Troy's Gone Walkabout - Australia-New Zealand University Challenge

Australia-New Zealand University Challenge
(ANZUC)

Fifty universities compete in five conferences across the entire Oceania region, culminating in a sixteen team finals series. A fictional competition inspired by the NCAA college sporting system in the United States.

Competition Structure

Teams

Season by Season Summary

All
Conference Play
Conference History
Finals
Finals History

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Nullarbor
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	=	UOL	20	5
2nd	+1	UTE	18	10
3rd	-1	CHF	17	15
4th	+1	EBU	14
5th	+1	WIL	12
6th	-2	PKR	12
7th	=	BSS	8
8th	+2	USC	7
9th	=	UFC	6
10th	-2	RIV	5

South-East
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	+1	LON	20	4
2nd	+4	RST	19	8
3rd	+2	WIT	17	13
4th	-1	VDL	17	16
5th	-4	EKA	13
6th	+1	SEL	12
7th	-3	ALB	10
8th	+2	BTN	7
9th	=	ARU	6
10th	-2	PSH	6

Eastern
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	+1	CAP	21	3
2nd	+3	JOU	18	11
3rd	-2	UTJ	18	12
4th	-1	UNH	17
5th	+3	WJU	13
6th	+1	UOI	9
7th	-3	AFU	8
8th	-2	BGH	7
9th	+1	OLD	6
10th	-1	JKN	6

North-East
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	+2	JBU	24	1
2nd	=	UNS	21	6
3rd	-2	KUT	19	7
4th	+4	SKE	14
5th	+1	CKU	12
6th	-1	KLD	12
7th	-3	UGC	12
8th	+1	DSN	9
9th	-2	SSU	6
10th	=	USK	1

Oceania
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	=	AUW	23	2
2nd	=	POG	18	9
3rd	=	SWN	17	14
4th	+1	DUN	16
5th	-1	OUT	13
6th	=	UPI	11
7th	+3	PAL	9
8th	-1	HAM	7
9th	-1	CHC	6
10th	-1	OKL	4

Legend:

= Conference Winners, "Chg" = Position change from previous season, "Pts" = Number of points earned at the end of conference play, "Seed" = Seeding for finals (if qualified).

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Nullarbor
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
UOL	12	S24	19	9
PKR	5	S15	9	8
CHF	4	S21	15	2
RIV	2	S11	12	2
EBU	2	S16	10	2
UFC	--	--	8	2
WIL	--	--	3	17
BSS	--	--	2	22
UTE	--	--	2	2
USC	--	--	--	25

South-East
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
RST	6	S19	17	(2)
ARU	6	S10	11	12
VDL	5	S20	11	2
ALB	3	S23	9	(4)
SEL	2	S03	5	20
LON	1	--	10	2
EKA	1	S24	3	(2)
PSH	1	S01	1	24
WIT	--	--	10	(1)
BTN	--	--	2	10

Eastern
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
UOI	9	S22	13	2
CAP	5	S12	9	2
JOU	4	S14	13	(5)
JKN	3	S17	9	4
OLD	2	S05	7	18
UTJ	1	S24	11	7
UNH	1	S23	3	(3)
AFU	--	--	9	9
BGH	--	--	6	4
WJU	--	--	--	25

North-East
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
KUT	8	S24	19	5
JBU	7	S18	12	3
DSN	3	S14	13	11
KLD	3	S21	5	4
UNS	2	S12	12	4
USK	2	S15	8	3
CKU	--	--	5	19
UGC	--	--	3	5
SKE	--	--	2	6
SSU	--	--	--	25

Oceania
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
OUT	6	S17	10	2
POG	5	S23	16	5
CHC	4	S09	6	16
SWN	3	S21	17	2
OKL	3	S18	13	4
AUW	2	S24	10	4
PAL	2	S03	3	22
UPI	--	--	4	6
DUN	--	--	2	20
HAM	--	--	--	25

Legend:

= Number of conference titles won (current season winner in bold), "Prev" = season in which the previous conference title was won (excluding the current season), "Q" = Number of total finals qualifications (current season finalists in bold), "Seq" = Number of consecutive finals appearances (when green) or consecutive non-finals finishes (when red).

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Playoff Finals

Quarter Finals

Semi Finals

Grand Final

1

16

Van Diemen's Land

1

9

Papua Old Guyana

9

Papua Old Guyana

8

Royal Selbourne

1

13

5

12

5

13

13

4

1

1

2

Albert of Wellington

3

14

14

11

11

6

14

2

Albert of Wellington

7

10

10

2

Albert of Wellington

15

2

Albert of Wellington

Playoff Finals

Quarter Finals

Semi Finals

Grand Final

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MOST SUCCESSFUL ANZUC TEAMS OF ALL TIME

Playoff Finals
KUT	Kingsland Tech	19
UOL	Our Lady	19
SWN	Selwyn	17
RST	Royal Selbourne	17
POG	Papua Old Guyana	16
CHF	Chifley	15
DSN	Dickson	13
JOU	John Oxley	13

Quarter Finals
UOL	Our Lady	13
POG	Papua Old Guyana	11
KUT	Kingsland Tech	10
DSN	Dickson	8
CHF	Chifley	8
JOU	John Oxley	8
ARU	Australian Religious	8
OUT	Orkland Tech	7

Semi Finals
KUT	Kingsland Tech	7
DSN	Dickson	5
OUT	Orkland Tech	5
SWN	Selwyn	5
JKN	Jackson	5
UOL	Our Lady	5
POG	Papua Old Guyana	5
RST	Royal Selbourne	5

Grand Finals
KUT	Kingsland Tech	5
JKN	Jackson	5
DSN	Dickson	3
PKR	Packer	3
OUT	Orkland Tech	2
SWN	Selwyn	2
UOL	Our Lady	2
POG	Papua Old Guyana	2


KUT	Kingsland Tech	3
DSN	Dickson	2
PKR	Packer	2
OUT	Orkland Tech	2
SWN	Selwyn	2
JKN	Jackson	1
UOL	Our Lady	1
POG	Papua Old Guyana	1

Legend:

Total number of appearances including wins and losses, current season appearances in bold.

MOST SUCCESSFUL CONFERENCES OF ALL TIME

SEMI FINALISTS
North-East	22	8
South-East	22	5
Oceania	21	3
Nullarbor	19	2
Eastern	15	3

GRAND FINALISTS
Eastern	12	5
North-East	10	3
Nullarbor	10	3
Oceania	9	(4)
South-East	8	(3)


Oceania	8	5
North-East	7	2
Nullarbor	6	3
Eastern	3	7
South-East	2	2

Competition Structure

Teams

Season by Season Summary

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