College World Series

The College World Series is the tournament which determines the NCAA Division I collegiate baseball champion. It takes place in June of each year. Since 1950, the tournament has been held at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska; previous tournaments were held in Kalamazoo, Michigan (1947-48) and Wichita, Kansas (1949). The name is derived from that of the Major League Baseball World Series championship.

Related Topics:
NCAA Division I - Baseball - Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium - Omaha, Nebraska - Kalamazoo, Michigan - Wichita, Kansas - Major League Baseball - World Series

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The 2005 College World Series took place June 17-23 with championship games June 25-26/27. Participating teams included Arizona State, Baylor, Florida, Nebraska, Oregon State, Tennessee, Texas, and Tulane.

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The tournament field, which consists of the eight teams emerging from regional playoffs (or "Super-Regionals"), proceeds by means of double-elimination play. Until the late 1980s, the tournament was a pure double-elimination event. The format was changed later to have the final two teams with fewer than two losses play in a single championship game; still later, the tournament was divided into two double-elimination brackets, with the survivors of each bracket playing in a single championship game. The format was changed slightly starting with the 2003 event. The two four-team double-elimination brackets were retained, but the championship final became a best-of-3 series between the last two remaining teams. In the results shown here, Score indicates the score of the championship game(s) only.

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The Division II tournament has been held in Montgomery, Alabama since 1985. The Division III tournament has been held in Appleton, Wisconsin since 2000.

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Montgomery, Alabama - Appleton, Wisconsin

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