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The 2026 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Soccer Championship field is set.

This marks the fourth year of men's soccer in the OVC and the second-straight year the Championship will be held on the campus of Lindenwood University. The event features six of the league's eight teams.

The eight OVC men's soccer teams are divided into two scheduling pods, with each team playing the other teams in its pod twice during the season, and teams in the other pod once. The tournament format gives the winner of each pod a first round tournament bye. Seeds 3-6 are based on total points, regardless of scheduling pod.

Lindenwood claimed its second-straight regular season championship, finishing 5-2-3 in League play, and earned the No. 1 seed and a bye to the semifinals which will be played on Wednesday, November 11. As the winner of its pod (which also included Eastern Illinois, Southern Indiana and Western Illinois), SIUE (5-3-2) earned the No. 2 seed and will also get a bye to the semifinals.

The No. 3 seed UIW will take on No. 6 Eastern Illinois in the First Round while No. 4 seed HCU will challenge No. 5 seed Western Illinois. Those games will be held on Sunday, November 8.

The Championship Match will be played on Saturday, November 14 at 4:00 p.m. CT.
 
The entire championship will be broadcast on ESPN+.
 
2026 OVC Men's Soccer Championship Schedule
 
Sunday, November 8
Match 1 - #4 HCU vs. #5 Western Illinois, 4:00pm CT (ESPN+)
Match 2 - #3 UIW vs. #6 Eastern Illinois, 7:00pm CT (ESPN+)

Wednesday, November 11
Match 3 - #1 Lindenwood vs. Winner Match 1, 4:00pm CT (ESPN+)
Match 4 - #2 SIUE vs. Winner Match 2, 7:00pm CT (ESPN+)

Saturday, November 14
Match 5 - Semifinal Winners, 4:00pm CT (ESPN+)