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1 Participating teams  




2 Round robin stage  




3 Knockout stages  


3.1  7th-place match  




3.2  5th-place match  




3.3  Semi-finals  




3.4  Final  






4 Sponsors  




5 Awards  




6 References  













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Women's Varsity Football
Season2023
Dates11 August 2023 - 19 August 2023
ChampionsUWC 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 scoringUWC Ladies FC 5-1 TUT Ladies FC
(13 August 2023)

← 2022

2024 →

All statistics correct as of 15 March 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]

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

Participating teams[edit]

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

Round robin stage[edit]

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 UJ2-1 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 1-3UJPretoria, 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 UJ4-0 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[edit]

7th-place match[edit]

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

5th-place match[edit]

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

Semi-finals[edit]

14 August 2023 UJ3-0 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[edit]

19 August 2023 UJ0-2 UWC Pretoria, South Africa
11:00 CAT (UCT+2) Report Stadium: TUT Stadium

[7][8]

Sponsors[edit]

The tournament was sponsored by:

Awards[edit]

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

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ "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.
  • ^ Bodlani, Lilitha (2023-08-14). "It's UJ and UWC in the '23 final". Varsity Sports. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  • ^ 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.

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