The Chatham Cup is New Zealand's premier

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tournament in men's

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. It is held annually, with the final contested in September. The current champions of the Chatham Cup are 2022 winners

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, who defeated

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1–0 in the final.

History

The Chatham Cup is contested by teams from throughout New Zealand, and has been held annually since 1923 with the exception of 1937 and 1941–44. Typically between 120 and 150 teams take part, with extra time and penalty shoot-outs used to decide matches which end in ties. In the past, replays were used, and in the early years of the competition the number of corners won during a game decided tied matches. The cup itself was gifted to the then New Zealand Football Association by the crew of HMS ''Chatham'' as a token of appreciation for the hospitality they had encountered on a visit to New Zealand. The cup, which cost £150, was presented to NZFA President Sir

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by Captain Cecil Burnaby Prickett on board the ''Chatham'' on 14 December 1922.Houston, J., (1952) ''Association football in New Zealand.'' Wellington: A.H. & A. W. Reed. p. 33. The actual trophy is modelled on the

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. The most successful teams in the Chatham Cup have been Mount Wellington (seven wins, two of them since amalgamation with Auckland University), and Christchurch United and North Shore United (six wins each). Most of the competition's winners have come from the main centres of

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and

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, though teams from

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, Gisborne,

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, and Napier have also won the competition, and the inaugural champions were from the small settlement of

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, with many of the team being staff from the nearby psychiatric hospital. The competition has been held every year since 1923 with six exceptions. The 1937 competition was cancelled due to a paucity of entrants (only 12 teams applied to take part), four competitions (from 1941 to 1944) were cancelled due to World War II, and the 2020 competition was cancelled because of

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The early years

Many of the early winners of the competition no longer exist, as competition was not effectively organised in New Zealand until the advent of a

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in 1970, and still remains largely amateur to this day. Many early New Zealand clubs have amalgamated with their neighbours or disbanded. Prior to 1970, the final was held between the winners of separate

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and

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tournaments, with national semi-finals often being referred to as "Island finals". In the early years of the competition, each regional association found its own champion to represent that region in the Chatham Cup, leading to confusion in many of the early records with regional finals, island finals, and the national final all often simply being referred to in contemporary reports as "finals". Further confusion is caused by the incomplete nature of many of the early competition records. It is only since the first publication of an annual New Zealand football yearbook in 1965 that any systematic record-keeping began to take place; earlier match reports and statistics are complete only inasmuch as the vagaries of newspaper sports reporting allow. Early Chatham Cup competitions were not well supported by the clubs, and the regulations surrounding entry to the competition were often financially prohibitive. The clubs themselves received only a tiny percentage of the money made in gate takings, and often had to travel considerably further to play matches than they did in the provincial leagues in which they competed. Concerns as to the costs involved and the limited financial support from the NZFA for entrants in the competition led to some teams disbanding as a result of the debts incurred, notably early winners Harbour Board, and the competition itself was so poorly supported by clubs as a result that it barely survived its first few seasons. Only some 30 clubs entered each of the first few years of the competition, despite over 450 clubs being registered with the country's football administration in 1924; South Island participation in particular was poor, with only a handful of teams entering in the first few years, and the 1937 Cup was cancelled after only twelve teams nationwide registered entries. Despite this, large crowds often came to watch the matches, indicating their popularity with the public. The Wellington regional final in 1924 was played before a crowd of 1500 spectators, one in sixty of Wellington's population at the time, and the 1928 national final was watched by a crowd of 6000.

Post-war competition

Support for the competition among clubs has gained momentum since travel has become easier around the country and the

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of the competition have been eased. Since World War II it has been typical for 100 to 150 teams to enter the competition. Since the 1960s tournaments have been organised with a preliminary round and (occasionally) a qualifying round, four or five rounds proper, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final. Competition begins in April, and the final is normally played in September. Early rounds are held on a regional basis, between teams within the country's three competition regions (northern North Island, southern North Island, South Island). Different publications often list different numbers for the rounds, making for some confusion as to whether the round before the quarter-finals is the fourth or fifth round in any particular year. Between 1970 and 2003, when a

was run between the country's top clubs, national league teams received byes to later stages of the cup competition. The current New Zealand Football Championship, which replaced this league, is contested between franchise teams rather than traditional clubs, and these franchise teams do not compete in the Chatham Cup. There is currently no formal system of byes to later rounds (as there is, for example, in the FA Cup). Several top sides do, however, gain byes through to the second round. From 1986–1988, the final was contested on a two-match home and away series, but in other years the final has been a single match. In 1952, the final finished 1–1, and the title was shared. A replay was used to decide the 1970, 1972 and 1983 finals, and penalty shoot-outs decided the 1990 and 2001 finals.

