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
	=	PKR	24	3
2nd	=	EBU	18	12
3rd	+2	UOL	14	15
4th	=	UFC	14
5th	+2	CHF	12
6th	+2	BSS	9
7th	-4	RIV	9
8th	+2	WIL	8
9th	-3	USC	7
10th	-1	UTE	5

South-East
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	=	VDL	24	2
2nd	+1	LON	21	7
3rd	+3	BTN	18	11
4th	-2	RST	15
5th	+5	EKA	13
6th	+3	ARU	9
7th	-3	WIT	9
8th	-3	SEL	8
9th	-1	PSH	5
10th	-3	ALB	4

Eastern
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	+1	JKN	21	4
2nd	-1	JOU	21	6
3rd	=	CAP	19	9
4th	+4	UOI	15
5th	+1	AFU	14
6th	-1	OLD	13
7th	-3	UTJ	10
8th	+2	WJU	9
9th	=	BGH	4
10th	-3	UNH	3

North-East
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	+1	USK	18	5
2nd	+2	KUT	16	13
3rd	+3	JBU	15	14
4th	+1	CKU	15
5th	-2	UNS	15
6th	-5	DSN	11
7th	+2	SKE	10
8th	-1	SSU	8
9th	-1	UGC	6
10th	=	KLD	1

Oceania
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	+1	OUT	27	1
2nd	+1	POG	19	8
3rd	-2	OKL	18	10
4th	+1	SWN	16	16
5th	-1	UPI	16
6th	+2	AUW	13
7th	=	HAM	10
8th	+2	DUN	4
9th	=	PAL	4
10th	-4	CHC	3

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
PKR	5	S14	7	4
UOL	4	S13	10	(1)
CHF	3	S07	11	4
RIV	2	S11	9	(1)
EBU	1	S12	5	2
WIL	--	--	3	7
BSS	--	--	2	12
UFC	--	--	1	2
USC	--	--	--	15
UTE	--	--	--	15

South-East
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
ARU	6	S10	11	3
RST	4	S13	10	(10)
SEL	2	S03	5	10
VDL	2	S14	3	3
PSH	1	S01	1	14
ALB	--	--	5	10
LON	--	--	5	5
WIT	--	--	4	4
BTN	--	--	2	(8)
EKA	--	--	1	8

Eastern
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
JOU	4	S14	9	4
CAP	4	S12	7	7
UOI	3	S03	5	8
OLD	2	S05	7	8
JKN	2	S13	4	4
AFU	--	--	8	4
BGH	--	--	4	5
UTJ	--	--	4	4
WJU	--	--	--	15
UNH	--	--	--	15

North-East
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
KUT	5	S10	12	(1)
DSN	3	S14	13	(1)
JBU	3	S05	5	(9)
UNS	2	S12	8	(8)
USK	2	S13	3	3
CKU	--	--	5	9
UGC	--	--	1	6
SKE	--	--	--	15
SSU	--	--	--	15
KLD	--	--	--	15

Oceania
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
CHC	4	S09	6	6
OUT	4	S13	6	6
POG	3	S12	10	2
OKL	2	S14	7	3
PAL	2	S03	3	12
SWN	--	--	8	(1)
AUW	--	--	6	4
DUN	--	--	2	10
UPI	--	--	2	(2)
HAM	--	--	--	15

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

1

8

Papua Old Guyana

9

8

Papua Old Guyana

1

4

5

Southern Kingsland

12

12

4

13

4

4

3

3

3

14

3

6

11

6

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	12
ARU	Australian Religious	11
CHF	Chifley	11
POG	Papua Old Guyana	10
RST	Royal Selbourne	10
UOL	Our Lady	10
RIV	River	9

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

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

Grand Finals
DSN	Dickson	3
KUT	Kingsland Tech	3
PKR	Packer	3
POG	Papua Old Guyana	2
JKN	Jackson	2
ARU	Australian Religious	2
RIV	River	2
OUT	Orkland Tech	1


DSN	Dickson	2
KUT	Kingsland Tech	2
PKR	Packer	2
POG	Papua Old Guyana	1
JKN	Jackson	1
OUT	Orkland Tech	1
SWN	Selwyn	1
SEL	Selbourne	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	3
South-East	14	3
Eastern	13	3
Oceania	10	7
Nullarbor	9	2

GRAND FINALISTS
North-East	7	3
Eastern	7	3
Oceania	6	(1)
Nullarbor	5	(2)
South-East	5	2


North-East	5	5
Oceania	5	(1)
Eastern	2	2
Nullarbor	2	(2)
South-East	1	13

Competition Structure

Teams

Season by Season Summary

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