The 2024 FA Challenge Cup was the 50th edition of the FA Challenge Cup, Botswana's premier football knockout tournament. It was sponsored by

Orange Orange most often refers to: *Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis'' ** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower ** Orange juice *Orange (colour), the color of an orange fruit, occurs between red and yellow in the vi ...

and was known as the Orange FA Cup or Orange FA Cup Season 5 for sponsorship reasons. It started with the preliminary round on the weekend of 10 February and concluded with the final on 15 June 2024.

Gaborone United Gaborone United Sporting Club (GU) is a football club from Botswana based in Gaborone. Its official sponsor is Bank Gaborone, who signed a three-year deal at the beginning of the 2022–23 season. Gaborone United play their home games at Gaborone ...

were the defending champions but were eliminated on penalties in the quarterfinals by Jwaneng Galaxy, who went on to eliminate Orapa United in the final to claim their first title.

Qualifying rounds

All 16 Premier League teams automatically qualified to the round of 32. The top 8 teams from

First Division South First most commonly refers to: * First, the ordinal form of the number 1 First or 1st may also refer to: Acronyms * Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters, an astronomical survey carried out by the Very Large Array * Far Infrared a ...

and top 8 from

First Division North First most commonly refers to: * First, the ordinal form of the number 1 First or 1st may also refer to: Acronyms * Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters, an astronomical survey carried out by the Very Large Array * Far Infrared a ...

had to go through the preliminary round and were joined by the 16

regional In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...

champions. Winners of this round qualified for the round of 32.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round draw took place on 20 December 2023. The draw was seeded into two, namely the northern and southern blocks. Northern block games were played on 10 and 11 February while southern block games were played on 17 and 18 February. Northern block Southern block

Round of 32

The round of 32 draw was conducted on the 18th February 2024. It was not seeded. City Kings, Kazungula Young Fighters, Shoshong United, Mbalakalungu,

Taung Young Strikers Taung is a small town situated in the North West Province of South Africa. The name means ''place of the lion'' and was named after Tau, the King of the Barolong people. ''Tau'' is the Tswana word for lion. Taung skull fossil site In 1924, a sk ...

, Pula Roofing and Sand Diamonds from Division One were the lowest ranked teams still in the competition.

Round of 16

The round of 16 draw was conducted on 10 March. It was not seeded. City Kings, Mbalakalungu and Pula Roofing were the lowest ranked team still in the competition.

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinal draw was conducted on 14 April after the conclusion of the round of 16. It was not seeded. UB Hawks from

was the lowest ranked club still in the competition.

Semifinals

The semifinal draw was conducted on 4 May. UB Hawks was the lowest ranked team still in the competition.

Final

Awards

*Top goalscorer ,

Onkabetse Makgantai Onkabetse Makgantai (born 1 July 1995) is a Motswana footballer who plays for Orapa United and the Botswana national football team. He moved from Orapa United to AS Vita in 2016 to play for the DRC Super Ligue outfit. International career M ...

TAFIC Tati African Football Independent Club also known as TAFIC for short, is a football club based in Francistown, Botswana. The team was relegated from the Botswana Premier League to the First Division North in 2014. Nicknamed Matjimenyenga, after a ...

Bakang Makgoloke ,

(4 goals) *Player of the tournament ,

Daniel Msendami Daniel commonly refers to: * Daniel (given name), a masculine given name and a surname * List of people named Daniel * List of people with surname Daniel * Daniel (biblical figure) * Book of Daniel, a biblical apocalypse, "an account of the activi ...

, Jwaneng Galaxy *Goalkeeper of the tournament , Goitseone Phoko , Jwaneng Galaxy *Coach of the tournament , Morena Ramoreboli , Jwaneng Galaxy *Fan of the tournament , Kago Audrey , Prisons XI
/ref>

References

{{Reflist Botswana FA Challenge Cup

Botswana FA Challenge Cup The FA Challenge Cup, currently known as the Orange FA Cup or Orange Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the premier club football tournament in Botswana. Started in 1968 and first played as the Lions Cup, the tournament is based on the idea of giving ...