ACF Nationals is an annual event held by ACF. Along with the NAQT ICT, ACF Nationals is one of the two tournaments which determine a national champion each year in collegiate quizbowl.
More information on editors and circumstances of ACF Nationals can be found at the ACF page. ACF Nationals was first held in 1991, though it is the successor to prior events such as the National Invitation Tournament and All-American Invitational which date back to 1979. Considering the three events as one chain of "ACF-style" national championships, ACF Nationals is the oldest national title, at 36 years as of the 2015 tournament, and the longest-running, having surpassed the College Bowl NCT's 28 instances. Counting ACF Nationals alone, the event had its 25th instance in 2016 (as no championship was held in 1992).
Beginning in 2008, ACF Nationals crowned Undergraduate and Division II champions in addition to overall champions. Unlike at NAQT ICT, the Division II title is awarded to the highest-finishing Division II team in the overall field, rather than being played in a separate tournament. Unofficial winners by the current criteria are noted for pre-2008 tournaments, when known.
For most of its existence, ACF Nationals was smaller than ICT, and was open to any collegiate team, provided that most of those teams submitted a packet (unlike ICT, which had a strict system of invitations and was written entirely by NAQT personnel). In 2015, in part due to exploding interest in nationals attendance, ACF instituted the A-Value, a measure which generated a list of Nationals invitees based on teams' performance at the preceding ACF Regionals. As of now, the Nationals field is capped, and teams are invited by having a large enough A-value for the year, or by being issued autobids for hosting or editing Regionals.
ACF Nationals Master Info Table
| Year
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Overall National Champion
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Undergraduate Champion
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Division II Champion
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Host City
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| 1991
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Tennessee
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N/A
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N/A
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Knoxville, TN
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| 1993
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Chicago
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N/A
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N/A
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College Park, MD
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| 1994
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Chicago
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Maryland
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N/A
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College Park, MD
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| 1995
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Harvard
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Georgia Tech
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N/A
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Knoxville, TN
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| 1996
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Georgia Tech
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Maryland
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N/A
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Knoxville, TN
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| 1997
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Virginia
|
Virginia
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Carleton College
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Urbana, IL
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| 1998
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Virginia
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South Carolina
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Harvard
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College Park, MD
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| 1999
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Chicago
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Texas
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Arkansas
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Chicago, IL
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| 2000
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Chicago
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Princeton
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Princeton
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College Park, MD
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| 2001
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Michigan
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Berry
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Michigan
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Ann Arbor, MI
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| 2002
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Michigan
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Princeton
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Texas A&M
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College Park, MD
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| 2003
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Berkeley
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Harvard
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Princeton
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Atlanta, GA
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| 2004
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Chicago
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Harvard
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Harvard
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College Park, MD
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| 2005
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Michigan
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Harvard
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Chicago
|
Evanston, IL
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| 2006
|
Texas A&M
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Chicago
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None
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Ann Arbor, MI
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| 2007
|
Chicago
|
Carleton
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Illinois
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Nashville, TN
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| 2008
|
Chicago
|
Minnesota
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Minnesota
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Waltham, MA
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| 2009
|
Chicago
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Minnesota
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Stow Munroe Falls
