Uganda Cup The Uganda Cup is Uganda's main national cup competition in football. This annual competition is open for member clubs of the Federation of Uganda Football Associations. The Uganda Cup is the second most prestigious competition in Uganda footb ...

2017-18 was the 43rd edition of the main Ugandan

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Cup.

Format

The competition had 64 teams, of which the teams in the

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and

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qualified automatically for the first round. The other teams were filled out through a series of regional competitions. The competition ran between January 20 and June 15.

Overview

The competition was won by

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who defeated

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2-0 in the final, held in

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Awards

Paidha Black Angels' Emmanuel Rubangakene won the best goalkeeper award.

Footnotes

External links

Uganda - List of Cup Finals - RSSSF (Mikael Jönsson, Ian King and Hans Schöggl)
Ugandan Cup

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