The 2026 Women's Varsity Football was the thirteenth 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 Wits Stadium by University of the Witwatersrand.
UWC were defending champions. They were defeated 1–0 in the semifinal by UJ who went on to win their third title after defeating UP Tuks 5–0 in the final.
Participating teams The eight teams that competed in the 2026 Women's Varsity Football challenge were:
+Team nameUniversity UJUniversity of JohannesburgUWCUniversity of the Western CapeUP-TuksUniversity of PretoriaCPUTCape Peninsula University of TechnologyULUniversity of LimpopoTUTTshwane University of TechnologyWitsUniversity of the WitwatersrandWSUWalter Sisulu University
The teams were split into two groups as follows:
Group AGroup B UJ UL UWC Wits UP-Tuks TUT WSU CPUT
Round robin stage
Knockout stages In the knockout stage, extra-time and a penalty shoot-out will be used to decide the winner if necessary.
Bracket
7th-place match
5th-place match
Semi-finals
Final
Awards The following players were rated best in the tournament: AwardPlayerTeamFNB player of the tournament Sibongile NtoaneTUT Suzuki Golden BootLindelwa MabuzaUJ
Sponsors The tournament was sponsored by:
First National Bank Suzuki SportPesa
References