Bullets, Silver to launch the inaugural 2023 Castel Challenge Cup

FCB Nyasa Big Bullets and Silver Strikers will be meeting for the third time in three months as the Football Association of Malawi has announced that the two teams will face off in the Castle Challenge Cup ceremonial match.

The Association has announced that the game between the two heavyweights will be played during the FIFA International holiday on 17 June, 2023 at Bingu National Stadium.

“FCB Nyasa Big Bullets will play Silver Strikers in a ceremonial match at the Official Launch of the Castel Challenge Cup on Saturday 17 June 2023 at the BNS in Lilongwe,” announced the Association through their Facebook Page.

Silver Strikers and Big Bullets were have also met twice this season in ceremonial matches.

They faced off at the Bingu National Stadium in the opening game of the TNM Super League before another epic encounter at Civo Stadium in the ceremonial match at the Kamuzu Day Commemoration event.

Pieter De Jongh’s side came off the back to force a 1-all stalemate in the Super League before Henry Kabitchi giving the people’s team a 1-0 win in the Kamuzu Day Cup.

Castel Malawi in April unveiled a three-year sponsorship for Castel Challenge Cup in excess of K1 billion, which is the highest in the history of Malawi football.

Castel Malawi, formerly Carlsberg Malawi, is returning to sponsor football after withdrawing Carlsberg Cup sponsorship in 2019.

For this year alone, Castel Malawi is pumping in over K320 million towards the cup.The national champion will get K50 million while the e runners-up will get K25 million.

The two semi-finalists will get MK10 million each while four quarter-finalists will walk away with K5 million each.

The competition will start at district level where 31 district champions will receive MK750,000 each while 17 teams that will qualify from the regional level will get K1 million each