Vodacom Cup

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Vodacom Cup
Current season or competition:
2014 Vodacom Cup

Competition logo
Sport Rugby union
Inaugural season 1998
No. of teams 16
Country  South Africa
 Namibia
 Argentina
 Kenya
Most recent champion(s) Golden Lions
Most titles Golden Lions (5)
Sponsor(s) Vodacom
Related competitions Currie Cup

The Vodacom Cup is an annual rugby union competition in South Africa which is contested between February and May.

The competition is the third most prestigious competition in rugby union in South Africa, behind Super Rugby and the Currie Cup. It runs at roughly the same time as Super Rugby and serves as an important developmental competition for South African rugby.

It was first held in 1998 and has been sponsored by Vodacom since the inaugural season.

The competition is open to the fourteen South African rugby unions, but also featured invitational teams from outside the country – the Welwitschias from Namibia played in the competition between 1999 and 2001 and in 2010 and 2011, Pampas XV from Argentina participated between 2010 and 2013 and a Simba XV from Kenya participated in 2014.[1][2] In addition, Limpopo Blue Bulls (normally part of the Blue Bulls team) also took part as a separate team from 2013.

Teams

The following teams took part in the Vodacom Cup competition since its inception:

Vodacom Cup teams
Team First Season No of Seasons Other Names
Blue Bulls 1998 16
Boland Cavaliers 1998 16 Boland
Border Bulldogs 1998 16 Border
Eastern Province Kings 1998 16 Mighty Elephants
Falcons 1998 16
Free State XV 1998 16 Free State Cheetahs
Golden Lions 1998 16
Griffons 1998 16 Northern Free State
Griquas 1998 16 Griqualand West
Leopards XV 1998 16 North West
Limpopo Blue Bulls 2013 1
Pampas XV Argentina 2010 4
Pumas 1998 16 Mpumalanga Pumas
Sharks XV 1998 16 Natal Wildebeest
Simba XV Kenya 2014 0
SWD Eagles 1998 16
Welwitschias Namibia 1999 5 Namibia Kudus
Western Province 1998 16
The Vodacom Cup logo 1998-2010

Finals

Season Winner Score Runner-up
1998 Griqualand West 57–0 Golden Lions
1999 Golden Lions 73–7 Griqualand West
2000 Free State Cheetahs 44–24 Griqualand West
2001 Blue Bulls 42–24 Boland Cavaliers
2002 Golden Lions 54–38 Blue Bulls
2003 Golden Lions 26–17 Blue Bulls
2004 Golden Lions 35–16 Blue Bulls
2005 Griquas 27–25 Leopards
2006 Falcons 25–17 Natal Wildebeest
2007 Griquas 33–29 Blue Bulls
2008 Blue Bulls 25–21 Free State Cheetahs
2009 Griquas 28–19 Blue Bulls
2010 Blue Bulls 31–29 Free State Cheetahs
2011 Pampas XV 14–9 Blue Bulls
2012 Western Province 20–18 Griquas
2013 Golden Lions 42–28 Pumas

Overall Record

Team Name Wins Runner-up Semi-Final Quarter Final Winning seasons
1 Golden Lions 5 1 0 6 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2013
2 Griquas 4 3 3 2 1998, 2005, 2007, 2009
3 Blue Bulls 3 6 2 2 2001, 2008, 2010
4 Free State Cheetahs 1 2 3 3 2000
5 Falcons 1 0 3 0 2006
6 Western Province 1 0 3 4 2012
7 Pampas XV Argentina 1 0 0 2 2011
8 Sharks XV 0 1 5 3
9 Boland Cavaliers 0 1 4 3
10 Leopards 0 1 3 2
11 Pumas 0 1 2 1
12 Eastern Province Kings 0 0 1 3
13 SWD Eagles 0 0 1 1
14 Border Bulldogs 0 0 0 0
Griffons 0 0 0 0
Limpopo Blue Bulls 0 0 0 0
Simba XV Kenya 0 0 0 0
Welwitschias Namibia 0 0 0 0

Vodacom Shield

From 2001 to 2004, the teams finishing outside the top 4 in the pool phases played in a secondary competition called the Vodacom Shield.

Finals

Season Winner Score Runner-up
2001 Griffons 40–27 Mighty Elephants
2002 Mighty Elephants 26–20 Natal
2003 Border Bulldogs 32–0 Griquas
2004 Boland Cavaliers 19–12 SWD Eagles

Overall Record

Team Name Wins Runner-up Semi-Final Winning seasons
1 Eastern Province Kings 1 1 1 2002
2 Border Bulldogs 1 0 1 2003
3 Boland Cavaliers 1 0 0 2004
Griffons 1 0 0 2001
5 Griquas 0 1 1
SWD Eagles 0 1 1
7 Sharks XV 0 1 0
8 Western Province 0 0 2
9 Leopards 0 0 1
Pumas 0 0 1
11 Falcons 0 0 0

Notes and references

  1. "Argentina and Namibia to play in Vodacom Cup". South African Rugby Union. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2010. 
  2. "Official Home of the Springboks". SA Rugby. Retrieved 2011-12-08. 

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