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The SportPesa Super Cup is an annual football tournament, created and sponsored by bookmakers SportPesa, which pits the best teams in East Africa against one another in one full week of high class football action.

Overview
The first edition of the SportPesa SuperCup took place in June, 2017 at the Uhuru Stadium in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. The winner inaugural edition, Gor Mahia, got to play against English Premier League side Everton at the National Stadium in Dar Es Salaam

The second edition of the regional football tourney pitting East Africa’s finest teams will take place on June 3 - 10, 2018. Eight teams, four from Kenya and four from Tanzania, will participate in this year's edition. The winning team will earn a chance to travel to the UK in July for a face-off with English Premier League club, Everton FC at Goodison Park.

The tournament is intended to bring about enhanced cohesion within the region as well as showcase only the greatest in East African football talent. As a unique franchise, the Super Cup further serves as a uniting initiative between football fans across the region and to some extent the continent as well. It is intended to raise the profile of African football and what it represents – a sense of pride for all who partake in it.

Participants
The teams participating in the 2018 SportPesa SuperCup edition are:

•      🇰🇪 - Gor Mahia FC

•	🇰🇪 - AFC Leopards

•	🇰🇪 - Kariobangi Sharks

•	🇰🇪 - Kakamega Homeboyz

•	 - Yanga FC

•	 - Simba SC

•	 - Singida FC -

•	 - Jeshi la Kujenga Uchumi (JKU)

Prize money
Winner: $30,000 Runner-up: $10,000 2nd Runner-Up: $7,500 Semi-finalists: $5,000 Quarter-finalists: $2,500