Carling Knockout Cup

Carling Knockout Cup
Founded	1982
Region	South Africa
Number of teams	16
Current champions	Stellenbosch F.C. (1st title)
Most successful club(s)	Kaizer Chiefs (13 titles)
Television broadcasters	•SuperSport •SABC Sport
Motto	Fak'ugesi
Website	Carlingblacklabelcup.co.za
	2023 Carling Knockout Cup

The Carling Knockout Cup is a South African professional football knockout competition which comprises the 16 teams in the South African Premier Division.

The competition was established in 1982 and was first known as the Datsun Challenge. Under the new NSL regime in 1984, it became known as the JPS Knockout Cup. It used this name until 1992 when it became known as the Coca-Cola Cup. It was sponsored by the drinks manufacturer until 1996, when it was replaced by the Rothmans Cup which was changed back to the Coca-Cola Cup in 2001 due to the new rules regarding tobacco sponsorship in sport. Telkom became the new sponsors in 2006 until 2020. The 2020/21 edition was cancelled after the loss of the main sponsor^[1] and in August 2021 it was confirmed that the tournament would no longer be held, citing fixture congestion.^[2] However the competition resumed in the 2023/24 season following a new sponsorship deal with alcoholic beverage company Carling Black Label, being renamed the Carling Knockout Cup.^[3]^[4]

The Carling Knockout Cup is the second League cup of the PSL and cup number three of the DStv Premiership following the MTN 8 and the Nedbank Cup.

The Carling Knockout Cup was officially launched on 10 October 2023.^[5]

Format

The format that will be used in this Competition is the Knockout Stage phase.^[6] The competition will be played by 16 teams in a single knockout match.

A winner will be decided after Full-time(90 minutes).If the two teams playing against each other are still tied after Full-time, then the match will go through to Extra time.If the points are still tied then the match will go through to Penalty Shoot-outs.The winner of the match must be decided on at the end of the match/day.

After the conclusion of the season of this competition, the winner will play against a best-Xl voted by the fans.The all-stars team must consist of 6 players from the First tier league and 6 players from second tier and the coach must also be voted on by the fans.

Competition history

Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Datsun Challenge
1982	Arcadia Shepherds	1–1 (2–0)	Highlands Park
1983	Kaizer Chiefs	2–1	Wits University
John Player Special (JPS) Knockout Cup
1984	Kaizer Chiefs (2)		Durban Bush Bucks
1985	Wits University		Kaizer Chiefs
1986	Kaizer Chiefs (3)		Moroka Swallows
1987	Durban Bush Bucks		Orlando Pirates
1988	Kaizer Chiefs (4)		Jomo Cosmos
1989	Kaizer Chiefs (5)		Moroka Swallows
1990	Sundowns		Orlando Pirates
1991	Dynamos		Giant Blackpool
Coca-Cola Cup
1992	AmaZulu		Kaizer Chiefs
1993	Umtata Bucks		Santos
1994	Qwa Qwa Stars		Hellenic
1995	Wits University (2)		Orlando Pirates
1996	Umtata Bush Bucks (2)		Qwa Qwa Stars
Rothmans Cup
1997	Kaizer Chiefs (6)		Mamelodi Sundowns
1998	Kaizer Chiefs (7)		Mamelodi Sundowns
1999	Sundowns(2)	2–0	Free State Stars
2000	Ajax Cape Town	4–0	Orlando Pirates
Coca-Cola Cup
2001	Kaizer Chiefs (8)	5–0	Jomo Cosmos
2002	Jomo Cosmos	1–0	Kaizer Chiefs
2003	Kaizer Chiefs (9)	2-0	Silver Stars
2004	Kaizer Chiefs (10)	1–0	SuperSport United F.C.
2005	Jomo Cosmos (2)		SuperSport United F.C.
Telkom Knockout Cup
2006	Silver Stars	3–1	Ajax Cape Town
2007	Kaizer Chiefs (11)	0(3)–(2)0	Mamelodi Sundowns
2008	Ajax Cape Town (2)	2–1	Orlando Pirates
2009	Kaizer Chiefs (12)	2–1	Ajax Cape Town
2010	Kaizer Chiefs (13)	3–0	Orlando Pirates
2011	Orlando Pirates	3–1	Bidvest Wits
2012	Bloemfontein Celtic	1–0	Mamelodi Sundowns
2013	Platinum Stars (2)	2–1	Orlando Pirates
2014	SuperSport United F.C.	3–2	Platinum Stars
2015	Mamelodi Sundowns (3)	3–1	Kaizer Chiefs^[7]
2016	Cape Town City	2–1	SuperSport United F.C.^[8]
2017	Bidvest Wits (3)	1–0	Bloemfontein Celtic
2018	Baroka	2(3)–(2)2	Orlando Pirates
2019	Mamelodi Sundowns (4)	2–1	Maritzburg United^[9]
Carling Knockout Cup
2023^[10]	Stellenbosch (1)	1–1 (5–4)	TS Galaxy

