Nedbank Cup is a South African club football (soccer) tournament. The knockout tournament, based on the English FA Cup format, was one of a weak opponent facing a stronger one. The competition was sponsored by ABSA until 2007, after which Nedbank took over sponsorship.
Format The 16 Premiership clubs, 8 National First Division teams, as well as 8 teams from the amateur ranks competed for the prize money of R6 million. The winner also qualified for the CAF Confederation Cup.
The teams are not seeded at any stage, and the first 16 sides drawn out of the hat received home-ground advantage. There were no longer any replays in the tournament, and any games which ended in a draw after 90 minutes were subject to 30 minutes extra time followed by penalties if necessary.
Teams The 32 teams competing in the Nedbank Cup competition are: (listed according to the league that they are playing in).
Premiership
Ajax Cape Town AmaZulu Bidvest Wits Black Leopards Bloemfontein Celtic Free State Stars Golden Arrows Jomo Cosmos Kaizer Chiefs Mamelodi Sundowns Moroka Swallows Orlando Pirates Platinum Stars Santos Supersport United Thanda Royal Zulu
National First Division
FC Cape Town Nathi Lions Ikapa Sporting Mpumalanga Black Aces Winners Park Durban Stars FC AK Vasco Da Gama
Vodacom League
Yebo Yes United Matatiel Professionals Peace Lovers African Warriors Inspection FC Bloemfontein Young Tigers North West Shining Stars Young Ones
Results
Bracket
First round (round of 32)
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Bidvest Wits Premiership 1 (4) – 1 (5)Winners Park National First Division 2Kaizer Chiefs PremiershipPhil Evans 2 – 0 Ajax Cape Town Premiership3FC Cape Town National First Division 1 – 0Durban Stars National First Division 4Yebo Yes United Vodacom League 2 (3) – 2 (4)FC AK National First Division 5Golden Arrows Premiership 1 – 1Jomo Cosmos Premiership6Matatiel Professionals Vodacom League 4 – 3 Bloemfontein Young Tigers Vodacom League7Supersport United Premiership 1 – 2Mamelodi Sundowns Premiership8Nathi Lions National First Division 1 – 0 North West Shining Stars Vodacom League9Ikapa Sporting National First Division 3 – 2 Bloemfontein Celtic Premiership10 Peace Lovers Vodacom League 2 – 3 Vasco Da Gama National First Division 11Mpumalanga Black Aces National First Division 2 – 0 Thanda Royal Zulu Premiership12Free State Stars Premiership 1 (4) – 1 (3) Platinum Stars Premiership13Santos Premiership 2 (5) – 2 (4) Orlando Pirates Premiership14AmaZulu Premiership 14 – 0 Young Ones Vodacom League15African Warriors Vodacom League 0 – 3 Moroka Swallows Premiership16Inspection FC Vodacom League 0 – 3 Black Leopards Premiership
Matches
Teams Qualified for Second round
Kaizer Chiefs (Premiership) Jomo Cosmos (Premiership) Mamelodi Sundowns (Premiership) Free State Stars (Premiership) Santos (Premiership) AmaZulu (Premiership) Moroka Swallows (Premiership) Black Leopards (Premiership) Winners Park (NFD) FC Cape Town (NFD) FC AK (NFD) Nathi Lions (NFD) Ikapa Sporting (NFD) Vasco Da Gama (NFD) Mpumalanga Black Aces (NFD) Matatiel Professionals (Vodacom League)
Second round (round of 16)
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Free State Stars Premiership 8 – 1 Ikapa Sporting National First Division 2Kaizer Chiefs Premiership 1 (4) – 1 (5) Mamelodi Sundowns Premiership 3 Vasco Da Gama National First Division 0 – 5 AmaZulu Premiership 4Mpumalanga Black Aces National First Division 1 – 0 FC AK National First Division 5Moroka Swallows Premiership 1 – 3 Santos Premiership6FC Cape Town National First Division 1 – 0 Winners Park National First Division 7Jomo Cosmos Premiership 0 (3) – 0 (5) Nathi Lions National First Division8Black Leopards Premiership 2 – 0 Matatiel Professionals Vodacom League
Teams Qualified for Quarter-finals
AmaZulu (Premiership) Black Leopards (Premiership) Free State Stars (Premiership) Mamelodi Sundowns (Premiership) Santos (Premiership) FC Cape Town (NFD) Mpumalanga Black Aces (NFD) Nathi Lions (NFD)
Quarter-finals
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1FC Cape Town National First Division 0 – 2 Mamelodi Sundowns Premiership2Mpumalanga Black Aces National First Division 2 – 0 Nathi Lions National First Division 3 Free State Stars Premiership 1 – 0 Santos Premiership4 Black Leopards Premiership 2 – 3 AmaZulu Premiership
Teams Qualified for Semi-finals
Mamelodi Sundowns (Premiership) Free State Stars (Premiership) AmaZulu (Premiership) Mpumalanga Black Aces (NFD)
Semi-finals
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1 Mamelodi Sundowns Premiership 1 – 0 AmaZulu Premiership2Mpumalanga Black Aces National First Division 1 – 0 Free State Stars Premiership
Teams Qualified for Finals
Mamelodi Sundowns (Premiership) Mpumalanga Black Aces (NFD)
Finals
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1 Mamelodi Sundowns Premiership 1 – 0 Mpumalanga Black Aces National First Division
References
External links Nedbank Cup Official Website Nedbank Official Website Premier Soccer League South African Football Association Confederation of African Football