Varsity Hockey (South Africa)

Varsity Hockey is a South African university field hockey competition. It is one of seven sports in the Varsity Sports series. The annual tournament involves the top hockey playing universities in the country, which belong to the University Sports Company. The tournament is run by Varsity Sports South Africa, and is endorsed by the South African Hockey Association and University Sport South Africa.

Varsity Hockey
SportField Hockey
Founded2013
Owner(s)Varsity Sports
No. of teams8
CountrySouth Africa
Official websitevarsitysportssa.com/hockey/

Participating teams

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As of 2014, 8 different teams have competed in the Varsity Hockey tournament:

Varsity Hockey
Team Name University
Maties Stellenbosch University
NMMU Madibaz Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
NWU Mafikeng North-West University
UCT Ikey University of Cape Town
UFS Kovsies University of the Free State
UJ University of Johannesburg
UP-Tuks University of Pretoria
Wits University of the Witwatersrand

Results

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Year Host Final Third place match Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
2014 WITS University[1] UJ 2(2)-2(0) p.s.o.[2] Maties Tuks 2-0[3] Kovsie 8
2016 University of Johannesburg[4] UJ 4-2[5] Tuks Round-robin 8
2018
Details[6]
WITS University
University of Pretoria
Tuks 5-0 Maties Wits Round-robin NWU 8
2022
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University of Pretoria Tuks 4–3 Wits Maties 5–3 UJ 4

Women

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Year Host Final Third place match Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
2013 North-West University, Potchefstroom[7] Maties 1-0 NWU Pukke Kovsie 1-0[8] Tuks 8
2015 North-West University, Potchefstroom[9] UJ 3-0[10] Kovsie Round-robin 8
2017 Stellenbosch University[11] Tuks 1-0[12] Maties Round-robin 8
2019
Details[13]
University of Cape Town, Cape Town
North-West University, Potchefstroom[14]
NWU Pukke 0(2) - 0(1) p.s.o. Maties Kovsie Round-robin Tuks 8
2022
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University of Pretoria Tuks 4–3 Maties NWU Pukke 6–0 Kovsie 4

Performances by university

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Team Titles Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place
Tuks 2 (2018, 2022*) 1 (2016) 1 (2014)
UJ 2 (2014, 2016) 1 (2022)
Maties 2 (2014, 2018) 1 (2022)
Wits 1 (2022) 1 (2018)
Kovsie 1 (2014)
NWU 1 (2018)

Women

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Team Titles Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place
Tuks 2 (2017, 2022*) 2 (2013, 2019)
Maties 1 (2013) 3 (2017*, 2019, 2022)
UJ 1 (2015)
Kovsie 1 (2015) 2 (2013, 2019) 1 (2022)
NWU Pukke 1 (2022)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Hockey like you've never seen before". Varsity Sport. 29 April 2014.
  2. ^ "UJ crowned champs on home turf". Varsity Sport. 19 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Clinical Tuks claim bronze". Varsity Sport. 19 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Hard-hitting Varsity Men's Hockey commences this weekend". Varsity Sport. 5 May 2016.
  5. ^ "UJ lift themselves to pick up second successive title". Varsity Sport. 23 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Varsity Sports - Hockey 2018". SA Hockey.
  7. ^ "Hockey takes centre stage". Varsity Sports. 16 April 2013.
  8. ^ "Kovsies finish on a high". Varsity Sport. 20 May 2013.
  9. ^ "Bobbs buzzing with excitement". Varsity Sport. 28 April 2015.
  10. ^ "UJ do the Hockey double". Varsity Sport. 18 May 2015.
  11. ^ "Pukke defeat Wits in nail-biting Varsity Hockey opener". Varsity Sport. 5 May 2017.
  12. ^ "Tuks win 2017 Varsity Hockey title in thrilling final". Varsity Sport. 22 May 2017.
  13. ^ "Varsity Hockey 2019". SA Hockey.
  14. ^ "Hockey hosted at UCT". Peoples Post. 30 April 2019.
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