2013 MTN 8

2013 MTN 8
Country  South Africa
Teams 8
Matches played 6
Goals scored 20 (3.33 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) S. Mthembu (Platinum Stars) 3

The 2013 MTN 8 was the 39th tournament of South Africa's annual football (soccer) cup competition. It featured the top eight teams of the Premier Soccer League table at the end of the 2012-13 season.

Teams

The eight teams that competed in the MTN 8 knockout competition are listed below according to their finishing position in the 2011/2012 Absa Premier Soccer League Season:

Fixtures & Results

Rules for MTN8

On July 28, 2011 the PSL Executive Committee held a meeting to discuss the issue of home and away fixtures and endorsed an amendment to the MTN8 rules pertaining to the issue of home and away fixtures. The approved rule reads as follows: In the first round of the competition (last 8 or quarter-finals), the clubs finishing in the top four positions of the Premier Division in the previous season will be the home clubs.

Quarter Finals

9 August 2013
18:00
Bidvest Wits 3 – 0 Bloemfontein Celtic
S. Vilakazi  21'
G. Kebedel  22'
P. Faty  90'
K. Wolff Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 		Report
Bidvest Stadium, Braampark
Attendance: 5,000

10 August 2013
15:00
Platinum Stars 3 – 0 Free State Stars
B. Mhlongo  25'
S. Mthembu  73'
M. Ngele  80'
T. Gumede 		Report K. Mashego

10 August 2013
20:15
Kaizer Chiefs 3 – 0 University of Pretoria
T. Mashamaite  5'
M. Mathoho  63'
S. Tshabalala  70' 		Report M. Matsi
L. Mathosi
FNB Stadium, Soweto
Attendance: 10,000

11 August 2013
15:00
Orlando Pirates 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) SuperSport United
L. Bacela  60'
L. Bacela  112' 		Report  30' M. Niang
 91' M. Gabonamong
Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Sibusiso Khumalo
  Penalties  
Jali
Erasmus
Mahamutsa
Bacela
Lekgwathi 		4–3 Williams
Niang
Maluleke
September
Fransman

Semi Finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kaizer Chiefs South Africa 1 - 2 South Africa Orlando Pirates 0–1 1–1
Platinum Stars South Africa 6 - 3 South Africa Bidvest Wits 4–2 2–1

1st Leg

24 August 2013
15:00
Kaizer Chiefs 0 – 1 Orlando Pirates
W. Katsande
S. Gaxa 		Report  12' D. Klate
L. Bacela
H. Jele
R. Mahamutsa
S. Meyiwa

25 August 2013
15:00
Platinum Stars 4 – 2 Bidvest Wits
S. Mthembu  56'
M. Ngele  62'
S. Mthembu  71'
H. Botes  75' 		Report  48' R. Chapman
 83' G. Kebede
M. Pattison
P. Faty

2nd Leg

24 September 2013
15:00
Orlando Pirates 1 – 1 Kaizer Chiefs
L. Bacela  76' (pen.)
D. Klate  15'
L. Bacela  28'
R. Mahamutsa  54'
T. Gabuza  90' 		 37' B. Parker
 10' W. Katsande
 66' K. Nkhatha
 68' B. Parker
 70' K. Musona
 75' T. Mashamaite
 90' T. Masilele

24 September 2013
19:30
Bidvest Wits 1 – 2 Platinum Stars
D. Mukamba  71'  59' R. Ng'ambi
 77' R. Ng'ambi
Bidvest Stadium, Braampark

Final

28 September 2013
20:15
Orlando Pirates 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) Platinum Stars
T. Matlaba  83'  47' R. Ng'ambi
  Penalties  
Jali
Mahamutsa
Mabena
Bacela 		1–3 Mere
Botes
Ngele
Chinyama

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