National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I women’s college basketball champions

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National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I women’s college basketball champions, winners of the annual National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I women’s college basketball tournament (commonly referred to as March Madness). The tournament’s field is made up of 64 teams that qualify by either winning their conference championship tournament or by being selected on the basis of their regular-season play. The field is divided into four regions, in each of which teams are seeded 1–16 and matched up according to seed number. The teams then play a series of single-elimination games on neutral courts, and each region’s winner advances to the Final Four, where the national semifinals and final are played. Below is a list of NCAA women’s tournament championship game results.

Division I National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championship—women
year	winner	runner-up	score
*Tournament canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.
1982	Louisiana Tech	Cheyney (Pa.)	76–62
1983	Southern California	Louisiana Tech	69–67
1984	Southern California	Tennessee	72–61
1985	Old Dominion	Georgia	70–65
1986	Texas	Southern California	97–81
1987	Tennessee	Louisiana Tech	67–44
1988	Louisiana Tech	Auburn	56–54
1989	Tennessee	Auburn	76–60
1990	Stanford	Auburn	88–81
1991	Tennessee	Virginia	70–67
1992	Stanford	Western Kentucky	78–62
1993	Texas Tech	Ohio State	84–82
1994	North Carolina	Louisiana Tech	60–59
1995	Connecticut	Tennessee	70–64
1996	Tennessee	Georgia	83–65
1997	Tennessee	Old Dominion	68–59
1998	Tennessee	Louisiana Tech	93–75
1999	Purdue	Duke	62–45
2000	Connecticut	Tennessee	71–52
2001	Notre Dame	Purdue	68–66
2002	Connecticut	Oklahoma	82–70
2003	Connecticut	Tennessee	73–68
2004	Connecticut	Tennessee	70–61
2005	Baylor	Michigan State	84–62
2006	Maryland	Duke	78–75
2007	Tennessee	Rutgers	59–46
2008	Tennessee	Stanford	64–48
2009	Connecticut	Louisville	76–54
2010	Connecticut	Stanford	53–47
2011	Texas A&M	Notre Dame	76–70
2012	Baylor	Notre Dame	80–61
2013	Connecticut	Louisville	93–60
2014	Connecticut	Notre Dame	79–58
2015	Connecticut	Notre Dame	63–53
2016	Connecticut	Syracuse	82–51
2017	South Carolina	Mississippi State	67–55
2018	Notre Dame	Mississippi State	61–58
2019	Baylor	Notre Dame	82–81
2020	not held*
2021	Stanford	Arizona	54–53
2022	South Carolina	Connecticut	64–49
2023	LSU	Iowa	102–85
2024	South Carolina	Iowa	87–75
2025	Connecticut	South Carolina	82–59
2026	UCLA	South Carolina	79–51

The Editors of Encyclopaedia BritannicaThis article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I women’s college basketball champions

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