Vodacom Challenge

The Vodacom Challenge was an association football pre-season tournament that featured Vodacom-sponsored South African clubs Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs plus from 2006 onwards an invited European club. Prior to 2006, the competition consisted of the two Soweto giants and two invited African clubs.

Vodacom Challenge

Founded	1999
Region	Africa (CAF) and International guest
Current champions	Tottenham Hotspur
Most successful team(s)	Kaizer Chiefs (5 times)
Website	www.vodacomchallenge.com

Tottenham Hotspur became the first non-African team to win the competition in 2007.

According to the tournament promoter, Jabu Mathibela the tournament was cancelled due to "time constraints" before the 2012 season would have commenced.^[1]

Vodacom Challenge Final with African Teams

Year	Winners	Score	Runners Up	Venue		3rd Place	Score	4th Place	Venue
1999	Orlando Pirates	4-1	Espérance ST	Kings Park Stadium, Durban		Kaizer Chiefs	2-1	ASEC	Kings Park Stadium, Durban
2000	Kaizer Chiefs	1-0	Orlando Pirates	Kings Park Stadium, Durban		Dynamos	2-1	Africa Sports	Kings Park Stadium, Durban
2001	Kaizer Chiefs	0-0 3-2 on pens	Asante Kotoko	Kings Park Stadium, Durban		Hearts of Oak	0-0 4-3 on Pens	Orlando Pirates	Kings Park Stadium, Durban
2002	St Eloi Lupopo	1-0	Kaizer Chiefs	Kings Park Stadium, Durban		Orlando Pirates	1-1 8-7 on Pens	Asante Kotoko	Kings Park Stadium, Durban
2003	Kaizer Chiefs	0-0 3-2 on pens	TP Mazembe	Kings Park Stadium, Durban		Orlando Pirates	1-0	St Eloi Lupopo	Kings Park Stadium, Durban
2004	AS Vita Club	0-0 5-4 on pens	Kaizer Chiefs	Soccer City, Soweto		Orlando Pirates	2-1	TP Mazembe	Soccer City, Soweto
2005	Orlando Pirates	2-1	Kaizer Chiefs	Kings Park Stadium, Durban		AS Vita Club	2-1	Green Buffaloes	Kings Park Stadium, Durban

Vodacom Challenge Results with European Teams

Year	Winners	Score	Runners Up	Venue	3rd Place
2006 Details	Kaizer Chiefs	0-0 4-3 on Pens	Manchester United	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Orlando Pirates
2007 Details	Tottenham Hotspur	3-0	Orlando Pirates	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Kaizer Chiefs
2008 Details	Manchester United	4-0	Kaizer Chiefs	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Orlando Pirates
2009 Details	Kaizer Chiefs	1-0	Manchester City	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Orlando Pirates
2010	Cancelled due to 2010 FIFA World Cup
2011 Details	Tottenham Hotspur	3-0	Orlando Pirates	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Kaizer Chiefs
2012	Cancelled due to "time constraints".[1]

Invited African clubs

1999

• ASEC Mimosas
• Esperance de Tunis

2000

• Africa Sports
• Dynamos FC

2001

• Asante Kotoko
• Hearts of Oak

2002

• Asante Kotoko
• FC St. Eloi Lupopo

2003

• TP Mazembe
• FC St. Eloi Lupopo

2004

• AS Vita Club
• TP Mazembe

2005

• AS Vita Club
• Green Buffaloes

Invited European clubs

2006

• Manchester United

2007

• Tottenham Hotspur

2008

• Manchester United

2009

• Manchester City

2011

• Tottenham Hotspur