1982 AIAW National Division III Basketball Championship
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{{Infobox tournament
| name = 1982 AIAW National Division III College Basketball Championship
| image = AIAW logo.jpg
| caption =
| location =
| start_date =
| end_date =
| administrator = Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women
| host =
| venues = Cedar Rapids, Iowa
| participants = 7
| champions = Concordia–Moorhead (1st title)
| runners-up1 = Mount Mercy
| matches = 7
| previous = 1981
| next = 1983 (NCAA Division I)
1983 (NCAA Division II)
1983 (NCAA Division III)
1983 (NAIA)
}}
The 1982 AIAW National Division III Basketball Championship was the third annual and final tournament hosted by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women to determine the national champion of collegiate basketball among its Division III members in the United States.{{cite web|title=PRE-NCAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RECORDS|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_basketball_RB/2020/AIAW.pdf |work=NCAA|publisher=NCAA.org|accessdate=25 January 2022}}
The tournament was held in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Concordia–Moorhead defeated Mount Mercy in the championship game, 73–72, to capture the Cobbers' first AIAW Division III national title.
Format
Seven teams participated in a single-elimination tournament, a decrease in nine teams from the previous year's championship.
The tournament also included a third-place game for the two teams that lost in the semifinal games.
Tournament bracket
{{16TeamBracket-Compact-NoSeeds-Byes
| RD1= First round
| RD2= Quarterfinals
| RD3=Semifinals
| RD4=National championship
| RD4b = Third place
| RD1-team05=Millersville State
| RD1-score05=43
| RD1-team06=Aquinas
| RD1-score06=40
| RD2-team01=Concordia–Moorhead
| RD2-score01=74
| RD2-team02=Malone
| RD2-score02=64
| RD2-team03=Millersville State
| RD2-score03=70
| RD2-team04=Knoxville
| RD2-score04=66
| RD3-team01=Concordia–Moorhead
| RD3-score01=67
| RD3-team02=Millersville State
| RD3-score02=57
| RD3-team03=Mount Mercy
| RD3-score03=
| RD3-team04=Wisconsin–Whitewater
| RD3-score04=
| RD4-team01=Concordia–Moorhead
| RD4-score01=73
| RD4-team02=Mount Mercy
| RD4-score02=72
| RD4b-team01=Wisconsin–Whitewater
| RD4b-score01=61
| RD4b-team02=Millersville State
| RD4b-score02=51
}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
{{NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament}}
Category:AIAW women's basketball tournament
AIAW National Division III Basketball Championship