2022 Women's Varsity Football

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The 2022 Women's Varsity Football was the nineth 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 UJ Soweto Stadium by the University of Johannesburg. [1]

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2022 Women's Varsity Football
Tournament details
Country South Africa
City Soweto
Venue(s) UJ Soweto Stadium
Date11 October 2022 - 16 October 2022
Defending champions University of the Western Cape
Final positions
Champions University of Johannesburg
Runner-up University of the Western Cape
Semifinalists
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored54 (3.6 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Sphumelele Shamase
(7 goals)
Best player Sphumelele Shamase
Website https://www.varsitysportssa.com/football-women-fixtures
All statistics correct as of 17 May 2024.
←  2021
2023  →

UWC are defending champions. [2] [3] They lost the title via penalties (5-3) to UJ after the match ended in a 0-0 draw. [4]

Participating teams

The eight teams that competed in the 2022 Women's Varsity Football challenge are:

Team nameUniversity
UJ University of Johannesburg
UWC University of the Western Cape
UP-Tuks University of Pretoria
NWU North West University
UL University of Limpopo
TUT Tshwane University of Technology
Wits University of the Witwatersrand
UKZN University of KwaZulu-Natal

The teams were split into two groups as follows: [5]

Group AGroup B

Round robin stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 UWC 330081+79Advance to Semi-Finals
2 TUT 320182+66
3Wits310254+13
4DUT3003115−140
Source:
15:00 CAT UTC+02:00
TUT 5–0DUT
24’Tshogofatso Motlogelwa

25’ Own Goal 31’Yolisa Ntsabo 59’ Nombulelo Khumalo

67’ Johanna Ramanna
UJ Soweto Stadium
UWC 1–0Wits
57’ Lindokuhle Gladile
UJ Soweto Stadium
TUT 2–0Wits
33′Yolisa Ntsabo 48′ Nicole Mohlala
UJ Soweto Stadium
UWC 5–0DUT
12′ Keylon Pietersen

21′ 60′ Motau 38′ Magama

49′ Akholiwe Matsotsi
UJ Soweto Stadium
UWC 2–1 TUT
17’ Tshegofatso Senanya 90+1’Gamede 58’ Tshogofatso Motlogelwa
UJ Soweto Stadium
Wits5–1DUT
2’ Ofentse Malape

14’ 22’ Lesego Nkoane 27’Shakeerah Jacobs,

29’ Shakeerah Jacobs		60’ Nokwanda Xulu
UJ Soweto Stadium

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 UJ (H)3300120+129Advance to Semi-Finals
2 UP-Tuks 320184+46
3NWU3012310−71
4UL3012312−91
Source:
(H) Hosts

[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

UJ 4–0 UP-Tuks
45+4’ 49’ 51’Shamase 58’Boitumelo Rasehlo
UJ Soweto Stadium
NWU3–3UL
10 Noluthando Mohlontlo

46’ Lerato Monate

68’ Vonisiwe Maswanganyi		26’ Boniswa Makhale

45’ Sharon Matabathe

62’ Amukelani Kanyan
UJ Soweto Stadium
UJ 3–0NWU
15′ Lesego Nhlapho

50′Shamase

63′ Ayesha Moosa
UJ Soweto Stadium
UP-Tuks 4–0UL
6′ Shongwe

10′ Lesedi Petlane 19′Betty Mallela

32′ Sinamila Mkhwanazi
UJ Soweto Stadium
UP-Tuks 4–0NWU
4’ Sinamile Mkhwanazi

33’ 59’ Shongwe

62’ Lethabo Ledwaba
UJ Soweto Stadium
UJ 5–0UL
2’ 5’ Ayesha Moosa

39’ Shamase

64’ 65’ Lerato Lefa
UJ Soweto Stadium

Knockout stage

Semi finals

UJ 5–1 TUT
16’ 24’ S. Shamase

44’ T. Shamase 53’ Lerato Lefa

55’ Refiloe Maseko		41’ Tshogofatso Motlogelwa,
UJ Soweto Stadium
UWC 0–0 UP-Tuks
Penalties
4-3
UJ Soweto Stadium

Final

UJ 0–0 UWC
Penalties
5-3
UJ Soweto Stadium

Sponsors

The tournament was sponsored by:

Awards

The following players were rated best in the tournament: [11]

AwardPlayerTeam
FNB player of the tournament Spumelele Shamase UJ
Suzuki Golden Boot

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