The 2022 Women's Varsity Football was the ninth 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.
The University of the Western Cape are defending champions. They lost the title via penalties (5-3) to the University of Johannesburg after the match ended in a 0-0 draw.
Participating teams The eight teams that competed in the 2022 Women's Varsity Football challenge are: +Team nameUniversity UJUniversity of JohannesburgUWCUniversity of the Western CapeUP-TuksUniversity of PretoriaNWUNorth West UniversityULUniversity of LimpopoTUTTshwane University of TechnologyWitsUniversity of the WitwatersrandDUTDurban University of Technology
The teams were split into two groups as follows:
Group AGroup B DUT TUT UWC Wits NWU UL UJ UP-Tuks
Round robin stage Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Semi finals
Final
Sponsors The tournament was sponsored by:
First National Bank Suzuki
Awards The following players were rated best in the tournament: AwardPlayerTeamFNB player of the tournamentSpumelele ShamaseUJ Suzuki Golden Boot
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