The 2024 ABSA Cup will see the new format that includes ten teams from the provinces coming to play.
In celebration of the 17 years of the ABSA Cup, ABSA Bank Zambia and the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) confirmed that the new format will see 21 teams take part.
During the launch of this year’s tournament on Wednesday morning at ABSA headquarters in Lusaka, the Bank also confirmed a total Sponsorship package of K5.5 million which is an increment of 37.5 percent from last year’s K4 million.
The Expanded format of the ABSA Cup, will see ten provincial Champions, 4 teams from the National Division One and seven from the MTN Super League taking part.
Meanwhile Zamtel has taken up the sponsorship of the man of the match awards.
The Winners of the 2024 ABSA Cup will pocket K800, 000, the runners up will get K350,000. The player of the tournament, the top goalscorer and the best goalkeeper will pocket K25,000 each and will be sponsored by ABSA Life.
The player of the match will walk away with K5,000 in the preliminary stage and K15,000 from the quarter final stage.
ABSA went on to reveal that Travel subsidies for the participating teams will vary between K15,000 to K30,000.
