2024 Women's Varsity Football Explained

Women's Varsity Football
Year:2024
Country:South Africa
Date:26 July 2024 -9 August 2024
Venue:TUT Stadium
City:Pretoria
Num Teams:8
Defending Champions:University of the Western Cape
Prevseason:2023
Nextseason:2025
Website:https://www.varsitysportssa.com/football-women-fixtures
Champions:University of the Western Cape
Runner-Up:Tshwane University of Technology
Semi-Finalist1:University of Johannesburg
Semi-Finalist2:North-West University
Top Goal Scorer:Ronnel Donnelly
(5 goals)
Player:Ronnel Donnelly
Goalkeeper:Thandeka Ngcobo
Updated:10 August 2024

The 2024 Women's Varsity Football was the eleventh 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 .[1]

UWC were defending champions.[2] The Cape Peninsula University of Technology made their debut.[3] UWC defended their title with a 2-1 over TUT in the final.[4]

Participating teams

The eight teams that will compete in the 2024 Women's Varsity Football challenge are:

!Team name!University
UJUniversity of Johannesburg
UWCUniversity of the Western Cape
UP-TuksUniversity of Pretoria
CPUTCape Peninsula University of Technology
CUTCentral University of Technology, Free State
TUTTshwane University of Technology
WitsUniversity of the Witwatersrand
NWU PotchefstroomNorth-West University

The teams were split into two groups as follows:

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Round robin stage

Group A

[5] [6] [7]

Group B

Knockout stages

Semi-finals

[8]

Final

Sponsors

The tournament was sponsored by:

Awards

The following players were rated best in the tournament:

AwardPlayerTeam
FNB player of the tournamentRonnel Donnelly
Suzuki Golden Boot
Cashbuild Golden GloveThandeka Ngcobo

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kamedien . Siraj . 2024-06-25 . Varsity Football is back and bringing the heat in 2024 . 2024-06-25 . Varsity Sports . en.
  2. Web site: Mosomane . Samuel . 2023-08-21 . UWC are the 2023 Women’s Varsity Football champions - . 2024-06-25 . en-US.
  3. Web site: CPUT Women excited ahead of this year's Women’s Varsity Football . 2024-08-10 . SuperSport . en.
  4. Web site: Pillay . Alicia . 2024-08-11 . Tiffany Kortjie and Ronnel Donnelly Lead UWC to Varsity Football Title Defence Triumph . 2024-08-14 . gsport4girls . en-ZA.
  5. Web site: Kamedien . Siraj . 2024-07-26 . UJ get their revenge over UWC while NWU punish Wits in Women's Varsity Football round 1 . 2024-07-29 . Varsity Sports . en.
  6. Web site: Kamedien . Siraj . 2024-07-27 . Goals galore in Varsity Football Women round 2 as UWC hammer CUT and big wins for UJ and Tuks . 2024-07-29 . Varsity Sports . en.
  7. Web site: Kamedien . Siraj . 2024-07-28 . NWU, UJ, UWC and TUT secure semi-final spots after Women's Varsity Football round 3 . 2024-07-29 . Varsity Sports . en.
  8. Web site: UWC, TUT soar to 2024 Varsity Women’s Football final . 2024-08-10 . SuperSport . en.