The 2007 West Virginia High School Boys' Soccer State Tournament (AAA) was a statewide high school soccer competition held in West Virginia, United States. The tournament was organized by the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission (WVSSAC) and featured boys' teams from high schools across the state. The tournament took place from November 2–3, 2007, at the Cline Stansberry Soccer Complex in Beckley, West Virginia.
Format This was the last year of the unifyed system – where all schools can compete in the same level, with no distinguishing of number of students. The teams played between 18 and 20 games on the regular season, they later were ranked based on their ratings. This ranking defined their seeds on the sectional and regional tournament (4 Regions divided in 4 sections each based on geographic locations).
Each Section had a champion and they played in a final four for the Region title.
Each of the 4 regional champion team qualified for the State Tournament.
The State Tournament was played in a single-elimination format, with the winner of each game advancing to the next round.
Ranking On the regular season each high school played between 18 and 20 games statewide, and one game between High Schools from other state.
The final Ranking was based on ratings (which computes a pontuation depending on the result and the team played).
2007 West Virginia High School Soccer Ranking School # State Rating Record (W-L-T)St. Joseph Central126.98(18–1–1)Woodrow Wilsonn225.50(13–1–3)Parkersburg325.12(16–2–2)Linsly424.21(16–2–1)Morgantown523.04(11–2–1)Robert C. Byrd621.90(16–2–1)Princeton720.47(14–3–2)Parkersburg South819.68(11–6–3)Hurricane919.32(16–3–1)George Washington1018.92(12–4–3)Winfield1118.88(12–3–2)Preston1218.69(11–4–3)East Fairmont1318.27(13–6–1 )Oak Hill1418.26(12–3–2 )Martinsburg1517.64(9–4–5)Brooke1616.60(10–4–3)Capital1716.50(13–6–1)Fairmont Senior1816.24(10–8–1 )Jefferson1915.98(11–5–4 )Cabell Midland2015.69(9–5–2)
Regionals Sources: Regional 1
Regional 2
Regional 3
Regional 4
State Tournament – Beckley, WV The State Tournament was played in a single-elimination format, with the winner of each game advancing to the next round. The seeds were based on the regional champions, therefore Regional champion No. 5 Morgantown faced Regional 4 champion No. 9 Hurricane and the other semi-final was between Regional 3 champion No. 10 George Washington vs Regional 2 Champion No. 19 Jefferson.
State semi-finals
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State Championship Game
ChampionGeorge Washington(1st Title) Source:
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