MTN_8

MTN 8

MTN 8

South African football cup competition

MTN 8 is the current branding for a South African soccer cup competition launched in 1972 for teams who finished in the top 8 positions of the league table of the country's preceding top-flight league (currently the DStv Premiership) season.

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The winners receive R 8 million and the competition's trophy, which is one of the three domestic trophies attainable by its competitors each soccer season, with the other two being the top-flight league title and the country's premier knock-out competition, the Nedbank Cup.[citation needed]

Like the EFL Cup in England, the competition name bears its title title sponsor; from its launch until 2002, it was known as the BP Top 8 and as the SAA Supa 8 until 2008.[1]

Format

Since the competition features 8 teams, the first round, also known as the quarter-finals, has the following format:

This is based on the appearance of the league table at the conclusion of the preceding league season.
  • 1st-place team v 8th-placed team
  • 2nd-placed team v 7th-placed team
  • 3rd-placed team v 6th-placed team
  • 4th-placed team v 5th-placed team

The second round, or the semi-finals, are played over two legs.

Prize money

As of 2020, the prize money is as follows:[2]

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Winners

The previous winners of the competition are as follows:

As BP Top 8 (1972–2002)

As SAA Super 8 (2003–2007)

As MTN 8 (2008–present)

Results by team

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References

  1. [1]
    "SAA takes over Top 8". News24. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  2. [2]
    "MTN8: Prize money, previous winners, fixtures and predictions". The South African. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Ajax Cape Town trump Kaizer Chiefs to become MTN8 champions". The Citizen. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  4. [4]
    "Ajax stun Chiefs to win MTN8". News 24. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
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