2023 Women's Varsity Football

2023 Women's Varsity Football
Tournament details
Country	South Africa
City	Pretoria
Venue(s)	TUT Stadium
Dates	11 August 2023 - 19 August 2023
Teams	8
Defending champions	University of Johannesburg
Final positions
Champions	University of the Western Cape
Runner-up	University of Johannesburg
Semifinalists	University of the Witwatersrand; University of Pretoria;
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	53 (3.12 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Lusanda Mavundla ; (5 goals)
Best player	Lusanda Mavundla
Best goalkeeper	Matshidiso Masebe ; Siphesihle Dlamini
	← 2022 2024 →; All statistics correct as of 19 July 2024.

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] It was hosted at TUT Stadium by Tshwane University of Technology.

The University of Johannesburg were defending champions.^[2] They lost the title 2-0 in the final against the University of the Western Cape.^[3] The University of Fort Hare made their debut.^[4]

Participating teams

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


Team name	University
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

The teams were split into two groups as follows:

Group A	Group B
UFH UKZN UP-Tuks Wits	DUT TUT UJ UWC

Round robin stage

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

All times are South African (GMT+2)

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	UP-Tuks	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	9	Advance to Semi-Finals
2	Wits	3	1	1	1	3	6	−3	4	Advance to Semi-Finals
3	UFH	3	0	2	1	0	2	−2	2
4	UKZN	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Source: [1]

11 August

13:00 CAT

UFH	0–0	UKZN

TUT Stadium

11 August

15:00 CAT

UP-Tuks	5–0	Wits

TUT Stadium

12 August

10:00 CAT

UFH	0–0	Wits

TUT Stadium

12 August

16:00 CAT

UKZN	1–3	UP-Tuks

TUT Stadium

11 August

14:00 CAT

UKZN	1–3	Wits

TUT Stadium

13 August

16:00 CAT

UP-Tuks	2–0	UFH

TUT Stadium

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	UJ	3	3	0	9	2	+7	9	Advance to Semi-Finals
2	UWC	3	2	1	10	4	+6	6	Advance to Semi-Finals
3	TUT (H)	3	1	2	6	9	−3	3
4	DUT	3	0	3	2	12	−10	0

Source: [2]
(H) Hosts

11 August

17:00 CAT

UJ	2–1	UWC

TUT Stadium

11 August

19:00 CAT

TUT	4–1	DUT

TUT Stadium

12 August

10:00 CAT

TUT	1–3	UJ

TUT Stadium

12 August

14:00 CAT

UWC	4–1	DUT

TUT Stadium

13 August

10:00 CAT

UJ	4–0	DUT

TUT Stadium

13 August

12:00 CAT

UWC	5–1	TUT

TUT Stadium

Knockout stages

Semi-finals		Final

14 August – TUT Stadium

UJ	3
		19 August – TUT Stadium
Wits	0
		UJ	0
14 August – TUT Stadium
		UWC	2
UWC	1

UP	0

7th-place match

14 August

13:00 CAT UTC+02:00

DUT	1–1	UKZN

TUT Stadium

5th-place match

14 August

15:00 CAT UTC+02:00

TUT	3–0	UFH

TUT Stadium

Semi-finals

14 August

17:00 CAT UTC+02:00

UJ	3–0	Wits
48' 71' Lusanda Mavundla 90+' Sbongakonke Mzobe

TUT Stadium

^[6]

14 August

19:00 CAT UTC+02:00

UWC	1–0	UP-Tuks
22' Chelsea Daniels

TUT Stadium

Final

19 August

11:00 CAT UTC+02:00

UWC	2–0	UJ
4' Lonathemba Mhlongo 58' Katlego Mabuza

TUT Stadium

^[7]^[8]

Awards

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

Award	Player	Team
FNB player of the tournament	Lusanda Mavundla	UJ
Suzuki Golden Boot	Lusanda Mavundla	UJ
Cashbuild Golden Glove	Siphesihle Dlamini	UWC
Cashbuild Golden Glove	Matshidiso Masebe	UJ

References

^ "About". Varsity Sports. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
^ Bodlani, Lilitha (2023-08-08). "UJ looking to defend Women's Varsity Football title". Varsity Sports. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
^ Mosomane, Samuel (2023-08-21). "UWC are the 2023 Women's Varsity Football champions -". Retrieved 2024-03-15.
^ Kamedien, Siraj (2023-08-10). "UFH intent on flying high in first Women's Varsity Football tournament". Varsity Sports. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
^ "Football Women Fixtures & Logs | Varsity Cup". Varsity Sports. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
^ Bodlani, Lilitha (2023-08-13). "UJ, Wits, Tuks and UWC through to semi-finals". Varsity Sports. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
^ "It's UJ and UWC in '23 final". SuperSport. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
^ Bodlani, Lilitha (2023-08-19). "UWC crowned 2023 Women's Varsity Football champions". Varsity Sports. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
^ Hare, Rudene (2023-08-20). "UWC Crowned 2023 Women's Varsity Football Champions". gsport4girls. Retrieved 2024-03-15.

[1] "About". Varsity Sports. Retrieved 2024-03-15.

[2] Bodlani, Lilitha (2023-08-08). "UJ looking to defend Women's Varsity Football title". Varsity Sports. Retrieved 2024-03-15.

[3] Mosomane, Samuel (2023-08-21). "UWC are the 2023 Women's Varsity Football champions -". Retrieved 2024-03-15.

[4] Kamedien, Siraj (2023-08-10). "UFH intent on flying high in first Women's Varsity Football tournament". Varsity Sports. Retrieved 2024-03-15.

[5] "Football Women Fixtures & Logs | Varsity Cup". Varsity Sports. Retrieved 2024-03-15.

[6] Bodlani, Lilitha (2023-08-13). "UJ, Wits, Tuks and UWC through to semi-finals". Varsity Sports. Retrieved 2024-03-15.

[7] "It's UJ and UWC in '23 final". SuperSport. Retrieved 2024-07-19.

[8] Bodlani, Lilitha (2023-08-19). "UWC crowned 2023 Women's Varsity Football champions". Varsity Sports. Retrieved 2024-03-15.

[9] Hare, Rudene (2023-08-20). "UWC Crowned 2023 Women's Varsity Football Champions". gsport4girls. Retrieved 2024-03-15.

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Participating teams

Round robin stage

Group A

Group B

Knockout stages

7th-place match

5th-place match

Semi-finals

Final

Sponsors

Awards

References