After one year without action, Airtel Top 8 Cup competition is finally back with a lucrative K234 million three-year sponsorship which will be divided into K78 million sponsorship per season from K66 million.
Breaking the news on Wednesday at Ryalls Hotel in Blantyre Airtel Malawi Plc Managing Director, Charles Kamoto said the company have decided to bring back the competition as they aim to help in promoting football in the country.
Nyamilandu signing the contract watched by Kamoto (left)
Kamoto further expressed confident that the competition will add value to the local elite teams in as far as competitiveness is concerned as teams will be fight hard to finish in top 8 in the TNM Super League at the same time giving players opportunity to showcase their talents and open doors for Malawi national team call ups.
Bar Raised As Airtel Hikes Top 8 Sponsorship to K243 Million – Malawi Voice
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The much anticipated K90 million FDH Bank League Cup, whose winners will go home with K25m as prize money, kicks off May 29 with regional leagues’ preliminaries.
The competition, that was unveiled in November 2019, was due to have been played in 2020 but had been put on hold due to suspension of sporting activities in the midst of the CoVID-19 pandemic.
At a press briefing on Tuesday at Mpira Village, Football Association of Malawi (FAM) general secretary, Alfred Gunda confirmed the format of the Cup to be participated by 16 Super League teams, 62 regional leagues’ Premier Division teams (20 from South, 24 from Centre and 18 from North) and and 62 from the regional associations.