1982 AIAW National Division III Basketball Championship

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.

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.