2001 Chatham Cup

2001 Chatham Cup
Dates	15 September 2001
Championship venue	North Harbour Stadium, North Shore
Champions	University-Mount Wellington (6th title)
Runners-up	Central United
Championship match score	3–3 (aet) (5–4 pens)
Jack Batty Memorial Cup	Paul Bunbury (University-Mount Wellington)
	← 2000 2002 →

The 2001 Chatham Cup was the 74th 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 central and southern regions combining at the fourth round and an open draw from the quarter-finals on. National League teams received a bye until the Fourth Round. In all, 136 teams took part in the competition. Note: Different sources give different numberings for the rounds of the competition. Some record five rounds prior to the quarter-finals; others note a preliminary round followed by four full rounds. The former system is used in this article.

Tied matches were decided by golden goal extra time and penalty shoot-outs.

The 2001 final[]

University-Mount Wellington and Central United played out a six-goal draw before the match went to penalties. This came down to the tenth kick, with University-Mount Wellington winning 5–4.

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 2001 Jack Batty Memorial Cup was of University-Mount Wellington.

Results[]

Third round[]

Brooklyn-Northern United	1–2	Wellington United

Christchurch United	0 – 0*	Western (Christchurch)

Eastern Suburbs (Auckland)	5–0	Manurewa

Ellerslie	6–1

Forrest Hill Milford United	1 – 1*	Melville United (Hamilton)

Glenfield Rovers	4–0	Fencibles United (Auckland)

Green Island	2–6	Caversham

	1–2	Bay Olympic (Auckland)

Lower Hutt City	4–1	Island Bay United

Mangere United	2–0	Onehunga-Mangere United

Wellington Marist	0–2	Tawa

(Blenheim)	5–2	Avon United (Christchurch)

	4–2	Western Springs

Mount Albert-Ponsonby	1–2	Birkenhead United

North Shore United	2–1	Oratia United

Papatoetoe	1 – 1*

Petone	0 – 0*	Waterside Karori

Takapuna	5–0	Hamilton Wanderers

	3–4	Western Suburbs FC (Porirua)

Waihopai (Invercargill)	3–1	(Invercargill)

Wellington Olympic	3–2	Moturoa

	1–3	Wanganui East Athletic

* Won on penalties by Western (4–2), Melville United (4–3), Taupo (4–3), and Petone (5–4)

Fourth round[]

Bay Olympic	2–3	Central United (Auckland)

Caversham	0–2	Western

Christchurch City	3–1

Dunedin Technical	5–0	Waihopai

Eastern Suburbs	4–1	Metro (Auckland)

Ellerslie	0–1	University-Mount Wellington

Glenfield Rovers	1–2	Waitakere City

Lower Hutt City	2–0	Wellington United

Manawatu (Palmerston North)	2–1	Wellington Olympic

Mangere United	0–1

Napier City Rovers	1–0	Wanganui East Athletic

North Shore United	8–1	Birkenhead United

Petone	0–4	Miramar Rangers

	4–3	Takapuna

Tauranga City United	1–0	Melville United

Western Suburbs FC	1–2	Tawa

Fifth Round[]

8 July

Central United	2–0	Waitakere City
Major 2 (1 pen.)

1 July

Christchurch City	5 – 4 (aet)	Miramar Rangers
Fisher 2, Sigmund, Letts, Duncan		Brown 2, Longley, Butterfield (pen.)

30 June

Eastern Suburbs	4–1
A. Webber 2, Bola, Mills		Lamb

1 July

Lower Hutt City	1–2	Napier City Rovers
Foster		Akers, Pilcher

1 July

Tauranga City United	0–3	North Shore United
		Ward 2, McKenna

30 June

Tawa	0–1	Manawatu
		Seales

1 July

University-Mount Wellington	3–0
Bunbury 2, McCormack

30 June

Western (Christchurch)	2–3	Dunedin Technical
Bell, Murphy		Kelly 2, Burgess

Quarter-finals[]

29 July

Central United	1–0	Napier City Rovers
Major (pen.)

28 July

Eastern Suburbs	2 – 1 (aet)	Dunedin Technical
M. Webber, A. Webber (pen.)		Bola (o.g.)

29 July

North Shore United	2–3	Christchurch City
Callinan, Sills		Sands 2, Hughes

29 July

University-Mount Wellington	2–0	Manawatu
Patterson, Bunbury

Semi-finals[]

2 September

Central United	3–1	Eastern Suburbs
Banks 2, Aliaga		Bola

Referee: N. Fox

2 September

University-Mount Wellington	2–0	Christchurch City
Temple, Polo

Referee: B. Precious

Final[]

15 September

University-Mount Wellington	3 – 3 (aet)	Central United
McCormack 2, Medhurst	^[1]	Banks 2, Aliaga

North Harbour Stadium, North Shore

Referee: S. Sargent

University-Mount Wellington won 5–4 on penalties:

Bunbury (U-MtW) scored – 1–0

Major (Central) scored – 1–1

McCormack (U-MtW) scored – 2–1

Carmody (Central) scored – 2–2

Pearce (U-MtW) scored – 3–2

Aliaga (Central) scored – 3–3

Roberts (U-MtW) scored – 4–3

Banks (Central) scored – 4–4

Waetford (U-MtW) scored – 5–4 (kick was retaken after goalkeeper moved)

Greenhalgh (Central) missed – 5–4

References[]

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