The KPL Top 8 Cup (also known as KPL Top 8 Knockout, KPL Top 8 Knockout Cup, Top 8 Knockout, Top 8 Cup or Kenyan Top 8 Cup) is a Kenyan football championship contested by the top eight teams of the Kenyan Premier League (KPL) season. The inaugural edition took place in 2011, with Ulinzi Stars as the winners.
Format The tournament is played in both a single-elimination 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 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 have been made to increase the sum as gate collections in the tournament surpass the prize money amount.
Finals by year Year Team 1 Score Team 2 2011 Ulinzi Stars 1st 2−1 Western Stima 8th 2012 Ulinzi Stars 2nd 0−2 Gor Mahia 4th 2013 Thika United 5th 2−2 (3–5 p) Tusker 1st 2014 Tusker 5th 2−1 A.F.C. Leopards 2nd 2015 Sony Sugar 6th1–2 Gor Mahia 1st 2016 Muhoroni Youth 6th1–0 Gor Mahia 1st
References
External links Futaa.com - Top 8 Cup Kenyan Premier League - Official website