2016 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament
# 2016 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament

The 2016 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship was the 36th annual women's collegiate field hockey tournament organized by the NCAA, to determine the national champion of Division I college field hockey in the United States. The semifinals and championship match were played at the L.R. Hill Sports Complex at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia from November 18 to 20, 2016.

Delaware defeated North Carolina in the final, 3–2, to win their first national title.

## Qualified teams

* A total of 18 teams qualified for the 2016 tournament, the same number of teams as 2015. 10 teams received automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments and an additional 8 teams earned at-large bids based on their regular season records.

## Bracket

| Play-In round November 9, 2016 Campus sites | Play-In round November 9, 2016 Campus sites | First round November 12, 2016 Campus sites | First round November 12, 2016 Campus sites | First round November 12, 2016 Campus sites | Second round November 13, 2016 Campus sites | Second round November 13, 2016 Campus sites | Second round November 13, 2016 Campus sites | | Semifinals November 18, 2016 Norfolk, Virginia L.R. Hill Complex | Semifinals November 18, 2016 Norfolk, Virginia L.R. Hill Complex | Semifinals November 18, 2016 Norfolk, Virginia L.R. Hill Complex | Championship November 20, 2016 Norfolk, Virginia L.R. Hill Complex | Championship November 20, 2016 Norfolk, Virginia L.R. Hill Complex |
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| | | 1 | Duke* | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | American | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| American* | 2 | | American | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Kent State | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kent State | 1 | | | | 1 | Duke | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Delaware | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | Louisville | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Delaware* | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | Delaware | 3 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | Princeton | 2 | | |
| | | | Virginia* | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Michigan | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Virginia | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Princeton | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | Princeton | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | 4 | Penn State* | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Delaware | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | North Carolina | 2 |
| | | 3 | Syracuse* | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Harvard | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Syracuse | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Connecticut | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | Boston College | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Connecticut* | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | Connecticut | 1 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | North Carolina(OT) | 2 | | |
| | | | North Carolina* | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Stanford | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | North Carolina | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Maryland | 0 | | | | | | |
| Monmouth* | 3 | | | | | | | 2 | Maryland | 0 | | | |
| Massachusetts | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Massachusetts | 4 | | Massachusetts | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | 2 | Maryland* | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
