2024 Women's Varsity Football

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2024 Women's Varsity Football
Tournament details
CountrySouth Africa
City Pretoria
Venue(s)TUT Stadium
Date26 July 2024 -9 August 2024
Teams8
Defending champions University of the Western Cape
Final positions
Champions University of the Western Cape
Runner-up Tshwane University of Technology
Semifinalists
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)Ronnel Donnelly
(5 goals)
Best playerRonnel Donnelly
Best goalkeeper Thandeka Ngcobo
Official website
https://www.varsitysportssa.com/football-women-fixtures
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All statistics correct as of 10 August 2024.

The 2024 Women's Varsity Football was the eleventh 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. It was hosted at TUT Stadium by Tshwane University of Technology . [1]

Contents

UWC were defending champions. [2] The Cape Peninsula University of Technology made their debut. [3] UWC defended their title with a 2-1 over TUT in the final. [4]

Participating teams

The eight teams that will compete in the 2024 Women's Varsity Football challenge are:

Team nameUniversity
UJ University of Johannesburg
UWC University of the Western Cape
UP-Tuks University of Pretoria
CPUT Cape Peninsula University of Technology
CUT Central University of Technology, Free State
TUT Tshwane University of Technology
Wits University of the Witwatersrand
NWU Potchefstroom North-West University

The teams were split into two groups as follows:

Group AGroup B

Round robin stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1NWU330062+49Advance to Semi-Finals
2 TUT (H)320193+66
3 UP-Tuks 310243+13
4 Wits 3003112−110
Source:
(H) Hosts
12:00 CAT UTC+02:00
NWU3–1 Wits
1' Zanile Khoza

31' Pholoso Molokwe

Rebaone Mojahi		45' Imaan Parker
TUT Stadium
TUT 2–1 UP-Tuks
Tshogofatso Motlogelwa x2Thembelihle Masibi
TUT Stadium
TUT 1–2NWU
Sibongile NtoaneMpho Molwele
Rebaone Mojahi
TUT Stadium
Wits 0–3 UP-Tuks
S’Bahle Ndlovu

Magogodi Litlhakanyane (OG)

Ibanathi Msindo
TUT Stadium
UP-Tuks 0–1NWU
55' Zanile Khoza
TUT Stadium
TUT 6–0 Wits
12' 30' Sibongile Ntoane x2

Tshogofatso Motlogelwa
Gift Makanya
Naledi Thakanyane

Orapeleng Ndlovu
TUT Stadium

[5] [6] [7]

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 UJ 330090+99Advance to Semi-Finals
2 UWC 320182+66
3 CUT 3102210−83
4CPUT300307−70
Source:
12:00 CAT UTC+02:00
CUT 0–1CPUT
58' Maleqhwa Mokoena
TUT Stadium
UJ 1–0 UWC
Patience Sekhukhuni
TUT Stadium
UJ 4–0CPUT
Bryden Mokobi x2

Refilwe Maseko

Thato Mofolo
TUT Stadium
CUT 1–6 UWC
Keneilwe NqaiRonnel Donnelly x2

Chelsea Daniels x3

Thembelihle Zulu
TUT Stadium
CPUT0–2 UWC
Ronnel Donnelly
Aakifah Adams
TUT Stadium
UJ 4–0 CUT
Sbongakonke Mzobe

Sphokazi Ngwenya

Shannon Macomo x2
TUT Stadium

Knockout stages

Bracket

 
 Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
29 July – TUT Stadium
 
 
NWU0
 
9 August – TUT Stadium
 
 UWC 5
 
 TUT 1
 
29 July – TUT Stadium
 
 UWC 2
 
 TUT (p)1(4)
 
 
 UJ 1(2)
 

7th-place match

CPUT1–2 Wits
TUT Stadium

5th-place match

CUT 0–6 UP
TUT Stadium

Semi-finals

NWU0–5 UWC
36' Gamede

37' Ronnel Donnelly
50' Chelsea Daniels
Aakifah Adams

Own Goal
TUT Stadium

[8]

TUT 1–1 UJ
55' Tshegofatso Motlogelwa57' Thato Mofolo
Penalties
4-2
TUT Stadium

Final

TUT 1–2 UWC
19' Tshegofatso Motlogelwa9' Ronnel Donnelly
44' Tiffany Kortjie
TUT Stadium

Sponsors

The tournament was sponsored by:

Awards

The following players were rated best in the tournament:

AwardPlayerTeam
FNB player of the tournamentRonnel Donnelly UWC
Suzuki Golden Boot
Cashbuild Golden GloveThandeka Ngcobo UWC

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