Sundowns is R14.5 million richer this season

Still celebrating their Absa Premiership championship triumph, Mamelodi Sundowns has added another feather to their cap when they were confirmed Absa Premiership Q-Innovation Quarter Four (Q4) winners.

This is the third quarter out of four in the 2015/16 season that Sundowns (Yellow Machine) has won. Each quarter carries prize money of R1.5 million.

This means Sundowns have won R4.5 million from the Q-Innovation incentive. They will also be awarded R10 million for winning the Absa Premiership on 21 May – making it a total R14.5 million.

Mamelodi Sundowns finished with 16 points from six matches in Quarter Four which has seven fixtures. Lamontville Golden Arrows was second with 11 points from six matches, and in third was Bloemfontein Celtic with 10 points from the same number of games.

Premier Soccer League acting CEO, Mato Madlala congratulated Mamelodi Sundowns for the achievement, a feat that has never been done since the inauguration of the Q-Innovation two seasons ago.

Had Sundowns started the season well, they could have easily swept the boards of the Q-Innovation system. The first quarter of the season went to league rivals, Bidvest Wits and the rest were swept by the Yellow Machine.

Q-innovation fact sheet:

• Each side that wins a Quarter gets R1.5 million in prize money.
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• Quarter One (8 fixtures), Quarter Two (7 fixtures), Quarter Three (8 fixtures), Quarter Four (7 fixtures).

15/16 season:

• Bidvest Wits won Absa Premiership 2015/16 Quarter 1 (19 Points, 8 games)
• Mamelodi Sundowns won Absa Premiership 2015/16 Quarter 2 (19 points, 7 games)
• Mamelodi Sundowns won Quarter Three with 19 points, (8 games)
• Mamelodi Sundowns won Quarter Four (16 points – with a game in hand).

2014/15 season:

• Kaizer Chiefs won 2014/15 Absa Premiership Quarter 1 and Quarter 4,
• Polokwane City claimed Quarter 2 top honours (2014/15 season), and
• Mamelodi Sundowns won Quarter 3 (2014/15 season).

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