2022 Women's Varsity Football Explained

Year:2022
Women's Varsity Football
Country:South Africa
Date:11 October 2022 - 16 October 2022
Tournament Venue:UJ Soweto Stadium
Defending Champions:University of the Western Cape
Champions:University of Johannesburg
Semi-Finalist1:Tshwane University of Technology
Semi-Finalist2:University of Pretoria
Goals:54
Matches:15
Top Goal Scorer:Sphumelele Shamase
(7 goals)
Player:Sphumelele Shamase
Prevseason:2021
Nextseason:2023
Website:https://www.varsitysportssa.com/football-women-fixtures
Updated:17 May 2024
City:Soweto
Runner-Up:University of the Western Cape
Num Teams:8

The 2022 Women's Varsity Football was the ninth 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 UJ Soweto Stadium by the University of Johannesburg.[1]

The University of the Western Cape are defending champions.[2] [3] They lost the title via penalties (5-3) to the University of Johannesburg after the match ended in a 0-0 draw.[4]

Participating teams

The eight teams that competed in the 2022 Women's Varsity Football challenge are:

!Team name!University
UJUniversity of Johannesburg
UWCUniversity of the Western Cape
UP-TuksUniversity of Pretoria
NWUNorth West University
ULUniversity of Limpopo
TUTTshwane University of Technology
WitsUniversity of the Witwatersrand
DUTDurban University of Technology

The teams were split into two groups as follows:[5]

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Round robin stage

Group B

[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Knockout stage

Final

Sponsors

The tournament was sponsored by:

Awards

The following players were rated best in the tournament:[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Varsity Women's Football - 14 October 2022 . 2024-05-17 . www.howler.co.za . es.
  2. Web site: Kamedien . Siraj . 2022-10-10 . Women’s Varsity Football MD 1 Wrap: Shamase twins cause havoc, UWC starts with a win . 2024-03-24 . Varsity Sports . en.
  3. Web site: Crouch . Faheedah . 2021-10-07 . UWC Eager to Build on Varsity Football Title Victory . 2024-03-24 . gsport4girls . en-ZA.
  4. Web site: Abrahams . Celine . 2022-10-17 . UJ Dethrone UWC to Win 2022 Varsity Football Crown . 2024-03-24 . gsport4girls . en-ZA.
  5. Web site: Mshengu . Thami . 2022-10-11 . 2022 Varsity Football Women’s fixtures confirmed . 2024-03-24 . ThamiSoccer . en-US.
  6. Web site: Kamedien . Siraj . 2022-10-12 . Women’s Varsity Football MD 3 Wrap: UWC beat TUT, Tuks secure last semi-final spot . 2024-03-24 . Varsity Sports . en.
  7. Web site: Kamedien . Siraj . 2022-10-11 . Women’s Varsity Football MD 2 Wrap: UJ, TUT, UWC Book Semi-Final Spots . 2024-03-24 . Varsity Sports . en.
  8. Web site: Kamedien . Siraj . 2022-10-10 . Women’s Varsity Football MD 1 Wrap: Shamase twins cause havoc, UWC starts with a win . 2024-03-24 . Varsity Sports . en.
  9. Web site: Kamedien . Siraj . 2022-10-13 . Varsity Women’s Football: UWC & UJ to meet in 2022 final . 2024-03-24 . Varsity Sports . en.
  10. Web site: Kamedien . Siraj . 2022-10-15 . UJ dethrone UWC in Women’s Varsity Football tournament . 2024-03-24 . Varsity Sports . en.
  11. Web site: Hare . Rudene . 2023-08-20 . UWC Crowned 2023 Women's Varsity Football Champions . 2024-03-15 . gsport4girls . en-ZA.