Cup of Zimbabwe

Last updated December 08, 2024

The Cup of Zimbabwe (most recently known as the CBZ FA Cup due to sponsorship) is the top knockout tournament of the Zimbabwean football. It was created in 1962 as the Cup of Southern Rhodesia and was known between 1965 and 1980 as the Cup of Rhodesia. Due to sponsorship, the competition has undergone a number of name changes: from its creation in 1962 until 1998, the cup was known as the Castle Cup, after its sponsor, the Johannesburg-based Castle Lager. Castle also sponsored the Northern Rhodesian (Zambian from 1964) equivalent of the competition, which led to the creation of the "Super Castle Cup", played between 1962 and 1965 between the winners of the Southern Rhodesia Castle Cup and its Northern Rhodesian (from 1962 to 1964) or Zambian (in 1965) equivalent. After the cessation of Castle sponsorship, the competition was abandoned for two seasons before being brought back in 2001 as the ZIFA Unity Cup. It retained this name until 2006, when it was known as the CBZ Cup. This name was extended to CBZ FA Cup in 2007. The cup was not played in 2009 or 2010.

Winners

Mbada Diamonds Cup

2011: Dynamos 1–0 Motor Action ^[2]
2012: Dynamos 2–0 Monomotapa United ^[3]
2013: Highlanders 3–0 How Mine

Chibuku Cup

2014: FC Platinum 1–1 (3–1 pen.) Harare City ^[4]
2015: Harare City 2–1 Dynamos ^[5]
2016: Ngezi Platinum 3–1 FC Platinum ^[6]
2017: Harare City 3–1 How Mine ^[7]
2018: Triangle United 2–0 Harare City ^[8]
2019: Highlanders 1–0 Ngezi Platinum ^[9]
2020: Not played
2021: FC Platinum 0–0 (5–3 pen.) Ngezi Platinum ^[10]

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References

"Zimbabwe (and Rhodesia) Cup Winners". RSSSF . Retrieved 3 August 2010.

↑ "Mbada Diamond Cup launched". Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation. 17 September 2011. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012.
↑ "Dynamos complete league and cup double". Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
↑ Match Report: Dynamos retain Mbada Diamonds Cup
↑ Zimbabwe/Morocco: Zimbabwe Lose to Morocco As Fc Platinum Lift Chibuku Cup
↑ Harare City lift Chibuku Super Cup
↑ Ngezi Platinum grabs Chibuku
↑ Harare City in Chibuku Super Cup Glory
↑ Triangle in historic Chibuku Super Cup triumph
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ "FC Platinum crowned Chibuku Super Cup champions". 5 December 2021.

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[1] "Mbada Diamond Cup launched". Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation. 17 September 2011. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012.

[2] "Dynamos complete league and cup double". Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2011.

[3] Match Report: Dynamos retain Mbada Diamonds Cup

[4] Zimbabwe/Morocco: Zimbabwe Lose to Morocco As Fc Platinum Lift Chibuku Cup

[5] Harare City lift Chibuku Super Cup

[6] Ngezi Platinum grabs Chibuku

[7] Harare City in Chibuku Super Cup Glory

[8] Triangle in historic Chibuku Super Cup triumph

[9] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[10] "FC Platinum crowned Chibuku Super Cup champions". 5 December 2021.

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