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
	=	EBU	24	1
2nd	+3	UTE	21	7
3rd	-1	CHF	17	9
4th	+2	PKR	15	16
5th	-1	WIL	13
6th	+1	UOL	10
7th	-4	UFC	10
8th	+1	USC	7
9th	-1	BSS	6
10th	=	RIV	3

South-East
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	+2	ARU	24	2
2nd	-1	SEL	24	6
3rd	+2	WIT	13	15
4th	-2	VDL	13
5th	-1	RST	12
6th	+4	PSH	10
7th	-1	EKA	9
8th	+1	BTN	7
9th	-1	ALB	7
10th	-3	LON	6

Eastern
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	=	UNH	20	5
2nd	=	CAP	17	11
3rd	=	AFU	15	14
4th	+6	WJU	13
5th	-1	OLD	13
6th	+1	UOI	12
7th	+1	JOU	11
8th	-2	UTJ	9
9th	-4	BGH	6
10th	-1	JKN	4

North-East
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	=	DSN	20	4
2nd	+3	JBU	15	12
3rd	+1	CKU	15	13
4th	-1	UGC	15
5th	-3	USK	14
6th	+1	KLD	11
7th	-1	KUT	10
8th	+1	UNS	8
9th	-1	SKE	8
10th	=	SSU	6

Oceania
Conference

Pos	Chg	Uni	Pts	Seed
	=	HAM	22	3
2nd	=	AUW	20	8
3rd	=	SWN	17	10
4th	+4	CHC	13
5th	-1	PAL	13
6th	+4	OKL	12
7th	-1	UPI	12
8th	+1	POG	7
9th	-4	DUN	7
10th	-3	OUT	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	2
EBU	6	S43	17	4
PKR	6	S27	14	(4)
CHF	5	S42	24	5
RIV	4	S30	17	13
UFC	3	S35	16	(1)
USC	2	S40	8	4
UTE	1	S26	7	(14)
BSS	--	--	5	6
WIL	--	--	3	36

South-East
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
ARU	16	S41	24	2
RST	10	S37	29	2
SEL	6	S43	15	5
VDL	5	S20	19	(2)
ALB	3	S23	9	20
LON	1	S25	16	13
WIT	1	S26	16	(5)
EKA	1	S24	8	4
PSH	1	S01	1	43
BTN	--	--	2	29

Eastern
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
CAP	11	S37	24	3
UOI	9	S22	20	2
UNH	4	S43	21	16
AFU	4	S41	17	2
JOU	4	S14	14	18
BGH	4	S34	11	4
JKN	3	S17	9	23
OLD	2	S05	9	2
WJU	2	S36	5	8
UTJ	1	S24	11	19

North-East
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
JBU	14	S38	26	(5)
KUT	10	S27	22	15
DSN	5	S43	20	4
CKU	5	S42	17	6
UNS	4	S31	23	7
USK	3	S39	12	(1)
KLD	3	S21	5	23
SKE	--	--	9	4
UGC	--	--	8	(5)
SSU	--	--	--	44

Oceania
Conference

Uni		Prev	Q	Seq
OUT	8	S33	14	6
AUW	7	S34	21	2
PAL	7	S39	10	3
POG	6	S26	22	7
CHC	5	S31	12	11
SWN	3	S21	25	3
OKL	3	S18	14	3
HAM	3	S43	4	4
UPI	2	S41	14	2
DUN	--	--	3	18

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

16

9

9

8

Albert of Wellington

9

13

Central Kingsland

5

12

5

13

Central Kingsland

13

Central Kingsland

4

13

Central Kingsland

6

6

3

14

Australian Federal

3

6

11

6

6

7

7

10

7

2

Australian Religious

15

2

Australian Religious

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	26
ARU	Australian Religious	25
SWN	Selwyn	25
CHF	Chifley	24
CAP	Capital	24
UNS	New Scotland	23

Quarter Finals
UOL	Our Lady	18
ARU	Australian Religious	16
JBU	Joseph Banks	15
CHF	Chifley	14
KUT	Kingsland Tech	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
CKU	Central Kingsland	5
JKN	Jackson	5
UOL	Our Lady	4
AUW	Albert of Wellington	4
JBU	Joseph Banks	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	45	4
Oceania	35	(2)
South-East	35	2
Nullarbor	31	2
Eastern	29	2

GRAND FINALISTS
North-East	24	(1)
Eastern	18	2
Nullarbor	16	(1)
South-East	16	2
Oceania	14	3


North-East	13	5
Nullarbor	9	(1)
Oceania	9	10
South-East	7	(2)
Eastern	6	2

Competition Structure

Teams

Season by Season Summary

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