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.
  • All
  • Seasons 45 -> 31
  • Seasons 30 -> 16
  • Seasons 15 -> 1
Nullarbor Conference:Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory.
South-East Conference:Victoria and Tasmania.
Eastern Conference:New South Wales (except the north) and the Australian Capital Territory.
North-East Conference:Queensland and northern New South Wales.
Oceania Conference:New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the South Pacific.

Note: While based on real universities, all team names in this competition have been (slightly) fictionalised in order to make it obvious that there is no association whatsoever between what appears on this site and any of the tertiary institutions in real life.

After 45 seasons, it feels right to call time on the running of this competition. In the final wash up:

  • 49 teams appeared in at least one playoff final (every team except Southern Stars).
  • 47 teams appeared in at least one quarter final (as above, also excluding Dunedin and Barton).
  • 45 teams appeared in at least one semi final (as above, also excluding William and Western Jackson).
  • 38 teams appeared in at least one grand final.
  • 25 teams won at least one championship.

Conference League Play
  • New Holland win a fourth consecutive Eastern Conference title and reach the finals for a record seventeen seasons running.
  • Windburne end an almost twenty season drought for a second South-East Conference title.
  • Dunedin qualify for the finals for the first time since Season 26.
  • The slump for Southern Stars extends to a fifth successive North-East conference wooden spoon.

The Finals
  • New Holland claim a second championship in four seasons.
  • Defending champions Selbourne come in to the finals as thirteenth seeds, and are eliminated in the first round by the eventual champions.

4UNHNew Holland defeated 7CAPCapital

Conference League Play
  • New Holland qualify for the finals for the sixteenth consecutive season, equalling the competition record.
  • Southern Stars, still the only side from any conference never to reach the finals, collect a fourth successive North-East conference wooden spoon.

The Finals
  • For the just the second time in competition history, all conference winners are eliminated before the semi finals. Sixth seed Selbourne take best advantage and turn last season's Grand Final defeat into a second championship.
  • Thirteenth seeds Central Kingsland make it to the Grand Final again, but fall agonisingly at the last hurdle for the third time in four seasons.
  • Defending champions Edith Brown qualify as the number one seed but are ousted in the first round.

6SELSelbourne defeated 13CKUCentral Kingsland

Conference League Play
  • Selbourne are the second team to breeze through a South-East Conference season with a perfect winning record.
  • Dickson win their first North-East title in thirty seasons.

The Finals
  • Edith Brown are ANZUC champions for the second time.
  • Defending champions New Holland qualify as fourth seeds, but are the only conference winner not to reach the semi finals.

3EBUEdith Brown defeated 1SELSelbourne

Conference League Play
  • Hamilton improve further on their previous season to claim a first Oceania conference title.
  • Chifley, Selbourne and New Holland each win their conference titles after droughts of up to twenty seasons.
  • Our Lady and Pacific Islands both qualify for the finals for the tenth successive season.

The Finals

5UNHNew Holland defeated 2CKUCentral Kingsland

Conference League Play
  • Australian Religious hold onto the number one finals seeding for a third consecutive season.
  • New Holland are the second team in history to qualify for the finals for thirteen consecutive seasons.
  • Hamilton, one of two sides in the competition never to have qualified for the finals, finally break their duck.
  • Orkland earn a finals place for the first time in twenty seasons.

The Finals
  • Australian Religious are the second team in history to win three championships in four years.
  • Thirteenth seeds Dickson eliminate two conference winners enroute to a first semi final appearance in almost thirty seasons.

1ARUAustralian Religious defeated 2CKUCentral Kingsland

Conference League Play
  • Pacific Islands qualify for the finals for the eighth successive season, but as Oceania title holders for the very first time.
  • Australian Religious are the first South-East Conference team to win every game, retaining the top seeding.

The Finals
  • Australian Religious are the third team in history to win all conference and finals games in a season, enroute to their second championship in three years.
  • Defenders Southern Kingsland qualify as seventh seeds but are bundled out in the first round.

