The 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.
The winner of the 2011–12 Nedbank Cup winners, SuperSport United, qualified for the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup.
Format The 16 Premier Soccer League clubs, 8 National First Division teams, as well as 8 teams from the amateur ranks compete for the prize money of R6 million. The winner also qualifies for the CAF Confederation Cup.
The preliminary round features all 16 National First Division teams and will be reduced to eight when the teams play on 12 December 2012.
The teams are not seeded at any stage, and the first 16 sides drawn out of the hat receive a home-ground advantage. There are no longer any replays in the tournament, and any games which end in a draw after 90 minutes are 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 their league that they are playing in).
Premier Soccer League
1. Ajax Cape Town 2. AmaZulu 3. Bidvest Wits 4. Black Leopards 5. Bloemfontein Celtic 6. Free State Stars 7. Golden Arrows 8. Jomo Cosmos
9. Kaizer Chiefs 10. Mamelodi Sundowns 11. Maritzburg United 12. Moroka Swallows 13. Orlando Pirates 14. Platinum Stars 15. Santos 16. Supersport United
National First Division
17. African Warriors 18. Blackburn Rovers 19. Mpumalanga Black Aces 20. Polokwane City
21. Sivutsa Stars 22. United FC 23. University of Pretoria 24. Witbank Spurs
Vodacom League
25. Roses United 26. Ethekwini Coastal 27. Vardos 28. The Dolphins
29. Batau 30. Powerlines F.C. 31. Cape Town All Stars 32. North West Shining Stars
Results
Preliminary round
The preliminary round saw National First Division sides play each other is a knockout round to decide who would compete in the 2012 Nedbank Cup. + Preliminary round match detailsDateHome teamScoreAway team14 December 2011Mpumalanga Black Aces1–0Atlie14 December 2011Witbank Spurs4–1FC AK14 December 2011Royal Eagles3–0Carara Kicks14 December 2011Polokwane City1–0Chippa United14 December 2011Vasco da Gama1–2United FC14 December 2011African Warriors2–0FC Cape Town14 December 2011Blackburn Rovers1–0Thanda Royal Zulu14 December 2011Dynamos1–3University of Pretoria
Round of 32 + Round of 32 match detailsDateHome teamScoreAway team2 March 2012Maritzburg United2–0 Bloemfontein Celtic3 March 2012African Warriors1–2Jomo Cosmos3 March 2012Mpumalanga Black Aces1–1 Witbank Spurs3 March 2012Lamontville Golden Arrows5–0North West Shining Stars3 March 2012Kaizer Chiefs3–0Cape Town All Stars4 March 2012Batau1–1 SuperSport United4 March 2012Powerlines0–24Mamelodi Sundowns7 March 2012Santos1–0University of Pretoria7 March 2012Platinum Stars5–0The Dolphins9 March 2012Moroka Swallows0–1Bidvest Wits10 March 2012Free State Stars4–1Royal Eagles10 March 2012Vardos1–3United FC10 March 2012Black Leopards2–0Blackburn Rovers10 March 2012Ethekwini Coastal0–1Orlando Pirates11 March 2012Roses United2–0Polokwane City13 March 2012AmaZulu3–3 Ajax Cape Town
Round of 16 + Round of 16 match detailsDateHome teamScoreAway team24 March 2012Orlando Pirates1–2 Free State Stars24 March 2012AmaZulu1–0Witbank Spurs25 March 2012Bidvest Wits0–2Mamelodi Sundowns25 March 2012Roses United0–1Santos31 March 2012Lamontville Golden Arrows0–2Maritzburg United31 March 2012Black Leopards0–4Kaizer Chiefs1 April 2012Jomo Cosmos1–1 Platinum Stars1 April 2012United FC0–1SuperSport United
Quarter-finals + Quarter-final match detailsDateHome teamScoreAway team14 April 2012Mamelodi Sundowns2–0Maritzburg United14 April 2012Kaizer Chiefs0–1Free State Stars15 April 2012AmaZulu1–0Santos15 April 2012SuperSport United1–0Jomo Cosmos
Semifinals + Semi-final match detailsDateHome teamScoreAway team5 May 2012Mamelodi Sundowns2–0Free State Stars6 May 2012SuperSport United3–0AmaZulu
Final
External links Nedbank Cup Official Website Nedbank Official Website Premier Soccer League South African Football Association Confederation of African Football
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