The 2016 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament, was the 9th edition of the tournament. It determined the Sun Belt Conference's automatic berth into the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.
| 2016 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 7 | ||||
| Matches | 6 | ||||
| Attendance | 2,465 | ||||
| Site | Atlanta, Georgia | ||||
| Champions | Coastal Carolina[1] (1st title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Shaun Docking (1st title) | ||||
| Broadcast | ESPN3 | ||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coastal Carolina ‡ | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Southern | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 15 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hartwick | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appalachian State | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Howard | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 14 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coastal Carolina won the Sun Belt title, making it their first Sun Belt championship, but their 13th overall conference tournament title. The Chanticleers defeated Georgia State in the championship, 1–0.
Seeding
editAll six programs qualified for the Sun Belt Tournament.
| No. | School | W | L | T | PCT. | Pts. |
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| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 3 | 1 | 1 | .700 | 13 |
| 2 | Georgia Southern | 3 | 1 | 1 | .700 | 13 |
| 3 | Georgia State | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 9 |
| 4 | Hartwick | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 7 |
| 5 | Appalachian State | 1 | 3 | 1 | .300 | 4 |
| 6 | Howard | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | 3 |
Bracket
edit| First round November 10 | Semifinals November 11 | Championship November 13 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Hartwick | 2 | 4 | Hartwick | 0 | |||||||||
| 5 | App State | 1 | 1 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | |||||||||
| 3 | Georgia State | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Georgia Southern | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Georgia State | 2 | 3 | Georgia State | 2 | |||||||||
| 6 | Howard | 0 | ||||||||||||
Matches
editFirst round
edit| 10 November | Hartwick | 2-1 | Appalachian State | Decatur, Georgia |
| 3:00 p.m. EST | Hamish Ritchie  68'Maurizio Fornerino 80' |
Report | Graham Smalley 84' |
Stadium: GSU Soccer Complex Attendance: 245 |
| 10 November | Georgia State | 2-0 | Howard | Decatur, Georgia |
| 6:30 p.m. EST | Kwaku Adu 43' Andrew Thompson 89' |
Report | Stadium: GSU Soccer Complex Attendance: 425 |
Semifinals
edit| 10 November | Coastal Carolina | 2-1 | Hartwick | Decatur, Georgia |
| 3:00 p.m. EST | Frantzdy Pierrot 37', 44' |
Report | Stadium: GSU Soccer Complex Attendance: 261 |
| 10 November | Georgia Southern | 0-2 | Georgia State | Decatur, Georgia |
| 6:30 p.m. EST | Kwaku Adu 51' Rashid Alarape 75' |
Report | Stadium: GSU Soccer Complex Attendance: 713 |
Final
edit| Coastal Carolina | 1–0 | Georgia State |
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| Jair Espinoza 68' |
Report |
Awards
edit| Sun Belt Men's Soccer All-Tournament team[1] | ||||||
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Graham Smalley (Appalachian State, Freshman, Midfielder) | ||||||
References
edit- ^ a b "No. 1 seed Coastal Carolina wins first Sun Belt men's soccer championship". Sun Belt Conference. November 13, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2017.