The Cosafa Castle Cup has added some new incentives this year to boost attacking play in the competition. There is a R25 000 prize on offer for any player who scores more than five goals in a single year, something that has never been achieved before. A bonus of R10 000 is also on offer to any scoring more than three goals in a match, which has been achieved before.
The man of the match awards in the annual southern African championship have also gone been double to R2000 per game. The full list of incentives this year are:
Prize money
Winners - R550 000
Runners-up - R280 000
Semifinalists - R145 000
Quarter-finalists - R95 000
First round - R80 000
Player of the Series - R20000
Man of the match - R2000 (per match)
Player who scored five or more goals per season - R25 000
Team scoring more than three goals in a match - R10 000
Media awards
Best print journalist - R12 000
Best radio journalist - R12 000
Best photographer - R12 000