Past winners

* 1923 –

(Otago) * 1924 – Harbour Board (Auckland) *

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(Wellington) * 1926 – Sunnyside (Christchurch) * 1927 – Ponsonby * 1928 –

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1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...

– Tramways (Auckland) *

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1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

– Tramurewa (Auckland) * 1932 –

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* 1933 – Ponsonby *

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(Auckland) * 1935 –

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(Wellington) *

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(Christchurch) * 1937 – ''competition cancelled due to lack of entries'' *

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– Waterside (Wellington) *

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– Waterside (Wellington) * 1940 – Waterside (Wellington) * 1941–44 – ''no competition due to World War II'' *

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(Christchurch) *

1946 Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...

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1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in ...

– Waterside (Wellington) * 1948 – Christchurch Technical Old Boys * 1949 –

* 1950 – Eden (Auckland) *

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(Auckland) * 1952 –

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and

(Christchurch) (title shared) * 1953 –

(Auckland) *

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(Christchurch) * 1956 – Stop Out (Wellington) *

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* 1958 –

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– Northern (Dunedin) * 1960 –

1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 ...

– Northern (Dunedin) * 1962 –

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1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...

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* 1964 –

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(Auckland) * 1966 –

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* 1967 –

* 1968 –

(Auckland) * 1969 –

(Auckland) *

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Blockhouse Bay Blockhouse Bay is a residential suburb in the south west of Auckland, in New Zealand's North Island. It is sited on the northern coast of the Manukau Harbour, and is also close to the administrative boundary that existed between Auckland Cit ...

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...

– Western Suburbs (Wellington) *

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

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Christchurch United Christchurch United is an amateur association football club in Christchurch, New Zealand. They compete in various Mainland Football competitions at Junior and Senior level. The club has won six National League titles and six Chatham Cup trophi ...

* 1973 – Mount Wellington (Auckland) * 1974 –

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1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

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* 1977 –

Nelson United Nelson United was a New Zealand soccer club, based in the South Island city of Nelson. Their home ground was Guppy Park. The team was founded in 1968 through the amalgamation of Nelson Thistle (founded 1924) and Nelson Rangers (founded 1950 ...

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...

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Manurewa Manurewa is a major suburb in South Auckland, New Zealand. It was part of Manukau City before the creation of the Auckland super city in 2010. It is located south of the Manukau, Manukau City Centre, and southeast of Auckland CBD. The subur ...

* 1979 –

* 1980 – Mount Wellington (Auckland) *

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– Dunedin City *

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...

– Mount Wellington (Auckland) * 1983 – Mount Wellington (Auckland) *

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* 1985 –

Napier City Rovers Napier City Rovers is a football team based in Napier, New Zealand, competing in the Central Premier League. Club history The team was founded in 1973 via a merger of Napier Rovers and Napier City. Napier City Rovers have won New Zealand's p ...

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Gisborne City Gisborne City AFC was an association football club in Gisborne, New Zealand. Founded in 1939 as Eastern Union, the club changed its name to Gisborne City after winning the Central Districts League at the first attempt in 1967. As Eastern Union, ...

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...

– Waikato United * 1989 –

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– Mount Wellington (Auckland) *

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* 1993 –

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Waitakere City Waitākere City was a territorial authority in West Auckland, New Zealand; it was governed by the Waitākere City Council from 1989 to 2010. It was New Zealand's fifth-largest city, with an annual growth of about 2%. In 2010 the council was ...

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* 1996 –

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Central United Central United Football Club is an amateur association football (soccer) club based in Sandringham, Auckland, New Zealand who complete in the NRF Championship. The team was officially called ''Central Soccer Club'' until 1996 when it changed ...

(Auckland) * 1998 –

(Auckland) * 1999 –

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2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

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University-Mount Wellington University-Mount Wellington is an association football club in Auckland, New Zealand. It was formed from the amalgamation of University AFC and Mount Wellington AFC. The team play at Bill McKinlay Park, Panmure, Auckland. Club history During ...

(Auckland) *

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(Auckland) * 2004 –

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(Auckland) *

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– Western Suburbs (Wellington) * 2007 –

(Auckland) *

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East Coast Bays East Coast Bays is a string of small suburbs that form the northernmost part of the North Shore, part of the contiguous Auckland metropolitan area in New Zealand. The suburbs line the north-east coast of the city along the shore of the Haurak ...

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– Wellington Olympic *

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Wairarapa United Wairarapa United is a Association football, football club based in Masterton, New Zealand and are currently competing in the Central Premier League, Central League. Club history The club was formed by the merger of Masterton (soccer), Masterton ...

(Masterton) *

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Cashmere Technical Cashmere Technical is an association football club based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was formed in early 2012 from the merger of two of the city's premier teams, Cashmere Wanderers and Woolston Technical. The two clubs had agreed to work t ...

