2002 Chatham Cup

2002 Chatham Cup
Grand Final details
Date July 21
Venue Bluewater Park Island, Napier
Winner Napier City Rovers (4th title)
Score 2–0
Runner-Up Tauranga City United
Jack Batty Memorial Cup Leon Birnie (Napier City Rovers)
2001
2003

The 2002 Chatham Cup was the 75th 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. The competition comprised a preliminary round and four rounds proper followed by quarter-finals, semi-finals, and a final. The competition was held considerably earlier in the year than normal, with the final being held in July rather than September. In all, 136 teams took part in the competition.

The nine eligible National League clubs entered the tournament at the third round stage. One National League side, Canterbury United, was ineligible, as it was an amalgamated team formed from several clubs within the Canterbury region, each of which competed in the Chatham Cup individually.

Contents

The 2002 final

Napier City Rovers took the final 2-0 over Tauranga City United.

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 2002 Jack Batty Memorial Cup was Leon Birnie of Napier City Rovers.

Results

Second Round

May
Caversham 2 – 0 Green Island
May
Ellerslie 3 – 1 Papatoetoe
May
Forrest Hill Milford United 1 – 2 Bay Olympic (Auckland)
May
Greerton Rovers 1 – 1* East Coast Bays
May
Halswell United 2 – 1 Christchurch United
May
Havelock North Wanderers 1 – 0 Brooklyn Northern United
May
Lower Hutt City 4 – 1 Red Sox (Palmerston North)
May
Mangere United 3 – 1 Tikipunga
May
Manurewa 2 – 1 Western Springs
May
Melville United 1 – 1* West Auckland
May
Mount Albert-Ponsonby 2 – 2* Birkenhead United
May
Ngaruawahia United 2 – 3 Te Atatu
May
Otago University 0 – 1 Roslyn-Wakari
May
Palmerston North Marist 0 – 1 Western Suburbs (Porirua)
May
Papakura 2 – 4 Glenfield Rovers
May
Rangiora 1 – 1* New Brighton
May
Takapuna 3 – 2 Auckland Grammar
May
Taradale 1 – 3 Moturoa
May
Three Kings United (Auckland) 4 – 3 Hamilton Wanderers
May
Wanganui East Athletic 0 – 3 Wellington United
May
Waterside Karori 1 – 2 Petone
May
Wellington Marist 0 – 0* Island Bay United
May
Western (Christchurch) 0 – 1 Ferrymead Bays
* Won on penalties by East Coast Bays (2-1), Melville United (4-2), Mount Albert-Ponsonby (6-5), New Brighton (3-1), and Wellington Marist (4-3)

Third Round

May
Caversham 1 – 0 Dunedin Technical
May
Central United (Auckland) 8 – 0 Takapuna
May
East Coast Bays 2 – 0 Te Atatu
May
Ellerslie 0 – 2 Bay Olympic
May
Ferrymead Bays 7 – 2 Roslyn-Wakari
May
Manawatu (Palmerston North) 6 – 1 Moturoa
May
Mangere United 6 – 1 Manurewa
May
Melville United 2 – 0 Mount Albert-Ponsonby
May
Miramar Rangers 5 – 1 Lower Hutt City
May
Napier City Rovers 4 – 1 Havelock North Wanderers
May
New Brighton 1 – 4 Halswell United
May
North Shore United 0 – 1 Waitakere City
May
Tauranga City United 4 – 0 Three Kings United
May
University-Mount Wellington 4 – 0 Glenfield Rovers
May
Wellington United 2 – 1 Petone
May
Western Suburbs 4 – 1 Wellington Marist

Fourth Round

June
Bay Olympic 3 – 2 Mangere United
June
Caversham 3 – 1 † Manawatu
June
Halswell United 1 – 0 Ferrymead Bays
June
Miramar Rangers 4 – 0 Western Suburbs
June
Tauranga City United 1 – 0 East Coast Bays
June
University-Mount Wellington 3 – 0 Melville United
June
Waitakere City 1 – 2 Central United
June
Wellington United 0 – 4 Napier City Rovers
† Caversham disqualified for fielding an ineligible player.

Quarter-finals

June 16
Central United 1 – 3 University-Mount Wellington
Quirke Waetford, Bunbury (pen.), Roberts
June 16
Miramar Rangers 7 – 1 Halswell United
June 16
Napier City Rovers 1 – 0 Manawatu
Birnie
June 16
Tauranga City United 3 – 0 Bay Olympic
Pilcher 2, Derry

Semi-finals

June 30
Napier City Rovers 4 – 2 Miramar Rangers
Cotton 2, Cunliffe, Howe Batty, Hedge
June 30
Tauranga City United 3 – 1 University-Mount Wellington
Board 3 Roberts

Final

July 21
Napier City Rovers 2 – 0 Tauranga City United Bluewater Park Island, Napier
Referee: D. Rugg
Birnie, Scott

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