Championship History

The University of Victoria Vikes athletic program has established itself as one of the most successful university athletic programs in Canada.

Since the inception of the athletics program in 1970, the Vikes have been crowned Canadian University Champions 92 times in both U SPORTS-designated sports and non-U SPORTS sports. Success has been exhibited across the board with 12 different sports raising championship banners.

The Vikes have won a total of 92 national titles (56 U SPORTS National Championships and 36 Canadian University Championships in rowing, golf, women's rugby 7s and men's rugby).

Click the years below for more info on the championship winning teams.

U SPORTS National Championships* (56)

Men's Basketball (9)
1979-80 • 1980-81 • 1981-82 • 1982-83 • 1983-84 • 1984-85 • 1985-86 • 1996-97 • 2024-25

Women's Basketball (9)
1979-80 • 1980-81 • 1981-82 • 1984-85 • 1986-87 • 1991-92 • 1997-98 • 1999-00 • 2002-03

Women's Field Hockey (17)
1984 • 1987 • 1989 • 1991 • 1992 • 1994 • 1995 • 1997 • 2000 • 2002 • 2008 • 2018 • 2019 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024

Men's Soccer (5)
1975 • 1987 • 1996 • 2004 • 2011

Women's Soccer (1)
2005

Women's Cross-Country (10)
1980 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1994 • 1998• 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2025

Men's Cross-Country (5)
1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 2015

Canadian University National Championships (36)

Women's Rowing (14)
1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2005 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024

Men's Rowing (7)
1997 • 1998 • 2000 • 2001 • 2009 • 2010 • 2021

Men's Rugby (3)
1997-98 • 1998-99 • 2019

Men's Rugby 7s (5)
2011 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016

Women's Rugby 7s (2)
2017 • 2019

Men's Golf (4)
2003 • 2005 • 2006 • 2023

Women's Golf (1)
2008

Canada West Conference Championships (133)

Men's Basketball (18)
1977-78 • 1978-79 • 1979-80 • 1980-81 • 1981-82 • 1982-83 • 1983-84 • 1987-88 • 1988-89 • 1994-95 • 1996-97 • 1997-98 • 2000-01 • 2005-06 • 2014-15 • 2021-22 • 2022-23 • 2023-24

Women's Basketball (17)
1975-76 • 1976-77 • 1977-78 • 1979-80 • 1980-81 • 1981-82 • 1982-83 • 1984-85 • 1985-86 • 1986-87 • 1991-92 • 1994-95 • 1995-96 • 1996-97 • 1997-98 • 1998-99 • 1999-00

Women's Field Hockey (26)
1975 • 1976 • 1979 • 1983 • 1984 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 •1992 • 1994 • 1995 • 1997 • 2000 • 2003 • 2013 • 2015 • 2018  • 2019 • 2021• 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025

Men's Soccer (15)
1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1975 • 1977 • 1978 • 1982 • 1983 • 1987 • 1996 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2008 • 2009

Women's Soccer (3)
1998 • 2000 • 2008

Men's Cross-Country (17)
1981 • 1985 • 1991 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 2005 • 2006 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2025

Women's Cross-Country (21)
1976 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1989 • 1991 • 1994 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2005 • 2009 • 2011 • 2012 • 2017 • 2024 • 2025

Women's Rugby 15s (2)
2015 • 2025

Women's Rugby 7s (4)
2018  • 2019 • 2020 • 2022
 
Women's Swimming (1)
1980

Men's Golf (1)
2022

Men's Volleyball (1)
1982-83

Women's Volleyball (5)
1985-86 • 1986-87 • 1987-88 • 1988-89 • 1989-90

Regional & Conference Championships (21)

Men's Rowing - Western Canada (6)
2008 • 2009 • 2011 • 2012 • 2015 • 2016

Women's Rowing - Western Canada (5)
2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2015 • 2017

Men's Rugby - B.C. Premier League (3)
1971 • 2003 • 2010

Men's Golf - NAIA / Continental Athletic Conference (5)
2010 • 2012 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024

Women's Golf - NAIA / Continental Athletic Conference (2)
2019 • 2022

 

* Note: The name for the Canadian Interuniversity Sport national body that UVic student-athletes compete under has changed names throughout time. From 1906 to 2000 they were known as the CIAU (Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union) and then adopted CIS (Canadian Interuniversity Sport) in 2001, before officially becoming U SPORTS in April 2017.