{"id":35309,"date":"2025-05-02T16:19:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T14:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onecitizendaily.com\/?p=35309"},"modified":"2025-05-02T16:19:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T14:19:44","slug":"south-sudan-cup-finals-postponed-indefinitely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/02\/south-sudan-cup-finals-postponed-indefinitely\/","title":{"rendered":"South Sudan Cup finals postponed indefinitely"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Kei Emmanuel Duku<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>A highly anticipated 2024\/25 South Sudan Cup final clash between Jamus FC of Juba and Al-Merriekh FC of Bentiu has been postponed indefinitely by the organizing committee.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While the association did not specify a new date for the match, it assured that the decision was made to ensure a memorable experience for both participating teams and their supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Initial communications had indicated that the final would take place next week on May 5, 2025. However, the organizing committee announced via the South Sudan Football Association&#8217;s (SSFA) social media platforms that the game would not proceed as originally scheduled.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The new date for the final match will be communicated soon,&#8221; read an official statement on the SSFA Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>Jamus FC secured their place in the final by defeating Koyrom FC 2-0 in a semi-final encounter marred by the dismissal of five Koyrom FC players, leading to the premature abandonment of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Al-Merriekh FC advanced to the final after a decisive 5-0 victory over Aweil United FC in the other semi-final.<\/p>\n<p>The two finalists last met in the revised fixtures of the South Sudan Premier League last month, with Jamus FC, known as &#8220;the Buffaloes,&#8221; emerging victorious with a 3-1 scoreline. Notably, Al-Merriekh FC has not recorded a win against Jamus FC in the past year.<\/p>\n<p>Both Jamus FC and Al-Merriekh FC have displayed formidable form in the 14th edition of the 2024\/25 South Sudan Cup.<br \/>\nJamus FC reached the final by eliminating St. Mary FC 9-2 on aggregate, Koryom FC 2-0, and Majak Ajoung FC.<br \/>\nOn the other hand, Al-Merriekh FC&#8217;s journey to the final included a 5-0 semi-final win against Aweil United and a resounding 10-0 victory over Al-Merriekh FC Renk in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n<p>In the third-place playoff, Aweil United edged out Koryom FC 7-6 in a penalty shootout at Juba Stadium after the match concluded 1-1 in normal time, securing the third spot in the 2024\/25 South Sudan Cup.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kei Emmanuel Duku &nbsp; A highly anticipated 2024\/25 South Sudan Cup final clash between Jamus FC of Juba and Al-Merriekh FC of Bentiu has been postponed indefinitely by the organizing committee. While the association did not specify a new date for the match, it assured that the decision was<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/02\/south-sudan-cup-finals-postponed-indefinitely\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":35311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79,92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news","category-sports"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/football-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35309"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35312,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35309\/revisions\/35312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}