2020 MTN 8
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | South Africa |
| Dates | 17 October 2020 – 12 December 2020 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Orlando Pirates (10th title) |
| Runner-up | Bloemfontein Celtic |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 9 |
| Goals scored | 20 (2.22 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) | (2 goals) Mogakolodi Ngele Yagan Sasman Ghampani Lungu Thembinkosi Lorch |
The 2020 MTN 8 was the 46th edition of South Africa's annual soccer cup competition, the MTN 8. It featured the top eight teams of the Premier Soccer League at the end of the 2019–20 season.
Supersport United were defending champions, but were eliminated in the Semifinal by Bloemfontein Celtic.
The competition was won by Orlando Pirates, ending a six-year trophy drought.[1]
Teams
[edit]The eight teams competing in the MTN 8 knockout competition are (listed according to their finishing position in the 2019/2020 Premier Soccer League Season):
- Mamelodi Sundowns
- Kaizer Chiefs
- Orlando Pirates
- Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila (purchased the position from Bidvest Wits)
- SuperSport United
- Cape Town City
- Maritzburg
- Bloemfontein Celtic
Quarter-finals
[edit]| Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila | 2–3 | SuperSport United |
|---|---|---|
Ngele  44', 56' |
Report | 8' Grobler 28' Rayners 33' Lungu |
| Orlando Pirates | 1–0 | Cape Town City |
|---|---|---|
| Dzvukamanja 23' |
Report |
| Kaizer Chiefs | 2–1 | Maritzburg United |
|---|---|---|
| Sasman 73', 75' |
Report | 32' Kutumela |
| Mamelodi Sundowns | 0–1 | Bloemfontein Celtic |
|---|---|---|
| Report | 69' Letsoalo |
Semi-finals
[edit]| Orlando Pirates | 3–0 | Kaizer Chiefs |
|---|---|---|
| Z.Lepasa 26' V.Pule 66'T.Lorch 81' |
| SuperSport United | 1–1 | Bloemfontein Celtic |
|---|---|---|
| G.Lungu 50' |
14' N.Mabena |
| Bloemfontein Celtic | 1–0 | Supersport United |
|---|---|---|
| V.Letsoalo 49' |
Bloemfontein Celtic won 2–1 on aggregate
Orlando Pirates won 5–0 on aggregate
Final
[edit]| Bloemfontein Celtic | 1-2 | Orlando Pirates |
|---|---|---|
| Luthuli 4' |
Report | Hotto 32' Lorch 53' |
Luthuli scores his goal after a corner kick for Bloemfontein Celtic in the 4th minute. Orlando Pirates player Thabang Monare received an injury and was replaced by Thembinkosi lorch. In the 32nd minutes, Hotto levels the matter for Orlando Pirates and the score was 1–1. After half time Thembinkosi lorch was fouled in the box and the referee called for a penalty in which was taken by lorch and made it 2–1 for Pirates scoring his second goal in the competition. The match ended in 2–1 and Pirates took the trophy ending their six-year trophy drought.
Statistics
[edit]| No | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mogakolodi Ngele
|
Tshakhuma | 2 |
 Victor Letsoalo
|
Bloem Celtic | ||
| Ghampani Lungu
|
Supersport United | ||
| Yagan Sasman
|
Kaizer Chiefs | ||
| Thembinkosi Lorch
|
Orlando Pirates | ||
| 2 |  Terrence Dzvukamanja
|
Orlando Pirates | 1 |
| Linda Mntambo
| |||
| Fortune Makaringe
| |||
| Vincent Pule
| |||
 Deon Hotto
| |||
| Zakhele Lepasa
| |||
| Iqraam Rayners
|
Supersport United | ||
| Bradley Grobler
| |||
| Thabiso Kutumela
|
Maritzburg United | ||
| Ndumiso Mabena
|
Bloemfontein Celtic |
References
[edit]- ^ "MTN8 Final Report: Bloemfontein Celtic v Orlando Pirates 12 December 2020". Soccer Laduma. 12 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.