Carling Black Label Cup

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The Carling Black Label Cup was a one-day four-team football tournament in South Africa. Prior to 2022, the Carling Black Label Cup has been a one-day pre-season match between Soweto rivals, Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs. The teams to compete were voted in from the 16 Premiership teams. Similar to the abolished annual Telkom Charity Cup, which had four entrants and the semi-final winners playing twice in one day, the Black Label Cup had four participating teams with the winners of the first matches playing twice while losers playing penalties for the 3rd and 4th place play-off. The teams and line-ups were chosen by Carling Black Label customers who submitted an eleven-digit code found on Carling products and had their vote registered. Customers also chose which substitutions to make in-game by voting via text message. In June 2011, South African football magazine Kick-Off conducted an interview with Carling Black Label general manager Andrea Quaye. Quaye stated that the Black Label...

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