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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | May 6–8, 2016 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | USC (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Florida State (1st title match) |
| Third place | UCLA |
| Fourth place | Hawaii |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 14 |
The 2016 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship was the first annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA women's collegiate beach volleyball in the United States. The tournament was played on the beaches of Gulf Shores, Alabama, hosted by the University of Alabama at Birmingham, from May 6–8, 2016. The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) had previously sponsored a beach volleyball championship prior to the NCAA's sanctioning of the sport in 2015.
USC defeated Florida State in the championship match, 3 sets to 0, to clinch the inaugural national title.[1] This was the Trojans' second consecutive national title, having won the last AVCA tournament before the change in the event's sponsor.
- ^ "2016 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved May 9, 2016.