1ARUAustralian Religious defeated 6SWNSelwyn

Conference League Play
  • Palmerston become the first Oceania Conference side to win five consecutive titles.
  • Joseph Banks are dumped from the finals for the first time in seventeen seasons, replaced by an unexpectedly resilient Glasshouse Coast side who end an eighteen season finals drought.
  • Southern Kingsland continue to strengthen, winning a first North-East Conference title since Season 15.
  • New Holland are the first Eastern Conference side to make the finals for an eleventh successive season.

The Finals
  • The top seeds power through the finals, with conference winners occupying all four semi finals slots for the first time in ten seasons.
  • Fifth seeds Southern Kingsland show their mettle by taking out three other top seeds enroute to a first championship.
  • Championship defenders Australian Religious went into the finals as top seeds, but came unstuck by the eventual winners.

5USKSouthern Kingsland defeated 3AFUAustralian Federal

Conference League Play
  • Our Lady retain the number one seeding in their bid for a third straight championship.
  • The conference winning runs of both Joseph Banks and Palmerston extend to four seasons.
  • Australian Federal win a first title, the last Eastern Conference team to do so.
  • Southern Kingsland arrest a sequence of fifteen seasons outside the finals, while New Scotland are out of contention for the first time in more than a decade.

The Finals
  • Australian Religious are the only conference winners to get beyond the quarter finals, and duly win a second championship in six seasons.
  • Bass stun Our Lady in the first round and go on to be the second number 16 seeds ever to reach the Grand Final.

3ARUAustralian Religious defeated 16BSSBass

Conference League Play
  • Our Lady are the second Nullarbor team in history to win all conference games, going into the finals as defending ANZUC champions with the number one seed.
  • Palmerston makes it a hat trick of Oceania conference titles.

The Finals
  • Our Lady power through the finals for back-to-back championships, just the second team in history with a perfect winning season.
  • Last season's losing grand finalists RSIT are number three seeds, but fall victim to the only upset of the first round.

1UOLOur Lady defeated 2PALPalmerston

Conference League Play
  • Joseph Banks' finals qualification streak continues to fourteen seasons.

The Finals
  • Our Lady eliminate three other conference winners on their way to a second championship.
  • Number two seeds RSIT get the easiest possible run to the final, perhaps leaving them underdone for the final decider.
  • Defending champions New Scotland qualify as seventh seeds, but are bundled out in the first round.

4UOLOur Lady defeated 2RSTRoyal Selbourne

Conference League Play
  • Western Jackson win a first ever Eastern Conference title.
  • Palmerston are top of the Oceania Conference, and finals bound for the first time since Season 3.
  • Joseph Banks head into the finals for the thirteenth consecutive season, a new competition record.

The Finals
  • As eleventh seeds, New Scotland are the second lowest ranked side in history to win the championship.
  • Entering the finals as thirteenth seeds, Albert of Wellington's championship defence looked shaky early , but they defeated two conference winners before bowing out in the semis.
  • All but one of the conference winners are knocked out by the quarter finals, as none of the top five seeds make the grand finale for the first time in thirteen seasons.

11UNSNew Scotland defeated 9USCSwan Colony

Conference League Play
  • Bligh are the latest Eastern Conference team to win a fourth straight title.
  • Despite a strong season, Joseph Banks are lucky to scrape into the finals as sixteenth seeds, the second team in history to make the post-season twelve times in a row.

The Finals
  • After an unexpected finals absence last season, Albert of Wellington rebound strongly to go all the way for a second championship in five seasons.
  • Defending champions Australian Religious return as number four seeds, but are bumped in the only upset of the first round playoffs.

5AUWAlbert of Wellington defeated 3UFCFree Colony

Conference League Play
  • Free Colony win a first ever Nullarbor Conference title, city rivals Bass get back in the finals for the first time in thirty seasons.
  • Pacific Islands are Oceania finals representatives for the first time in fourteen seasons, Albert of Wellington miss out for the first time in twelve.
  • Jackson lose every game of the season, the second Eastern Conference team in history to do so.

