COLUMBUS, OH – The Greater Columbus Sports Commission (Sports Commission) has partnered with five universities to submit 53 bids to the NCAA for the 2022-2026 bidding cycle.
The Ohio State University, Ohio Dominican University, Otterbein University, Capital University and Ursuline College submitted bids with the Sports Commission for 25 championship events in 13 sports. The Division II Fall Festival is a new event being bid on for the years 2022–2023. The Festival includes six championship events in one week –men’s cross country, women’s cross country, men’s soccer, women’s soccer, women’s volleyball and field hockey.
“Columbus is an established host city for NCAA championship events,” said Linda Shetina Logan, executive director, Greater Columbus Sports Commission. “The combination of our universities, hotels, walkable footprint and collaborative approach makes our city an ideal location to host student-athletes, coaches, media and fans.”
More than 500 preliminary and final host cities will be selected by the NCAA in October. Columbus is also a finalist to host the NCAA Women’s Final Four again in either 2025 or 2026. The NCAA will also make their selections of host cities for that championship event in October.
In the last bidding cycle, Columbus was awarded 12 out of 19 submitted championship events from 2019-2022.
The bids submitted include:
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NCAA Championship Events |
Academic Year |
Facility |
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Division I Men’s Basketball Championship –First/Second Rounds |
March 2022-2026 |
Nationwide Arena |
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Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships |
March 2022-2024 |
Ohio State |
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Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship |
December 2024-2026 |
Nationwide Arena |
|
Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships |
March 2024-2026 |
Ohio State |
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Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Frozen Four |
April 2022 –2024 |
Nationwide Arena |
|
Division I Women’s Golf – Regionals |
May 2024 –2026 |
Ohio State Golf Club |
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Division I Men’s Golf – Regionals |
May 2024-2026 |
Ohio State Golf Club |
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Division I Men’s Lacrosse Quarterfinals |
May 2022 -2026 |
Ohio Stadium |
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Division II Women’s Basketball Elite Eight |
March 2023-2025 |
Ohio Dominican University |
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Division II Fall Festival |
Fall 2022–2023 |
Otterbein University |
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Division III Women’s Basketball Championship |
March 2023-2026 |
Capital University |
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Division III Women’s Volleyball Championship |
November 2022-2026 |
Capital University |
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National Collegiate Rifle Championship |
March 2024-2026 |
Ohio State |
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National Collegiate Women’s Bowling Championship |
April 2022-2026 |
Wayne Webb’s Columbus Bowl |
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National Collegiate Women’s Bowling Regionals |
April 2022-2026 |
Wayne Webb’s Columbus Bowl |
|
National Collegiate Men’s Gymnastics Championship |
April 2023-2024 |
Ohio State |
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National Collegiate Women’s Gymnastics |
March 2022-2023 |
Ohio State |
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National Collegiate Fencing Championship |
March 2022-2024 |
Ohio State |
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National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Championship |
May 2022-2023 and May 2024-2025 |
Ohio State |