2024 Chatham Cup final

2024 Chatham Cup final

The match took place at North Harbour Stadium.
Event	2024 Chatham Cup
Wellington Olympic Auckland City 1 1
Wellington Olympic won 5–4 on penalties
Date	7 September 2024 (2024-09-07)
Venue	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Jack Batty Cup	Stipe Ukich
Referee	Luke Gardner
Weather	Mostly cloudy 16 °C (61 °F) 72% humidity [1]
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The 2024 Chatham Cup final was a football match played at North Harbour Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand, on 7 September 2024 to determine the winners of the 2024 Chatham Cup. ^[2] It was the 96th final of New Zealand football's primary cup competition, the Chatham Cup.

The final was contested between current National League champions Wellington Olympic and rivals Auckland City, who are current the OFC Champions League holders. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]} This was the first time these two sides have met in the final.

Route to the final

Main article: 2024 Chatham Cup

Wellington Olympic

Wellington Olympic's route to the final

Round	Opposition	Score
2	Seatoun (H)	4–0
3	Western Suburbs (H)	5–0
4	Stop Out (H)	8–0
QF	Manurewa (H)	4–0
SF	Coastal Spirit (A)	5–1
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue

This was Olympic's third final. The club previously lost in 1994 and won in 2009.

As a Central League team, Wellington Olympic entered the tournament in round 2. They began their campaign with a 4–0 home win over Seatoun with a brace from Kaelin Nguyen and goals from Joel Coustrain and Oliver Davies. ^[7] They next recorded a 5–0 home win over Western Suburbs at Wakefield Park with two goals for United from Coustrain, plus goals from Ben Mata, Jack-Henry Sinclair and Isa Prins. ^{[8] [9]} In round 4, Olympic hosted and defeated Stop Out Sports Club 8–0 with hat-tricks coming from Mata and Gianni Bouzoukis along with goals from Isa Prins and Edward Wilkinson. ^[10]

In the quarter-finals, Olympic defeated Manurewa 4–0 at their home ground, Wakefield Park with a brace from Hamish Watson and goals from Ben Mata and Kaelin Nguyen. ^{[11] [12]}

In the semi-final match, held at Coastal Spirit's Linfield Park in Christchurch, Olympic won 5–1. Watson grabbed another brace, while Sinclair and Prins also bagged a goal each. ^{[13] [14]}

Auckland City

Auckland City's route to the final

Round	Opposition	Score
2	Metro (H)	5–0
3	Hamilton Wanderers (H)	2–1
4	Cambridge (A)	4–1
QF	Otago University (A)	5–1
SF	Birkenhead United (H)	4–2 ( a.e.t. )
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue

This was Auckland City's second final. The club previously won in 2022.

Auckland City also entered the tournament in round 2, as a Northern League team. They began with a 5–0 home victory over Metro at Kiwitea Street with two goals for City from Cam Howieson, and one each from Gerard Garriga, Ryan de Vries and Angus Kilkolly. ^[7] They then defeated Hamilton Wanderers at home in round 3 in a 2–1 victory with goals for City from Liam Gillion and Angus Kilkolly. ^{[8] [9]} In round 4, they beat Cambridge 4–1 away at John Kerkhof Park with a goal each from Gerard Garriga, Christian Gray, Angus Kilkolly and Regont Murati. ^[10]

In the quarter-final match, Auckland City faced Otago University at Logan Park, Dunedin, where they came out 5–1 winners, with a hat-trick for City from Angus Kilkolly, a goal from Derek Tieku, and an own goal from Milo McBride. ^{[11] [12]} In the semi-final match, held at Kiwitea Street, Auckland City defeated Birkenhead United 4–2 after extra time to qualify for their second Chatham Cup final with another hat-trick from Angus Kilkolly and a goal from Ryan de Vries. ^{[13] [14] [15]}

Pre-match

New Zealand Football confirmed that the 2024 final would begin at 19:00, a change from the usual afternoon kick-off time so as not to clash with local football. ^{[16] [17]}

Broadcasting

The final was shown live on FIFA+. ^[16]

Match

Summary

After a goalless first half, Wellington Olympic took the lead in the 77th minute through a Nathan Lobo own goal. Derek Tieku and Isa Prins also scored goals in added time but these were both ruled out for offside. In the 6th minute of added time Stipe Ukich headed in an equalizer from a Joe Lee cross to take the game to extra time. After a few chances in extra time the score was left unchanged at 1–1. Wellington Olympic scored all of their penalties and won after Scott Basalaj saved Tong Zhou's retaken penalty. ^{[18] [19] [20]}

Details

7 September 2024 (2024-09-07)

19:00

Wellington Olympic	1–1	Auckland City
Lobo 77' (o.g.)	Report	Ukich 90+6'
Penalties
Mata Gulley Prins Hoy Watson	5–4	Heijer Ukich Ilich Tieku Zhou

North Harbour Stadium , Auckland

Referee: Luke Gardner

Wellington Olympic

Auckland City

GK 1 Scott Basalaj RB 15 Ben Mata (c) CB 5 Justin Gulley CB 8 Jonty Roubos  107' LB 3 Adam Supyk  91' CM 6 Luke Tongue  62' CM 11 Edward Wilkinson  83' CM 20 Tam Dimairo  90+9' RW 14 Jack-Henry Sinclair  106' CF 10 Gianni Bouzoukis  73' LW 9 Hamish Watson Substitutes: GK 41 Matthew King DF 2 Gabiriele Matanisiga MF 23 Gavin Hoy  62' MF 25 Joel Coustrain  106' MF 26 Isa Prins  80'  73' MF 28 William Vincent  91' FW 7 Kaelin Nguyen  83' Manager: Paul Ifill

GK 1 Conor Tracey RB 3 Adam Mitchell (c) CB 25 Michael den Heijer  90+5' CB 12 Regont Murati  80' LB 13 Nathan Lobo  90+2' CM 6 Kailan Gould  80' CM 16 Joe Lee  95' CM 8 Gerard Garriga RW 27 Stipe Ukich CF 11 Ryan De Vries LW 9 Angus Kilkolly  90+6'  86' Substitutes: GK 18 Areya Prasad DF 4 Christian Gray  95' DF 21 Adam Bell DF 22 Tong Zhou  80' MF 2 Mario Ilich  80' MF 23 Matt Matanyayire  90+2' FW 20 Derek Tieku  86' Manager: Albert Riera

Man of the Match: Stipe Ukich (Auckland City) [19] [21] Assistant referees: [19] Isaac Trevis Ashton Davenport Fourth official: Riley Greenbury

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Nine named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time [note 1]

Post-match

Following the match, Albert Riera was happy with the way City conducted themselves throughout the match stating: "I am extremely happy to be fair. Obviously I am sad like the players that we've lost this final. But the way we played this game wihtout speculating, going at them, controlling a lot of good things against a very dangerous team... we've been fantastic. I'm very proud of them." ^[22] He also addressed that he has been in Zhou's position, missing the decisive penalty in the 2017 Chatham Cup final.

With his team's victory, Paul Ifill won back to back Chatham Cup's after winning on penalties with Christchurch United last year. ^[18]

Notes

1. Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

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