NCAA Division I Softball Championship

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NCAA championship college softball tournament

The NCAA Division I Softball Championship is the premier annual collegiate softball tournament in the United States that determines the national champion among top Division I women’s softball teams.

Aliases (6)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NCAA championship → college softball tournament →
alsoKnownAs	Division I softball tournament → NCAA softball tournament →
competitionLevel	collegiate →
confersTitle	NCAA Division I Women’s Softball Champion →
country	United States →
determines	NCAA Division I softball national champion →
division	NCAA Division I →
eligibility	NCAA Division I women’s softball teams →
fieldType	outdoor →
finalsFormat	best-of-three championship series →
firstWomenSCollegeWorldSeriesUnderNCAA	1982 →
frequency	annual →
gender	women →
governingBody	NCAA → National Collegiate Athletic Association →
inception	1982 →
includesStage	Women’s College World Series → regional round → super regional round →
monthPlayed	June → May →
mostSuccessfulProgram	UCLA Bruins softball → University of California, Los Angeles →
numberOfTeams	64 →
organizer	NCAA Division I Softball Committee →
partOf	NCAA women’s championships →
primaryAudience	college sports fans →
regionalsFormat	four-team double-elimination →
relatedCompetition	NCAA Division II Softball Championship → NCAA Division III Softball Championship → Women’s College World Series →
replaced	AIAW Women’s College World Series →
scope	national →
seasonType	postseason →
selectionMethod	at-large bids → automatic bids →
selectionShowBroadcaster	ESPN →
sport	softball →
sportCategory	women’s college softball →
superRegionalsFormat	best-of-three series →
televisionCoverage	ESPN networks →
tournamentFormat	postseason tournament →
typeOfPlay	fastpitch softball →
womenSCollegeWorldSeriesFormat	double-elimination followed by best-of-three finals →
womenSCollegeWorldSeriesLocation	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma →
womenSCollegeWorldSeriesVenue	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
NCAA Division I Softball Championship ("NCAA softball tournament") → NCAA Division I Softball Championship ("Division I softball tournament") →	alsoKnownAs
NCAA Division I softball ("NCAA Division I softball tournament") → NCAA Division I softball ("Women’s College World Series") →	hasChampionship
Harvard Crimson softball →	competition
NCAA Division I Softball Championship ("NCAA Division I Women’s Softball Champion") →	confersTitle
NCAA Division I Softball Championship ("NCAA Division I softball national champion") →	determines
NCAA Division I Softball Championship ("Women’s College World Series") →	includesStage
NCAA Division I Softball Championship ("Women’s College World Series") →	relatedCompetition