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] It was hosted at TUT Stadium by Tshwane University of Technology.

The University of Johannesburg were defending champions.[2] They lost the title 2-0 in the final against the University of the Western Cape.[3] The University of Fort Hare 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

The teams were split into two groups as follows:

Group A Group B


Round robin stage

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

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 UP-Tuks 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 9 Advance to Semi-Finals
2 Wits 3 1 1 1 3 6 −3 4
3 UFH 3 0 2 1 0 2 −2 2
4 UKZN 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Source: [1]
UFH0–0UKZN
TUT Stadium
UP-Tuks5–0Wits
TUT Stadium
UFH0–0Wits
TUT Stadium
UKZN1–3UP-Tuks
TUT Stadium
UKZN1–3Wits
TUT Stadium
UP-Tuks2–0UFH
TUT Stadium

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 UJ 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7 9 Advance to Semi-Finals
2 UWC 3 2 0 1 10 4 +6 6
3 TUT (H) 3 1 0 2 6 9 −3 3
4 DUT 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0
Source: [2]
(H) Hosts
UJ2–1UWC
TUT Stadium
TUT4–1DUT
TUT Stadium
TUT1–3UJ
TUT Stadium
UWC4–1DUT
TUT Stadium
UJ4–0DUT
TUT Stadium
UWC5–1TUT
TUT Stadium

Knockout stages

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
14 August – TUT Stadium
 
 
UJ 3
 
19 August – TUT Stadium
 
Wits 0
 
UJ 0
 
14 August – TUT Stadium
 
UWC2
 
UWC 1
 
 
UP0
 

7th-place match

DUT1–1UKZN
TUT Stadium

5th-place match

TUT3–0UFH
TUT Stadium

Semi-finals

UJ3–0Wits
48' 71' Lusanda Mavundla
90+' Sbongakonke Mzobe
TUT Stadium

[6]

UWC1–0UP-Tuks
22' Chelsea Daniels
TUT Stadium

Final

UWC2–0UJ
4' Lonathemba Mhlongo
58' Katlego Mabuza
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. ^ "It's UJ and UWC in '23 final". SuperSport. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  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.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Women%27s_Varsity_Football
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