The 2024 Chatham Cup was New Zealand's 96th annual knockout football competition.
It had a preliminary round and four rounds proper before quarter-finals, semi-finals, and a final.
Results Preliminary round Matches were played over ANZAC weekend of 25–28 April. This round contained four teams from the Auckland Sunday football leagues — AFC Bohemian Celtic, Colo Boys, Sperm Whales FC, and University of Auckland FC — which were the lowest-ranked teams in the competition.
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Northern Region
Central Region
Capital Region
Nelson / Marlborough Bays Region
Canterbury Region
Round 1 Matches were played over the of weekend of 10–13 May. This round contained two teams from the Auckland Sunday football leagues — AFC Bohemian Celtic, and University of Auckland FC — which were the lowest-ranked teams in the competition.
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Northern Region
Central Region
Nelson / Marlborough Bays Region
Canterbury Region
Southern Region
Round 2 Matches were played over the of King's Birthday weekend of 31 May – 3 June. This round contains four teams from tier 5; Central United, FC Nelson, Northern United, South Auckland Rangers, which are the lowest-ranked teams left in the competition.
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Northern Region
Central Region
Nelson / Marlborough Bays Region
Canterbury Region
Southern Region
Round 3 Matches will be played over the weekend of 14 – 16 June. This round contains two teams from tier 5 — Central United and FC Nelson — which are the lowest-ranked teams left in the competition.
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Northern Region
Central Region
Southern Region
Round 4 Matches were played over the weekend of 5 – 7 July. This round contained one team from tier 4 — Cambridge — which is the lowest-ranked team left in the competition. Winner of Ferrymead Bays v Coastal Spirit is also the MacFarlane Cup.
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Northern Region
Central Region
Southern Region
Quarter-finals Matches will be played over the weekend of 26 – 28 July. This round contained two team from tier 3 — Hibiscus Coast and Otago University — which are the lowest-ranked teams left in the competition.
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Semi-finals Matches were played over the weekend of 16 – 18 August. This round featured four teams from the National League regional leagues (tier 2); Two teams from Northern League: Auckland City, Birkenhead United, one team from Central League: Wellington Olympic, one team from Southern League: Coastal Spirit.
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Final
Broadcasting rights FIFA+ have the broadcasting rights for the 2024 season. Round Date Kick-off Teams Round 2 1 June 2:00pm Coastal Spirit v Cashmere Technical Round 3 15 June 5:30pm Western Springs v Eastern Suburbs Round 4 6 July 2:00pm Napier City Rovers v Miramar Rangers Quarter-final 27 July 2:00pm Hibiscus Coast v Coastal Spirit 27 July 2:00pm Wellington Olympic v Manurewa 27 July 6:00pm Otago University v Auckland City 28 July 2:00pm Napier City Rovers v Birkenhead United Semi-final 18 August 1:00pm Coastal Spirit v Wellington Olympic 18 August 2:00pm Auckland City v Birkenhead United Final 7 September 7:00pm Wellington Olympic v Auckland City
Notes The tiers that teams are in (as indicated in brackets next to their name) are based on the New Zealand football league system for the 2024 season. As some teams can qualify and play in more than one league (and tier) per season, the highest tier that they took part in at the time of the cup matches is the one noted next to their name.
References
External links Chatham Cup section on the New Zealand Football website