2019 Women's Varsity Hockey (South Africa) Explained

Dates:
Venues:UCT Hockey
NWU Astro
Champions:NWU
Second:Maties
Third:Tuks
Matches:33
Goals:193
Top Scorer:Simoné Gouws (Kovsie)
Top Scorer Goals:14
Best Player:Onthatile Zulu (Tuks)
Previous Year:2018 (M)
Previous Tournament:2018 Men's Varsity Hockey (South Africa)
Next Year:2022
Next Tournament:2022 Women's Varsity Hockey (South Africa)

The 2019 Women's Hockey Varsity Hockey will be the 9th edition of the Varsity Hockey, the annual tournament women's field hockey championship of South Africa.

In addition to the Power Play rule seen in previous seasons of Varsity Hockey, whereby each team can select to implement a two-minute period where goals count two and the opposition must bench two players, field goals will now count two.[1] [2]

Venues

Following is a list of all venues and host cities.

Results

Preliminary round

Fixtures

All times are local (UTC+2).

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Final

Final standings

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Notes and References

  1. News: 2 May 2017. Varsity Hockey bends the rules to double the thrill. Varsity Sport.
  2. News: 17 May 2019. Players’ thoughts on Varsity Hockey’s Power Play. Varsity Sports.
  3. News: 22 May 2019. Proteas next for Varsity Hockey star. Varsity Sport.
  4. Web site: South African Hockey Association: Varsity Hockey 2019 Statistics. saha.altiusrt.com.