2016 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament

2016 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament
2016 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	7
Matches	6
Attendance	2,465
Site	Atlanta, Georgia
Champions	Coastal Carolina (1st title)
Winning coach	Shaun Docking (1st title)
Broadcast	ESPN3
Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament
«2015	2017»

2016 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Coastal Carolina ‡	3	–	1	–	1	10	–	7	–	3
Georgia Southern	3	–	1	–	1	8	–	8	–	3
Georgia State	3	–	2	–	0	15	–	7	–	0
Hartwick	2	–	2	–	1	9	–	6	–	4
Appalachian State	1	–	3	–	1	5	–	9	–	4
Howard	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	14	–	3


‡-Tournament Champion +-Invited to the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 21 November 2016 Rankings from NSCAA

The 2016 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament, was the 9th edition of the tournament. It determined the Sun Belt Conference's automatic berth into the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.

Coastal Carolina won the Sun Belt title, making it their first Sun Belt championship, but their 13th overall conference tournament title. The Chanticleers defeated Georgia State in the championship, 1–0.

Seeding

All six programs qualified for the Sun Belt Tournament.

No.	School	W	L	T	PCT.	Pts.
1	Coastal Carolina	3	1	1	.700	13
2	Georgia Southern	3	1	1	.700	13
3	Georgia State	3	2	0	.600	9
4	Hartwick	2	2	1	.500	7
5	Appalachian State	1	3	1	.300	4
6	Howard	1	4	0	.200	3

Bracket

First round November 10			Semifinals November 11			Championship November 13

			1	Coastal Carolina	2
4	Hartwick	2	4	Hartwick	0
5	App State	1				1	Coastal Carolina	1
						3	Georgia State	0
			2	Georgia Southern	0
3	Georgia State	2	3	Georgia State	2
6	Howard	0

Matches

First round

10 November	Hartwick	2-1	Appalachian State	Decatur, Georgia
3:00 p.m. EST	Hamish Ritchie 68' Maurizio Fornerino 80'	Report	Graham Smalley 84'	Stadium: GSU Soccer Complex Attendance: 245

10 November	Georgia State	2-0	Howard	Decatur, Georgia
6:30 p.m. EST	Kwaku Adu 43' Andrew Thompson 89'	Report		Stadium: GSU Soccer Complex Attendance: 425

Semifinals

10 November	Coastal Carolina	2-1	Hartwick	Decatur, Georgia
3:00 p.m. EST	Frantzdy Pierrot 37', 44'	Report		Stadium: GSU Soccer Complex Attendance: 261

10 November	Georgia Southern	0-2	Georgia State	Decatur, Georgia
6:30 p.m. EST	Kwaku Adu 51' Rashid Alarape 75'	Report		Stadium: GSU Soccer Complex Attendance: 713

Final

13 November

1:00 p.m. EST

Coastal Carolina	1–0	Georgia State
Jair Espinoza 68'	Report

GSU Soccer Complex, Decatur, Georgia

Attendance: 821

Awards

Sun Belt Men's Soccer All-Tournament team^[1]
Graham Smalley (Appalachian State, Freshman, Midfielder) Einar Einarsson (Coastal Carolina, Senior, Defender) Henrik Muller (Coastal Carolina, Junior, Defender) Frantzdy Pierrot (Coastal Carolina, Junior, Forward) Emil Laursen (Georgia Southern, Sophomore, Defender) Kwaku Adu-Boahene (Georgia State, Sophomore, Forward) Hannes Burmeister (Georgia State, Sophomore, Midfielder) Liam Fitzsimmons (Georgia State, Redshirt Sophomore, Defender) Hamish Ritchie (Hartwick, Freshman, Midfielder) Kenneth Hersey (Howard, Redshirt Senior, Goalkeeper)

References

^ ^a ^b "No. 1 seed Coastal Carolina wins first Sun Belt men's soccer championship". Sun Belt Conference. November 13, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2017.

[champions-1] "No. 1 seed Coastal Carolina wins first Sun Belt men's soccer championship". Sun Belt Conference. November 13, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2017.

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