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Country | New Zealand |
Dates | 25 April 2025 – September 2025 |
Teams | 52 |
Defending champions | Auckland United |
The 2025 Kate Sheppard Cup is New Zealand's women's 31st annual knockout football competition. This is the seventh year that the competition is known by the Kate Sheppard Cup, or New Zealand Football Foundation Kate Sheppard Cup for sponsorship purposes, after previously been known as the Women's Knockout Cup since its establishment. [1]
The 2025 competition has four rounds before quarter-finals, semi-finals, and a final. [2] Competition will run in three regions (northern, central/capital, southern) until the quarter-finals, from which stage the draw will be open. In all, 53 teams entered the competition this year. [3] [4]
All matches were played over the Anzac weekend of 25–27 April 2025. [3] [4]
25 April 2024 | Hamilton Wanderers | 2–3 | Te Awamutu | Chartwell |
14:30 | Report | Stadium: Porritt Stadium |
25 April 2024 | Wairarapa United | 2–3 | Seatoun | Masterton |
14:00 | Report | Stadium: Solway Showgrounds |