2019 Women's Varsity Hockey (South Africa)

Tournament details
Dates	3 May 2019 (2019-05-03)–20 May 2019 (2019-05-20)
Venue(s)	UCT Hockey NWU Astro
Final positions
Champions	NWU
Runner-up	Maties
Third place	Tuks
Tournament statistics
Matches played	33
Goals scored	193 (5.85 per match)
Top scorer(s)	(Kovsie) (14 goals)
Best player	Onthatile Zulu (Tuks)
← 2018 (M) (previous)

The 2019 Women's Hockey Varsity Hockey will be the 9th edition of the Varsity Hockey, the annual tournament women's field hockey championship of South Africa.

In addition to the Power Play rule seen in previous seasons of Varsity Hockey, whereby each team can select to implement a two-minute period where goals count two and the opposition must bench two players, field goals will now count two.^[1][2]

Results[]

Preliminary round[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Maties	7	5	0	1	1	27	6	+21	16	Semi-Final
2	NWU (H)	7	5	0	0	2	21	11	+10	15
3	Kovsie	7	4	1	0	2	40	20	+20	14
4	Tuks	7	4	0	0	3	27	16	+11	12
5	UJ (E)	7	3	1	1	2	12	16	−4	12
6	Ikeys	7	3	0	1	3	19	21	−2	10
7	WITS	7	1	1	0	5	12	24	−12	5
8	Madibaz	7	0	0	0	7	9	54	−45	0

Fixtures[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

3 May 2019 13:30 Maties 2-0 Tuks  39' Report UCT

3 May 2019 15:15 UJ 1-1 Kovsie  47' Report  24' Penalties Paton Paton 3-4 UCT

3 May 2019 17:00 Madibaz 2-6 NWU  34' Report  26'  42', 58' UCT

3 May 2019 18:45 Ikeys 5-1 Wits  20'  38'  45' Report  40' UCT

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4 May 2019 13:30 Kovsie 2-4 Maties  9' Report  4'  37', 54'  45' UCT

4 May 2019 15:15 Wits 1-4 NWU  17' Report  44', 48'  50' UCT

4 May 2019 17:00 Tuks 3-4 UJ Zulu  8'  24', 32' Report  9'  22' UCT

4 May 2019 18:45 Ikeys 5-4 Madibaz  35'  51'  54'} Report  32'  56' UCT

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5 May 2019 13:30 Maties 7-0 UJ  3'  37'  40'  41' Report UCT

5 May 2019 15:15 Madibaz 0-7 Wits Report  24'  44'  51'  52' UCT

5 May 2019 17:00 NWU 1-4 Kovsie  23' Report  11'  29' UCT

5 May 2019 18:45 Ikeys 4-2 Tuks  50'  52' Report  46' UCT

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6 May 2019 12:00 Kovsie 16-2 Madibaz  7', 22'  32'  36', 40'  42'  48'  60' Report  40' UCT

6 May 2019 13:45 NWU 0-3 Tuks  41'  52' Report UCT

6 May 2019 17:00 Wits 1-2 UJ Veto  23' Report  27' UCT

6 May 2019 18:45 Ikeys 0-2 Maties Report  58' UCT

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10 May 2019 13:30 Kovsie 7-0 Wits  36'  40'  55' Report NWU Astro

10 May 2019 15:15 Ikeys 2-2 UJ  60' Report  43' Penalties 1-2 NWU Astro

10 May 2019 17:00 Tuks 9-0 Madibaz Marais  18', 38', 52', 55'  44' Report NWU Astro

10 May 2019 18:45 NWU 2-1 Maties  28' Report  39' NWU Astro

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11 May 2019 12:30 UJ 3-0 Madibaz Paton  47'  55' Report NWU Astro

11 May 2019 14:15 Kovsie 6-7 Tuks  3', 35'  46', 48' Report  11'  13'  14' Marais  33', 37' NWU Astro

11 May 2019 16:00 Wits 2-2 Maties  38' Report  40' Penalties Veto 2-3 NWU Astro

11 May 2019 17:45 NWU 6-0 Ikeys  32'  33'  53' Report NWU Astro

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12 May 2019 12:00 Kovsie 3-4 Ikeys  11'  40'  44' Report  8'  20' NWU Astro

12 May 2019 13:45 Maties 7-0 Madibaz  13'  43'  54'  60' Report NWU Astro

12 May 2019 17:00 Wits 0-3 Tuks Report  41' Marais  58' NWU Astro

12 May 2019 18:45 NWU 2-0 UJ  36', 38' Reports NWU Astro

Seven place game[]

13 May 2019 13:30 Wits 3-2 Madibaz  42'  48' Report  51' NWU Astro

Fifth place game[]

13 May 2019 15:15 UJ 0-1 Ikeys Report  18' NWU Astro

Knockout stage[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	13 May - NWU Astro
	Maties	7
					20 May – NWU Astro
	Tuks	5
					Maties	0(1)
	13 May – NWU Astro
					NWU	0(2)
	Kovsie	4
	NWU	5

Semi-finals[]

13 May 2019 17:00 Maties 7-5 Tuks  2', 17'  21'  42' Report  41' Zulu  42'  48' NWU Astro

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13 May 2019 18:45 Kovsie 4-5 NWU  26', 55' Report  15'  19', 60' NWU Astro

Final[]

20 May 2019 18:45 Maties 0-0 NWU Report Penalties 1-2 NWU Astro

Final standings[]

Pos	Team
1	NWU (H)
2	Maties
3	Kovsie
4	Tuks
5	Ikeys
6	UJ
7	WITS
8	Madibaz

Goalscorers[]

There have been 193 goals scored in 33 matches, for an average of 5.85 goals per match.

14 goals

12 goals

10 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: SAHA

Awards[]

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Player of the tournament	Goalkeeper of the tournament	Top goalscorer
Onthatile Zulu (Tuks)[3]		(Kovsie)[4]

References[]