2023 Women's Varsity Football

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Women's Varsity Football
Season2023
Dates11 August 2023 - 19 August 2023
Champions UWC Ladies FC (2nd title)
Matches played17
Goals scored53 (3.12 per match)
Best PlayerLusanda Mavundla
Top goalscorerLusanda Mavundla
(5 goals)
Best goalkeeperSiphesihle Dlamini and Matshidiso Masebe
Highest scoring UWC Ladies FC 5-1 TUT Ladies FC
(13 August 2023)
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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]

Contents

UJ are defending champions. [2] They lost the title 2-0 in the final against UWC. [3] UFH made their debut. [4]

Participating teams

The eight teams that competed in the 2023 Women's Varsity Football challenge are:

Team nameUniversity
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

Round robin stage

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

Match day 1

11 August 2023 UFH 0-0 UKZN Pretoria, South Africa
13:00 CAT (UTC+2) Report Stadium: TUT Stadium
11 August 2023 UP-Tuks 5-0 Wits Pretoria, South Africa
15:00 CAT (UCT+2) Report Stadium: TUT Stadium
11 August 2023 UJ 2-1 UWC Pretoria, South Africa
17:00 CAT (UTC+2) Report Stadium: TUT Stadium
11 August 2023 DUT 1-4 TUT Pretoria, South Africa
19:00 CAT (UTC+2) Report Stadium: TUT Stadium

Match day 2

12 August 2023 UKZN 1-3 UP-Tuks Pretoria, South Africa
10:00 CAT (UCT+2) Report Stadium: TUT Stadium
12 August 2023 TUT 1-3 UJ Pretoria, South Africa
12:00 CAT (UCT+2) Report Stadium: TUT Stadium
12 August 2023 UWC 4-1 DUT Pretoria, South Africa
14:00 CAT (UCT+2) Report Stadium: TUT Stadium
12 August 2023 Wits 0-0 UFH Pretoria, South Africa
16:00 CAT (UCT+2) Report Stadium: TUT Stadium

Match day 3

13 August 2023 UJ 4-0 DUT Pretoria, South Africa
10:00 CAT (UCT+2) Report Stadium: TUT Stadium
13 August 2023 UWC 5-1 TUT Pretoria, South Africa
12:00 CAT (UCT+2) Report Stadium: TUT Stadium
13 August 2023 Wits 3-1 UKZN Pretoria, South Africa
14:00 CAT (UCT+2) Report Stadium: TUT Stadium
13 August 2023 UP-Tuks 2-0 UFH Pretoria, South Africa
16:00 CAT (UCT+2) Report Stadium: TUT Stadium

Knockout stages

7th-place match

14 August 2023 DUT 1-1 UKZN Pretoria, South Africa
13:00 CAT (UCT+2) Report Stadium: TUT Stadium

5th-place match

14 August 2023 TUT 3-0 UFH Pretoria, South Africa
15:00 CAT (UCT+2) Report Stadium: TUT Stadium

Semi-finals

14 August 2023 UJ 3-0 Wits Pretoria, South Africa
17:00 CAT (UCT+2) Report Stadium: TUT Stadium

[6]

14 August 2023 UP-Tuks 0-1 UWC Pretoria, South Africa
19:00 CAT (UCT+2) Report Stadium: TUT Stadium

Final

19 August 2023 UJ 0-2 UWC Pretoria, South Africa
11:00 CAT (UCT+2) Report Stadium: TUT Stadium

[7] [8]

Sponsors

The tournament was sponsored by:

Awards

The following players were rated best in the tournament: [9]

AwardPlayerTeam
FNB player of the tournamentLusanda Mavundla UJ
Suzuki Golden Boot
Cashbuild Golden GloveSiphesihle Dlamini UWC
Matshidiso Masebe UJ

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