# 2024 Chatham Cup

The 2024 Chatham Cup is New Zealand's 96th annual knockout football competition.
It will have a preliminary round and four rounds proper before quarter-finals, semi-finals, and a final.

## Results
### Preliminary round

Matches were played over ANZAC weekend of 25–28 April. This round contained four teams from the Auckland Sunday football leagues — AFC Bohemian Celtic, Colo Boys, Sperm Whales FC, and University of Auckland FC — which were the lowest-ranked teams in the competition.
Number of teams per tier still in competition :
| Tier 1+2 | Tier 3 | Tier 4 | Tier 5, 6, 8, 9 | Sunday League | Total |
| 32 / 32 | 37 / 37 | 25 / 25 | 30 / 30 | 4 / 4 | 128 / 128 |

#### Canterbury Region
### Round 1

Matches were played over the of weekend of 10–13 May. This round contained two teams from the Auckland Sunday football leagues — AFC Bohemian Celtic, and University of Auckland FC — which were the lowest-ranked teams in the competition.
Number of teams per tier still in competition :
| Tier 1+2 | Tier 3 | Tier 4 | Tier 5, 6, 8, 9 | Sunday League | Total |
| 32 / 32 | 31 / 37 | 23 / 25 | 17 / 30 | 2 / 4 | 105 / 128 |

#### Southern Region
### Round 2

Matches were played over the of King's Birthday weekend of 31 May – 3 June. This round contains four teams from tier 5; Central United, FC Nelson, Northern United, South Auckland Rangers, which are the lowest-ranked teams left in the competition.
Number of teams per tier still in competition :
| Tier 1+2 | Tier 3 | Tier 4 | Tier 5, 6, 8, 9 | Sunday League | Total |
| 30 / 32 | 21 / 37 | 9 / 25 | 4 / 30 | 0 / 4 | 64 / 128 |

#### Southern Region
### Round 3

Matches will be played over the weekend of 14 – 16 June. This round contains two teams from tier 5 — Central United and FC Nelson — which are the lowest-ranked teams left in the competition.
Number of teams per tier still in competition :
| Tier 1+2 | Tier 3 | Tier 4 | Tier 5, 6, 8, 9 | Sunday League | Total |
| 22 / 32 | 6 / 37 | 2 / 25 | 2 / 30 | 0 / 4 | 32 / 128 |

#### Southern Region
### Round 4

Matches were played over the weekend of 5 – 7 July. This round contained one team from tier 4 — Cambridge — which is the lowest-ranked team left in the competition. Winner of Ferrymead Bays v Coastal Spirit is also the MacFarlane Cup.
Number of teams per tier still in competition :
| Tier 1+2 | Tier 3 | Tier 4 | Tier 5, 6, 8, 9 | Sunday League | Total |
| 12 / 32 | 3 / 37 | 1 / 25 | 0 / 30 | 0 / 4 | 16 / 128 |

#### Southern Region
### Quarter-finals

Matches will be played over the weekend of 26 – 28 July. This round contained two team from tier 3 — Hibiscus Coast and Otago University — which are the lowest-ranked teams left in the competition.
Number of teams per tier still in competition :
| Tier 1+2 | Tier 3 | Tier 4 | Tier 5, 6, 8, 9 | Sunday League | Total |
| 6 / 32 | 2 / 37 | 0 / 25 | 0 / 30 | 0 / 4 | 8 / 128 |

### Semi-finals

Matches were played over the weekend of 16 – 18 August. This round featured four teams from the National League regional leagues (tier 2); Two teams from Northern League: Auckland City, Birkenhead United, one team from Central League: Wellington Olympic, one team from Southern League: Coastal Spirit.
Number of teams per tier still in competition :
| Tier 1+2 | Tier 3 | Tier 4 | Tier 5, 6, 8, 9 | Sunday League | Total |
| 4 / 32 | 0 / 37 | 0 / 25 | 0 / 30 | 0 / 4 | 4 / 128 |

### Final
## Broadcasting rights

FIFA+ have the broadcasting rights for the 2024 season.
| Round | Date | Kick-off | Teams |
| Round 2 | 1 June | 2:00pm | Coastal Spirit v Cashmere Technical |
| Round 3 | 15 June | 5:30pm | Western Springs v Eastern Suburbs |
| Round 4 | 6 July | 2:00pm | Napier City Rovers v Miramar Rangers |
| Quarter-final | 27 July | 2:00pm | Hibiscus Coast v Coastal Spirit |
| Quarter-final | 27 July | 2:00pm | Wellington Olympic v Manurewa |
| Quarter-final | 27 July | 6:00pm | Otago University v Auckland City |
| Quarter-final | 28 July | 2:00pm | Napier City Rovers v Birkenhead United |
| Semi-final | 18 August | 1:00pm | Coastal Spirit v Wellington Olympic |
| Semi-final | 18 August | 2:00pm | Auckland City v Birkenhead United |
| Final | 7 September | 7:00pm | Wellington Olympic v Auckland City |