Varsity Hockey (South Africa)

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Varsity Hockey
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2019 Women's Varsity Hockey (South Africa)
Varsity Hockey Logo.jpg
SportField Hockey
Founded2013
Owner(s)Varsity Sports
No. of teams8
CountrySouth Africa
Official websitevarsitysportssa.com/hockey/

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.

Participating Teams[]

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

Varsity Hockey
Team Name 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[]

Men[]

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
2020
 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] Cancelled 0

Women[]

Year Host Final Third place UJmatch Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
2013 North-West University, Potchefstroom[8] Maties 1-0 NWU Pukke Kovsie 1-0[9] Tuks 8
2015 North-West University, Potchefstroom[10] UJ 3-0[11] Kovsie Round-robin 8
2017 Stellenbosch University[12] Tuks 1-0[13] Maties Round-robin 8
2019
Details[14] 		University of Cape Town, Cape Town
North-West University, Potchefstroom[15] 		NWU Pukke 0(2) - 0(1) p.s.o. Maties Kovsie Round-robin Tuks 8

Performances by university[]

Men[]

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

Women[]

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

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Hockey like you've never seen before". Varsity Sport. 29 April 2014.
  2. ^ "UJ crowned champs on home turf". Varsity Sport. May 19, 2014.
  3. ^ "Clinical Tuks claim bronze". Varsity Sport. 19 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Hard-hitting Varsity Men's Hockey commences this weekend". Varsity Sport. May 5, 2016.
  5. ^ "UJ lift themselves to pick up second successive title". Varsity Sport. May 23, 2016.
  6. ^ "Varsity Sports - Hockey 2018". SA Hockey.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Varsity Hockey 2020 postponed". Varsity Sports. p. 17 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Hockey takes centre stage". Varsity Sports. 16 April 2013.
  9. ^ "Kovsies finish on a high". Varsity Sport. May 20, 2013.
  10. ^ "Bobbs buzzing with excitement". Varsity Sport. April 28, 2015.
  11. ^ "UJ do the Hockey double". Varsity Sport. May 18, 2015.
  12. ^ "Pukke defeat Wits in nail-biting Varsity Hockey opener". Varsity Sport. May 5, 2017.
  13. ^ "Tuks win 2017 Varsity Hockey title in thrilling final". Varsity Sport. May 22, 2017.
  14. ^ "Varsity Hockey 2019". SA Hockey.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ "Hockey hosted at UCT". Peoples Post. 30 Apr 2019.

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