2024 Women's Varsity Football

The 2024 Women's Varsity Football was the eleventh 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 TUT Stadium by Tshwane University of Technology .^[1]

2024 Women's Varsity Football

Tournament details
Country	South Africa
City	Pretoria
Venue(s)	TUT Stadium
Date	26 July 2024 -9 August 2024
Teams	8
Defending champions	University of the Western Cape
Final positions
Champions	University of the Western Cape
Runner-up	Tshwane University of Technology
Semifinalists	University of Johannesburg North-West University
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Ronnel Donnelly (5 goals)
Best player	Ronnel Donnelly
Best goalkeeper	Thandeka Ngcobo
Official website
https://www.varsitysportssa.com/football-women-fixtures
← 2023 2025 → All statistics correct as of 10 August 2024.

UWC were defending champions.^[2] The Cape Peninsula University of Technology made their debut.^[3] UWC defended their title with a 2-1 over TUT in the final.^[4]

Participating teams

The eight teams that will compete in the 2024 Women's Varsity Football challenge are:

Team name	University
UJ	University of Johannesburg
UWC	University of the Western Cape
UP-Tuks	University of Pretoria
CPUT	Cape Peninsula University of Technology
CUT	Central University of Technology, Free State
TUT	Tshwane University of Technology
Wits	University of the Witwatersrand
NWU Potchefstroom	North-West University

The teams were split into two groups as follows:

Group A	Group B
UP-Tuks TUT NWU Wits	CPUT CUT UJ UWC

Round robin stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	NWU	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9	Advance to Semi-Finals
2	TUT (H)	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6
3	UP-Tuks	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1	3
4	Wits	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

NWU	3–1	Wits
1' Zanile Khoza 31' Pholoso Molokwe Rebaone Mojahi		45' Imaan Parker

26 July

12:00 CAT UTC+02:00

TUT Stadium

TUT	2–1	UP-Tuks
Tshogofatso Motlogelwa x2		Thembelihle Masibi

26 July

19:00 CAT UTC+02:00

TUT Stadium

TUT	1–2	NWU
Sibongile Ntoane		Mpho Molwele Rebaone Mojahi

27 July

15:00 CAT UTC+02:00

TUT Stadium

Wits	0–3	UP-Tuks
		S’Bahle Ndlovu Magogodi Litlhakanyane (OG) Ibanathi Msindo

27 July

19:00 CAT UTC+02:00

TUT Stadium

UP-Tuks	0–1	NWU
		55' Zanile Khoza

28 July

13:00 CAT UTC+02:00

TUT Stadium

TUT	6–0	Wits
12' 30' Sibongile Ntoane x2 Tshogofatso Motlogelwa Gift Makanya Naledi Thakanyane Orapeleng Ndlovu

28 July

19:00 CAT UTC+02:00

TUT Stadium

^[5][6][7]

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	UJ	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9	Advance to Semi-Finals
2	UWC	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	6
3	CUT	3	1	0	2	2	10	−8	3
4	CPUT	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0

Source:

CUT	0–1	CPUT
		58' Maleqhwa Mokoena

26 July

12:00 CAT UTC+02:00

TUT Stadium

UJ	1–0	UWC
Patience Sekhukhuni

26 July

17:00 CAT UTC+02:00

TUT Stadium

UJ	4–0	CPUT
Bryden Mokobi x2 Refilwe Maseko Thato Mofolo

27 July

13:00 CAT UTC+02:00

TUT Stadium

CUT	1–6	UWC
Keneilwe Nqai		Ronnel Donnelly x2 Chelsea Daniels x3 Thembelihle Zulu

27 July

17:00 CAT UTC+02:00

TUT Stadium

CPUT	0–2	UWC
		Ronnel Donnelly Aakifah Adams

28 July

15:00 CAT UTC+02:00

TUT Stadium

UJ	4–0	CUT
Sbongakonke Mzobe Sphokazi Ngwenya Shannon Macomo x2

28 July

17:00 CAT UTC+02:00

TUT Stadium

Knockout stages

• In the knockout stage, extra-time and a penalty shoot-out will be used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	29 July – TUT Stadium
	NWU	0
					9 August – TUT Stadium
	UWC	5
					TUT	1
	29 July – TUT Stadium
					UWC	2
	TUT(p)	1(4)
	UJ	1(2)

7th-place match

CPUT	1–2	Wits

29 July

13:00 CAT UTC+02:00

TUT Stadium

5th-place match

CUT	0–6	UP

29 July

15:00 CAT UTC+02:00

TUT Stadium

Semi-finals

NWU	0–5	UWC
		36' Gamede 37' Ronnel Donnelly 50' Chelsea Daniels Aakifah Adams Own Goal

29 July

17:00 CAT UTC+02:00

TUT Stadium

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TUT	1–1	UJ
55' Tshogofatso Motlogelwa		57' Thato Mofolo
Penalties
	4-2

29 July

19:00 CAT UTC+02:00

TUT Stadium

Final

TUT	1–2	UWC
19' Tshogofatso Motlogelwa		9' Ronnel Donnelly 44' Tiffany Kortjie

9 August

19:30 CAT UTC+02:00

TUT Stadium

Sponsors

The tournament was sponsored by:

• First National Bank
• Suzuki
• Cashbuild

Awards

The following players were rated best in the tournament:

Award	Player	Team
FNB player of the tournament	Ronnel Donnelly	UWC
Suzuki Golden Boot
Cashbuild Golden Glove	Thandeka Ngcobo	UWC

References

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