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NCR XVs Champions Cup

The NCR XVs Champions Cup is a single-elimination tournament played each year in the United States featuring men's college rugby teams from National Collegiate Rugby (formerly National Small College Rugby Organization) to determine the national championship.

NCR XVs Champions Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023
SportRugby union
Founded2002; 22 years ago (2002)
No. of teams249 [1]
Most recent
champion(s)		Notre Dame College
(2023)
Most titlesFurman (3 titles)

From 2002 to 2006, event name was "East Coast Division 3 Collegiate Championship". In 2007, event was renamed to "NSCRO Men's Collegiate Division 3 National Championship", and "Champions Cup" since 2012.[2]

Results

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Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place 4th Place Finals venue
2002 Western Carolina Stonehill Lehigh Old Dominion Bethlehem, PA
2003 Furman Stonehill Franklin & Marshall Wake Forest Cherry Hill, NJ
2004 Furman Central Connecticut Albright Bentley Cherry Hill, NJ
2005 Furman Duke Western Connecticut Lehigh University Greenville, SC
2006 Bentley The Citadel Franklin & Marshall Virginia Commonwealth Richmond, VA
2007 Bentley Furman Longwood Allegheny Wake Forest
2008 Plymouth State Furman Widener Hamilton Hamilton College
2009 Longwood Coastal Carolina SUNY Oswego Salve Regina South Jersey Rugby Football Club
2010 Penn State Berks Keene State Louisiana–Lafayette William Paterson Virginia Beach Sportsplex
2011 Longwood Occidental Salve Regina Ithaca Virginia Beach Sportsplex
2012 Salve Regina California State Maritime Franciscan North Florida Infinity Park
2013 Saint John's (Minn.) Duke New England Denver Infinity Park
2014 Saint John's New England Denver Mount St. Mary's Infinity Park
2015 New England Mount St. Mary's Saint John's California State Maritime Infinity Park
2016 Mount St. Mary's Claremont Southern Indiana Eastern Connecticut Infinity Park
2017[3] Claremont Tufts Xavier Louisiana State Infinity Park
2018 Iowa Central Claremont Salve Regina Loyola (Maryland) Life University
2019[3] Claremont Christendom Saint John's Endicott Siena College
2020
(not held due to COVID-19 pandemic) [n 1]
 Life
2021[4] Christendom New Mexico Tech Holy Cross Saint John's Aveva Stadium, Houston
2022 Brown Queens Aveva Stadium, Houston
2023[5][6] Notre Dame College St. Bonaventure Brown
Indiana University		 Aveva Stadium, Houston
Notes
  1. ^ Loyola University Maryland ranked as #1 in National Final Poll.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2018-19 List of Men's Clubs". Retrieved 2018-11-29.
  2. ^ "Evolution of NSCRO". Seven Rugby. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
  3. ^ a b "Claremont Colleges Lions Take NSCRO National Championship". Sagehen Athletics. May 1, 2019. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
  4. ^ "NCR Championship Weekend Games and Scores". 10 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Notre Dame College Takes NCR D1 Title in Impressive Fashion". Goff Rugby Report. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  6. ^ "NDC, St. Bonaventure to NCR D1 Final". Goff Rugby Report. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
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