The 2013
KPL Top 8 Cup
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 championship contested by the top eight teams of the preceding Kenyan ...
was the third edition of the tournament, which was originally scheduled to run from 3 April to 2 June 2013,
but had the date of its
final
Final, Finals or The Final may refer to:
* Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event
** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of con ...
changed to 24 July.
It was contested by the top 8 teams of the
2012
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Kenyan Premier League
The Kenyan Premier League (KPL), officially known as the FKF Premier League and as the BetKing Premier League (BPL) for sponsorship reasons, is a professional league for men's association football clubs in Kenya. Standing at the top of the Kenyan ...
season:
A.F.C. Leopards,
Chemelil Sugar
Chemelil Sugar Football Club, or simply Chemelil Sugar FC, was a Kenyan football club based in Chemelil. They were playing in the top division in Kenyan football from 1997 to 2020 when the team got disbanded. Their home stadium was Chemelil Sport ...
,
Gor Mahia
Gor Mahia Football Club (), commonly also known as ''K'Ogalo'' (), is a association football, football club based in Nairobi, Kenya. They have won the Kenyan Premier League a record 19 times, and have also won the FKF President's Cup a record 11 ...
,
Mathare United
Mathare United Football Club is a professional association football club, based in Nairobi, Kenya. They currently compete in the Kenyan Premier League, the top tier of the Kenyan football league system, and won their first league title during th ...
,
Sofapaka
Sofapaka Football Club (Sofapaka: Sote kama Familia kwa Pamoja Kuafikia Azimio – Kiswahili: ''We as a Family together to achieve a goal'') is a football club, based in Wundanyi, Taita Taveta County. They play their home games at the Wundany ...
,
Thika United
Thika United Football Club is an association football club based in Thika, Kenya, which currently competes in the Kenyan Super League, the second tier of the Kenyan football league system. They play their home games at the Sea Joy Arena.
The clu ...
,
Tusker and
Ulinzi Stars
Ulinzi Stars Football Club is an association football club based in Nakuru, Kenya. They compete in the Kenyan Premier League, where they won three consecutive titles from 2003 to 2005. They are the only team to have done so, along with AFC Le ...
.
Gor Mahia were the defending champions, having won their first title the
previous season, but were eliminated by eventual champions Tusker in the
semi-finals
A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final mat ...
, who beat Thika United to clinch their first title.
2012 Kenyan Premier League
The 2012 Kenyan Premier League (known as the Tusker Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of the Kenyan Premier League since its establishment in 2003 and the forty-ninth season of top division football in Kenya since 1963 ...
standings
Bracket
Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 27 March, and the ties were played on 3, 10, 17 and 24 April.
During the fixture between
Chemelil Sugar
Chemelil Sugar Football Club, or simply Chemelil Sugar FC, was a Kenyan football club based in Chemelil. They were playing in the top division in Kenyan football from 1997 to 2020 when the team got disbanded. Their home stadium was Chemelil Sport ...
and
A.F.C. Leopards on 17 April, fans of the latter stormed onto the pitch claiming that their players were being unfairly treated by match officials during the 90th minute. Police were forced to intervene and take players and match officials off the pitch, and the match was abandoned with Chemelil Sugar winning 3–2. The
KPL ruled Chemelil Sugar winners of the match and therefore qualified to the semi-finals.
Fixtures
Semi-finals
The semi-finals are being played over two legs on a home-and-away basis on 1, 8, 15 and 23 May.
First leg
The first leg ties of the semi-finals were played on 1 and 8 May.
Fixtures
Second leg
The second leg ties of the semi-finals were played on 15 and 23 May.
Fixtures
''1–1 on aggregate. Thika United won through a
penalty shoot-out
The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...
.''
''Tusker won 1–0 on aggregate.''
Final
The final will be played on 24 July.
Top scorers
Team statistics
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Notes
References
External links
2013 KPL Top 8 Cupon Futaa.com
{{2013 in Kenyan football
KPL Top 8 Cup seasons
Top 8 Cup
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 championship contested by the top eight teams of the preceding Kenyan ...