Founded | 2013 |
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Region | South Africa |
Number of teams | 8 |
Current champions | UWC Ladies FC |
Most successful team(s) | TUT Ladies FC (6 titles) |
Television broadcasters | SuperSport |
Website | varsitysportssa.com/football |
2023 Women's Varsity Football |
Women's Varsity Football, also known as Women's Varsity Diski, is a South African university football competition. It is one of seven sports in the Varsity Sports series. The annual tournament involves the top women's football playing universities in the country, which belong to the University Sports Company. The tournament is managed by Advent Sport Entertainment and Media (ASEM) on behalf of the University Sports Company (USC), and is endorsed by the South African Football Association and University Sport South Africa. [1]
The inaugural tournament was held in 2013, with UJ Ladies winning the final 6-0 against TUT Ladies. [2]
The list of champions and runners-up: [3]
Year | Champions | Runners-up |
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2013 | UJ Ladies | TUT Ladies |
2014 | TUT Ladies | Tuks Ladies |
2015 | UWC Ladies | |
2016 | ||
2017 | UJ Ladies | |
2018 | UWC Ladies | |
2019 | ||
2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa | |
2021 | UWC Ladies | Tuks Ladies |
2022 | UJ Ladies | UWC Ladies |
2023 | UWC Ladies | UJ Ladies |
Players who have since represented Banyana Banyana:
The tournament is sponsored by: [4]
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