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

Participating Teams

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

Varsity Hockey
Team Name University
NMMU MadibazNelson Mandela Metropolitan University
NWU MafikengNorth-West University
UCT IkeyUniversity of Cape Town
UFS KovsiesUniversity of the Free State
UJUniversity of Johannesburg
UP-TuksUniversity of Pretoria
WitsUniversity 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

Women
Year Host Final Third place UJmatch 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

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. "Hockey takes centre stage". Varsity Sports. 16 April 2013.
  8. "Kovsies finish on a high". Varsity Sport. May 20, 2013.
  9. "Bobbs buzzing with excitement". Varsity Sport. April 28, 2015.
  10. "UJ do the Hockey double". Varsity Sport. May 18, 2015.
  11. "Pukke defeat Wits in nail-biting Varsity Hockey opener". Varsity Sport. May 5, 2017.
  12. "Tuks win 2017 Varsity Hockey title in thrilling final". Varsity Sport. May 22, 2017.
  13. "Varsity Hockey 2019". SA Hockey.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. "Hockey hosted at UCT". Peoples Post. 30 Apr 2019.
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