2019 MTN 8
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{{Infobox football tournament season
| title = MTN 8
| year = 2019
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| country = South Africa
| dates =
| num_teams = 8
| champions = Supersport United (3rd Title)
| runner-up = Highlands Park
| third =
| matches = 9
| goals = 15
| attendance =
| top goal scorer = 3 goals
Thamsanqa Gabuza
| player =
| prevseason = 2018
| nextseason = 2020
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The 2019 MTN 8 was the 45th 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 2018-19 season.
Teams
The eight teams that competed in the MTN 8 knockout competition are (listed according to their finishing position in the 2018/2019 Premier Soccer League Season):
Quarter-finals
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|date= 17 August 2019
|time = 15:00
|team1= Cape Town City
|score = 0–2
|report = https://www.kickoff.com/match_centre/match/mtn8/cape-town-city-fc-vs-polokwane-city-2019-08-17/info
|team2= Polokwane City
|goals1=
|goals2= {{goal|26}} Anas
{{goal|84}} Mashumba
|aet =
|stadium= Newlands Stadium
|location = Cape Town
|attendance=
}}
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|date= 17 August 2019
|time= 18:00
|team1= Orlando Pirates
|score = 0–1
|report = https://www.kickoff.com/match_centre/match/mtn8/orlando-pirates-vs-highlands-park-2019-08-17/info
|team2= Highlands Park
|goals1=
|goals2= {{goal|83}} Jooste
|aet =
|stadium= Orlando Stadium
|location = Johannesburg
|attendance=
}}
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|date= 17 August 2019
|time= 20:15
|team1= Mamelodi Sundowns
|score = 3–1
|report = https://www.kickoff.com/match_centre/match/mtn8/mamelodi-sundowns-vs-bloemfontein-celtic-2019-08-17/info
|team2= Bloemfontein Celtic
|goals1= Zwane {{goal|74}}
Lebusa {{goal|79}}
Makgalwa {{goal|89}}
|goals2= {{goal|57}} Mabena
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|stadium= Lucas Moripe Stadium
|location = Pretoria
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|date= 18 August 2019
|time = 15:00
|team1= Bidvest Wits
|score = 0–3
|report = https://www.kickoff.com/match_centre/match/mtn8/bidvest-wits-vs-supersport-united-2019-08-18/info
|team2= SuperSport United
|goals1=
|goals2= {{goal|56}} Grobler
{{goal|64}} Gabuza
{{goal|88}} Gabuza
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|stadium= Bidvest Stadium
|location = Johannesburg
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Semi-finals
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|date= 31 August 2019
|time = 15:00
|team1= Polokwane City
|score = 0–0
|report = https://www.kickoff.com/match_centre/match/mtn8/polokwane-city-vs-highlands-park-2019-08-31/info
|team2= Highlands Park
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|aet =
|stadium = Peter Mokaba Stadium
|location = Johannesburg
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|date= 17 September 2019
|time= 19:30
|team1= Highlands Park
|score = 0–0
|report = https://www.kickoff.com/match_centre/match/mtn8/highlands-park-vs-polokwane-city-2019-09-17/info
|team2= Polokwane City
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|penalties1 =
|penaltyscore = 4–3
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|stadium= Makhulong Stadium
|location = Johannesburg
|attendance=
}}
0–0 on aggregate. Highlands Park won on penalties.
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|date= 1 September 2019
|time = 15:00
|team1= SuperSport United
|score = 1–1
|report = https://www.kickoff.com/match_centre/match/mtn8/supersport-united-vs-mamelodi-sundowns-2019-09-01/info
|team2= Mamelodi Sundowns
|goals1= Gabuza {{goal|41}}
|goals2= {{goal|43}} Sirino
|aet =
|stadium= Lucas Moripe Stadium
|location = Pretoria
|attendance=
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|date = 18 September 2019
|time = 19:30
|team1 = Mamelodi Sundowns
|score = 0–2
|report = https://www.kickoff.com/match_centre/match/mtn8/mamelodi-sundowns-vs-supersport-united-2019-09-18/info
|team2 = SuperSport United
|goals1 =
|goals2 = {{goal|12}} Mokoena
{{goal|86}} Webber
|aet =
|stadium = Lucas Moripe Stadium
|location = Pretoria
|attendance =
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SuperSport United won 3–1 on penalties
Final
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|date = 5 October 2019
|time = 18:00
|team1 = Highlands Park
|score = 0–1
|report = https://www.kickoff.com/match_centre/match/mtn8/highlands-park-vs-supersport-united-2019-10-05/info
|team2 = SuperSport United
|goals1 =
|goals2 = {{goal|46}} Grobler
|aet =
|stadium = Orlando Stadium
|location = Soweto
|attendance =
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{2019–20 in South African soccer}}
{{South African soccer seasons}}