The 2022
MTN 8
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was the 48th edition of the
knockout competition
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featuring the top 8-placed teams at the conclusion the
previous DStv Premiership season and the 15th under its current name.
Teams
The following 8 teams are listed according to their final position on the league table of/for the previous season of the
2021-22 DStv Premiership
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Mamelodi Sundowns
Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club (simply known as Sundowns) is a South African professional football club based in Mamelodi, Pretoria in the Gauteng province that plays in the Premier Soccer League, the first tier of South African football l ...
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Cape Town City
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Royal AM
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Kaizer Chiefs
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Orlando Pirates
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AmaZulu
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Supersport United
Quarter–finals
The fixtures were confirmed following the conclusion of the previous season based on
the competition format as follows:
Semi–finals
1st leg.
Final
Statistics
Goals
3 goals
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Monnapule Saleng
1 goal
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Augustine Kwem
Augustine Chidi Kwem (born 2 August 1997) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a forward for South African Premier Division club AmaZulu.
Career
Chidi Kwem was born in Nigeria and played youth football for Beitar Jerusalem before moving to So ...
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Khanyisa Mayo
Khanyisa Mayo (born 27 August 1998) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Cape Town City and the South Africa national team.
Professional career
Mayo began his senior career in 2017 on loan with Ubuntu Cape ...
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Lehlohonolo Majoro
Lehlohonolo Majoro (born 19 August 1986 in Ladybrand) is a South African footballer who plays as a forward for Premier Soccer League side AmaZulu and the South African national team.
Club career Kaizer Chiefs
He made his unofficial debut in ...
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Vincent Pule
Maliele Vincent Pule (born 10 March 1992) is a South African soccer player who plays for Orlando Pirates and barely plays for the South Africa
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Thabiso Monyane
James Thabiso Monyane (born 30 April 2000) is a South African soccer player currently playing as a right-back for Orlando Pirates.
At the youth international level he played in the 2016 COSAFA Under-17 Championship and the 2019 FIFA U-20 World ...
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Ashley Du Preez
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Sihle Nduli
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Marcelo Allende
Marcelo Iván Allende Bravo (born April 7, 1999) is a Chilean footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier Soccer League side Mamelodi Sundowns and the Chile national team. Allende captained Chile at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup a ...
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Abubeker Nassir
Abubeker Nassir ( am, አቡበከር ናስር; born 23 February 2000) is an Ethiopian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Mamelodi Sundowns in the Premier Soccer League and the Ethiopian national team. He previously played for ...
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Keagan Dolly
Keagan Larenzo Dolly (born 22 January 1993) is a South African professional football player who plays as an attacking midfielder for Kaizer Chiefs in the Premier Soccer League and the South Africa national team. He won the Premier Soccer Lea ...
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Gabadinho Mhango
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Kermit Erasmus
Kermit Romeo Erasmus (born 8 July 1990) is a South African professional soccer player who plays for South African Premier Soccer League side Orlando Pirates and the South Africa national team.
Born in Port Elizabeth, Erasmus moved to Pretor ...
References
{{South African soccer seasons
MTN 8
2022 domestic association football cups
2022–23 in South African soccer