Football tournament season
1997 Chatham CupTournament details |
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Venue(s) | Park Island Ground, Napier |
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Dates | 27 September 1997 |
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Final positions |
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Champions | Central United (1st title) |
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Runner-up | Napier City Rovers |
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Tournament statistics |
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Jack Batty Memorial Cup | Ivan Vicelich (Central United) |
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The 1997 Chatham Cup was the 70th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.
Up to the last 16 of the competition, the cup was run in three regions (northern, central, and southern), with an open draw from the quarter-finals on. National League teams received a bye until the third round (last 64). In all, 135 teams took part in the competition, which consisted of five rounds followed by quarter-finals, semi-finals, and a final.
The 1997 Final
Central United won the final, beating Napier City Rovers 3–2.
The Jack Batty Memorial Cup is awarded to the player adjudged to have made to most positive impact in the Chatham Cup final. The winner of the 1997 Jack Batty Memorial Cup was Ivan Vicelich of Central United.
Results
Third Round
Avon United (Christchurch) | 1 – 2 | Christchurch Technical |
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Blockhouse Bay | 4 – 0 | South Auckland Rangers |
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Central United (Auckland) | 12 – 3 | Melville (Hamilton) |
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Claudelands Rovers | 2 – 2 (aet)* | Waitakere City |
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Dispensary Bar (Auckland) | 0 – 2 | Mount Wellington |
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Dunedin Technical | 4 – 0 | Caversham |
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Eastbourne | 0 – 1 | Feilding United |
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Eastern Suburbs (Auckland) | 0 – 6 | East Coast Bays |
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Metro (Auckland) | 12 – 1 | Whangarei Rovers |
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Takapuna City | 11 – 1 | Carlton (Auckland) |
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Tawa | 0 – 2 | Western Suburbs FC (Porirua) |
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Te Atatu | 4 – 0 | Cadcam Services (Auckland) |
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West Harbour (Auckland) | 0 – 3 | Tauranga City |
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Whangarei | 0 – 7 | Papakura City |
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- * Won on penalties by Waitakere City (6-5)
- "Waihopai' received a bye to the Fourth Round.
Fourth Round
Lower Hutt City | 2 – 3 | Manawatu |
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Takapuna City | 2 – 4 | Blockhouse Bay |
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Tauranga City | 1 – 0 | Papakura City |
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Te Atatau | 0 – 3 | East Coast Bays |
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- * Won on penalties by Three Kings United (3-2)
Fifth Round
Blockhouse Bay | 4 – 5 | Central United |
Carmody 2, Dixon, Lynch | [1] | M. Urlovic 3 (1 pen.), Harris 2 |
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
References
- ^ report
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- Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 1997 page
- UltimateNZSoccer website 1997 Chatham Cup page
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#Cancelled as only 12 teams registered *Cancelled due to WWII †Cancelled due to COVID-19 |