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1 Team South Africa  



1.1  Basketball 3x3  





1.2  Rugby 7's  







2 Basketball  



2.1  Men's  





2.2  Women's  







3 Basketball 3x3  



3.1  Men's  





3.2  Women's  







4 Soccer  



4.1  Women's  





4.2  Men's  







5 Leagues, competitions and events  



5.1  FISU events organised  





5.2  All-Africa University Games  







6 References  





7 External links  














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University Sports South Africa
SportUniversity Sport
JurisdictionSouth Africa
AbbreviationUSSA
Founded1992 (1992)
AffiliationFISU
Affiliation date7 July 1993 (1993-07-07)
Regional affiliationFASU
Affiliation date17 September 1996 (1996-09-17)
LocationLoftus Versfeld Stadium
Kirkness Street
Sunnyside, Pretoria
PresidentJerry Laka
Official website
www.ussa.org.za
South Africa

University Sports South Africa (USSA) is the governing body for sports competitions and student-athletes in South Africa.[1][2]

Team South Africa[edit]

Team South Africa is the USSA team formed of student-athletes that represent the country at FISU events.

Basketball 3x3[edit]

In 2023 the University of Johannesburg hosted the 5th FASU 3×3 Basketball Championship. The university's men's team ended the champion in fourth place after going down 21-12 to Ghana in the bronze match.[3]

Rugby 7's[edit]

In 2012 the men's rugby 7's team were second after losing to Great Britain 35-17 at the 5th FISU WUC Rugby Sevens held in Brive, France.[4]

In 2018 the men's rugby 7's team were crowned FISU World University Championship Rugby Sevens champions after defeating Australia 24-12 in the final held in Swakopmund, Namibia. The women's team were fourth after losing their bronze match 17-0 to Belgium.[5]

At the Rugby sevens at the 2019 Summer Universiade the men's rugby 7's team won the silver medal going down 15-12 to Japan.[6]

Basketball[edit]

Men's[edit]

Year Winner Runners-Up Ref
2019 University of Johannesburg University of KwaZulu- Natal [7]
2021 University of the Witwatersrand University of Johannesburg
2022
2023 University of Johannesburg Tshwane University of Technology [8]

Women's[edit]

Year Winner Runners-Up Ref
2021 Vaal University of Technology University of Pretoria [9]
2022 Vaal University of Technology University of Pretoria [10]
2023

Basketball 3x3[edit]

Men's[edit]

Year Winner Runners-Up Ref
2021
2022
2023 University of Johannesburg University of Pretoria [11]

Women's[edit]

Year Winner Runners-Up Ref
2021
2022 University of Johannesburg University of the Western Cape [12]
2023 University of Pretoria University of Johannesburg [13]

Soccer[edit]

Women's[edit]

Previous winners and runners-up:[14]

Year Champions Runners-Up
2018 University of Johannesburg
2019 University of Johannesburg
2020 Event cancelled due to COVID-19 in South Africa
2021
2022 University of Johannesburg University of Pretoria
2023 University of Pretoria University of the Western Cape

Men's[edit]

Year Champions Runners-Up
2022 University of Johannesburg Tshwane University of Technology
2023 University of Pretoria University of the Free State

Leagues, competitions and events[edit]

FISU events organised[edit]

World University Championship:[15]

All-Africa University Games[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "University Sports South Africa President looking to future of university sport". www.fisu.net. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  • ^ "THE HISTORY OF A UNIFIED STUDENT SPORT MOVEMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA". www.ussa.org.za. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  • ^ mathieu (21 August 2023). "A Fest of Africa's Basketball Best". FISU. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  • ^ mathieu (13 July 2012). "Great Britain rules 5th WUC Rugby 7". FISU. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  • ^ mathieu (17 July 2018). "WUC Rugby Sevens day 3: France and South Africa victorious". FISU. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  • ^ worldrugby.org. "Japan complete Napoli 2019 Summer Universiade sevens double | World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  • ^ Vivier, Tyler Leigh (17 July 2019). "University of Johannesburg end 10 year wait with USSA basketball triumph". Good Things Guy. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  • ^ Import, Pongrass (25 July 2023). "UJ Basketball crowned 2023 USSA Champions". Northcliff Melville Times. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  • ^ Newsroom, gsport (27 September 2021). "VUT Crowned 2021 USSA Women's Basketball Champions". gsport4girls. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  • ^ Hare, Rudene (9 December 2022). "VUT Crowned 2022 USSA Basketball Champions". gsport4girls. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  • ^ Import, Pongrass (10 January 2024). "UJ Orange Wave crowned USSA Basketball 3×3 champions". Northcliff Melville Times. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  • ^ Kganakga, Tlamelo (11 December 2022). "UJ Crowned 2022 USSA Basketball 3x3 Champions". gsport4girls. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  • ^ koosventer (7 December 2023). "Tuks women triumph during the USSA 3x3 basketball tournament". Rekord. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  • ^ Vivier, Tyler Leigh (19 November 2019). "UJ soccer women chasing second straight USSA title". Good Things Guy. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  • ^ "South Africa (RSA)". www.fisu.net. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  • ^ "Netball". FISU. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  • ^ "FASU GAMES REPORT 2006" (PDF). FUSU. 8 July 2006.
  • ^ "Invitation FASU Games 2016 | EUSA". www.eusa.eu. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  • ^ "8th All Anica University Games South Africa 2016: Final Results 2nd July 2006" (PDF). FUSA. 2 July 2016.
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