2013 Varsity Football

[2] University Sport South Africa discussed the Varsity Football proposal at its 2012 annual general meeting.

[5] The eight teams competing in the men's Varsity Football challenge are: The four teams competing in the women's Varsity Football challenge are: For both the men's and women's tournaments, qualification was based on the 2012 University Sports South Africa National Club Championships.

For the men's tournament, UP-Tuks qualified as USSA champions, and NWU-Mafikeng as losing finalists.

Wits and UWC qualified as losing quarter finalists, while WSU-Potsdam and CPUT, both of which also lost in the quarter-finals were ineligible.

Higher placed University of Venda, WSU-Ibika and UKZN-Edgewood were not invited, as they are not linked to Varsity Sports.

VUT, a losing semi-finalist, was not invited, lacking affiliation with Varsity Sports at the time.