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

South-East
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	=	VDL	25	1
2nd	=	LON	19	9
3rd	+1	RST	16	15
4th	-1	BTN	15
5th	+4	PSH	13
6th	-1	EKA	12
7th	-1	ARU	10
8th	+2	ALB	6
9th	-2	WIT	4
10th	-2	SEL	2

Eastern
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	+3	UOI	21	3
2nd	-1	JKN	21	6
3rd	+2	AFU	16	14
4th	-2	JOU	13
5th	+2	UTJ	12
6th	+4	UNH	11
7th	-4	CAP	11
8th	-2	OLD	8
9th	=	BGH	4
10th	-2	WJU	4

North-East
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	+2	JBU	20	4
2nd	-1	USK	19	10
3rd	-1	KUT	18	11
4th	+6	KLD	16
5th	-1	CKU	15
6th	+3	UGC	12
7th	-2	UNS	12
8th	-1	SKE	8
9th	-3	DSN	7
10th	-2	SSU	0

Oceania
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	=	OUT	22	2
2nd	=	POG	21	7
3rd	=	OKL	17	13
4th	=	SWN	16	16
5th	=	UPI	14
6th	=	AUW	13
7th	=	HAM	7
8th	+1	PAL	6
9th	+1	CHC	4
10th	-2	DUN	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
PKR	5	S15	8	5
UOL	4	S13	10	(1)
CHF	3	S07	11	5
RIV	2	S11	9	2
EBU	2	S12	6	3
WIL	--	--	3	8
BSS	--	--	2	13
UFC	--	--	2	(2)
UTE	--	--	--	16
USC	--	--	--	16

South-East
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
ARU	6	S10	11	4
RST	4	S13	11	(1)
VDL	3	S15	4	4
SEL	2	S03	5	11
PSH	1	S01	1	15
LON	--	--	6	6
ALB	--	--	5	11
WIT	--	--	4	5
BTN	--	--	2	(1)
EKA	--	--	1	9

Eastern
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
JOU	4	S14	9	(4)
CAP	4	S12	7	(7)
UOI	4	S03	6	(8)
OLD	2	S05	7	9
JKN	2	S15	5	5
AFU	--	--	9	(4)
BGH	--	--	4	6
UTJ	--	--	4	5
UNH	--	--	--	16
WJU	--	--	--	16

North-East
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
KUT	5	S10	13	2
JBU	4	S05	6	2
DSN	3	S14	13	2
UNS	2	S12	8	2
USK	2	S15	4	4
CKU	--	--	5	10
UGC	--	--	1	7
KLD	--	--	--	16
SKE	--	--	--	16
SSU	--	--	--	16

Oceania
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
OUT	5	S15	7	7
CHC	4	S09	6	7
POG	3	S12	11	3
OKL	2	S14	8	4
PAL	2	S03	3	13
SWN	--	--	9	2
AUW	--	--	6	5
DUN	--	--	2	11
UPI	--	--	2	2
HAM	--	--	--	16

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

Van Diemen's Land

16

1

Van Diemen's Land

9

9

8

9

5

5

12

5

4

13

4

5

5

6

3

14

Australian Federal

3

6

11

6

6

2

7

Papua Old Guyana

10

Southern Kingsland

7

Papua Old Guyana

2

15

Royal Selbourne

2

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	13
POG	Papua Old Guyana	11
ARU	Australian Religious	11
CHF	Chifley	11
RST	Royal Selbourne	11
UOL	Our Lady	10
SWN	Selwyn	9

Quarter Finals
DSN	Dickson	8
POG	Papua Old Guyana	8
ARU	Australian Religious	8
KUT	Kingsland Tech	7
OUT	Orkland Tech	6
CHF	Chifley	6
PKR	Packer	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
OUT	Orkland Tech	4
RST	Royal Selbourne	4
JKN	Jackson	3

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


DSN	Dickson	2
KUT	Kingsland Tech	2
PKR	Packer	2
JKN	Jackson	1
POG	Papua Old Guyana	1
OUT	Orkland Tech	1
SWN	Selwyn	1
EBU	Edith Brown	1

Legend:

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

MOST SUCCESSFUL CONFERENCES OF ALL TIME

SEMI FINALISTS
South-East	15	4
North-East	14	4
Eastern	14	4
Oceania	11	8
Nullarbor	10	3

GRAND FINALISTS
Eastern	8	4
North-East	7	4
Oceania	6	2
Nullarbor	6	2
South-East	5	3


North-East	5	6
Oceania	5	2
Nullarbor	3	2
Eastern	2	3
South-East	1	14

Competition Structure

Teams

Season by Season Summary

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