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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Athletics Association football Basketball Cricket Field Hockey Mountain bike Netball Rugby sevens |
| Date | 2019 |
| Administrator | Varsity Sports |
The 2019 Varsity Sport, the 10 season of a South African university.
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4-6 and 10–12 October, Wits Multi-purpose Sports Hall, University of the Witwatersrand. Significantly, Varsity Women's Basketball will make its debut this time around. [1]
VUT 58(1) - 58(0) NWU, first six shootout efforts, VUT is win [2] [3] [4]
UJ 64 - Tuks 57 [5]
Tuks final against UJ at Senwes Park, Potchefstroom [6] [7] [8]
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 6 September - Senwes Park [9] | ||||||
| Tuks | 129/5 | |||||
| 7 September – Senwes Park | ||||||
| Maties | 125/7 | |||||
| UJ | 55/7 | |||||
| 6 September – Senwes Park | ||||||
| Tuks | 60/2 | |||||
| UJ | 204/4 | |||||
| NWU | 166/8 | |||||
TUT (beat UWC 4–1 in shootout after 1-1 full-time) [13]
First legs: UCT Hockey, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch [14]
Two legs: NWU Astro, North-West University, Potchefstroom
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maties | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 6 | +21 | 16 | Semi-Final |
| 2 | NWU (H) | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 15 | |
| 3 | Kovsie | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 20 | +20 | 14 | |
| 4 | Tuks | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 16 | +11 | 12 | |
| 5 | UJ (E) | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 12 | |
| 6 | Ikeys | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 21 | −2 | 10 | |
| 7 | WITS | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 24 | −12 | 5 | |
| 8 | Madibaz | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 54 | −45 | 0 |
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 13 May - NWU Astro | ||||||
| Maties | 7 | |||||
| 20 May – NWU Astro | ||||||
| Tuks | 5 | |||||
| Maties | 0(1) | |||||
| 13 May – NWU Astro | ||||||
| NWU | 0(2) | |||||
| Kovsie | 4 | |||||
| NWU | 5 | |||||
| Pos | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | NWU (H) |
| 2 | Maties |
| 3 | Kovsie |
| 4 | Tuks |
| 5 | Ikeys |
| 6 | UJ |
| 7 | WITS |
| 8 | Madibaz |
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
| Player of the tournament | Goalkeeper of the tournament | Top goalscorer |
|---|---|---|
| Onthatile Zulu (Tuks) [15] | Simoné Gouws (Kovsie) [16] |
FNB Wines2Whales Pinotage, Oak Valley Estate in Elgin, 28–30 October 2019, the three-day stage race. Teams from Stellenbosch University (Maties), the University of Cape Town (UCT), North-West University (NWU), University of Pretoria (Tuks), Nelson Mandela University (Madibaz) and the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), will be invited to compete. Each of the six universities will be invited to send two teams; either men's, women's or one of each. [17] [18]
| Team | Users | Stage 1 [19] | Stage 2 [20] | Stage 3 [21] | Final standings [22] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UCT | Richard Simpson Michael Lambrecht | 02:49.38,0 | 02:54.54,7 | 02:53.11,6 | 08:37.45,0 |
| 2 | Tuks | Andries Nigrini Antonie Joubert | 02:49.03,0 | 03:01.00,0 | 02:55.17,6 | 08:45.21,0 |
| 3 | Maties | Michael Sutton Morné Hollander | 03:12.16,0 | 03:24.06,8 | 03:14.37,0 | 09:51.00,1 |
| 4 | Madibaz | Jan Venter Munro Munnik | 03:36.51,0 | 03:25.22,6 | 03:19.29,9 | 10:21.44,0 |
| 5 | NWU | Brendan van Eeden Christo Botes | 03:17.37,0 | 03:43.04,6 | 03:22.42,4 | 10:23.24,9 |
| 6 | TUT | Vian Pretorius Shaun-Cameron Swanepoel | 04:08.56,0 | 03:58.51,9 | 03:51.18,2 | 11:59.06,0 |
| Team | User | Stage 1 [23] | Stage 2 [24] | Stage 3 [25] | Final standings [22] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UCT | Courteney Webb Amy Tait | 03:41.10 | 03:45.31,1 | 03:31.08,4 | 10:57.54,0 |
| 2 | Maties | Catherine Pellow-Jarmain Susan Kruger | 03:52.42 | 03:51.11,0 | 03:37.15,6 | 11:21.08,0 |
| 3 | Madibaz | Jean-Marie Roelofse Stacey Hyslop | 04:08.32 | 04:09.56,0 | 03:35.51,0 | 11:54.19,3 |
| 4 | Tuks | Tanya Kotze Michelle Benson | 04:03.26 | 04:04.14,5 | 03:50.26,1 | 11:58.07,4 |
| 5 | NWU | Nicolene Marais Ané Jacobs | 05:06.33 | 04:31.23,5 | 04:08.06,4 | 13:46.03,0 |
Tuks are the Varsity Netball champions, and became the first team to do so unbeaten throughout, after beating Maties 48–43 on 7 October 2019, Rembrandt Hall, University of Pretoria. [26] [27]
4-5 October 2019, Pirates Rugby Club, Greenside, Johannesburg
The inaugural Varsity Women's 7s [28] The teams competing are; UP-Tuks (University of Pretoria), UJ (University of Johannesburg), UKZN (University of KwaZulu-Natal) and UFH (University of Fort Hare). [29] Tuks possibly played one of their best games of the season when they beat UFH in the final 46-0 [30]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 5 October 9:11 [31] | ||||||||||
| Kovsies | 14 | |||||||||
| 12:07 [32] | ||||||||||
| Madibaz | 17 | |||||||||
| Madibaz | 12 | |||||||||
| 5 October 9:33 | ||||||||||
| UJ | 26 | |||||||||
| UJ | 37 | |||||||||
| 16:09 [33] | ||||||||||
| CPUT | 7 | |||||||||
| UJ | 20 | |||||||||
| 5 October 9:55 | ||||||||||
| Maties | 0 | |||||||||
| UWC | 17 | |||||||||
| 12:29 | ||||||||||
| UP-Tuks | 41 | |||||||||
| UP-Tuks | 5 | |||||||||
| 5 October 10:17 | ||||||||||
| Maties | 24 | Third place | ||||||||
| NWU | 14 | |||||||||
| 15:03 [34] | ||||||||||
| Maties | 31 | |||||||||
| Madibaz | 5 | |||||||||
| UP-Tuks | 36 | |||||||||
| Semi-finals | Bowl Final (5th/6th Place) | |||||
| 5 October 12:51 [32] | ||||||
| Kovsies | 21 | |||||
| 14:41 [34] | ||||||
| CPUT | 24 | |||||
| CPUT | 19 | |||||
| 5 October 13:13 | ||||||
| MWU | 34 | |||||
| UWC | 24 | |||||
| NWU | 33 | |||||
| 7th/8th Place | ||||||
| 14:19 [34] | ||||||
| Kovsies | 5 | |||||
| UWC | 40 | |||||
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