1991 Lion Cup Explained

1991 Lion Cup
Countries:	South Africa
Date:	24 March – 27 July 1991
Count:	3
Matches:	24
Prevseason:	1990
Nextseason:	1992

The 1991 Lion Cup was the ninth edition of the Lion Cup, the premier domestic rugby union knock-out competition in South Africa.

Teams

All 25 South African provincial teams took part in this competition. The semi-finalists from the 1990 Lion Cup were put into Group A and the losing quarter finalists into Group B. The remaining teams were divided geographically. Groups C and D contained nine southern teams; the four southern teams with the highest ranking were put into Group C and the other five teams into Group D (where the two lowest-ranked teams, and had to play off in a qualifying game for the Group D spot in Round One). Similarly, Groups E and F contained eight northern teams; the four northern teams with the highest ranking were put into Group E and the other four teams into Group F:^[1] ^[2]

Group	Ranking	Team
1991 Lion Cup teams
Group A	1
	2
	3
	4
Group B	5
	6
	7
	8
Group C	9
	11
	12
	13
Group D	14
	21
	22
	24
	25
Group E	10
	15
	16
	17
Group F	18
	19
	20
	23

Competition

This competition was a knock-out competition. A qualifying round was held between the two lowest-ranked teams for the Group D place in Round One. In each of the first three rounds, the lower-ranked teams would have home advantage. In Round One, the teams from Group D hosted teams from Group D, while the teams from Group F hosted teams from Group F. In Round Two, the winners of the eight Round One ties played against each other for a place in Round Three. The winners of the four Round Two matches then joined teams in Group B for Round Three, with the winning teams progressing to the quarter-finals (where they were joined by the teams from Group A), followed by Semi-finals and the Final.^[1] ^[2]

Fixtures and results

The fixtures were as follows:

Final

Notes and References

Web site: WP begin in Junie stryd om beker . Die Burger . Media24 . 7 March 1991 . 24 October 2013 . Afrikaans . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195635/http://152.111.1.87/argief/berigte/dieburger/1991/03/07/20/17.html . 29 October 2013 . dead .
Web site: Vier voorste spanne speel later . https://archive.today/20131024012919/http://152.111.1.88/argief/berigte/beeld/1990/10/18/24/2.html . dead . 24 October 2013 . Beeld . Media24 . 18 October 1990 . 23 October 2013 . Afrikaans .