<P> With each team winning a game in the championship series to force a winner - take - all Game 3 , the tournament reached the maximum of 17 games for the first time since 2003 when the finals expanded to best - of - three format ( as opposed to a single , winner - take - all championship game ) . Coastal Carolina won the deciding game , 4 - 3 , becoming the first team since 1956 to win the title in its first CWS appearance . Coastal Carolina won six elimination games in NCAA post-season play -- one in a Regional , three in the CWS double - elimination bracket , and two in the Championship Series . The runner - up , Arizona , won six elimination games -- three in a Regional and three in the CWS double - elimination bracket , but lost their 7th , the last game of the Championship Series . </P>
<P> With each team winning a game in the championship series to force a winner - take - all Game 3 , the tournament reached the maximum of 17 games for the first time since 2003 when the finals expanded to best - of - three format ( as opposed to a single , winner - take - all championship game ) . Coastal Carolina won the deciding game , 4 - 3 , becoming the first team since 1956 to win the title in its first CWS appearance . Coastal Carolina won six elimination games in NCAA post-season play -- one in a Regional , three in the CWS double - elimination bracket , and two in the Championship Series . The runner - up , Arizona , won six elimination games -- three in a Regional and three in the CWS double - elimination bracket , but lost their 7th , the last game of the Championship Series . </P>
who won the college world series in 2016
who won the college world series in 2016
Coastal Carolina
Coastal Carolina