The KPL Top 8 Cup (also known as the KPL Top 8 Knockout, the KPL Top 8 Knockout Cup or simply the Top 8 Knockout, the Top 8 Cup or the Kenyan Top 8 Cup) is a Kenyan
football
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championship contested by the top eight teams of the preceding
Kenyan Premier League (KPL) season. The inaugural edition of the tournament took place in
2011
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, with
Ulinzi Stars as the winners.
Format
The tournament is played in both a
single-elimination
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and
double-elimination format. It begins with the quarter-finals, where teams play against each other once. In the semi-finals, teams play each other in
two matches and the team with more goals
on aggregate advances to the final, which is played once. No
third place playoff
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is played.
The winners of the tournament receive a total sum of
KSh.1,000,000/= as prize money, although appeals to the
Football Kenya Federation
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have been made to increase the sum as gate collections in the tournament surpass the prize money amount.
Finals by year
References
External links
Futaa.com- Top 8 Cup
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Kenyan Premier League Official website
{{Football in Kenya
Football competitions in Kenya
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