The Finals
  • Into their fourth Grand Final, Australian Religious win a first championship.
  • Bligh are number five seeds in their bid for a three-peat, but are knocked out in the quarter finals.

2ARUAustralian Religious defeated 4JBUJoseph Banks

Conference League Play
  • Edith Brown stroll through the Nullarbor Conference, the first in that region to win all conference games.
  • Central Kingsland win a first North-East Conference title.
  • OUT are Oceania Conference winners for the first time in fifteen seasons.

The Finals
  • Bligh are the third team in history to win back-to-back championships, though their defence is made far easier by other front runners suffering major upsets.
  • New Holland, sixteenth seeds for the second season in a row, shock two conference winners (previously unbeaten Edith Brown and last season's losing Grand Finalists Central Kingsland) on their way to be the lowest seeds to make a Grand Final.

3BGHBligh defeated 16UNHNew Holland

Conference League Play
  • For the first time since Season 14, all five defending conference winners are unable to retain their titles, with Bligh claiming their first ever Eastern title.
  • Christchurch and Edith Brown both also end long conference winning droughts.
  • Oldcastle reappear in the finals for the first time since Season 7.
  • Bass sets a new Nullarbor Conference record of 28 consecutive seasons outside the finals.

The Finals
  • Bligh blitz the finals to win a first championship.
  • Runners up Central Kingsland beat two conference winners, including previously unbeaten New Scotland, to get to the Grand Final.
  • Albert of Wellington are tenth seeds, and lose their crown in the first round playoffs.

2BGHBligh defeated 8CKUCentral Kingsland

Conference League Play
  • Capital are the first team from any conference to win six consecutive titles.
  • Albert of Wellington go unbeaten as extend their run to four Oceania titles, and six titles in seven seasons.
  • Dickson qualify for the finals for the first time in sixteen seasons.

The Finals
  • Albert of Wellington finally deliver after showing plenty of promise in recent seasons.
  • Capital's Eastern Conference domination still cannot parlay into finals success.
  • New Scotland qualify as eleventh seeds but yield their championship defence in the quarter finals.
  • The North-East Conference grip on the championship has ended after six successive wins, and there are no representatives from that conference in the semi finals for the first time in thirteen seasons.

1AUWAlbert of Wellington defeated 10UNHNew Holland

Conference League Play

The Finals
  • New Scotland break the recent duopoly over the championship, but continue the North-East Conference's stranglehold nonetheless.
  • Australian Religious' third Grand Final appearance ends in a third defeat.
  • Defending champions Joseph Banks, the seventh seeds, fall in the quarter finals to the new competition winners.
  • In a finals series with no real upsets, all four semi finalists are conference winners for just the third season in competition history.

2UNSNew Scotland defeated 5ARUAustralian Religious

Conference League Play
  • Swan Colony are the last Nullarbor Conference team to reach the finals for the first time, and they do so as the conference winner.
  • Capital win a fourth consecutive Eastern Conference title for the second time.
  • Australian Federal are back in the finals after an eleven season absence.
  • Free Colony are bottom of the Nullarbor Conference for the third season running.

The Finals
  • Joseph Banks win a second championship in four seasons – and are the only side who can prevent KUT from a fourth championship in five seasons.
  • Albert of Wellington continue their consistent performances, making the semi finals for the sixth time in nine seasons.
  • Twelfth seed Illawarra beat two conference winners on their way to the final four.

1JBUJoseph Banks defeated 6KUTKingsland Tech

Conference League Play
  • Selbourne's resurgence continues with a first South-East title since Season 3.
  • Western Jackson are the last Eastern Conference side to make a debut finals appearance.
  • Other teams ending long-time finals absences are Central Kingsland (after twenty seasons) and Christchurch (seventeen).
  • Our Lady fall outside the finals for the first time in eleven seasons.

