| 2019 Gold Cup | |
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| Countries | South Africa |
| Date | 9 March – 14 April 2019 |
The 2019 Gold Cup — officially known as the SSG Gold Cup, presented by Blu Approved and M4Jam for sponsorship reasons — was the 2019 edition of the Gold Cup, an annual rugby union competition held in South Africa between the top non-university club teams of the South African Rugby Union's constituent provincial unions. The competition was the third edition of the competition since its name change in 2016 and the sixth edition since it was launched as the Community Cup in 2013.
SARU restored the competition to the early-year time-slot it occupied from 2013 to 2015 — which resulted the competition taking a hiatus in 2018 – and was scheduled for 9 March to 14 April 2019.[1] In an additional change from the 2017 edition, the amount of participating teams were reduced from 20 to 16, with one spot going to each of the fourteen provincial unions, one spot to the Limpopo Blue Bulls sub-union and the final spot went to a wildcard entry.
- ^ "2019 Gold Cup line-up confirmed" (Press release). South African Rugby Union. 5 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.