(Christchurch) *

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(Auckland) * 2017 Chatham Cup, 2017 – Onehunga Sports (Auckland) * 2018 Chatham Cup, 2018 –

(Auckland) * 2019 Chatham Cup, 2019 –

* 2020 – ''competition cancelled due Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on association football, Covid-19'' * 2021 Chatham Cup, 2021 –

(Christchurch) * 2022 Chatham Cup, 2022 –

Bob Smith Memorial Trophy

The Bob Smith Memorial Trophy is traditionally awarded to the runners-up in the Chatham Cup, though this has not always been the case, notably in the years 1982 to 1997, when the trophy's location was unknown. Details of each year's runners-up can be found in the individual articles on each year's competition.

Jack Batty Memorial Cup

A Jack Batty Memorial Cup is presented annually to the player adjudged to have made the most positive impact in the Chatham Cup final. The trophy honours Jack Batty, who was both a member of the crew of HMS ''Chatham'' and also a three-time medallist in the early days of the tournament with Auckland Harbour Board, Tramways, and Tramurewa. The cup was donated by his son, John Batty, himself a Chatham Cup winner with Blockhouse Bay (soccer), Blockhouse Bay in

, and was first awarded to Greg Brown of Napier City Rovers in 1985. * 1985 – Greg Brown (footballer born 1962), Greg Brown (Napier City Rovers) *

– Duncan Cole (North Shore United) *

– Dave Reynolds (Gisborne City) *

– Steve Tate (Waikato United) * 1989 – Michael McGarry (Christchurch United) *

– Michael McGarry (Christchurch United) *

– Dave Woodard (Wellington United) *

– Neal Cave (Miramar Rangers) * 1993 – Paul Halford (Napier City Rovers) *

– Ivan Vicelich (Waitakere City) *

– Darren McClennan (Waitakere City) * 1996 – Mark Foy (footballer), Mark Foy (Mount Wellington) *

– Ivan Vicelich (Central United) * 1998 – Terry Torrens (Central United) * 1999 – Aaron Burgess (Dunedin Technical) *

– Jimmy Cudd (Napier City Rovers) *

– Paul Bunbury (University-Mount Wellington) *

– Leon Birnie (Napier City Rovers) *

– Kara Waetford (University-Mount Wellington) * 2004 – Tim Butterfield (Miramar Rangers) *

– Ross Nicholson (Central United) *

– Phil Imray (Western Suburbs) * 2007 – Luiz del Monte (Central United) *

– Ryan Zoghby (East Coast Bays) *

– Raf de Gregorio (Wellington Olympic) *

– Phil Imray (Miramar Rangers) *

– Scott Robson (Wairarapa United) *

– Emiliano Tade (Central United) *

– Andy Pitman (Cashmere Technical) *

– Stuart Kelly (footballer), Stuart Kelly (Cashmere Technical) *

– Miles John (Napier City Rovers) *

– Tom Davis (Birkenhead United) * 2017 Chatham Cup, 2017 – Mario Ilich (Central United) * 2018 Chatham Cup, 2018 – Alec Solomons (Birkenhead United) * 2019 Chatham Cup, 2019 – Sho Goto (Napier City Rovers) * 2020 – ''Not Awarded'' * 2021 Chatham Cup, 2021 – Yuya Taguchi (Cashmere Technical) * 2022 Chatham Cup, 2022 – Dylan Manickum (Auckland City)

Cup records

Most cup wins

Most appearances in final

NOTE: An asterisk in the "most recent appearance" column indicates that the team won the Chatham Cup in the year indicated

Other records

*Highest team score (final): 7: **Seatoun (soccer), Seatoun 7–1 Christchurch United, Christchurch City ( 1958) **

7–1 Rotorua City ( 1989) *Highest team score (any match): 21: **Metro FC (New Zealand), Metro 21–0 Norwest United (1998 Chatham Cup#Third Round, Third Round, 1998) **Central United 21–0 Norwest United (second round,

) *Most goals in a final: 8: **Waterside Karori, Waterside (Wellington) 6–2 Mosgiel AFC, Mosgiel ( 1940) **

6–2

(

) **Seatoun (soccer), Seatoun 7–1 Christchurch United, Christchurch City ( 1958) **North Shore United 5–3 Cashmere Technical, Technical Old Boys ( 1960) **

4–4 (extra-time, a.e.t) University-Mount Wellington, Mount Wellington (

)* **

7–1 Rotorua City ( 1989) *Most winners medals: 6: Steve Sumner *Most final appearances: 8: **Tony Sibley **Ron Armstrong *Most individual goals in a final: 6: John Donovan for Seatoun (soccer), Seatoun, 1958 *Most teams entered: 174 (

) * Does not include two-legged finals. The 1972 match referred to is the first match, which finished 4–4.

Notes

External links

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