2022 Men's Varsity Hockey (South Africa)

The 2022 Men's Hockey Varsity Hockey will be the 10th edition of the Varsity Hockey, the annual tournament men's field hockey championship of South Africa.[2]

Tournament details
Host countryPretoria
CitySouth Africa
Dates5 October 2022 (2022-10-05)–6 October 2022 (2022-10-06)
Venue(s)University of Pretoria
Final positions
ChampionsTuks
Runner-upWits
Third placeMaties
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored30 (7.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)Kenoe Christians (UJ)
Guy Morgan (Tuks) (4 goals)
Best playerBradley Sherwood[1]
2019 (W) (previous) (next) 2023

In addition to the Power Play rule seen in previous seasons of Varsity Hockey, whereby each team can select to implement a two-minute period where goals count two and the opposition must bench two players, field goals will now count two.[3][4]

Results

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Fixtures

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5 October 2022
18:20
Wits 5–3 UJ
Hermanus   5'
Van den Berg   34'
Lourens   56'
Report Bennett   21'
Christians   49'
5 October 2022
20:20
Maties 2–5 Tuks
Jarvis   17' Report Campbell   2'
Morgan   51'
de Lora   55'

3 & 4

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6 October 2022
13:00
UJ 3–5 Maties
Bennett   10'
Christians   34'
Report Van Tonder   2'
Proctor   8'
Melville   44'

Final

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6 October 2022
18:30
Tuks 4–3 Wits
Morgan   4'6'51'
Sherwood   44'
Report Lourens   23'
Riley   40'
Horan   53'

Final standings

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Pos Team
  Tuks (H)
  WITS
  Maties
4 UJ
Source: SA Hockey
(H) Host

Goalscorers

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There were 30 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 7.5 goals per match.

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: SAHA

References

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  1. ^ @tukshockey (9 October 2022). "The past week saw some really talented hockey players. One of the guys that stood out was Bradley Sherwood, who has been named The Suzuki Player of the Tournament. Huge congratulations BAD BRAD" – via Instagram.
  2. ^ VarsitySportsSA (20 September 2022). "A Festival of Sport is coming to Pretoria in October 2022". varsitysportssa.com. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Varsity Hockey bends the rules to double the thrill". Varsity Sport. 2 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Players' thoughts on Varsity Hockey's Power Play". Varsity Sports. 17 May 2019.