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
	+2	UOL	19	4
2nd	+4	UFC	18	11
3rd	-1	PKR	17	14
4th	=	RIV	15
5th	=	CHF	13
6th	-5	EBU	12
7th	=	USC	11
8th	+2	UTE	9
9th	-1	BSS	7
10th	-1	WIL	4

South-East
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	=	RST	24	1
2nd	+1	LON	21	6
3rd	+2	VDL	13	15
4th	+6	BTN	12
5th	+1	SEL	11
6th	+1	ALB	10
7th	-3	WIT	10
8th	-6	ARU	8
9th	=	PSH	6
10th	-2	EKA	4

Eastern
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	+2	JKN	19	5
2nd	=	JOU	19	9
3rd	-2	CAP	19	10
4th	=	AFU	15
5th	+3	UOI	12
6th	+3	UNH	10
7th	-1	OLD	10
8th	-1	UTJ	9
9th	-4	BGH	9
10th	=	WJU	7

North-East
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	+3	USK	20	2
2nd	-1	UNS	20	7
3rd	-1	KUT	19	8
4th	-1	DSN	15
5th	+2	CKU	13
6th	=	UGC	11
7th	-2	KLD	11
8th	=	SSU	7
9th	=	JBU	6
10th	=	SKE	2

Oceania
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	+1	OUT	20	3
2nd	+6	OKL	18	12
3rd	+1	UPI	18	13
4th	-1	SWN	16	16
5th	-4	POG	14
6th	+1	CHC	11
7th	-1	AUW	11
8th	+1	PAL	8
9th	-4	DUN	7
10th	=	HAM	1

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	4	S09	9	2
CHF	3	S07	11	2
PKR	3	S03	5	2
RIV	2	S11	8	(7)
EBU	1	S12	3	(2)
WIL	--	--	3	5
BSS	--	--	2	10
UFC	--	--	1	(12)
USC	--	--	--	13
UTE	--	--	--	13

South-East
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
ARU	6	S10	11	(11)
RST	4	S12	9	9
SEL	2	S03	5	8
PSH	1	S01	1	12
ALB	--	--	5	8
WIT	--	--	4	2
LON	--	--	3	3
BTN	--	--	1	7
EKA	--	--	1	6
VDL	--	--	1	(12)

Eastern
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
CAP	4	S12	5	5
JOU	3	S08	7	2
UOI	3	S03	5	6
OLD	2	S05	7	6
JKN	1	--	2	2
AFU	--	--	8	2
BGH	--	--	4	3
UTJ	--	--	4	2
UNH	--	--	--	13
WJU	--	--	--	13

North-East
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
KUT	5	S10	11	9
JBU	3	S05	4	8
DSN	2	S06	12	(12)
UNS	2	S12	7	7
USK	1	--	1	(12)
CKU	--	--	5	7
UGC	--	--	1	4
KLD	--	--	--	13
SSU	--	--	--	13
SKE	--	--	--	13

Oceania
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
CHC	4	S09	6	4
POG	3	S12	8	(3)
OUT	3	S11	4	4
PAL	2	S03	3	10
OKL	1	S01	5	(8)
SWN	--	--	7	2
AUW	--	--	6	2
DUN	--	--	2	8
UPI	--	--	1	(12)
HAM	--	--	--	13

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

Royal Selbourne

16

16

8

9

8

16

5

5

12

5

4

13

Pacific Islands

4

5

5

6

3

14

3

6

11

6

6

15

Van Diemen's Land

7

10

10

15

Van Diemen's Land

15

Van Diemen's Land

2

Southern Kingsland

Playoff Finals

Quarter Finals

Semi Finals

Grand Final

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MOST SUCCESSFUL ANZUC TEAMS OF ALL TIME

Playoff Finals
DSN	Dickson	12
KUT	Kingsland Tech	11
ARU	Australian Religious	11
CHF	Chifley	11
RST	Royal Selbourne	9
UOL	Our Lady	9
POG	Papua Old Guyana	8
RIV	River	8

Quarter Finals
DSN	Dickson	8
ARU	Australian Religious	8
KUT	Kingsland Tech	7
POG	Papua Old Guyana	6
CHF	Chifley	6
RIV	River	4
RST	Royal Selbourne	4
UNS	New Scotland	4

Semi Finals
DSN	Dickson	5
KUT	Kingsland Tech	4
POG	Papua Old Guyana	4
ARU	Australian Religious	4
PKR	Packer	3
RST	Royal Selbourne	3
UNS	New Scotland	3
SWN	Selwyn	2

Grand Finals
DSN	Dickson	3
KUT	Kingsland Tech	3
POG	Papua Old Guyana	2
PKR	Packer	2
ARU	Australian Religious	2
RIV	River	2
SWN	Selwyn	1
SEL	Selbourne	1


DSN	Dickson	2
KUT	Kingsland Tech	2
POG	Papua Old Guyana	1
PKR	Packer	1
SWN	Selwyn	1
SEL	Selbourne	1
OUT	Orkland Tech	1
CHC	Christchurch	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	14	(6)
South-East	12	(1)
Eastern	11	(2)
Oceania	8	5
Nullarbor	7	(2)

GRAND FINALISTS
North-East	7	(1)
Oceania	5	2
Eastern	5	(3)
South-East	5	(4)
Nullarbor	4	(2)


North-East	5	3
Oceania	4	2
Eastern	2	(8)
South-East	1	11
Nullarbor	1	(1)

Competition Structure

Teams

Season by Season Summary

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