2011–12 Nedbank Cup

The Nedbank Cup is a South African club football (soccer) tournament. The knockout tournament, based on the English FA Cup format, was one of a weak opponent facing a stronger one. The competition was sponsored by ABSA until 2007, after which Nedbank took over sponsorship.

The winner of the 2011–12 Nedbank Cup winners, SuperSport United, qualified for the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup.

Format
The 16 Premier Soccer League clubs, 8 National First Division teams, as well as 8 teams from the amateur ranks compete for the prize money of R6 million. The winner also qualifies for the CAF Confederation Cup.

The preliminary round features all 16 National First Division teams and will be reduced to eight when the teams play on 12 December 2012.

The teams are not seeded at any stage, and the first 16 sides drawn out of the hat receive a home-ground advantage. There are no longer any replays in the tournament, and any games which end in a draw after 90 minutes are subject to 30 minutes extra time followed by penalties if necessary.

Teams
The 32 teams competing in the Nedbank Cup competition are: (listed according to their league that they are playing in).

Premier Soccer League

 * 1. Ajax Cape Town
 * 2. AmaZulu
 * 3. Bidvest Wits
 * 4. Black Leopards
 * 5. Bloemfontein Celtic
 * 6. Free State Stars
 * 7. Golden Arrows
 * 8. Jomo Cosmos


 * 9. Kaizer Chiefs
 * 10. Mamelodi Sundowns
 * 11. Maritzburg United
 * 12. Moroka Swallows
 * 13. Orlando Pirates
 * 14. Platinum Stars
 * 15. Santos
 * 16. Supersport United

National First Division

 * 17. African Warriors
 * 18. Blackburn Rovers
 * 19. Mpumalanga Black Aces
 * 20. Polokwane City


 * 21. Sivutsa Stars
 * 22. United FC
 * 23. University of Pretoria
 * 24. Witbank Spurs

Vodacom League

 * 25. Roses United
 * 26. Ethekwini Coastal
 * 27. Vardos
 * 28. The Dolphins


 * 29. Batau
 * 30. Powerlines F.C.
 * 31. Cape Town All Stars
 * 32. North West Shining Stars

Preliminary round
The preliminary round saw National First Division sides play each other is a knockout round to decide who would compete in the 2012 Nedbank Cup.