2019 Varsity Sports (South Africa)

The 2019 Varsity Sport, the 10 season of a South African university.

Basketball
4-6 and 10–12 October, Wits Multi-purpose Sports Hall, University of the Witwatersrand. Significantly, Varsity Women's Basketball will make its debut this time around.

Women
VUT 58(1) - 58(0) NWU, first six shootout efforts, VUT is win

Men
UJ 64 - Tuks 57

Cricket
Tuks final against UJ at Senwes Park, Potchefstroom

Awards

 * MTN Pulse Best Bowler of the Tournament: Sean Gilson (UP-Tuks)
 * Best batsman of the tournament: Lourén Steenkamp (NWU)
 * FNB Player of the tournament: Neil Brand (UP-Tuks)

Men
NWU (beat TUT 1–0)

Women
TUT (beat UWC 4–1 in shootout after 1-1 full-time)

Hockey
First legs: UCT Hockey, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch Two legs: NWU Astro, North-West University, Potchefstroom

Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Mountain bike
FNB Wines2Whales Pinotage, Oak Valley Estate in Elgin, 28–30 October 2019, the three-day stage race. Teams from Stellenbosch University (Maties), the University of Cape Town (UCT), North-West University (NWU), University of Pretoria (Tuks), Nelson Mandela University (Madibaz) and the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), will be invited to compete. Each of the six universities will be invited to send two teams; either men's, women's or one of each.

Netball
Tuks are the champions, and became the first team to do so unbeaten throughout, after beating Maties 48–43 on 7 October 2019, Rembrandt Hall, University of Pretoria.

7s Rugby
4-5 October 2019, Pirates Rugby Club, Greenside, Johannesburg

Women
The inaugural Varsity Women's 7s The teams competing are; UP-Tuks (University of Pretoria), UJ (University of Johannesburg), UKZN (University of KwaZulu-Natal) and UFH (University of Fort Hare). Tuks possibly played one of their best games of the season when they beat UFH in the final 46-0