ENGEN Knockout Challenge

The ENGEN Knockout Challenge is an annual youth soccer tournament in South Africa hosted by Engen Petroleum in partnership with SAFA. First hosted in 2003, the tournament celebrated its 20-year anniversary in 2023 and is one of the longest running youth tournaments in the country. The tournament serves as qualification for the ENGEN Champ of Champs where the winners of the nine provincial titles battle it out to be crowned Champ of Champs.

ENGEN Knockout Challenge

Organiser(s)	Engen
Founded	2003
Region	South Africa
Qualifier for	ENGEN Champ of Champs
Website	http://www.engenknockoutchallenge.co.za/

In 2020, Engen announced the launch of the women's division to be contested by U/20 teams.^[1] The 2021 Cape Town leg saw the first women's champion crowned.^[2]

Winners

Johannesburg leg Men's U/17

Johannesburg Men's U/17 Winners

Year	Winners	Runners-Up	Ref
2015	Mamelodi Sundowns	Bidvest Wits
2016
2017	Stars of Africa
2018
2019
2020
2021	Jomo Cosmos	TS Galaxy	[3]
2022	Kaizer Chiefs	Mamelodi Sundowns	[4]
2023	Mamelodi Sundowns	TS Galaxy	[5]
2024	Kaizer Chiefs	Mamelodi Sundowns	[6]

Johannesburg leg Women's U/20

Johannesburg Women's U/20 Winners

Year	Winners	Runner-Up	Ref
2021	Kempton Park Ladies		[7]
2022	University of Johannesburg	JVW Sapphires	[8]
2023	University of Johannesburg	JVW Sapphires	[9]
2024	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies	University of Johannesburg	[10]

Cape Town leg men's U/17

Cape Town Men's U/17 Winners

Year	Winners	Runners-Up	Ref
2014	ASD Cape Town	Liverpool-Portlands	[11]
2015
2016
2017	Old Mutual Football Academy
2018	Hellenic	Hout Bay United	[12]
2019
2020
2021	Ubuntu Cape Town	Cape Town City	[13]
2022	Cape Town City	Stellenbosch	[14]
2023	Stellenbosch	Ubuntu Cape Town	[15]
2024	Stellenbosch	Cape Town City	[16]

Cape Town leg women's U/20

Cape Town Women's U/20 Winners

Year	Winners	Runner-Up	Ref
2021	RV United Women	Spurs Women	[2]
2022	Cape Town Roses	Dangerous Heros	[14]
2023	Cape Town Roses	RV United Women	[15]
2024	Cape Town Roses	Dangerous Heros	[17]