| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Venue(s) | Park Island Ground, Napier |
| Dates | 27 September 1997 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Central United (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Napier City Rovers |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Jack Batty Memorial Cup | Ivan Vicelich (Central United) |
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.
Central United won the final, beating Napier City Rovers 3–2.
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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.
| Avon United (Christchurch) | 1 – 2 | Christchurch Technical |
|---|---|---|
| Central United (Auckland) | 12 – 3 | Melville (Hamilton) |
|---|---|---|
| Claudelands Rovers | 2 – 2 (aet)* | Waitakere City |
|---|---|---|
| Dispensary Bar (Auckland) | 0 – 2 | Mount Wellington |
|---|---|---|
| Dunedin Technical | 4 – 0 | Caversham |
|---|---|---|
| Eastbourne | 0 – 1 | Feilding United |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern Suburbs (Auckland) | 0 – 6 | East Coast Bays |
|---|---|---|
| Halswell United | 3 – 1 | Woolston WMC |
|---|---|---|
| Lynn-Avon United (Auckland) | 10 – 0 | Mount Maunganui |
|---|---|---|
| Manurewa | 0 – 2 | Fencibles United (Auckland) |
|---|---|---|
| Palmerston North Marist | 7 – 0 | Red Sox (Palmerston North) |
|---|---|---|
| Metro (Auckland) | 12 – 1 | Whangarei Rovers |
|---|---|---|
| Northland United (Whangarei) | 0 – 1 | Three Kings United (Auckland) |
|---|---|---|
| Onehunga Sports | 2 – 1 | Ellerslie |
|---|---|---|
| Otahuhu United | 0 – 3 | Papatoetoe |
|---|---|---|
| Takapuna City | 11 – 1 | Carlton (Auckland) |
|---|---|---|
| Tararua United (Upper Hutt) | 0 – 2 | Waterside Karori |
|---|---|---|
| Tawa | 0 – 2 | Western Suburbs FC (Porirua) |
|---|---|---|
| Te Atatu | 4 – 0 | Cadcam Services (Auckland) |
|---|---|---|
| Wairarapa United (Masterton) | 0 – 3 | Manawatu (Palmerston North) |
|---|---|---|
| Wellington Olympic | 2 – 0 | Petone |
|---|---|---|
| West Harbour (Auckland) | 0 – 3 | Tauranga City |
|---|---|---|
| Whangarei | 0 – 7 | Papakura City |
|---|---|---|
| Dunedin Technical | 10 – 0 | Waihopai (Invercargill) |
|---|---|---|
| Lower Hutt City | 2 – 3 | Manawatu |
|---|---|---|
| Metro | 2 – 2 (aet)* | Three Kings United |
|---|---|---|
| Onehunga Sports | 3 – 1 | Papatoetoe |
|---|---|---|
| Takapuna City | 2 – 4 | Blockhouse Bay |
|---|---|---|
| Tauranga City | 1 – 0 | Papakura City |
|---|---|---|
| Te Atatau | 0 – 3 | East Coast Bays |
|---|---|---|
| Waitakere City | 1 – 2 | Central United |
|---|---|---|
| Blockhouse Bay | 4 – 5 | Central United |
|---|---|---|
| Carmody 2, Dixon, Lynch | [1] | M. Urlovic 3 (1 pen.), Harris 2 |
| Manawatu | 1 – 0 | Wellington Olympic |
|---|---|---|
| Central United | 1 – 0 | Tauranga City |
|---|---|---|
| Dunedin Technical | 5 – 1 | Manawatu |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Wellington | 1 – 4 | Central United |
|---|---|---|
| Armstrong | [2] | Loftus 2, Torrens, Fowler (pen.) |
| Central United | 3 – 2 (aet) | Napier City Rovers |
|---|---|---|
| P. Urlovic 2, Rufer | [3] | Akers, Oliver |
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