The Finals
  • KUT win an unprecedented third championship in four seasons.
  • Albert of Wellington's feat of two Grand Final appearances in three seasons is, by comparison, fairly pedestrian.
  • Fifteenth seed Western Jackson's first ever final is a memorable victory over their conference winners Capital.

3KUTKingsland Tech defeated 5AUWAlbert of Wellington

Conference League Play
  • Top End win a first conference title, thus preventing Our Lady from leading the Nullarbor conference for the fifth consecutive occasion.
  • Selbourne and Dunedin are both back in the finals for the first time in twenty one seasons.
  • Van Diemen's Land are the very first team to drop from finalists one season to conference wooden spooners the next.

The Finals
  • KUT win a second championship in three seasons, cementing their place as the strongest team in the competition's history.
  • After knocking out two other conference winners, Skase are denied a fairytale ending only by the title holders of their own conference.
  • RSIT are the third sixteenth seed in history to make the semi finals.
  • Joseph Banks sought to defend their championship as tenth seeds, but fell in the first round.

4KUTKingsland Tech defeated 11SKESkase

Conference League Play
  • Lonsdale win a first conference title.
  • Capital are Eastern Conference winners for the first time since Season 12.

The Finals
  • The top two seeds play off for the second season running, Joseph Banks' second Grand Final in three seasons ends in victory.
  • KUT, the returning champions, bow out in the first round as the seventh seed.
  • Thirteenth seeds Windburne upset two conference winners enroute to the semi finals.

1JBUJoseph Banks defeated 2AUWAlbert of Wellington

Conference League Play
  • No less than three of the conference winners (Eureka, UTJ and Albert of Wellington) finish top of their regions for the very first time.
  • Our Lady's conference winning run continues, becoming the first ever team to win seven titles in eight seasons.
  • Top End make their finals debut, leaving Swan Colony as the only remaining Nullarbor Conference side yet to do so.

The Finals
  • KUT are the first team to win the championship for the third time, beating traditionally unfancied Eureka in a 1 v 2 Grand Final.
  • The defending champions Albert scrape in as sixteenth seeds, losing to the eventual champions in the first round.

1KUTKingsland Tech defeated 2EKAEureka

Conference League Play
  • Our Lady are the second team to win six conference titles in seven seasons.
  • A year after their first finals finish, New Holland do even better to win the Eastern Conference.
  • Eureka qualify for the finals for just the second time, after a wait of sixteen seasons.
  • Australian Religious are bottom of the South-East Conference for the fourth successive season.

The Finals
  • Albert edge past number two seed Our Lady in the semi finals, then have an easier time against fellow first time grand finalists Joseph Banks.
  • The victors are the first from the South-East Conference since Season 2.
  • The defending champions Chifley just miss out on the finals.

3ALBAlbert defeated 13JBUJoseph Banks

Conference League Play
  • Illawarra are the second team to win a fifth successive conference title.
  • Papua Old Guyana win every conference game, the second Oceania Conference team to do so.
  • New Holland are first-time finalists.
  • Orkland miss the finals for the first time in ten seasons, their place is taken by Albert of Wellington who finish inside the top three for the first time since Season 11.

The Finals
  • Windburne continue their recent successful playoff form, but fall in the final decider to Chifley.
  • The two undefeated teams going into the finals, Papua Old Guyana and defending champions Our Lady, both exit prematurely in the first round – the latter to playoff debutants New Holland.

9CHFChifley defeated 7WITWindburne

Conference League Play
  • Illawarra are the second Eastern Conference team to win four straight conference titles.
  • Albert are in the finals for the first time in sixteen seasons after taking out their first South-East Conference title.
  • Chifley qualify for the playoffs for the first time in ten seasons.

The Finals
  • Our Lady win their first championship.
  • Selwyn, the returning championship holders, are fourth seeds but are out in the semi finals.
  • Last year's losing grand finalists Bligh are sixteenth seeds and immediately inflict a costly first loss of the season on their conference winners Illawarra.
  • Fourteenth seeds Windburne venture to the last four for the second time in three seasons.