Results by team

Results by team
Club	Wins	First final won	Most recent final won	Runners-up	Most recent final lost	Total final appearances
Kaizer Chiefs	13	1983	2010	4	2015	17
Mamelodi Sundowns	4	1990	2019	4	2012	8¹
Bidvest Wits (previously Wits University)	3	1985	2017	2	2011	5
Ajax Cape Town	2	2000	2008	2	2009	4
Jomo Cosmos	2	2002	2005	2	2001	4
Platinum Stars (previously Silver Stars)	2	2006	2013	2	2014	4
Umtata Bush Bucks	2	1993	1996	0	–	2
Orlando Pirates	1	2011	2011	8	2018	9
Supersport United	1	2014	2014	3	2016	4
Bloemfontein Celtic	1	2012	2012	1	2017	2
Arcadia Shepherds	1	1982	1982	0	–	1
Durban Bush Bucks	1	1987	1987	1	–	2
AmaZulu	1	1992	1992	0	–	1
Dynamos	1	1991	1991	0	–	1
Cape Town City	1	2016	2016	0	–	1
Baroka	1	2018	2018	0	–	1
Stellenbosch	1	2023	2023	0	–	1
Moroka Swallows	0	–	–	2	1989	2
Highlands Park	0	–	–	1	1982	1
Maritzburg United	0	-	-	1	2019	1
TS Galaxy	0	-	-	1	2023	1

References

^ "Telkom Knockout cancelled for 2020/21 season". Kick Off. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
^ "PSL chairman Irvin Khoza addresses Telkom Knockout replacement tournament". Kick Off. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
^ Tshwaku, Khanyiso. "Carling Knockout Cup muscles into Telkom Knockout space in 2023, announces PSL chair". Sport. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
^ "Khoza Makes Huge Carling Black Label Cup Announcement". iDiski Times. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
^ Kohler, Lorenz (10 October 2023). "Carling Knockout Explained As Draw Completed". iDiski Times. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
^ Tshwaku, Khanyiso. "Carling Knockout Cup muscles into Telkom Knockout space in 2023, announces PSL chair". Sport. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
^ "Telkom Knockout". flashscore.com. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
^ Tshwaku, Khanyiso (10 December 2016). "Cape Town City down SuperSport to win Telkom Knockout final". Times LIVE. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
^ "Telkom Knockout Final Report: Maritzburg United v Mamelodi Sundowns 15 December 2019". Soccer Laduma. 14 December 2019.
^ "MSN". www.msn.com. Retrieved 17 December 2023.

External links

[1] "Telkom Knockout cancelled for 2020/21 season". Kick Off. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2022.

[2] "PSL chairman Irvin Khoza addresses Telkom Knockout replacement tournament". Kick Off. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2022.

[:022-3] Tshwaku, Khanyiso. "Carling Knockout Cup muscles into Telkom Knockout space in 2023, announces PSL chair". Sport. Retrieved 12 August 2022.

[4] "Khoza Makes Huge Carling Black Label Cup Announcement". iDiski Times. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.

[5] Kohler, Lorenz (10 October 2023). "Carling Knockout Explained As Draw Completed". iDiski Times. Retrieved 10 October 2023.

[:02-6] Tshwaku, Khanyiso. "Carling Knockout Cup muscles into Telkom Knockout space in 2023, announces PSL chair". Sport. Retrieved 12 August 2022.

[fs_tk_2015-7] "Telkom Knockout". flashscore.com. Retrieved 17 December 2015.

[8] Tshwaku, Khanyiso (10 December 2016). "Cape Town City down SuperSport to win Telkom Knockout final". Times LIVE. Retrieved 10 December 2016.

[9] "Telkom Knockout Final Report: Maritzburg United v Mamelodi Sundowns 15 December 2019". Soccer Laduma. 14 December 2019.

[10] "MSN". www.msn.com. Retrieved 17 December 2023.

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Telkom Knockout/Carling Knockout Cup	1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2023 2024
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