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St Louis, MO
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| 2010
|
Stanford
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Minnesota
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State College
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College Park, MD
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| 2011
|
Yale
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Michigan
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State College
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Pittsburgh, PA
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| 2012
|
Yale
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Illinois
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Haverford
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College Park, MD
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| 2013
|
Illinois
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Chicago
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Illinois
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New York, NY
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| 2014
|
Virginia
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Yale
|
North Carolina
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New York, NY
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| 2015
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Penn A
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Stanford B
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Northwestern
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Ann Arbor, MI
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| 2016
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Michigan A
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Maryland A
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Oklahoma
|
Ann Arbor, MI
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| 2017
|
Maryland
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Berkeley A
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MIT B
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New York, NY
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| 2018
|
Chicago
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Berkeley A
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Harvard B
|
Cambridge, MA
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Expanded Top Finishers Table
| Year
|
Champion
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Second Place
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Third Place
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Fourth Place
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Top Individual Scorer
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Other All-Stars
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Stats
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| 1991
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Tennessee
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Georgia Tech
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Maryland
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NC State
|
|
|
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| 1993
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Chicago
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Maryland
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Harvard
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Harvard B
|
|
|
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| 1994
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Chicago
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Maryland
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Brigham Young
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Maryland B
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Bill Crew
Central Florida
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John Saluda (North Carolina) • Josh Boorstin (Chicago) • John Harris (Virginia)
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Stats
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| 1995
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Harvard
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Georgia Tech
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Berkeley
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South Carolina
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Tom Waters
South Carolina
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Jeff Johnson (Harvard) • John Sheahan (Chicago) • Marc Swisdak (Colorado) • Eric Tentarelli (Cornell)
Christine Moritz (Emory) • Mike Mahurin (Midwestern State) • Tim Pulju (Rice)
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Stats
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| 1996
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Georgia Tech
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Maryland
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Virginia
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Illinois
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Andrew Yaphe
Virginia
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Jeff Johnson (Harvard) • R. Hentzel (Iowa State) • Jason King (Georgia Tech) • Eric Tentarelli (Cornell)
Robert Trent (Iowa) • Christine Moritz (Emory) • Mike Musgrove (Georgia Tech)
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Stats
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| 1997
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Virginia
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Chicago
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Maryland
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Georgia Tech
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John Sheahan
Chicago
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Mike Starsinic (Ohio State) • Andrew Yaphe (Virginia) • James Anderson (Illinois) • Jason King (Georgia Tech)
Peter McCorquodale (MIT) • R. Hentzel (Iowa State) • Dave Hamilton (Maryland)
|
Stats
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| 1998
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Virginia
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Harvard
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Maryland
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Oklahoma
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Andrew Yaphe
Virginia
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Jeff Johnson (Harvard) • Eric Bell (Oklahoma) • Long Nguyen (Georgia Tech) • Jeff Stewart (Princeton)
T.C. Ford (South Carolina) • Ravin Garg (Michigan) • Gautam Mukunda (Harvard)
|
Stats
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| 1999
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Chicago
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Maryland
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Illinois
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Berkeley
|
Andrew Yaphe
Chicago
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Robert Trent (Iowa) • Mike Wehrman (Arkansas) • Subash Maddipoti (Quincy) • Dave Hamilton (Maryland)
Dave Goodman (Michigan) • Jason Hong (Berkeley) • Seth Kendall (Kentucky)
|
Stats
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| 2000
