2022 Women's Varsity Football

2022 Women's Varsity Football

Tournament details
Country	South Africa
City	Soweto
Venue(s)	UJ Soweto Stadium
Date	11 October 2022 - 16 October 2022
Teams	8
Defending champions	University of the Western Cape
Final positions
Champions	University of Johannesburg
Runner-up	University of the Western Cape
Semifinalists	Tshwane University of Technology University of Pretoria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	54 (3.6 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Sphumelele Shamase (7 goals)
Best player	Sphumelele Shamase
Official website
https://www.varsitysportssa.com/football-women-fixtures
All statistics correct as of 17 May 2024.

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
UJ	University of Johannesburg
UWC	University of the Western Cape
UP-Tuks	University of Pretoria
NWU	North West University
UL	University of Limpopo
TUT	Tshwane University of Technology
Wits	University of the Witwatersrand
DUT	Durban University of Technology

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

Group A	Group B
DUT TUT UWC Wits	NWU UL UJ UP-Tuks

Round robin stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	UWC	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Advance to Semi-Finals
2	TUT	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	6
3	Wits	3	1	0	2	5	4	+1	3
4	DUT	3	0	0	3	1	15	−14	0

Source: [1]

11 October

15:00 CAT UTC+02:00

TUT	5–0	DUT
24’ Tshogofatso Motlogelwa 25’ Own Goal 31’ Yolisa Ntsabo 59’ Nombulelo Khumalo 67’ Johanna Ramanna

UJ Soweto Stadium

11 October

17:00 CAT UTC+02:00

UWC	1–0	Wits
57’ Lindokuhle Gladile

UJ Soweto Stadium

12 October

15:00 CAT UTC+02:00

TUT	2–0	Wits
33′ Yolisa Ntsabo 48′ Nicole Mohlala

UJ Soweto Stadium

12 October

17:00 CAT UTC+02:00

UWC	5–0	DUT
12′ Keylon Pietersen 21′ 60′ Motau 38′ Magama 49′ Akholiwe Matsotsi

UJ Soweto Stadium

13 October

15:00 CAT UTC+02:00

UWC	2–1	TUT
17’ Tshegofatso Senanya 90+1’ Gamede		58’ Tshogofatso Motlogelwa

UJ Soweto Stadium

13 October

17:00 CAT UTC+02:00

Wits	5–1	DUT
2’ Ofentse Malape 14’ 22’ Nkoane 27’ 29' Shakeerah Jacobs		60’ Nokwanda Xulu

UJ Soweto Stadium

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	UJ (H)	3	3	0	0	12	0	+12	9	Advance to Semi-Finals
2	UP-Tuks	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
3	NWU	3	0	1	2	3	10	−7	1
4	UL	3	0	1	2	3	12	−9	1

Source: [2]
(H) Hosts

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

11 October

15:00 CAT UTC+02:00

UJ	4–0	UP-Tuks
45+4’ 49’ 51’ Shamase 58’Boitumelo Rasehlo

UJ Soweto Stadium

11 October

17:00 CAT UTC+02:00

NWU	3–3	UL
10' Noluthando Mohlontlo 46’ Lerato Monate 68’ Vonisiwe Maswanganyi		26’ Boniswa Makhale 45’ Sharon Matabathe 62’ Amukelani Kanyan

UJ Soweto Stadium

12 October

15:00 CAT UTC+02:00

UJ	3–0	NWU
15′ Lesego Nhlapho 50′Shamase 63′ Ayesha Moosa

UJ Soweto Stadium

12 October

17:00 CAT UTC+02:00

UP-Tuks	4–0	UL
6′ Shongwe 10′ Lesedi Petlane 19′ Betty Mallela 32′ Sinamile Mkhwanazi

UJ Soweto Stadium

13 October

15:00 CAT UTC+02:00

UP-Tuks	4–0	NWU
4’ Sinamile Mkhwanazi 33’ 59’ Shongwe 62’ Lethabo Ledwaba

UJ Soweto Stadium

13 October

17:00 CAT UTC+02:00

UJ	5–0	UL
2’ 5’ Ayesha Moosa 39’ Shamase 64’ 65’ Lerato Lefa

UJ Soweto Stadium

Knockout stage

Semi finals

14 October

13:00 CAT UTC+02:00

UJ	5–1	TUT
16’ 24’ S. Shamase 44’ T. Shamase 53’ Lerato Lefa 55’ Refiloe Maseko		41’ Tshogofatso Motlogelwa

UJ Soweto Stadium

14 October

15:00 CAT UTC+02:00

UWC	0–0	UP-Tuks
Penalties
	4-3

UJ Soweto Stadium

Final

16 October

16:00 CAT UTC+02:00

UJ	0–0	UWC
Penalties
	5-3

UJ Soweto Stadium

Sponsors

The tournament was sponsored by:

• First National Bank
• Suzuki

Awards

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

Award	Player	Team
FNB player of the tournament	Spumelele Shamase	UJ
Suzuki Golden Boot

References

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