2015 MTN 8

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The 2015 MTN 8 was the 41st 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 2014-15 season.

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2015 MTN 8
Tournament details
CountrySouth Africa
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Ajax Cape Town
Runner-up Kaizer Chiefs
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
  2014
2016  

Teams

The eight teams that competed in the MTN 8 knockout competition are (listed according to their finishing position in the 2014/2015 Premier Soccer League Season):

Results

Quarter-finals

Orlando Pirates 0–1 Ajax Cape Town
Soccerball shade.svg55' Mdabuka
Kaizer Chiefs 5–3 (a.e.t.) Maritzburg United
Lebese Soccerball shade.svg46'
Parker Soccerball shade.svg52'
Lebese Soccerball shade.svg63'
Xulu Soccerball shade.svg114'
Ekstein Soccerball shade.svg120'
Soccerball shade.svg45' Teyise
Soccerball shade.svg83' Xulu

Semi-finals

1st leg


2nd leg

Final

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