KPL Top 8 Cup explained

Current: KPL Top 8 Cup
Founded:2011
Number Of Teams:8
Current Champions:Muhoroni Youth
(1st title)
Most Successful Club:Gor Mahia
Tusker
(2 titles each)
Broadcasters:SuperSport 9

The KPL Top 8 Cup (also known as the KPL Top 8 Knockout, the KPL Top 8 Knockout Cup or simply the Top 8 Knockout, the Top 8 Cup or the Kenyan Top 8 Cup) is a Kenyan football championship contested by the top eight teams of the preceding Kenyan Premier League (KPL) season. The inaugural edition of the tournament took place in 2011, with Ulinzi Stars as the winners.[1]

Format

The tournament is played in both a single-elimination and double-elimination format. It begins with the quarter-finals, where teams play against each other once. In the semi-finals, teams play each other in two matches and the team with more goals on aggregate advances to the final, which is played once. No third place playoff is played.

The winners of the tournament receive a total sum of KSh.1,000,000/= as prize money, although appeals to the Football Kenya Federation have been made to increase the sum as gate collections in the tournament surpass the prize money amount.[2]

Finals by year

YearTeam 1ScoreTeam 2
2011Ulinzi Stars1st2−1Western Stima8th[3]
2012Ulinzi Stars2nd0−2Gor Mahia4th[4]
2013Thika United5th2−2 (3–5 p)Tusker1st[5]
2014Tusker5th2−1A.F.C. Leopards2nd[6]
2015Sony Sugar6th1–2 Gor Mahia1st[7]
2016Muhoroni Youth6th1–0Gor Mahia1st[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Ulinzi clinch ‘Top 8’ prize on eve of trip to Cecafa . KPL.co.ke . Nairobi, Kenya . 26 June 2011 . 15 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150928030851/http://www.kpl.co.ke/news/article/110626/Ulinzi_clinch_Top_8_prize_on_eve_of_trip_to_Cecafa . 28 September 2015 . dead .
  2. News: Bwana laments cash prize for Top 8 winner . Futaa.com . Nairobi, Kenya . 21 April 2012 . 22 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120426111517/http://www.futaa.com/football/article/bwana-laments-cash-prize-for-top-8-winner . 26 April 2012 . dead .
  3. News: Kenya - Top 8 Cup: Ulinzi Stars - Western Stima (25/06-2011 kl. 15:00) . Futaa.com . Nairobi, Kenya . 25 June 2011 . 16 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120306171051/http://www.futaa.com/football/event/1027880 . 6 March 2012 . dead .
  4. News: Kenya - Top 8 Cup: Ulinzi Stars - Gor Mahia (19/08-2012 kl. 15:30) . Futaa.com . Nairobi, Kenya . 19 August 2012 . 20 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130517063000/http://www.futaa.com/football/event/1311954 . 17 May 2013 . dead .
  5. News: Tusker win 2013 KPL Top 8 title . Jeff Kinyanjui . Futaa.com . Nairobi, Kenya . 24 July 2013 . 28 July 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130727192936/http://www.futaa.com/football/article/tusker-win-2013-kpl-top-8-title . 27 July 2013 . dead .
  6. News: Tusker FC retains the KPL Top 8 title . Jeff Kinyanjui . Futaa.com . Nairobi, Kenya . 15 June 2014 . 20 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140618185822/http://www.futaa.com/football/article/tusker-fc-retains-the-kpl-top-8-title . 18 June 2014 . dead .
  7. Web site: KPL Top 8: Gor toils through rocky SoNy to clinch title . 7 November 2015 . Chrisphine Magak . Futaa.com . 12 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151112012318/http://www.futaa.com/football/article/kpl-top-8-gor-toils-through-rocky-sony-to-clinch-title . 12 November 2015 . dead .
  8. Web site: KPL Top 8: Muho stuns Gor Mahia to lift historic title . 16 October 2016 . Collins Amanga . Futaa.com . 20 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161121043653/http://www.futaa.com/article/kpl-top-8-muho-stuns-gor-mahia-to-lift-historic-title . 21 November 2016 . dead .

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