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2024 Women's Varsity Football
Tournament details
CountrySouth Africa
CityPretoria
Venue(s)TUT Stadium
Date26 July 2024 -9 August 2024
Teams8
Defending championsUniversity of the Western Cape
Final positions
ChampionsUniversity of the Western Cape
Runner-upTshwane University of Technology
Semifinalists
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)Ronnel Donnelly
(5 goals)
Best playerRonnel Donnelly
Best goalkeeperThandeka Ngcobo
Official website
https://www.varsitysportssa.com/football-women-fixtures
← 20232025 →
All statistics correct as of 10 August 2024.

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 .

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

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

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
NWU3–1Wits
1' Zanile Khoza

31' Pholoso Molokwe

Rebaone Mojahi		 45' Imaan Parker
TUT Stadium
TUT2–1UP-Tuks
Tshogofatso Motlogelwa x2 Thembelihle Masibi
TUT Stadium
TUT1–2NWU
Sibongile Ntoane Mpho Molwele
Rebaone Mojahi
TUT Stadium
Wits0–3UP-Tuks
S’Bahle Ndlovu

Magogodi Litlhakanyane (OG)

Ibanathi Msindo
TUT Stadium
UP-Tuks0–1NWU
55' Zanile Khoza
TUT Stadium
TUT6–0Wits
12' 30' Sibongile Ntoane x2

Tshogofatso Motlogelwa
Gift Makanya
Naledi Thakanyane

Orapeleng Ndlovu
TUT Stadium

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:
CUT0–1CPUT
58' Maleqhwa Mokoena
TUT Stadium
UJ1–0UWC
Patience Sekhukhuni
TUT Stadium
UJ4–0CPUT
Bryden Mokobi x2

Refilwe Maseko

Thato Mofolo
TUT Stadium
CUT1–6UWC
Keneilwe Nqai Ronnel Donnelly x2

Chelsea Daniels x3

Thembelihle Zulu
TUT Stadium
CPUT0–2UWC
Ronnel Donnelly
Aakifah Adams
TUT Stadium
UJ4–0CUT
Sbongakonke Mzobe

Sphokazi Ngwenya

Shannon Macomo x2
TUT Stadium

Knockout stages

Bracket

 Semi-finalsFinal
       
 29 July – TUT Stadium
 
 NWU0
 9 August – TUT Stadium
 UWC5
 TUT1
 29 July – TUT Stadium
 UWC2
 TUT(p)1(4)
 
 UJ1(2)
 

7th-place match

CPUT1–2Wits
TUT Stadium

5th-place match

CUT0–6UP
TUT Stadium

Semi-finals

NWU0–5UWC
36' Gamede

37' Ronnel Donnelly
50' Chelsea Daniels
Aakifah Adams

Own Goal
TUT Stadium

TUT1–1UJ
55' Tshogofatso Motlogelwa 57' Thato Mofolo
Penalties
4-2
TUT Stadium

Final

TUT1–2UWC
19' Tshogofatso Motlogelwa 9' Ronnel Donnelly
44' Tiffany Kortjie
TUT Stadium

Sponsors

The tournament was sponsored by:

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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