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2022 Chatham Cup

football tournament season

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ111955832
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The 2022 Chatham Cup is New Zealand's 94th annual knockout football competition.

It will have a preliminary round and four rounds proper before quarter-finals, semi-finals, and a final.

Structure

Results

Preliminary round

Matches were played over the Anzac weekend of 22–25 April. This round contained five teams from the Auckland Sunday football leagues, AFC Bohemian Celtic, Ellerslie Tropics, Sperm Whales FC, University of Auckland FC, and Zamantix Rovers Duece, the lowest ranked teams left in the competition.

Northern Region

Central Region

Capital Region

Mainland Region

All teams listed below received byes to the first round.

Northern Region: Albany United, Auckland City FC, Auckland United, Bay Olympic, Beachlands Maraetai AFC, Birkenhead United, Bucklands Beach, Cambridge FC, Claudelands Rovers, East Coast Bays, Eastern Suburbs, Ellerslie AFC, Fencibles United, Franklin United, Hamilton Wanderers, Hibiscus Coast, Manukau United, Manurewa AFC, Melville United AFC, Metro FC, Mt Albert Ponsonby AFC, Ngaruawahia United, North Shore United, Northern Rovers, Northland FC, Onehunga Mangere United, Oratia United, Takapuna AFC, Tauranga City, Tauranga Old Blues FC, Waiheke United, Waitemata FC, West Auckland AFC, West Coast Rangers, Western Springs

Central Region: N/a

Capital Region: Brooklyn Northern United, Havelock North Wanderers, Island Bay United, Kapiti Coast United, Lower Hutt City, Isles Construction Massey University, Miramar Rangers, Napier City Rovers, North Wellington, Petone FC, Seatoun AFC, Stokes Valley, Stop Out, Tawa AFC, Upper Hutt City Football, Victoria University, Waikanae AFC, Wainuiomata AFC, Waterside Karori, Wellington Olympic, Wellington United, Western Suburbs

Mainland Region: Burwood AFC, Cashmere Technical, Christchurch United, Coastal Spirit, FC Twenty 11, Ferrymead Bays, Halswell United, Mosgiel AFC, Nelson Suburbs, Nomads United, Parklands United, Roslyn Wakari, Selwyn United, Tahuna FC

Southern Region: Dunedin City Royals, Gore Wanderers, Grants Braes AFC, Green Island, Northern AFC, Old Boys AFC, Otago University, Queens Park, Queenstown AFC, Wanaka AFC

Round 1

Round 1 matches were played between 14 and 15 May 2022. This round contained one team from the Auckland Sunday football leagues, Sperm Whales FC, the lowest ranked team left in the competition.

Northern Region

Central Region

Capital Region

Mainland Region

Southern Region

All teams listed below received byes to the second round.

Northern Region: Auckland City, Auckland United, Bay Olympic, Birkenhead United, Eastern Suburbs, Fencibles United, Hamilton Wanderers, Manukau United, Melville United, North Shore United, Takapuna, Waiheke United, Western Springs,

Capital Region: Napier City Rovers, North Wellington, Petone, Miramar Rangers, Waterside Karori, Western Suburbs

Mainland: None

Southern: Dunedin City Royals, Green Island, Mosgiel, Queenstown AFC

Round 2

All matches were played on Queen's Birthday weekend 4–6 June 2022. This round contained one team from the Auckland Sunday football leagues, Sperm Whales FC, the lowest ranked team left in the competition.

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Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2022—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Chatham, football and tournament can be independently traced.
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