2023 Women's Varsity Football

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The 2023 Women's Varsity Football was the tenth edition of the South African women's university soccer competition. It involved some of the top football playing universities in the country. The tournament is run by Varsity Sports SA, and is endorsed by the South African Football Association and University Sport South Africa.[1]

UFH made their debut.[4]

Participating teams

The eight teams that competed in the 2023 Women's Varsity Football challenge are:

Team name University
UJ
University of Johannesburg
UWC
University of the Western Cape
UP-Tuks
University of Pretoria
DUT Durban University of Technology
UFH
University of Fort Hare
TUT
Tshwane University of Technology
Wits University of the Witwatersrand
UKZN University of KwaZulu-Natal

Round robin stage

The 2023 season began with round robin stages on the 11th of August 2023.[5]

Match day 1

11 August 2023 UFH 0-0 UKZN Pretoria, South Africa
13:00 CAT (UTC+2) Report Stadium: TUT Stadium
11 August 2023 UP-Tuks 5-0 Wits Pretoria, South Africa
15:00 CAT (UCT+2) Report Stadium: TUT Stadium
11 August 2023 UJ 2-1 UWC Pretoria, South Africa
17:00 CAT (UTC+2) Report Stadium: TUT Stadium
11 August 2023 DUT 1-4 TUT Pretoria, South Africa
19:00 CAT (UTC+2) Report Stadium: TUT Stadium

Match day 2

12 August 2023 UKZN 1-3 UP-Tuks Pretoria, South Africa
10:00 CAT (UCT+2) Report Stadium: TUT Stadium
12 August 2023 TUT 1-3 UJ Pretoria, South Africa
12:00 CAT (UCT+2) Report Stadium: TUT Stadium
12 August 2023 UWC 4-1 DUT Pretoria, South Africa
14:00 CAT (UCT+2) Report Stadium: TUT Stadium
12 August 2023 Wits 0-0 UFH Pretoria, South Africa
16:00 CAT (UCT+2) Report Stadium: TUT Stadium

Match day 3

13 August 2023 UJ 4-0 DUT Pretoria, South Africa
10:00 CAT (UCT+2) Report Stadium: TUT Stadium
13 August 2023 UWC 5-1 TUT Pretoria, South Africa
12:00 CAT (UCT+2) Report Stadium: TUT Stadium
13 August 2023 Wits 3-1 UKZN Pretoria, South Africa
14:00 CAT (UCT+2) Report Stadium: TUT Stadium
13 August 2023 UP-Tuks 2-0 UFH Pretoria, South Africa
16:00 CAT (UCT+2) Report Stadium: TUT Stadium

Knockout stages

7th-place match

14 August 2023 DUT 1-1 UKZN Pretoria, South Africa
13:00 CAT (UCT+2) Report Stadium: TUT Stadium

5th-place match

14 August 2023 TUT 3-0 UFH Pretoria, South Africa
15:00 CAT (UCT+2) Report Stadium: TUT Stadium

Semi-finals

14 August 2023 UJ 3-0 Wits Pretoria, South Africa
17:00 CAT (UCT+2) Report Stadium: TUT Stadium

[6]

14 August 2023 UP-Tuks 0-1 UWC Pretoria, South Africa
19:00 CAT (UCT+2) Report Stadium: TUT Stadium

Final

19 August 2023 UJ 0-2 UWC Pretoria, South Africa
11:00 CAT (UCT+2) Report Stadium: TUT Stadium

[7][8]

Sponsors

The tournament was sponsored by:

Awards

The following players were rated best in the tournament:[9]

Award Player Team
FNB player of the tournament Lusanda Mavundla
UJ
Suzuki Golden Boot
Cashbuild Golden Glove Siphesihle Dlamini
UWC
Matshidiso Masebe
UJ

References

  1. ^ "About". Varsity Sports. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  2. ^ Bodlani, Lilitha (2023-08-08). "UJ looking to defend Women's Varsity Football title". Varsity Sports. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  3. ^ Mosomane, Samuel (2023-08-21). "UWC are the 2023 Women's Varsity Football champions -". Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  4. ^ Kamedien, Siraj (2023-08-10). "UFH intent on flying high in first Women's Varsity Football tournament". Varsity Sports. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  5. ^ "Football Women Fixtures & Logs | Varsity Cup". Varsity Sports. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  6. ^ Bodlani, Lilitha (2023-08-13). "UJ, Wits, Tuks and UWC through to semi-finals". Varsity Sports. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  7. ^ Bodlani, Lilitha (2023-08-14). "It's UJ and UWC in the '23 final". Varsity Sports. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  8. ^ Bodlani, Lilitha (2023-08-19). "UWC crowned 2023 Women's Varsity Football champions". Varsity Sports. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  9. ^ Hare, Rudene (2023-08-20). "UWC Crowned 2023 Women's Varsity Football Champions". gsport4girls. Retrieved 2024-03-15.