1980 AIAW National Division II Basketball Championship

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1980 AIAW National Small College Basketball Championship
Tournament information

Administrator	Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women
Host(s)	University of Dayton
Venue(s)	Dayton, Ohio
Participants	24
Final positions
Champions	Dayton (1st title)
Runner-up	College of Charleston
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
← 1979 (Small College) 1981 →

The 1980 AIAW National Division II Basketball Championship was the inaugural tournament hosted by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women to determine the national champion of collegiate basketball among its Division II members in the United States.^[1]

The tournament was held at the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio.

Hosts Dayton defeated College of Charleston in the championship game, 83–53, to capture the Flyers' first AIAW Division II national title.

Format

Twenty-four teams participated in a single-elimination tournament, with eight teams receiving byes into the second round.

The tournament also included a third-place game for the two teams that lost in the semifinal games.

^ "PRE-NCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RECORDS" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 23, 2022.

Tournaments

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