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	RIV	22	1
2nd	-1	USC	22	6
3rd	+2	CHF	18	8
4th	-2	UTE	18	16
5th	-1	PKR	12
6th	=	EBU	10
7th	+3	UFC	8
8th	-1	WIL	8
9th	-1	UOL	7
10th	-1	BSS	2

South-East
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	+4	ARU	17	5
2nd	+2	LON	16	11
3rd	-2	SEL	16	12
4th	-1	RST	14
5th	-3	WIT	14
6th	+1	BTN	10
7th	-1	PSH	10
8th	+2	VDL	8
9th	-1	EKA	8
10th	-1	ALB	5

Eastern
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	=	CAP	20	3
2nd	=	UOI	17	9
3rd	+1	UNH	15	14
4th	+2	UTJ	14
5th	-2	AFU	14
6th	+1	OLD	12
7th	+1	JOU	9
8th	+2	JKN	7
9th	=	BGH	7
10th	-5	WJU	7

North-East
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	+2	UNS	21	2
2nd	-1	JBU	19	7
3rd	+1	CKU	15	13
4th	-2	KUT	15
5th	+1	USK	14
6th	+2	DSN	11
7th	=	KLD	10
8th	-3	SKE	9
9th	+1	SSU	7
10th	-1	UGC	3

Oceania
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	=	AUW	18	4
2nd	+2	CHC	16	10
3rd	=	POG	15	15
4th	+1	OUT	13
5th	+2	UPI	12
6th	-4	SWN	12
7th	+2	OKL	11
8th	-2	DUN	10
9th	-1	PAL	6
10th	=	HAM	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	12	S25	20	3
PKR	6	S27	11	2
CHF	4	S21	16	(3)
RIV	3	S11	15	3
EBU	2	S16	10	6
UTE	1	S26	6	6
USC	1	S28	2	2
UFC	--	--	8	6
WIL	--	--	3	21
BSS	--	--	2	26

South-East
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
ARU	7	S10	12	(15)
RST	6	S19	19	(1)
VDL	5	S20	11	4
SEL	4	S28	9	4
ALB	3	S23	9	5
LON	1	S25	14	6
WIT	1	S26	13	(4)
EKA	1	S24	3	5
PSH	1	S01	1	28
BTN	--	--	2	14

Eastern
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
UOI	9	S22	15	2
CAP	9	S28	13	6
JOU	4	S14	14	3
JKN	3	S17	9	8
OLD	2	S05	7	22
UTJ	1	S24	11	4
UNH	1	S23	6	(1)
AFU	--	--	10	(1)
BGH	--	--	6	8
WJU	--	--	1	2

North-East
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
KUT	10	S27	22	(8)
JBU	8	S28	16	7
UNS	3	S12	15	3
DSN	3	S14	13	15
KLD	3	S21	5	8
USK	2	S15	8	7
CKU	--	--	7	(1)
UGC	--	--	3	9
SKE	--	--	3	3
SSU	--	--	--	29

Oceania
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
POG	6	S26	19	2
OUT	6	S17	10	6
AUW	5	S28	14	8
CHC	4	S09	8	(1)
SWN	3	S21	19	(2)
OKL	3	S18	13	8
PAL	2	S03	3	26
UPI	--	--	4	10
DUN	--	--	3	3
HAM	--	--	--	29

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

9

8

1

5

Australian Religious

5

Australian Religious

12

5

Australian Religious

4

Albert of Wellington

13

Central Kingsland

4

Albert of Wellington

5

Australian Religious

2

2

3

14

3

6

11

6

3

2

7

10

7

2

15

Papua Old Guyana

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	22
UOL	Our Lady	20
SWN	Selwyn	19
POG	Papua Old Guyana	19
RST	Royal Selbourne	19
JBU	Joseph Banks	16
CHF	Chifley	16
UNS	New Scotland	15

Quarter Finals
KUT	Kingsland Tech	13
UOL	Our Lady	13
POG	Papua Old Guyana	11
JBU	Joseph Banks	10
WIT	Windburne	10
JOU	John Oxley	9
CHF	Chifley	9
ARU	Australian Religious	9

Semi Finals
KUT	Kingsland Tech	10
AUW	Albert of Wellington	6
RST	Royal Selbourne	6
JBU	Joseph Banks	5
DSN	Dickson	5
OUT	Orkland Tech	5
SWN	Selwyn	5
JKN	Jackson	5

Grand Finals
KUT	Kingsland Tech	8
JKN	Jackson	5
JBU	Joseph Banks	3
DSN	Dickson	3
PKR	Packer	3
ARU	Australian Religious	3
OUT	Orkland Tech	2
SWN	Selwyn	2


KUT	Kingsland Tech	5
JBU	Joseph Banks	2
DSN	Dickson	2
PKR	Packer	2
OUT	Orkland Tech	2
SWN	Selwyn	2
JKN	Jackson	1
UOL	Our Lady	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	29	12
South-East	25	(1)
Oceania	22	(2)
Eastern	21	2
Nullarbor	19	(2)

GRAND FINALISTS
North-East	17	7
Eastern	12	9
Oceania	10	2
Nullarbor	10	7
South-East	9	(4)


North-East	11	6
Oceania	7	9
Nullarbor	6	7
Eastern	3	11
South-East	2	6

Competition Structure

Teams

Season by Season Summary

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