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

South-East
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	+2	VDL	22	2
2nd	-1	RST	19	9
3rd	-1	LON	17	11
4th	+3	WIT	15
5th	=	SEL	13
6th	-2	BTN	11
7th	-1	ALB	8
8th	+1	PSH	7
9th	-1	ARU	7
10th	=	EKA	4

Eastern
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	+1	JOU	21	3
2nd	-1	JKN	20	8
3rd	=	CAP	17	10
4th	+4	UTJ	13
5th	+2	OLD	13
6th	-2	AFU	13
7th	-1	UNH	11
8th	-3	UOI	9
9th	=	BGH	8
10th	=	WJU	1

North-East
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	+3	DSN	24	1
2nd	-1	USK	22	6
3rd	-1	UNS	17	12
4th	-1	KUT	14
5th	=	CKU	11
6th	+3	JBU	10
7th	+1	SSU	9
8th	-2	UGC	8
9th	+1	SKE	7
10th	-3	KLD	4

Oceania
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	+1	OKL	21	4
2nd	-1	OUT	21	7
3rd	+2	POG	16	13
4th	-1	UPI	16	16
5th	-1	SWN	14
6th	=	CHC	12
7th	+3	HAM	8
8th	-1	AUW	8
9th	-1	PAL	6
10th	-1	DUN	2

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	S13	9	(2)
PKR	4	S03	6	3
CHF	3	S07	11	3
RIV	2	S11	9	(1)
EBU	1	S12	4	(1)
WIL	--	--	3	6
BSS	--	--	2	11
UFC	--	--	1	(1)
USC	--	--	--	14
UTE	--	--	--	14

South-East
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
ARU	6	S10	11	2
RST	4	S13	10	10
SEL	2	S03	5	9
VDL	1	--	2	2
PSH	1	S01	1	13
ALB	--	--	5	9
WIT	--	--	4	3
LON	--	--	4	4
BTN	--	--	1	8
EKA	--	--	1	7

Eastern
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
JOU	4	S08	8	3
CAP	4	S12	6	6
UOI	3	S03	5	7
OLD	2	S05	7	7
JKN	1	S13	3	3
AFU	--	--	8	3
BGH	--	--	4	4
UTJ	--	--	4	3
UNH	--	--	--	14
WJU	--	--	--	14

North-East
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
KUT	5	S10	11	(9)
DSN	3	S06	13	(1)
JBU	3	S05	4	9
UNS	2	S12	8	8
USK	1	S13	2	2
CKU	--	--	5	8
UGC	--	--	1	5
SSU	--	--	--	14
SKE	--	--	--	14
KLD	--	--	--	14

Oceania
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
CHC	4	S09	6	5
POG	3	S12	9	(1)
OUT	3	S13	5	5
OKL	2	S01	6	2
PAL	2	S03	3	11
SWN	--	--	7	(2)
AUW	--	--	6	3
DUN	--	--	2	9
UPI	--	--	2	2
HAM	--	--	--	14

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

Pacific Islands

16

Pacific Islands

9

Royal Selbourne

9

Royal Selbourne

8

9

Royal Selbourne

4

5

12

5

4

13

Papua Old Guyana

4

4

4

3

3

14

3

6

Southern Kingsland

11

6

Southern Kingsland

3

7

7

10

7

15

15

2

Van Diemen's Land

Playoff Finals

Quarter Finals

Semi Finals

Grand Final

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MOST SUCCESSFUL ANZUC TEAMS OF ALL TIME

Playoff Finals
DSN	Dickson	13
KUT	Kingsland Tech	11
ARU	Australian Religious	11
CHF	Chifley	11
RST	Royal Selbourne	10
POG	Papua Old Guyana	9
RIV	River	9
UOL	Our Lady	9

Quarter Finals
DSN	Dickson	8
ARU	Australian Religious	8
KUT	Kingsland Tech	7
POG	Papua Old Guyana	6
CHF	Chifley	6
RIV	River	5
RST	Royal Selbourne	5
PKR	Packer	4

Semi Finals
DSN	Dickson	5
KUT	Kingsland Tech	4
POG	Papua Old Guyana	4
ARU	Australian Religious	4
RST	Royal Selbourne	4
PKR	Packer	3
UNS	New Scotland	3
OUT	Orkland Tech	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
OUT	Orkland Tech	1
SWN	Selwyn	1


DSN	Dickson	2
KUT	Kingsland Tech	2
POG	Papua Old Guyana	1
PKR	Packer	1
OUT	Orkland Tech	1
SWN	Selwyn	1
SEL	Selbourne	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	2
South-East	13	2
Eastern	12	2
Oceania	10	6
Nullarbor	7	2

GRAND FINALISTS
North-East	7	2
Oceania	6	(2)
Eastern	6	2
South-East	5	(1)
Nullarbor	4	2


North-East	5	4
Oceania	5	(2)
Eastern	2	(1)
South-East	1	12
Nullarbor	1	2

Competition Structure

Teams

Season by Season Summary

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