Varsity Hockey (South Africa)

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Varsity Hockey
Varsity Hockey Logo.jpg
Sport Field Hockey
Founded2013
Owner(s) Varsity Sports
No. of teams8
Country South Africa
Official website varsitysportssa.com/hockey/

Varsity Hockey is a South African university field hockey competition. It is one of seven sports in the Varsity Sports series. The annual tournament involves the top hockey playing universities in the country, which belong to the University Sports Company. The tournament is run by Varsity Sports South Africa, and is endorsed by the South African Hockey Association and University Sport South Africa.

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Participating teams

As of 2014, 8 different teams have competed in the Varsity Hockey tournament:

Varsity Hockey
Team NameUniversity
Maties Stellenbosch University
NMMU Madibaz Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
NWU Mafikeng North-West University
UCT Ikey University of Cape Town
UFS Kovsies University of the Free State
UJ University of Johannesburg
UP-Tuks University of Pretoria
Wits University of the Witwatersrand

Results

Men

YearHostFinalThird place matchNumber of teams
WinnerScoreRunner-upThird placeScoreFourth place
2014 WITS University [1] UJ 2(2)-2(0) p.s.o. [2] Maties Tuks 2-0 [3] Kovsie 8
2016 University of Johannesburg [4] UJ 4-2 [5] Tuks Round-robin 8
2018
Details [6]
WITS University
University of Pretoria
Tuks 5-0 Maties Wits Round-robin NWU 8
2022
Details
University of Pretoria Tuks 4–3 Wits Maties 5–3 UJ 4

Women

YearHostFinalThird place matchNumber of teams
WinnerScoreRunner-upThird placeScoreFourth place
2013 North-West University, Potchefstroom [7] Maties 1-0 NWU Pukke Kovsie 1-0 [8] Tuks 8
2015 North-West University, Potchefstroom [9] UJ 3-0 [10] Kovsie Round-robin 8
2017 Stellenbosch University [11] Tuks 1-0 [12] Maties Round-robin 8
2019
Details [13]
University of Cape Town, Cape Town
North-West University, Potchefstroom [14]
NWU Pukke 0(2) - 0(1) p.s.o. Maties Kovsie Round-robin Tuks 8
2022
Details
University of Pretoria Tuks 4–3 Maties NWU Pukke 6–0 Kovsie 4

Performances by university

Men

TeamTitlesRunners-upThird-placeFourth-place
Tuks 2 (2018, 2022*)1 (2016)1 (2014)
UJ 2 (2014, 2016)1 (2022)
Maties 2 (2014, 2018)1 (2022)
Wits 1 (2022)1 (2018)
Kovsie 1 (2014)
NWU 1 (2018)

Women

TeamTitlesRunners-upThird-placeFourth-place
Tuks 2 (2017, 2022*)2 (2013, 2019)
Maties 1 (2013)3 (2017*, 2019, 2022)
UJ 1 (2015)
Kovsie 1 (2015)2 (2013, 2019)1 (2022)
NWU Pukke 1 (2022)

See also

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