The 2011–12 NZF Cup, also known as the 2011–12 White Ribbon Cup, was the inaugural tournament involving ASB Premiership clubs not involved in Champions League football. This was the first and only year it was held, mainly for the purpose of giving ASB Premiership clubs much needed football involvement during gap weeks that the OFC Champion League was being played.
Participants Auckland and Waitakere both topped the 2010-11 ASB Premiership, earning them a place in the 2011-12 OFC Champions League. The six remaining ASB Premiership teams were then entered into the White Ribbon Cup where they were split into two conferences relating to their geographic location with Waikato, Hawke's Bay and Manawatu forming the Northern Conference and Wellington, Canterbury and Otago forming the Southern Conference.
Northern ConferenceSouthern Conference Waikato FC Team Wellington YoungHeart Manawatu Canterbury United Hawke's Bay United Otago United
Schedule RoundDateGroup StageMatchday 13 December 2011Matchday 219 February 2012Matchday 33 March 2012Final1 April 2012
Group stage Within each conference, each team plays the other two teams once. The top team from each conference then play each other in the grand final to determine the winner of the White Ribbon cup.
Northern Conference TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Waikato FC220051+46 Hawke's Bay United210152+33 YoungHeart Manawatu200218−70
Southern Conference TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Team Wellington220091+86 Canterbury United210124−23 Otago United200228−60
Final
Top goalscorers GoalsPlayerTeam5 Dakota Lucas Team Wellington3 Louis Fenton Team Wellington Ethan Galbraith Team Wellington2 Stu Wilson Hawke's Bay United Michael Eagar Team Wellington Ryan Thomas Waikato FC1 Aaron Clapham Canterbury United Geoff MacIntyre Canterbury United Danny Wilson Hawke's Bay United Matt Hastings Hawke's Bay United Stephen Hindmarch Hawke's Bay United Ant Hancock Otago United Tristan Prattley Otago United Patrick Fleming Team Wellington Henry Fa'arodo Team Wellington Tyler Lissette Waikato FC Jason Hicks Waikato FC Mohammed Awad Waikato FC Adam Thomas Waikato FC Seule Soromon YoungHeart Manawatu
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