2025 Kate Sheppard Cup

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2025 Kate Sheppard Cup
Tournament details
CountryNew Zealand
Dates25 April 2025September 2025
Teams52
Defending champions Auckland United
  2024
2026  

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]

Contents

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]

Results

Preliminary round

All matches were played over the Anzac weekend of 25–27 April 2025. [3] [4]

Northern Region
25 April 2024 Hamilton Wanderers 2–3 Te Awamutu Chartwell
14:30 Report Stadium: Porritt Stadium
26 April 2024 Whakatāne Town w/o Ngunguru Whakatāne
14:00 Report Stadium: Rex Morpeth Park
Central Region
25 April 2024 Wairarapa United 2–3 Seatoun Masterton
14:00 Report Stadium: Solway Showgrounds

References

  1. Hyslop, Liam (8 March 2018). "NZ Football rename Women's Knockout Cup after Kate Sheppard". Stuff.co.nz . Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  2. "Kate Sheppard Cup Regulations 2025 - Article 5". New Zealand Football . Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Preliminary Round draw confirmed for the 2025 Chatham Cup & Kate Sheppard Cup". New Zealand Football. 9 April 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Three matches to be played in preliminary round of Kate Sheppard Cup". friendsoffootballnz.com. 9 April 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.