2011 Botswana FA Cup

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2011 Botswana Football Association Challenge Cup
Tournament details
CountryBotswana
Dates5 February – 30 April 2011
Defending champions Township Rollers
Final positions
Champions Extension Gunners (3rd title)
Runner-up Motlakase Power Dynamos
Tournament statistics
Matches played64
  2010
2012  

The 2011 FA Challenge Cup was the 44th edition of the FA Challenge Cup, Botswana's premier football knockout tournament. It was sponsored by Coca-Cola and was known as the Coca-Cola Cup for sponsorship reasons. It started with the qualification round on 5 February 2011 and concluded with the final on 30 April 2011. The winner qualified for the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup.

Contents

Township Rollers were the defending champions but were eliminated by Uniao Flamengo Santos on penalties in the semifinals. Extension Gunners went on to win the title for a third time, ending a 17-year trophy drought.

Qualification round

DateHomeScoreAwayGround
5 February Kumakwane Checkers Moritshane Lions
6 February Wonder Sporting Rolling Boys

[1]

Extra preliminary round

DateHomeScoreAwayGround
12 February Amakhosi 1-1

(5-3 pens.)

Tonota
Atlantic Swallows Kumakwane Checkers/Moritshane Lions
Bokaa Pirates Mmopane Green Birds
BVI Wonder Sporting/Rolling Boys
Combination Stars Kazungula Fighters
Ghanzi Terrors Maun Tigers
Granada Queens Park Rangers
Jwaneng Fighters Sand Dunes
Lehututu Golden Arrows Kang Western Swallows
Matlala Cosmos SC Taipei
Maun Heroes CTO
No Mathata Stone Breakers
Peace Makers Tip Toe Boys
13 February Kanye Swallows Magotlhwane Young Brothers
Modipane United 2-1 Queens Happy Hearts

Preliminary round

DateHomeScoreAwayGround
19 February No Mathata 2-2

(3-5 pens.)

Miscellaneous
Peace Makers 3-2 FC Satmos
Modipane United 0-0

(5-4 pen.)

Mahalapye United Hotspurs
Amakhosi 2-3 BR Highlanders
TASC 4-3 Queens Park Rangers
Jwaneng Fighters 1-2 Mogoditshane Fighters
Ghanzi Terrors 2-2

(4-1 pens.)

Mathaithai
Mmopane Green Birds 1-3 Letlapeng
SC Taipei 1-6 Young Strikers
Great North Tigers 2-2

(10-9 pens.)

Megacom
Maun Heroes 2-1 Orapa Bucs
20 February Masitaoka 0-1 BVI
Real Masters 2-0 Orapa Wanderers
Prisons XI 1-0 Atlantic Swallows
23 February Kanye Swallows Naughty Boys
27 February Black Peril 4-11 Kang Western Swallows

1 This was a replay. The tie had originally been contested on the 19th, with Black Peril winning 4–0, but the result was annulled.

Round of 32

DateHomeScoreAwayGround
26 February Ghanzi Terrors 0-3 BMC
BR Highlanders 0-0

(3-4 pens.)

Uniao Flamengo Santos
Peace Makers 1-4 Extension Gunners
Great North Tigers 1-3 Mochudi Centre Chiefs
Letlapeng 0-1 Motlakase Power Dynamos
Maun Terrors 1-2 Jwaneng Comets
Kanye Swallows 4-1 Boteti Young Fighters
BVI 0-3 Nico United
Real Masters 0-2 Notwane
Miscellaneous 2 TAFIC
27 February Young Strikers 0-2 BDF XI
Mogoditshane Fighters 1-1

(3-4 pens.)

Gaborone United
TASC 0-3 Township Rollers
Prisons XI 0-3 Killer Giants
Modipane United 2-2

(5-4 pens.)

Police XI
2 March Black Peril 1-2 ECCO City Greens

2 The tie was awarded to TAFIC after the match was halted due to a pitch invasion with them leading 1–0.

Round of 16

DateHomeScoreAwayGround
5 March TAFIC 0-2 BMC
Extension Gunners 1-0 Nico United
Mochudi Centre Chiefs 9-0 Kanye Swallows
Motlakase Power Dynamos 1-1

(6-5 pens.)

Modipane United
BDF XI 1-0 Jwaneng Comets
6 March Uniao Flamengo Santos 3-0 Gaborone United
Killer Giants 1-2 Notwane
15 March Township Rollers 5-1 ECCO City Greens

Quarterfinals

DateHomeScoreAwayGround
19 March BMC 1-1

(2-3 pens.)

Motlakase Power Dynamos
Extension Gunners 1-1

(6-5 pens.)

Notwane
Township Rollers 1-1

(3-4 pens.)

Uniao Flamengo Santos
29 March Mochudi Centre Chiefs 1-0 BDF XI

Semifinals

DateHomeScoreAwayGround
16 April Extension Gunners 1-0 Mochudi Centre Chiefs
Uniao Flamengo Santos 0-0

(2-4 pens.)

Motlakase Power Dynamos

Final

DateWinnersScoreRunner-upGround
30 April Extension Gunners 3-1 Motlakase Power Dynamos Botswana National Stadium

Top scorers

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References

  1. "Botswana 2010/11".