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

Prev Season | Conference Play, Season 43 | Next Season

Nullarbor
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	+1	EBU	24	3
2nd	-1	CHF	20	7
3rd	+1	UFC	16	13
4th	+6	WIL	13
5th	+4	UTE	12
6th	=	PKR	12
7th	-4	UOL	12
8th	-3	BSS	11
9th	-1	USC	4
10th	-3	RIV	4

South-East
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	=	SEL	27	1
2nd	+1	VDL	15	14
3rd	+3	ARU	13	15
4th	-2	RST	12
5th	+3	WIT	10
6th	-2	EKA	10
7th	+3	LON	9
8th	-1	ALB	8
9th	-4	BTN	8
10th	-1	PSH	7

Eastern
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	=	UNH	22	4
2nd	=	CAP	18	10
3rd	+3	AFU	17	11
4th	-1	OLD	12
5th	=	BGH	11
6th	+3	UTJ	10
7th	-3	UOI	10
8th	+2	JOU	8
9th	-1	JKN	7
10th	-3	WJU	7

North-East
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	+1	DSN	24	2
2nd	+2	USK	21	6
3rd	=	UGC	19	8
4th	-3	CKU	17	16
5th	=	JBU	13
6th	+1	KUT	10
7th	+2	KLD	7
8th	=	SKE	7
9th	-3	UNS	7
10th	=	SSU	5

Oceania
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	=	HAM	21	5
2nd	+4	AUW	19	9
3rd	=	SWN	17	12
4th	=	PAL	16
5th	+4	DUN	12
6th	-4	UPI	12
7th	+3	OUT	9
8th	=	CHC	7
9th	-2	POG	7
10th	-5	OKL	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
UOL	17	S41	30	(10)
PKR	6	S27	13	4
CHF	5	S42	23	4
EBU	5	S32	16	3
RIV	4	S30	17	12
UFC	3	S35	16	(3)
USC	2	S40	8	3
UTE	1	S26	6	14
BSS	--	--	5	5
WIL	--	--	3	35

South-East
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
ARU	15	S41	23	(1)
RST	10	S37	29	(2)
SEL	6	S42	14	4
VDL	5	S20	19	2
ALB	3	S23	9	19
LON	1	S25	16	12
WIT	1	S26	15	5
EKA	1	S24	8	3
PSH	1	S01	1	42
BTN	--	--	2	28

Eastern
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
CAP	11	S37	23	2
UOI	9	S22	20	(2)
AFU	4	S41	16	(1)
JOU	4	S14	14	17
BGH	4	S34	11	3
UNH	3	S42	20	15
JKN	3	S17	9	22
OLD	2	S05	9	(1)
WJU	2	S36	5	7
UTJ	1	S24	11	18

North-East
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
JBU	14	S38	25	5
KUT	10	S27	22	14
CKU	5	S42	16	5
UNS	4	S31	23	6
DSN	4	S14	19	3
USK	3	S39	12	(2)
KLD	3	S21	5	22
SKE	--	--	9	3
UGC	--	--	8	5
SSU	--	--	--	43

Oceania
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
OUT	8	S33	14	5
AUW	7	S34	20	(7)
PAL	7	S39	10	2
POG	6	S26	22	6
CHC	5	S31	12	10
SWN	3	S21	24	2
OKL	3	S18	14	2
UPI	2	S41	14	(10)
HAM	2	S42	3	3
DUN	--	--	3	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

16

Central Kingsland

1

8

Glasshouse Coast

9

Albert of Wellington

8

Glasshouse Coast

1

5

5

12

5

13

13

4

1

3

3

3

14

Van Diemen's Land

3

6

Southern Kingsland

11

Australian Federal

6

Southern Kingsland

3

2

7

10

7

2

15

Australian Religious

2

Playoff Finals

Quarter Finals

Semi Finals

Grand Final

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MOST SUCCESSFUL ANZUC TEAMS OF ALL TIME

Playoff Finals
UOL	Our Lady	30
RST	Royal Selbourne	29
JBU	Joseph Banks	25
ARU	Australian Religious	24
SWN	Selwyn	24
UNS	New Scotland	23
CHF	Chifley	23
CAP	Capital	23

Quarter Finals
UOL	Our Lady	18
ARU	Australian Religious	15
JBU	Joseph Banks	15
KUT	Kingsland Tech	13
CHF	Chifley	13
UNS	New Scotland	12
DSN	Dickson	11
EBU	Edith Brown	11

Semi Finals
KUT	Kingsland Tech	10
ARU	Australian Religious	10
AUW	Albert of Wellington	9
UOL	Our Lady	8
JBU	Joseph Banks	8
RST	Royal Selbourne	8
DSN	Dickson	7
SWN	Selwyn	7

Grand Finals
KUT	Kingsland Tech	8
ARU	Australian Religious	7
JKN	Jackson	5
UOL	Our Lady	4
AUW	Albert of Wellington	4
JBU	Joseph Banks	4
CKU	Central Kingsland	4
DSN	Dickson	3


KUT	Kingsland Tech	5
ARU	Australian Religious	4
UOL	Our Lady	3
AUW	Albert of Wellington	2
JBU	Joseph Banks	2
DSN	Dickson	2
SWN	Selwyn	2
BGH	Bligh	2

Legend:

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

MOST SUCCESSFUL CONFERENCES OF ALL TIME

SEMI FINALISTS
North-East	44	3
Oceania	35	2
South-East	34	(1)
Nullarbor	29	(4)
Eastern	29	(4)

GRAND FINALISTS
North-East	23	(2)
Eastern	18	(1)
Nullarbor	16	(4)
South-East	15	(1)
Oceania	14	2


North-East	13	4
Nullarbor	9	(5)
Oceania	9	9
Eastern	6	(1)
South-East	6	2

Competition Structure

Teams

Season by Season Summary

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