7UOLOur Lady defeated 9KUTKingsland Tech

Conference League Play
  • Our Lady are the first team from the Nullarbor Conference to win four straight conference titles.
  • Just one win separates first from sixth in the South-East Conference.
  • Bligh are in the finals for the first time in ten seasons, while the Glasshouse Coast also qualify for just the second time ever, after a drought of ten consecutive seasons.

The Finals
  • Selwyn win their second championship against a plucky Bligh team, who as the thirteenth seeds are the second lowest seeds ever to make the Grand Final.
  • The defending champs, seven seeds Free Colony, are out in the round of sixteen.

2SWNSelwyn defeated 13BGHBligh

Conference League Play
  • Selwyn, who have reached the finals more often than any other Oceania Conference side, finally do so as the conference winner. There is also a first North-East Conference title for Kingsland.
  • In the South-East Conference, Windburne are in the finals for the first time since Season 11, replacing Lonsdale, who are out after eight straight finals appearances. Selbourne are the second team from the conference to finish bottom for a fourth successive season.
  • Jackson won't need to worry about any further Grand Final heartbreak as they fail to qualify for the playoffs for the first time after a run of seven, allowing fierce local rivals UTJ to end a finals absence of seven seasons.
  • The defending champions OUT fail to make the finals after an Oceania Conference record of nine consecutive finals seasons.

The Finals
  • There are three first-time semi finalists, as Free Colony upset their more highly fancied Nullarbor Conference rivals Our Lady to the championship.

6UFCFree Colony defeated 1UOLOur Lady

Conference League Play
  • Skase are the second North-East Conference team in two seasons to make their finals debut, leaving Southern Stars as the only side in the conference yet to do so.

The Finals
  • Jackson lose an unbelieveable fourth straight Grand Final, this time in a first all New South Wales final playoff to John Oxley.
  • Skase's break-out first finals appearances as a fifteenth seed goes as far as the semi finals.
  • OUT stagger back into the finals as the sixteenth seed and their championship defence ends in the first round.
  • For the first time in ten seasons, an Oceania Conference side fails to make the semi finals.

6JOUJohn Oxley defeated 8JKNJackson

Conference League Play
  • Van Diemen's Land are the second South-East Conference team to win four successive titles.
  • OUT are the second team anywhere to win six conference titles in eight seasons.
  • Kingsland make their finals debut.

The Finals
  • Jackson's losing Grand Final hoodoo extends to three in a row as OUT win a second championship in seven seasons.
  • In a replay of last season's Grand Final, the defending champions Edith Brown lose in the semi finals as eleventh seeds.
  • For the second successive year all five conference winners win their first round match-ups to go on to the quarter finals.

4OUTOrkland Tech defeated 2JKNJackson

Conference League Play
  • Capital's seven year finals streak comes to an end, while Illawarra win a first conference title in thirteen years and first finals appearance in eight.
  • Joseph Banks win the North-East Conference for the first time in eleven seasons, while Southern Stars lose every match of the season.

The Finals
  • Jackson are the first team to reach three Grand Finals in four seasons, but lose their second in a row.
  • For the very first time all five conference winners win their first round match-ups to go on to the quarter finals.
  • Packer, returning champions and eighth seeds, continue the trend for first round finals losses.

5EBUEdith Brown defeated 6JKNJackson

Conference League Play
  • OUT are the third team ever to win every conference match in a season.
  • RSIT's ten year finals streak is over, making way for Barton after an eight season absence.
  • Joseph Banks qualify for the finals for the first time in a decade, while New Scotland bow out after eight straight seasons.

The Finals
  • Jackson are stopped in the Grand Final from a second championship in three years as Packer win their second in four.
  • For the second season running Van Diemen's Land are number two seeds and for the second season running they go out to the fifteenth seeds, this time at the hands of Our Lady.
  • It's a fifth successive first round finals defeat for the returning champions, as number ten seeds Orkland cannot go beyond the first playoff hurdle.

