2025 Women's Varsity Football
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | South Africa |
| City | Soweto |
| Venue | UJ Soweto Stadium |
| Date | 5 - 19 September 2025 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Defending champions | University of the Western Cape |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | University of the Western Cape (4th title) |
| Runners-up | University of Johannesburg |
| Semifinalists | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Top goal scorer(s) | Thato Mofolo (6 goals) |
| Awards | |
| Best player | Thabiso Senyatsi |
| Best goalkeeper | Manana Myeki |
| Official website | |
| https://www.varsitysportssa.com/football-women-fixtures | |
The 2025 Women's Varsity Football was the twelfth 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 University of Johannesburg .
UWC were defending champions.[1] The University of Venda made their debut.[2]
Participating teams
The eight teams that will compete in the 2025 Women's Varsity Football challenge are:
The teams were split into two groups as follows:[3][4][5]
| Group A | Group B |
|---|---|
Round robin stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UWC | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 9 | Advance to Semi-Finals |
| 2 | TUT | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 4 | |
| 3 | UP-Tuks | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | |
| 4 | Univen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 23 | −22 | 0 |
Source: [1]
| UP-Tuks | 5–1 | Univen |
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| UWC | 10–0 | Uinven |
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| UP-Tuks | 0–2 | UWC |
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| Univen | 0–8 | TUT |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UJ (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 9 | Advance to Semi-Finals |
| 2 | Wits | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 3 | NWU | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 | |
| 4 | CPUT | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |
| Wits | 1–0 | CPUT |
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| UJ | 4–0 | NWU |
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| NWU | 2–1 | CPUT |
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| UJ | 4–0 | CPUT |
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| NWU | 2–2 | Wits |
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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 | |||||
| 8 September – UJ Soweto Stadium | ||||||
| UWC | 1 | |||||
| 19 September – UJ Soweto Stadium | ||||||
| Wits | 0 | |||||
| UWC | 1 | |||||
| 8 September – UJ Soweto Stadium | ||||||
| UJ | 0 | |||||
| UJ | 3 | |||||
| TUT | 0 | |||||
7th-place match
| Univen | 0–4 | CPUT |
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5th-place match
| Tuks | 2–1 | NWU |
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Semi-finals
| UJ | 3–0 | TUT |
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Final
Awards
The following players were rated best in the tournament:[6]
| Award | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| FNB player of the tournament | Thabiso Senyatsi | TUT |
| Suzuki Golden Boot | Thato Mofolo | UJ |
| Cashbuild Golden Glove | Manana Myeki | UJ |
Sponsors
The tournament was sponsored by:
- First National Bank
- Suzuki
- Cashbuild
- SportPesa[7]
References
- ^ Pillay, Alicia (2024-08-11). "Tiffany Kortjie and Ronnel Donnelly Lead UWC to Varsity Football Title Defence Triumph". gsport4girls. Retrieved 2025-09-07.
- ^ Kamedien, Siraj (2025-09-04). "UNIVEN ready to make a strong debut in Varsity Football Women 2025". Varsity Sports. Retrieved 2025-09-07.
- ^ CentreCircle (2025-09-05). "Reigning champions UWC off to a positive start in the Varsity Women's Football tourney". Centre Circle. Retrieved 2025-09-08.
- ^ CentreCircle (2025-09-07). "Wins for UWC, UJ, NWU while Tshwane Derby ends in a stalemate on Day 2 of Varsity Women's Football". Centre Circle. Retrieved 2025-09-08.
- ^ CentreCircle (2025-09-07). "UWC, Wits, UJ, TUT seal 2025 Varsity Women's Football semi-final spots". Centre Circle. Retrieved 2025-09-08.
- ^ Vilakazi, Martin (2025-09-20). "UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE: 3 PEAT VARSITY WOMEN'S FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS - VOW88.1". Retrieved 2025-09-21.
- ^ "Varsity Football 2025 kicks off with SportPesa South Africa partnership". Focus Gaming News Africa. 2025-08-21. Retrieved 2025-09-08.