 Linfield celebrate their Setanta Cup success at Tolka Park |
A place in the big money Setanta Cup is the prize for next season's winners of the CIS Insurance Cup. The new-look Setanta competition is being increased from six to eight teams - four each from the Irish League and Eircom League.
The Irish League quartet will comprise the CIS winners, Glentoran, Portadown and Linfield, who won the inaugural Setanta Cup last month.
The CIS Cup final will be on a Saturday for the first time, on 3 December.
Linfield were surprise 2-0 victors over Eircom League champions Shelbourne in May's decider at Tolka Park.
Glenn Ferguson and Peter Thomspon scored the goals which earned the Blues the 150,000 euro top prize.
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