Varsity Hockey (South Africa) Explained

Varsity Hockey
Sport:	Field Hockey
Founded:	2013
Owner:	Varsity Sports
Teams:	8
Country:	South Africa

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.

Participating teams

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

Varsity Hockey
Team Name	University
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

Year	Host	width=1% rowspan=14		Final			width=1% rowspan=14		Third place match			width=1% rowspan=14		width=4% rowspan=2	Number of teams
width=14%	Winner	width=10%	Score	width=14%	Runner-up	width=14%	Third place	width=10%	Score	width=14%	Fourth 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

Year	Host	width=1% rowspan=14		Final			width=1% rowspan=14		Third place match			width=1% rowspan=14		width=4% rowspan=2	Number of teams
width=14%	Winner	width=10%	Score	width=14%	Runner-up	width=14%	Third place	width=10%	Score	width=14%	Fourth 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

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-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

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-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

• InterVarsity Hockey

External links

• Official Website

Notes and References

1. News: 29 April 2014. Hockey like you've never seen before. Varsity Sport.
2. News: 19 May 2014. UJ crowned champs on home turf. Varsity Sport.
3. News: 19 May 2014. Clinical Tuks claim bronze. Varsity Sport.
4. News: 5 May 2016. Hard-hitting Varsity Men's Hockey commences this weekend. Varsity Sport.
5. News: 23 May 2016. UJ lift themselves to pick up second successive title. Varsity Sport.
6. Web site: Varsity Sports - Hockey 2018. SA Hockey.
7. News: 16 April 2013. Hockey takes centre stage. Varsity Sports.
8. News: 20 May 2013. Varsity Sport. Kovsies finish on a high.
9. News: 28 April 2015. Bobbs buzzing with excitement. Varsity Sport.
10. News: 18 May 2015. UJ do the Hockey double. Varsity Sport.
11. News: 5 May 2017. Pukke defeat Wits in nail-biting Varsity Hockey opener. Varsity Sport.
12. News: 22 May 2017. Tuks win 2017 Varsity Hockey title in thrilling final. Varsity Sport.
13. Web site: Varsity Hockey 2019. SA Hockey.
14. News: 30 Apr 2019. Hockey hosted at UCT. Peoples Post.