS Soccer Complex • Cary, North Carolina
Ryan Burke (Virginia)
2004
Virginia (9)
2–1
Maryland ^
SAS Soccer Complex • Cary, North Carolina
Jeremy Barlow (Virginia)
2005
Duke (2)
0–0†
North Carolina
SAS Soccer Complex • Cary, North Carolina
Blake Camp (Duke)
2006
Duke (3)
1–0*
Wake Forest ^
Maryland SoccerPlex • Germantown, Maryland
Michael Videira (Duke)
2007
Boston College
2–1
Wake Forest ‡
SAS Soccer Complex • Cary, North Carolina
Sherron Manswell (BC)
2008
Maryland ‡ (3)
1–0
Virginia
WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, North Carolina
Jeremy Hall (Maryland)
2009
Virginia ‡ (10)
1–0
NC State
WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, North Carolina
Diego Restrepo (Virginia)
2010
Maryland (4)
1–0
North Carolina
WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, North Carolina
Zac MacMath (Maryland)
2011
North Carolina ‡ (3)
3–1
Boston College
WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, North Carolina
Ben Speas (North Carolina)
2012
Maryland ^ (5)
2–1
North Carolina
Maryland SoccerPlex • Germantown, Maryland
Patrick Mullins (Maryland)
2013
Maryland ‡ (6)
1–0
Virginia ^
Maryland SoccerPlex • Germantown, Maryland
Patrick Mullins (Maryland)
2014
Clemson (3)
2-1*
Louisville
WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, North Carolina
Paul Clowes (Clemson)
2015
Syracuse ^
1–0
Notre Dame
Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana
Ben Polk (Syracuse)
2016
Wake Forest ‡ (2)
3–1
Clemson
MUSC Health Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina
Ian Harkes (Wake Forest)
2017
Wake Forest (3)
0–0†
Virginia
MUSC Health Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina
Andreu Cases Mundet (Wake Forest)
2018
Louisville
1–0
North Carolina
Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, North Carolina
Tate Schmitt (Louisville)
2019
Virginia ‡ (11)
3–1
Clemson
Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, North Carolina
Henry Kessler (Virginia)
2020
Clemson (4)
2–1
Pittsburgh ^
Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, North Carolina
Kimarni Smith (Clemson)
2021
Notre Dame
2–0
Duke
Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, North Carolina
Dawson McCartney (Notre Dame)
2022
Syracuse (2)
2–0
Clemson
Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, North Carolina
Russell Shealy (Syracuse)
2023
Clemson (5)
1–1†
North Carolina
Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, North Carolina
Ousmane Sylla (Clemson)
By school
Through 2023
School
W
L
T
Pct
Titles
Title years
Boston College
16
8
14
0
.364
1
2007
Clemson
36
29
26
7
.524
5
1998, 2001, 2014 , 2020 , 2023
Duke
36
22
29
6
.439
3
1999, 2005, 2006
Louisville
8
8
6
1
.567
1
2018
Maryland
27
28
19
2
.592
6
1996, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2012 , 2013
NC State
35
15
27
6
.375
1
1990
North Carolina
36
30
25
8
.540
3
1987, 2000, 2011
Notre Dame
9
9
7
2
.556
1
2021
Pittsburgh
8
6
7
1
.464
0
Syracuse
8
7
5
4
.563
2
2015 , 2022
Virginia
36
47
21
9
.669
11
1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2019
Virginia Tech
18
7
16
1
.313
0
Wake Forest
36
23
31
10
.438
3
1989, 2016 , 2017
Florida State, Georgia Tech, and Miami do not sponsor men's soccer.
Pre-tournament champions
Prior to 1987, the champion was determined based on regular season play.
Season
Champion
Runner-up
1953
Maryland
Duke
1954
Maryland
North Carolina
1955
Maryland
North Carolina
1956
Maryland
Virginia
1957
Maryland
Virginia
1958
Maryland
North Carolina
1959
Maryland
North Carolina
1960
Maryland
Duke
1961
Maryland
Duke
1962
Maryland
North Carolina
1963
Maryland
Virginia
1964
Maryland
North Carolina
1965
Maryland
North Carolina
1966
Maryland North Carolina
—
1967
Maryland
North Carolina
1968
Maryland
North Carolina
1969
Virginia
Maryland
1970
Virginia
Maryland
1971
Maryland
Duke
1972
Clemson
Duke
1973
Clemson
Maryland
1974
Clemson
Maryland
1975
Clemson
North Carolina
1976
Clemson
Maryland
1977
Clemson
North Carolina
1978
Clemson
North Carolina
1979
Clemson
North Carolina Virginia
1980
Duke
Clemson NC State
1981
Clemson
Duke
1982
Clemson Duke
—
1983
Virginia
Duke
1984
Virginia
Clemson NC State
1985
Clemson
Virginia
1986
Virginia
NC State
References
External links
NCAA men's college soccer tournaments
Division I
Pre-season Conference postseason Postseason
Division II
Division III
1 (Defunct tournament / conference)
Current teams Future teams Championships & awards Seasons
Atlantic Coast Conference championships