3PKRPacker defeated 4JKNJackson

Conference League Play
  • KUT fail to reach the finals for the first time since Season 4.
  • Skase improve slightly to end a horror run of eleven North-East Conference wooden spoons in the previous thirteen seasons.
  • Potash set a new South-East Conference record of thirteen successive seasons outside the finals.

The Finals
  • The shoe is on the other foot for Van Diemen's Land, as they lose in the first round to the fifteenth seeded River, and sixteenth seeds Pacific Islands account for number one seeds Dickson.
  • Eighth seed Jackson continue the pattern for defending champions by exiting the competition in the first round.

4OKLOrkland defeated 3JOUJohn Oxley

Conference League Play

The Finals
  • The champions are the only conference winners to go beyond the quarter finals, as fifteenth seed Van Diemen's Land and sixteenth seed Selwyn both get to the semi finals.
  • For the third year in a row the defending champions, fourteenth seed Packer on this occasion, are beaten in the first round.

5JKNJackson defeated 6LONLonsdale

Conference League Play
  • Capital set an Eastern Conference record of four conference titles in a row, and Jackson are in the finals for the first time.
  • Finals stalwarts Chifley are out of the qualifying places for the very first time, leaving Dickson as the only side remaning in the entire competition never to miss the playoffs.
  • Barton's sequence at the bottom of the South-East Conference extends to five successive seasons, and for the second season in a row they lose every conference match.
  • Skase also suffer a 100% losing record, their second, as they finish bottom of the North-East Conference for the tenth time.
  • Palmerston are just off the bottom of the Oceania Conference, ending a sequence of four wooden spoons in five seasons.

The Finals
  • Both Grand Finalists each eliminate two conference winners on their way to the final playoff game, with a first Nullarbor Conference team finally taking the championship.
  • The returning champions, Orkland Tech, start the finals as eighth seeds, but lose in the first round to the eventual new champions.

9PKRPacker defeated 11DSNDickson

Conference League Play
  • Australian Religious' record setting run of consecutive conference titles ends at five, as in their tenth straight finals campaign they can only claim the sixteenth seeding.
  • Also in the South-East Conference, Lonsdale are finals debutants, leaving Van Diemen's Land as the sole team in the conference yet to reach the playoffs.
  • Barton are just the second team ever to lose every conference game of the season, and in doing so set a new South-East Conference record of four wooden spoons in a row.
  • Palmerston endure a third successive Oceania Conference bottom finish (and fourth in five seasons).

The Finals
  • Four conference winners converged in the semi finals for the first time since Season 2.
  • Dickson, the defending champions, enter the finals as the fourteenth seed and are out in the first round.

2OUTOrkland Tech defeated 1RIVRiver

Conference League Play
  • KUT win a fourth straight conference title, and take the number one seed for the third time in four seasons.
  • Defending champions Christchurch get eighteen points but are somehow still excluded from the finals in a packed Oceania Conference top order that sees OUT stake a first title and finals spot.
  • Jackson are off the bottom after an Eastern Conference record of three straight wooden spoons.

The Finals
  • The champions of Seasons 5 and 6 met in the Grand Final, each looking for their second championship.
  • For the second year in a row, KUT bow out in the quarter finals to the eventual losing Grand Finalists.
  • Thirteenth seed Australian Federal reach the semi finals via hard fought wins over two conference winners.

6DSNDickson defeated 9POGPapua Old Guyana

Conference League Play

The Finals
  • In their first finals series, Capital end KUT's bid for an unprecedented three-peat in the quarter finals.

2CHCChristchurch defeated 5CAPCapital

Conference League Play
  • Oldcastle's run of seven consecutive finals seasons, the best in the Eastern Conference, is over.
  • There is much relief on the Gold Coast as the worst team in the competition so far, Skase, avoids the North-East Conference wooden spoon for the very first time.
  • Lonsdale's three season slump at the rear of the South-East Conference is also over.

