2008 MTN 8

Football tournament season

2008 MTN 8
Tournament details
Country	South Africa
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Kaizer Chiefs (14th title)
Runner-up	Mamelodi Sundowns
Tournament statistics
Matches played	9
Goals scored	26 (2.89 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	3 Gert Schalkwyk (Kaizer Chiefs)
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The 2008 MTN 8 kicked off on the weekend of 9 August with the first two quarterfinals being played on Saturday and Sunday, and the next round of quarterfinals were played on the weekend of the 16 and 17 August. The first leg of the semifinals took place on 23 and 24 August and the second leg on the weekend of 30 August. The finals were scheduled for 21 September, World Peach Day, but the pitch was waterlogged due to heavy rain over that week. The finals were rescheduled for two days later on 23 September at the ABSA Stadium (Kings Park) in Durban.

Teams

The eight teams that competed in the MTN 8 Wafa Wafa knockout competition are: (listed according to their finishing position in the 2007–08 Premier Soccer League Season.

1. Supersport United
2. Ajax Cape Town
3. Santos
4. Mamelodi Sundowns
5. Free State Stars
6. Kaizer Chiefs
7. Moroka Swallows
8. Orlando Pirates

Quarter-finals

8 August 2008

Orlando Pirates	1–2	Supersport United
Thembile Kanono 7'		Fikru Tefera 21' Anthony Laffor 82'

Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg

9 August 2008

Moroka Swallows	4–3	Ajax Cape Town
Lefa Tsutsulupa 8' Sandile Ndlovu 37' Morgan Shivambu 99' Ryan Botha 119'		Brett Evans 49' Eduardo Ferreira 90' Mabhuti Khanyeza 120'

Olympia Park, Rustenburg

9 August 2008

Kaizer Chiefs	4–0	Santos
Gert Schalkwyk 4' 26' Jose Torrealba 21' Reneilwe Letsholonyane 58'

Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

10 August 2008

Mamelodi Sundowns	1–0	Free State Stars
Katlego Mphela 98'

Super Stadium, Pretoria

Semi-finals

1st leg

16 August 2008

Kaizer Chiefs	2–0	Moroka Swallows
Gert Schalkwyk 9' Jose Torrealba 21'

Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

17 August 2008

Mamelodi Sundowns	2–1	Supersport United
Jorge Acuna 11' Surprise Moriri 58'		Brent Carelse 45'

Super Stadium, Pretoria

2nd leg

23 August 2008

Supersport United	3–2	Mamelodi Sundowns
Daine Klate 55' 92' Brent Carelse 90'		Surprise Moriri 85' Lerato Chabangu 118'

Super Stadium, Pretoria

24 August 2008

Moroka Swallows	1–0	Kaizer Chiefs
Ryan Botha 49'

Olympia Park, Rustenburg

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kaizer Chiefs	2–1	Moroka Swallows	2–0	0–1
Mamelodi Sundowns	4–4	Supersport United	2–1	2–3

Mamelodi Sundowns went through to the finals on aggregate due to their away goals.

Finals

23 May 2008

Mamelodi Sundowns	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Kaizer Chiefs

Penalties
Moriri Nyandoro Chabangu Mabizela Mngomeni	3–4	Torrealba Schalkwyk Bhasera Tshabalala Letsholonyane

ABSA Stadium (Kings Park), Durban

MTN8 WAFA WAFA
2008 Winners

Kaizer Chiefs FC
14th Title

Top scorers

Scorer	Club	Goals
Gert Schalkwyk	Kaizer Chiefs	3
Daine Klate	Supersport United	2
Brent Carelse	Supersport United
Surprise Moriri	Mamelodi Sundowns
Ryan Botha	Moroka Swallows
Jose Torrealba	Kaizer Chiefs
Anthony Laffor	Supersport United	1
Fikru Tefera	Supersport United
Thembile Kanono	Orlando Pirates
Brett Evans	Ajax Cape Town
Eduardo Ferreira	Ajax Cape Town
Mabhuti Khanyeza	Ajax Cape Town
Lefa Tsutsulupa	Moroka Swallows
Sandile Ndlovu	Moroka Swallows
Morgan Shivambu	Moroka Swallows
Reneilwe Letsholonyane	Kaizer Chiefs
Katlego Mphela	Mamelodi Sundowns
Jorge Acuña	Mamelodi Sundowns
Lerato Chabangu	Mamelodi Sundowns