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2020 Botswana FA Cup

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2020 FA Challenge Cup (Botswana)
Tournament details
CountryBotswana
Dates14 December 2019 – 11 December 2021
Defending championsOrapa United
Final positions
ChampionsGaborone United (7th title)
Runner-upMasitaoka
Tournament statistics
Matches played47
Goals scored102 (2.17 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Kekaetswe Moloi (3 goals)
Best playerThatayaone Kgamanyane
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The 2020 FA Challenge Cup was the 47th edition of the FA Challenge Cup, Botswana's premier football knockout tournament. It was sponsored by Orange and was known as the Orange FA Cup or Orange FA Cup Season 2 for sponsorship reasons. It started with the preliminary round on the weekend of 14 December 2019 and concluded with the final on 11 December 2021.

Orapa United were the defending champions but were eliminated by Gaborone United in the round of 16.[1]

Qualifying rounds

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All 16 Premier League teams automatically qualified to the round of 32. The top 8 teams from First Division South and top 8 from First Division North had to go through the preliminary round and were joined by the 16 regional champions.[2] Winners of this round qualified for the round of 32.

Preliminary round

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The preliminary round draw took place on 23 January 2019. The draw was seeded into two, namely the northern and southern blocks. Southern block games were played on 16 and 17 February while northern block games were played on 23 and 24 February.

Southern block

Date Home Score Away Ground
16 February Jwaneng Fighters 0-0

(3-1 pen.)

Digodi Mankgodi Show Grounds
16 February Holy Ghost 0-1 Tlokweng Red Sparks Tlokweng VDC Grounds
16 February Blue Stars 1-5 Notwane Tshane Prisons Grounds
16 February Black Peril 5-1 Mogoditshane Fighters Tlokweng VDC Grounds
16 February Sand Diamonds 0-0

(4-3 pen.)

Motaung Young Fighters Tshane Prisons Grounds
17 February Broadhurst United 0-1 Atlanta Chiefs Mochudi Rovers Grounds
17 February Mochudi Rovers 0-0

(10-11 pen.)

Prisons XI Mochudi Rovers Grounds
17 February Black Rangers 3-1 King Rodgers Tsabong VDC Grounds

[3] Northern block

Date Home Score Away Ground
23 February Great North Tigers 4-3 Eleven Angels Francistown City Council Stadium
23 February Motlakase Power Dynamos 1-1

(7-8)

Peacemakers Bobonong Show Grounds
23 February Calendar Stars 1-1

(4-3)

Maun Terrors Francistown City Council Stadium
23 February Kazungula Young Fighters 0-0

(7-6)

White Diamonds Kasane Prisons Grounds
23 February Palapye All Stars 2-2

(1-3)

Sua Flamingos Phikwe United Grounds
23 February Santa Green 3-2 Morupule Wanderers Phikwe United Grounds
24 February BR Highlanders 4-0 Green Lovers Serowe Sports Council Stadium
24 February Nico United 3-1 Tsabotlhe Serowe Sports Council Stadium

Round of 32

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The round of 32 draw was conducted on 18 January 2020.[4] It was not seeded. King Rodgers, Tsabotlhe, and Tonota from Division One were the lowest ranked teams still in the competition.

Date Home Score Away Ground
22 February King Rodgers 0-2 Jwaneng Fighters
Mogoditshane Fighters 1-5 Orapa United
Masitaoka 2-1 Sankoyo Bush Bucks
Uniao Flamengo Santos 0-1 Mochudi Rovers
Mochudi Centre Chiefs 3-4 MR Highlanders
Prisons XI Gaborone 1-1

(6-5)

Tsabotlhe
Miscellaneous 0-2 Jwaneng Galaxy
Tonota FC 0-6 Township Rollers
Diamond Chiefs 0-0

(5-4)

Extension Gunners
Motlakase Power Dynamos 0-0

(4-5)

Broadhurst United
Morupule Wanderers 1-1

(4-5)

Notwane
Security Systems 0-0

(5-6)

BDF XI
Gaborone United 2-0 Black Forest
Matebejana 0-2 Calendar Stars
Sua Flamingos 1-0 Molepolole City Stars
Police XI 2-1 Eleven Angels

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Round of 16

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The round of 16 draw was conducted on 4 April 2019. It was not seeded. Jwaneng Fighters, Sand Diamonds and Kazungula Young Fighters from Division One are the lowest ranked teams still in the competition.

Date Home Score Away Ground
13 March Notwane 2-0 BDF XI
13 March Orapa United 3-4 Gaborone United Itekeng Stadium[6]
13 March Mochudi Rovers 0-2 Jwaneng Galaxy
14 March Sua Flamingos 0-1 Township Rollers
14 March Police XI 1-3 Prisons XI
14 March Diamond Chiefs 0-1 Masitaoka
15 March Broadhurst United 0-0

(2-3)

MR Highlanders
15 March Calendar Stars 2-1 Jwaneng Fighters

References

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  1. ^ "Orange FA Cup".
  2. ^ "FA Cup launched". Botswana FA. 3 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Orange FA Cup Off To Blazing Start". The Monitor. 18 February 2019.
  4. ^ Anastacia Sibanda (20 January 2020). "Botswana: FA Cup Draw to Benefit Low Division Teams". allAfrica. Gaborone.
  5. ^ "Botswana 2019/20".
  6. ^ "Can Piro stop Teenage?". 13 March 2020.