ACC Announces 2024–2025 Championship Sites
Addition of three new schools impacts several tournament structures
Posted On: August 1, 2024 By :The Atlantic Coast Conference has announced its championship dates, sites and tournament formats for the 2024–2025 academic year, which will feature 18 schools for the first time with the addition of Cal, SMU and Stanford.
The ACC now sponsors 15 women’s and 13 men’s sports. The 28 overall sports and 15 women’s sports are the most of any Power 4 conference. Twenty-seven men’s and women’s sports championships are scheduled, with volleyball determining its champion based on regular-season results.
“The upcoming year shapes up as an exciting one for our schools, our student-athletes and their incredible fan bases,” said ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips. “We are extremely excited to welcome our new schools in Cal, SMU and Stanford, and show off our tremendous championship experience for our student-athletes, coaches and fans. We again have a terrific mix of on-campus sites and professional venues, including our football championship and men’s basketball tournament in Charlotte.”
The 20th annual ACC Football Championship Game returns to Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte for the 14th time in 15 years on Saturday, December 7.
Greensboro Coliseum plays host to the Ally ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament for the 25th time in 26 years from March 5–9, and the ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament heads to Spectrum Center in Charlotte from March 11–15. The men’s tournament returns to Queen City for the 14th time overall and the first time since 2019.
The first ACC Championships of the 2024–2025 academic calendar will be held on November 1, as North Carolina State welcomes men’s and women’s cross country to Cary, North Carolina.
With the addition of Cal, SMU and Stanford, several tournament formats have been altered for 2024–2025.
Field hockey is now an eight-team bracket format. Men’s soccer is now a 15-team bracket format, with the semifinals and finals at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary. Women’s lacrosse features an eight-team bracket format, with all games being played at American Legion Memorial Stadium in Charlotte. Softball moves to a 12-team, single-elimination bracket format.
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