The Finals
  • KUT back up in style to become the first ever team to win back-to-back ANZUC championships.
  • Three conference winners bow out in the first round, leading to an unlikely semi final match-up between fourteenth seed Bligh and fifteenth seed RSIT, with the victors claiming the tag of lowest seeds ever to reach the Grand Final.

1KUTKingsland Tech defeated 15RSTRoyal Selbourne

Conference League Play
  • KUT are the second team ever to win all conference matches in a season.
  • Illawarra storm back into finals after two seasons away, and there are finals debuts for Eureka and New Scotland.
  • The Pacific Islands avoid a fourth straight wooden spoon, but still hold the Oceania Conference record.

The Finals
  • KUT are the first ever "Invincibles" with a perfect thirteen win season, accounting for last season's champions Papua Old Guyana along the way.
  • Twelfth seed Our Lady eliminate two conference winners to advance to the last four.

1KUTKingsland Tech defeated 6RIVRiver

Conference League Play
  • Defending back-to-back North-East Conference winners Joseph Banks fall well out of finals contention.
  • In the South-East Conference, Selbourne and Albert fall out of the finals for the first time as Barton earn a finals debut.

The Finals
  • Australian Religious appear in their second losing Grand Final in three seasons.
  • The defending champions, Dickson, return as number one seeds but are shocked at the first hurdle by sixteenth seed Oldcastle, who continue all the way to the semi finals.

2POGPapua Old Guyana defeated 4ARUAustralian Religious

Conference League Play
  • UTJ are the first defending ANZUC champions to fail to qualify for the finals the following season, and their city rivals Western Jackson are the very first team to lose every conference match in a season, finishing last for the third time in four years.
  • Illawarra, Central Kingsland and Orkland all miss the finals for the first time.

The Finals
  • Eighth seed Dickson go into each of their finals contests as favourites due to major upsets happening all around them.
  • Number two seeds Chifley are the sole conference winners to progress further than the first round, but even they are subsequently shunted in the semi finals by KUT to make the Grand Final an all-Brisbane affair.

8DSNDickson defeated 11KUTKingsland Tech

Conference League Play
  • Packer, after three straight conference titles, and Palmerston, after two, are surprise exclusions from the finals for the first time.
  • Edith Brown march into the last sixteen for the first time.

The Finals
  • As the twelfth seed, UTJ from New South Wales are the biggest outsider to win the championship so far, knocking out three conference winners along the way.
  • Australian Religious are the only conference winners to venture beyond the quarter finals.
  • Last season's champions Selwyn cannot get beyond the first round as the sixteenth seed.

12UTJJackson Tech defeated 2ARUAustralian Religious

Conference League Play
  • Palmerston are the first team to win every conference match in a season.
  • Packer and Illawarra are the first to win three consecutive conference titles.
  • Skase are the first team to finish bottom of a conference three seasons in a row.

The Finals
  • New Zealand's sixth seed Selwyn eliminate defending champions Selbourne in the quarter finals and go on to win the overall championship.
  • The champions' path was made easier following the second successive first round exit for Oceania Conference winners Palmerston, this time at the hands of South Australia's sixteenth seed Bass.

6SWNSelwyn defeated 9OLDOldcastle

Conference League Play
  • Selwyn, New Zealand's smallest university, are surprise runners up in the Oceania Conference.
  • South Australians Bass earn a finals spot despite a mediocre tally of twelve points.

The Finals
  • The top four conference winners all make it to the semi finals, as Chifley spring the only major finals surprise when they knocked out Oceania conference winners Palmerston in the first round.
  • Defending champions and eleventh seeds Central Kingsland are also out in the first round.

3SELSelbourne defeated 1PKRPacker

Conference League Play
  • Only two points seperates second from eighth in a packed Nullarbor Conference middle order.

The Finals
  • Thirteenth seed Albert reach the final four after three conference winners are eliminated in the first round, the biggest blowout happening in Queensland where sixteenth seed Dickson prevailed over their stand out conference winners Joseph Banks.

8CKUCentral Kingsland defeated 2UOIIllawarra