1988 Lion Cup
# 1988 Lion Cup

The 1989 Lion Cup was the premier domestic rugby union knock-out competition in South Africa. This was the sixth edition of the Lion Cup.

## Teams

All 26 South African provincial teams took part in this competition. They were ranked as follows:

1988 Lion Cup teams :

| Ranking | Team |
| - | - |
| 1 | Transvaal |
| 2 | Northern Transvaal |
| 3 | Western Province |
| 4 | Free State |
| 5 | Eastern Province |
| 6 | Northern Free State |
| 7 | Far North |
| 8 | Boland |
| 9 | Western Province League |
| 10 | South Western Districts |
| 11 | Vaal Triangle |
| 12 | Western Transvaal |
| 13 | Northern Natal |
| 14 | South West Africa |
| 15 | North Eastern Cape |
| 16 | Natal |
| 17 | Eastern Free State |
| 18 | Border |
| 19 | North Western Cape |
| 20 | Stellaland |
| 21 | Eastern Transvaal |
| 22 | South Eastern Transvaal |
| 23 | Griqualand West |
| 24 | Lowveld |
| 25 | SARU |
| 26 | Winelands |

## Competition

This competition was a knock-out competition. The four teams ranked 23 to 26 played each other in the qualifying round with the two winners advancing to Round One, where they joined the teams ranked 9 to 22. These 16 teams played in eight matches, with the winners advancing to Round Two, where the top 8 ranked teams will join. In Round Two, the 16 remaining teams would be reduced to eight and would be followed by the quarter-finals, semi-finals and the Final.

## Fixtures and results

The draw for round one and round two were made on 25 February, The quarter final draw was made on 3 May and the semi-final draw on 28 May.

### Round one

* Bye/s: Boland, Eastern Province, Far North, Free State, Northern Free State, Northern Transvaal, Transvaal, Western Province
