2022 Women's Varsity Football

Women's Varsity Football
Season2022
Dates11 October 2022 - 16 October 2022
ChampionsUJ Ladies FC (2nd title)
Matches played15
Goals scored54 (3.6 per match)
Best PlayerSphumelele Shamase
Top goalscorerSphumelele Shamase
(7 goals)
Highest scoringNWU 3-3 UL
(11 October 2022), UJ Ladies FC 5-1 TUT Ladies FC
(14 October 2022), Wits 5-1 DUT
(13 October 2022)
← 2021
2023 →
All statistics correct as of 25 March 2024.

The 2022 Women's Varsity Football was the nineth 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.

UWC are defending champions.[1][2] They lost the title via penalties (5-3) to UJ after the match ended in a 0-0 draw.[3]

Participating teams[edit]

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
UKZN University of KwaZulu-Natal

The teams were split into two groups as follows:[4]

Group A Group B

Round robin stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

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]
TUT5–0DUT
24’Tshogofatso Motlogelwa

25’ Own Goal 31’Yolisa Ntsabo 59’ Nombulelo Khumalo

67’ Johanna Ramanna
UJ Soweto Stadium
UWC1–0Wits
57’ Lindokuhle Gladile
UJ Soweto Stadium
TUT2–0Wits
33′Yolisa Ntsabo 48′ Nicole Mohlala
UJ Soweto Stadium
UWC5–0DUT
12′ Keylon Pietersen

21′ 60′ Motau 38′ Magama

49′ Akholiwe Matsotsi
UJ Soweto Stadium
UWC2–1TUT
17’ Tshegofatso Senanya 90+1’Gamede 58’ Tshogofatso Motlogelwa
UJ Soweto Stadium
Wits5–1DUT
2’ Ofentse Malape

14’ 22’ Lesego Nkoane 27’Shakeerah Jacobs,

29’ Shakeerah Jacobs		 60’ Nokwanda Xulu
UJ Soweto Stadium

Group B[edit]

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

[5][6][7][8][9]

UJ4–0UP-Tuks
45+4’ 49’ 51’Shamase 58’Boitumelo Rasehlo
UJ Soweto Stadium
NWU3–3UL
10 Noluthando Mohlontlo

46’ Lerato Monate

68’ Vonisiwe Maswanganyi		 26’ Boniswa Makhale

45’ Sharon Matabathe

62’ Amukelani Kanyan
UJ Soweto Stadium
UJ3–0NWU
15′ Lesego Nhlapho

50′Shamase

63′ Ayesha Moosa
UJ Soweto Stadium
UP-Tuks4–0UL
6′ Shongwe

10′ Lesedi Petlane 19′Betty Mallela

32′ Sinamila Mkhwanazi
UJ Soweto Stadium
UP-Tuks4–0NWU
4’ Sinamile Mkhwanazi

33’ 59’ Shongwe

62’ Lethabo Ledwaba
UJ Soweto Stadium
UJ5–0UL
2’ 5’ Ayesha Moosa

39’ Shamase

64’ 65’ Lerato Lefa
UJ Soweto Stadium

Knockout stage[edit]

Semi finals[edit]

UJ5–1TUT
16’ 24’ S. Shamase

44’ T. Shamase 53’ Lerato Lefa

55’ Refiloe Maseko		 41’ Tshogofatso Motlogelwa,
UJ Soweto Stadium
UWC0–0UP-Tuks
Penalties
4-3
UJ Soweto Stadium

Final[edit]

UJ0–0UWC
Penalties
5-3
UJ Soweto Stadium

Sponsors[edit]

The tournament was sponsored by:

Awards[edit]

The following players were rated best in the tournament:[10]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kamedien, Siraj (2022-10-10). "Women's Varsity Football MD 1 Wrap: Shamase twins cause havoc, UWC starts with a win". Varsity Sports. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  2. ^ Crouch, Faheedah (2021-10-07). "UWC Eager to Build on Varsity Football Title Victory". gsport4girls. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  3. ^ Abrahams, Celine (2022-10-17). "UJ Dethrone UWC to Win 2022 Varsity Football Crown". gsport4girls. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  4. ^ Mshengu, Thami (2022-10-11). "2022 Varsity Football Women's fixtures confirmed". ThamiSoccer. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  5. ^ Kamedien, Siraj (2022-10-12). "Women's Varsity Football MD 3 Wrap: UWC beat TUT, Tuks secure last semi-final spot". Varsity Sports. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  6. ^ Kamedien, Siraj (2022-10-11). "Women's Varsity Football MD 2 Wrap: UJ, TUT, UWC Book Semi-Final Spots". Varsity Sports. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  7. ^ Kamedien, Siraj (2022-10-10). "Women's Varsity Football MD 1 Wrap: Shamase twins cause havoc, UWC starts with a win". Varsity Sports. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  8. ^ Kamedien, Siraj (2022-10-13). "Varsity Women's Football: UWC & UJ to meet in 2022 final". Varsity Sports. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  9. ^ Kamedien, Siraj (2022-10-15). "UJ dethrone UWC in Women's Varsity Football tournament". Varsity Sports. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  10. ^ Hare, Rudene (2023-08-20). "UWC Crowned 2023 Women's Varsity Football Champions". gsport4girls. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
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