Teams | 17 |
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Format | Single-elimination |
Finals site | Gulf Place Public Beach Gulf Shores, Alabama |
Champions | USC Trojans (5th title) |
Runner-up | UCLA Bruins |
Winning coach | Dain Blanton (3rd title) |
Attendance | 11,667 |
Television | ESPN networks |
The 2023 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship (officially the 2023 National Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship[1]) was an intercollegiate tournament to determine the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) women's beach volleyball national champion for the 2022–23 season. The seventh edition of the tournament was held from May 3 to 7, 2023, at Gulf Place Public Beach in Gulf Shores, Alabama. The 2023 championship featured a single-elimination-only bracket for the first time, along with an expanded 17-team field. Nine of the participating schools automatically qualified by winning their respective conference tournaments, while the other eight were given at-large bids by the NCAA Women's Beach Volleyball Committee. The tournament was broadcast on ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU.