Ingwenyama Cup

{{Infobox football tournament

| name = Ingwenyama Cup

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| founded = 2016

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| current champions = Green Mamba

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The Ingwenyama Cup is soccer tournament in Eswatini. The winner qualifies for the following season's CAF Confederation Cup.{{Cite web |title=Ingwenyama Cup; A first world tournament |url=https://www.pressreader.com/eswatini/eswatini-financial-times-9y78/20250118/282905211216849 |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Eswatini Financial Times}} As of 2025, sponsorship is E5 million annually,{{Cite web |last=Sanele Jele |date=2024-11-21 |title=INGWENYAMA CUP SPONSORSHIP REACHES E36M |url=http://www.times.co.sz/sports/148168-ingwenyama-cup-sponsorship-reaches-e36m.html |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Times of Swaziland |language=en-US}} making it the country's richest club tournament. As of 2023–24, the top goalscorer earns E10 000 {{Cite web |last= |date=2024-05-22 |title=SIKHALI GUARANTEED E12 000 TOP GOAL SCORER PRIZE MONEY |url=https://www.africa-press.net/eswatini/all-news/sikhali-guaranteed-e12-000-top-goal-scorer-prize-money |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Africa Press |language=en-US}}

The cup is intended to celebrate the cultural heritage of Eswatini as well as showcase local football talent.{{Cite web |title=INGWENYAMA CUP CULTURE TO LAUNCH |url=http://www.times.co.sz/entertainment/148177-ingwenyama-cup-culture-to-launch.html |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Times of Swaziland}}

It was founded in 2019, but was not held from 2021 to 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Eswatini and its after-effects.

Results

class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders"

|+Finals

!scope="col"|Season

!scope="col"|Winners

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Runners-up

align=center|2016{{Cite web |title=Swaziland (Eswatini) 2015/16 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/swaz2016.html#ing |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=www.rsssf.org}}

|Mbabane Swallows

|align=center|2-0

|Royal Leopards

align=center|2017{{Cite web |title=Swaziland (Eswatini) 2016/17 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/swaz2017.html#ing |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=www.rsssf.org}}

|Mbabane Swallows

|align=center|1-0

|Young Buffaloes

align=center|2018{{Cite web |title=Swaziland (Eswatini) 2017/18 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/swaz2016.html#ing |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=www.rsssf.org}}

|Mbabane Swallows

|align=center|2-1

|Royal Leopards

align=center|2019{{Cite web |title=Swaziland (Eswatini) 2018/19 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/swaz2019.html#ing |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=www.rsssf.org}}

|Young Buffaloes

|align=center|4-1

|Mbabane Highlanders

align=center|2020{{Cite web |title=Swaziland (Eswatini) 2019/20 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/swaz2020.html#ing |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=www.rsssf.org}}

|Green Mamba

|align=center|2-0

|Mbabane Highlanders

align=center|2024{{Cite web |title=Swaziland (Eswatini) 2023/24 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/swaz2024.html#ing |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=www.rsssf.org}}

|Green Mamba

|align=center|1-0

|Mbabane Swallows

align=center|2025{{Cite web |title=Swaziland (Eswatini) 2024/25 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/swaz2025.html#ing |access-date=2025-06-02 |website=www.rsssf.org}}

|Royal Leopards

|align=center|1-0

|Moneni Pirates

=Results by team=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+Results by team !scope="col"\|Club !scope="col"\|Wins !scope="col"\|First final won !scope="col"\|Last final won !scope="col"\|Runners-up !scope="col"\|Last final lost !scope="col"\|Total final appearances
scope="row"\|Mbabane Swallows \|3 \|2016 \|2018 \|1 \|2024 \|4
scope="row"\|Green Mamba \|2 \|2020 \|2024 \|0 \| - \|2
scope="row"\|Royal Leopards \|1 \|2025 \|2025 \|2 \|2018 \|3
scope="row"\|Young Buffaloes \|1 \|2019 \|2019 \|1 \|2017 \|2
scope="row"\|Mbabane Highlanders \|0 \| - \| - \|2 \|2020 \|2
scope="row"\|Moneni Pirates \|0 \| - \| - \|1 \|2025 \|1

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|+Results by team

!scope="col"|Club

!scope="col"|Wins

!scope="col"|First final won

!scope="col"|Last final won

!scope="col"|Runners-up

!scope="col"|Last final lost

!scope="col"|Total final
appearances

scope="row"|Mbabane Swallows

|2016

|2018