2023 Women's Varsity Football

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

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

Participating teams The eight teams that competed in the 2023 Women's Varsity Football challenge are: +Team nameUniversity UJUniversity of JohannesburgUWCUniversity of the Western CapeUP-TuksUniversity of PretoriaDUTDurban University of TechnologyUFHUniversity of Fort HareTUTTshwane University of TechnologyWitsUniversity of the WitwatersrandUKZNUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal

The teams were split into two groups as follows: Group AGroup 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.

All times are South African (GMT+2)

Group A

Group B

Knockout stages

7th-place match

5th-place match

Semi-finals

Final

Sponsors The tournament was sponsored by:

First National Bank Suzuki Cashbuild

Awards The following players were rated best in the tournament: AwardPlayerTeamFNB player of the tournamentLusanda MavundlaUJ Suzuki Golden BootCashbuild Golden GloveSiphesihle DlaminiUWC Matshidiso MasebeUJ

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