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

South-East
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	=	VDL	23	1
2nd	+1	RST	19	9
3rd	-1	LON	19	10
4th	=	BTN	14
5th	+4	WIT	11
6th	-1	PSH	11
7th	+1	ALB	9
8th	-2	EKA	8
9th	-2	ARU	7
10th	=	SEL	2

Eastern
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	+1	JKN	22	2
2nd	-1	UOI	21	6
3rd	+1	JOU	16	13
4th	-1	AFU	16
5th	+1	UNH	15
6th	+2	OLD	13
7th	-2	UTJ	10
8th	-1	CAP	9
9th	+1	WJU	5
10th	-1	BGH	4

North-East
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	=	JBU	22	3
2nd	=	USK	20	7
3rd	+1	KLD	17	12
4th	-1	KUT	17	16
5th	+3	SKE	10
6th	-1	CKU	10
7th	=	UNS	9
8th	+1	DSN	7
9th	+1	SSU	5
10th	-4	UGC	5

Oceania
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	=	OUT	20	4
2nd	+1	OKL	16	14
3rd	+1	SWN	15	15
4th	+3	HAM	13
5th	=	UPI	13
6th	-4	POG	13
7th	+2	CHC	12
8th	-2	AUW	11
9th	+1	DUN	2
10th	-2	PAL	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	5	S13	11	(1)
PKR	5	S15	9	6
CHF	3	S07	11	6
RIV	2	S11	9	3
EBU	2	S16	7	4
WIL	--	--	3	9
BSS	--	--	2	14
UFC	--	--	2	(1)
UTE	--	--	--	17
USC	--	--	--	17

South-East
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
ARU	6	S10	11	5
RST	4	S13	12	2
VDL	4	S16	5	5
SEL	2	S03	5	12
PSH	1	S01	1	16
LON	--	--	7	7
ALB	--	--	5	12
WIT	--	--	4	6
BTN	--	--	2	2
EKA	--	--	1	10

Eastern
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
JOU	4	S14	10	(1)
CAP	4	S12	7	2
UOI	4	S16	7	2
JKN	3	S15	6	6
OLD	2	S05	7	10
AFU	--	--	9	(1)
BGH	--	--	4	7
UTJ	--	--	4	6
UNH	--	--	--	17
WJU	--	--	--	17

North-East
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
KUT	5	S10	14	3
JBU	5	S16	7	3
DSN	3	S14	13	3
UNS	2	S12	8	3
USK	2	S15	5	5
CKU	--	--	5	11
UGC	--	--	1	8
KLD	--	--	1	(16)
SKE	--	--	--	17
SSU	--	--	--	17

Oceania
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
OUT	6	S16	8	8
CHC	4	S09	6	8
POG	3	S12	11	(3)
OKL	2	S14	9	5
PAL	2	S03	3	14
SWN	--	--	10	3
AUW	--	--	6	6
DUN	--	--	2	12
UPI	--	--	2	3
HAM	--	--	--	17

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

Royal Selbourne

9

Royal Selbourne

8

9

Royal Selbourne

4

5

12

5

4

13

4

4

4

2

3

14

3

11

11

6

11

2

7

Southern Kingsland

10

7

Southern Kingsland

2

15

2

Playoff Finals

Quarter Finals

Semi Finals

Grand Final

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MOST SUCCESSFUL ANZUC TEAMS OF ALL TIME

Playoff Finals
KUT	Kingsland Tech	14
DSN	Dickson	13
RST	Royal Selbourne	12
POG	Papua Old Guyana	11
ARU	Australian Religious	11
CHF	Chifley	11
UOL	Our Lady	11
SWN	Selwyn	10

Quarter Finals
DSN	Dickson	8
POG	Papua Old Guyana	8
ARU	Australian Religious	8
KUT	Kingsland Tech	7
OUT	Orkland Tech	7
RST	Royal Selbourne	6
CHF	Chifley	6
UOL	Our Lady	6

Semi Finals
DSN	Dickson	5
OUT	Orkland Tech	5
RST	Royal Selbourne	5
KUT	Kingsland Tech	4
PKR	Packer	4
JKN	Jackson	4
POG	Papua Old Guyana	4
ARU	Australian Religious	4

Grand Finals
JKN	Jackson	4
DSN	Dickson	3
KUT	Kingsland Tech	3
PKR	Packer	3
OUT	Orkland Tech	2
POG	Papua Old Guyana	2
ARU	Australian Religious	2
RIV	River	2


DSN	Dickson	2
KUT	Kingsland Tech	2
PKR	Packer	2
OUT	Orkland Tech	2
JKN	Jackson	1
POG	Papua Old Guyana	1
EBU	Edith Brown	1
SWN	Selwyn	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	16	5
Eastern	15	5
North-East	14	5
Oceania	12	9
Nullarbor	11	4

GRAND FINALISTS
Eastern	9	5
Oceania	7	(2)
North-East	7	5
Nullarbor	6	(2)
South-East	5	4


Oceania	6	(2)
North-East	5	7
Nullarbor	3	(2)
Eastern	2	4
South-East	1	15

Competition Structure

Teams

Season by Season Summary

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