The 2023 FA Challenge Cup is the 49th edition of the FA Challenge Cup, Botswana's premier football knockout tournament. It is sponsored by Orange and is known as the Orange FA Cup or Orange FA Cup Season 4 for sponsorship reasons. It started with the preliminary round on the weekend of 18 February and will conclude with the final on a date to be determined. Gaborone United are the defending champions after having won the cup for a record-extending 8th time in 2022. Preliminary round The preliminary round draw took place on 26 January 2023. The draw was seeded into two, namely the northern and southern blocks. Southern block games were played on 18 and 19 February while northern block games are to be played on 25 and 26 February. Southern block Northern block 1The match was originally supposed to be played on the 18th but was postponed to the following day. References Football in Botswana 2023 in Botswana