Past results of tertiary sport events

The 2018 Massey netball team was victorious in the National Tertiary Championships.

Massey in the National Tertiary Championships

Massey University has taken part in the National Tertiary Championships since 2017. Before then, we competed in a few events.

Each year, New Zealand universities and tertiary institutions compete in various sports for the National Tertiary Championship Shield. A team gets points for taking part and scores points for coming in the top three. The university with the most points after the final event wins the University and Tertiary Sport New Zealand Shield.

The National Tertiary Championships were cancelled in 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Only the National Tertiary Badminton Championship went ahead. It took place in September 2020 at Counties Manukau Badminton Association. Massey also hosted an invitational hockey event.

Annual rankings

See the table for where Massey University has placed in the annual National Tertiary Championships.

Massey University annual placings in the National Tertiary Championships.
Year	Shield ranking	Spirit award (Te Kaitiaki)
2020	Shield not awarded due to Covid19	-
2021	6th	7th
2022	8th	1st
2023	8th	2nd
2024	8th	5th
2025	8th	1st

Badminton

Badminton - Mixed Team annual rankings
Year	Badminton - Mixed Team
2017	3rd
2018	4th
2019	2nd
2020	2nd
2021	2nd
2022	6th
2023	6th
2024
2025	8th

3x3 Basketball

3x3 Basketball annual rankings
Year	3x3 Basketball - Men's Team	3x3 Basketball - Women's Team
2017	8th	-
2018	8th	-
2019	6th	4th
2020	Events not held due to Covid 19	Events not held due to Covid 19
2021	3rd	7th
2022	7th	3rd
2023	7th	7th
2024	5th	8th
2025	7th	6th

Volleyball

Volleyball annual rankings
Year	Volleyball - Men's Team	Volleyball - Women's Team
2017	-	5th
2018	4th	4th
2019	4th	5th
2020	Events not held due to Covid 19	Events not held due to Covid 19
2021	6th	4th
2022	5th	4th
2023	6th	3rd
2024	6th	6th
2025	7th	6th

Futsal

Futsal annual rankings
Year	Futsal - Men's Team	Futsal - Women's Team
2017	5th	6th
2018	7th	4th
2019	4th	2nd
2020	Events not held due to Covid 19	Events not held due to Covid 19
2021	7th	7th
2022	7th	6th
2023	6th	6th
2024	6th	5th
2025	6th	6th

Ultimate

Ultimate - Mixed Team annual rankings
Year	Ultimate - Mixed Team
2017	-
2018	4th
2019	5th
2020	Events not held due to Covid 19
2021	Events not held due to Covid 19
2022	7th
2023	6th
2024	-
2025	7th

5x5 Basketball

5x5 Basketball annual rankings
Year	5x5 Basketball - Men's Team	5x5 Basketball - Women's Team
2017	7th	-
2018	7th	4th
2019	8th	7th
2020	Events not held due to Covid 19	Events not held due to Covid 19
2021	Events not held due to Covid 19	Events not held due to Covid 19
2022	8th	-
2023	7th	6th
2024	3rd	7th
2025	4th	8th

Netball

Netball annual rankings
Year	Netball - Mixed Team
2017	4th
2018	1st
2019	4th
2020	Events not held due to Covid 19
2021	Events not held due to Covid 19
2022	3rd
2023	3rd
2024	2nd
2025	7th

Rowing

Rowing annual rankings
Year	Rowing - Mixed Team
2017	-
2018	-
2019	-
2020	Events not held due to Covid 19
2021	7th
2022	7th
2023	-
2024	8th
2025	-

Hockey

Hockey annual rankings
Year	Hockey - Women's Team
2017	-
2018	2nd
2019	1st
2020	1st
2021	-
2022	-
2023	-
2024	-
2025	-

Table Tennis

Table Tennis annual rankings
Year	Table Tennis - Men's Team	Table Tennis - Women's Team
2017	4th	-
2018	3rd	1st
2019	6th	3rd
2020	-	-
2021	-	-
2022	-	-
2023	-	-
2024	-	-
2025	-	-

Rugby Sevens

Rugby Sevens - Women's Team annual rankings
Year	Rugby Sevens - Women's Team
2017	1st
2018	2nd
2019	1st
2020	-
2021	-
2022	-
2023	-
2024	-
2025	-

Spirit Award – Te Kaitiaki

Te Kaitiaki, the National Tertiary Spirit Champion award recognises the tertiary institution that has captured the spirit of national championship events as determined by participant vote across all UTSNZ National Tertiary Championships throughout the year.

The Spirit Award was first introduced in 2021 and is awarded based on three ‘Pou’ (pillars) that form the award’s overall criteria, each as important as the others. The combination of these Pou captures the overall spirit of the National Tertiary Championships, with examples of desirable attitude and behaviour provided and include Kotahitanga, Manaakitanga and Rangatiratanga.