|
Chicago
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Illinois
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Harvard
|
Virginia
|
Andrew Yaphe
Chicago
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John Kenney (Virginia) • Jeff Hoppes (Princeton) • Raj Bhan (WUSTL) • Joon Pahk (Harvard)
Mike Wehrman (Arkansas) • Patrick Friel (UCLA) • Shaun Hayeslip (Maryland)
|
Stats†
|
| 2001
|
Michigan
|
Virginia
|
Michigan B
|
Kentucky
|
John Kenney
Virginia
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Kelly McKenzie (Kentucky) • Steve Watchorn (Wisconsin) • Ezequiel Berdichevsky (Michigan) • Eric Smith (Texas)
Chris Vichich (Illinois) • Robert Trent (Vanderbilt) • Ed Cohn (Chicago)
|
Stats
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| 2002
|
Michigan
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Kentucky
|
Princeton
|
Virginia
|
John Kenney
Virginia
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Matt Weiner (Pitt) • Raj Dhuwalia (Florida Atlantic) • Kelly McKenzie (Kentucky) • Vik Vaz (Harvard)
David Hayes (Rutgers) • Nathan Freeburg (Florida State) • Jeff Hoppes (Princeton)
|
Stats
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| 2003
|
Berkeley
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Michigan
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Kentucky
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Texas A&M
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Wesley Matthews
Indiana
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Kelly McKenzie (Kentucky) • Raj Dhuwalia (Florida) • Robert Trent (Vanderbilt) • Vernon Davenport (South Carolina)
Nathan Freeburg (Florida State) • Seth Teitler (Berkeley) • Vik Vaz (Harvard)
|
Stats
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| 2004
|
Chicago
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Berkeley
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Texas A&M
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Kentucky
|
Wesley Matthews
Indiana
|
Kelly McKenzie (Kentucky) • Adam Kemezis (Michigan) • Matt Cvijanovich (Iowa State) • Chris Frankel (Princeton)
Jason Keller (Rutgers) • Andrew Yaphe (Chicago) • Nathan Freeburg (CUNY)
|
Stats
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| 2005
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Michigan
|
Chicago
|
Berkeley
|
Princeton
|
Matt Weiner
VCU
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Subash Maddipoti (Chicago) • Seth Kendall (Kentucky) • Fred Bush (Rochester) • Jason Keller (Rutgers)
Chris Frankel (Princeton) • Ryan Westbrook (Michigan) • Jerry Vinokurov (Berkeley)
|
Stats†
|
| 2006
|
Texas A&M
|
Michigan
|
Chicago
|
Illinois
|
Matt Lafer
Matt Lafer
|
Matt Weiner (VCU) • Chris Frankel (Princeton) • Jerry Vinokurov (Brown) • Jason Keller (Rutgers)
Paul Litvak (Carnegie Mellon) • Leo Wolpert (Virginia) • Chris Romero (Texas A&M)
|
Stats†
|
| 2007
|
Chicago
|
Brown
|
Texas A&M
|
VCU
|
Matt Weiner
VCU
|
Seth Kendall (Kentucky) • Ryan Westbrook (Wayne State) • Mike Sorice (Illinois) • Jerry Vinokurov (Brown)
Seth Teitler (Chicago) • Patrick Hope (Carleton) • Will Turner (Michigan)
|
Stats†
|
| 2008
|
Chicago
|
Brown
|
Maryland
|
Illinois
|
Mike Sorice
Illinois
|
Matt Keller (Vanderbilt) • Jerry Vinokurov (Brown) • Jonathan Magin (Maryland) • Ray Luo (UCLA)
Seth Teitler (Chicago) • Jason Keller (Rutgers) • Billy Beyer (Florida State)
|
Stats
|
| 2009
|
Chicago
|
Brown
|
Stanford
|
Minnesota
|
Andrew Yaphe
Stanford
|
Jerry Vinokurov (Brown) • Chris Ray (Maryland) • Ike Jose (Stow Munroe Falls) • Mike Sorice (Illinois)
Auroni Gupta (UCSD) • Evan Adams (VCU) • Charlie Dees (Missouri)
|
Stats
|
| 2010
|
Stanford
|
Minnesota
|
Chicago
|
Maryland
|
Andrew Yaphe
Stanford
|
Eric Mukherjee (Penn) • Seth Teitler (Chicago) • Brendan Byrne (Minnesota) • Dallas Simons (Harvard)
Auroni Gupta (UCSD) • Chris Ray (Maryland A) • Mike Sorice (Illinois)
|
Stats
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| 2011
|
Yale
|
Minnesota
|
Illinois
|
Chicago
|
Matt Bollinger
Virginia
|
Auroni Gupta (UCSD) • Chris Ray (Maryland A) • Mike Sorice (Illinois) • Henry Gorman (Rice)
Robert Harden (South Carolina) • Evan Adams (VCU) • Trevor Davis (Carnegie Mellon)
|
Stats
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| 2012
|
Yale
|
Virginia
|
Michigan
|
Penn
|
Ike Jose
Illinois
|
Matt Bollinger (Virginia) • Eric Mukherjee (Penn) • Chris Ray (Maryland) • Henry Gorman (Rice)
Matt Jackson (Yale) • Andrew Hart (Minnesota) • Sean Smiley (VCU)
|
Stats
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| 2013
|
Illinois
|
Yale
|
Michigan
|
Penn
|
John Lawrence
London
|
Andrew Hart (Minnesota) • Matt Bollinger (Virginia) • Ike Jose (Illinois) • Matt Jackson (Yale)
Eric Mukherjee (Penn) • Henry Gorman (Rice) • Chris Ray (Maryland)
|
Stats
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| 2014
|
Virginia
|
Yale
|
Penn
|
Chicago
|
Matt Bollinger
Virginia
|
Eric Mukherjee (Penn) • Will Nediger (Michigan) • Richard Yu (WUSTL) • Matt Jackson (Yale)
John Lawrence (Chicago) • Aaron Rosenberg (Illinois) • Stephen Liu (Harvard)
|
Stats
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| 2015
|
Penn
|
Chicago
|
Maryland
|
Stanford
Virginia
|
Auroni Gupta
UCSD
|
Dylan Minarik (Northwestern) • Matthew Bollinger (Virginia) • Will Nediger (Michigan) • Neil Gurram (MIT) • Eric Mukherjee (Penn) • Andrew Wang (Illinois) • Jordan Brownstein (Maryland)
|
Stats
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| 2016
|
Michigan A
|
Chicago A
|
Stanford A
|
Maryland A
Yale A
|
Jordan Brownstein
Maryland
|
Kurtis Droge (Louisville), Neil Gurram (MIT), Will Alston (Dartmouth), Kenji Golimlim (Michigan B, solo, Andrew Wang (Illinois), Jason Golfinos (Princeton, solo) Caleb Kendrick (Oklahoma)
|
Stats
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| 2017
|
Maryland
|
Michigan
|
Yale A
|
Columbia
|
Jordan Brownstein
Maryland
|
Eric Mukherjee (Penn), Jacob Reed (Yale), John Lawrence (Chicago), Jason Golfinos (Princeton), Rafael Krichevsky (Columbia), Stephen Liu (Stanford), Jasper Lee (Tennessee)
|
Stats
|
| 2018
|
Chicago A
|
Penn A
|
Yale
|
Columbia
|
Itamar Naveh-Benjamin
Missouri
|
Jacob Reed (Yale), Rafael Krichevsky (Columbia), Caleb Kendrick (Oklahoma), Aseem Keyal (Berkeley), Kenji Shimizu (Michigan), Chris Ray (Ohio State), Charles Hang (WUSTL)
|
Stats
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Champions whose names are in bold were undefeated.
† Broken stats link
Medal count
Notes
- The tournament was not held in 1992.
- There are no surviving stats from 1991 or 1993; as such, the all-stars are unknown. 1994 stats do not contain full individual information and only contain team stats + the names of the top four all-stars.
- Undergraduate and Division II titles prior to 2008 are retroactive. In years listed as N/A, the stats do not contain enough information to retroactively determine Undergraduate and Division II eligibility.
- No D2-eligible teams participated in 2006.
- The 2002 tournament was originally announced as "hosted by George Washington University;" however, it had to be moved to Maryland due to room access issues at GWU, and most of the staff was recruited by Maryland. GWU assisted in running the tournament.
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