1997 Chatham Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s)Park Island Ground, Napier
Dates27 September 1997
Final positions
ChampionsCentral United (1st title)
Runner-upNapier City Rovers
Tournament statistics
Jack Batty Memorial CupIvan Vicelich (Central United)
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The 1997 Chatham Cup was the 70th 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. National League teams received a bye until the third round (last 64). In all, 135 teams took part in the competition, which consisted of five rounds followed by quarter-finals, semi-finals, and a final.

The 1997 Final

Central United won the final, beating Napier City Rovers 3–2.

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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 1997 Jack Batty Memorial Cup was Ivan Vicelich of Central United.

Results

Third Round

Avon United (Christchurch)1 – 2Christchurch Technical
Blockhouse Bay4 – 0South Auckland Rangers
Central United (Auckland)12 – 3Melville (Hamilton)
Claudelands Rovers2 – 2 (aet)*Waitakere City
Dispensary Bar (Auckland)0 – 2Mount Wellington
Dunedin Technical4 – 0Caversham
Eastbourne0 – 1Feilding United
Eastern Suburbs (Auckland)0 – 6East Coast Bays
Glenfield Rovers3 – 2Hamilton Wanderers
Halswell United3 – 1Woolston WMC
Havelock North Wanderers0 – 3Wellington College
Island Bay United1 – 0Miramar Rangers
Lynn-Avon United (Auckland)10 – 0Mount Maunganui
Manurewa0 – 2Fencibles United (Auckland)
Palmerston North Marist7 – 0Red Sox (Palmerston North)
Metro (Auckland)12 – 1Whangarei Rovers
Napier City Rovers6 – 0Wainuiomata
Northland United (Whangarei)0 – 1Three Kings United (Auckland)
North Wellington2 – 1Wellington Marist
Onehunga Sports2 – 1Ellerslie
Otahuhu United0 – 3Papatoetoe
Takapuna City11 – 1Carlton (Auckland)
Tararua United (Upper Hutt)0 – 2Waterside Karori
Tawa0 – 2Western Suburbs FC (Porirua)
Te Atatu4 – 0Cadcam Services (Auckland)
Victoria University2 – 3Wanganui East Athletic
Wairarapa United (Masterton)0 – 3Manawatu (Palmerston North)
Wellington Olympic2 – 0Petone
Wellington United0 – 1Lower Hutt City
West Harbour (Auckland)0 – 3Tauranga City
Whangarei0 – 7Papakura City
* Won on penalties by Waitakere City (6-5)
"Waihopai' received a bye to the Fourth Round.

Fourth Round

Dunedin Technical10 – 0Waihopai (Invercargill)
Feilding United0 – 4Palmerston North Marist
Halswell United1 – 2Christchurch Technical
Lower Hutt City2 – 3Manawatu
Lynn-Avon United2 – 0Fencibles United
Metro2 – 2 (aet)*Three Kings United
Mount Wellington2 – 1Glenfield Rovers
Onehunga Sports3 – 1Papatoetoe
Takapuna City2 – 4Blockhouse Bay
Tauranga City1 – 0Papakura City
Te Atatau0 – 3East Coast Bays
Waitakere City1 – 2Central United
Wanganui East Athletic0 – 5Wellington Olympic
Waterside Karori1 – 2North Wellington
Wellington College2 – 5Island Bay United
Western Suburbs FC2 – 3Napier City Rovers
* Won on penalties by Three Kings United (3-2)

Fifth Round

Blockhouse Bay4 – 5Central United
Carmody 2, Dixon, Lynch [1] M. Urlovic 3 (1 pen.), Harris 2
Whitney Street, Blockhouse Bay
Referee: C. Borland
Christchurch Technical1 – 2Dunedin Technical
Island Bay United0 – 2North Wellington
Manawatu1 – 0Wellington Olympic
Napier City Rovers5 – 0Palmerston North Marist
Onehunga Sports2 – 0East Coast Bays
Tauranga City3 – 2Lynn-Avon United
Three Kings United0 – 1Mount Wellington

Quarter-finals

Central United1 – 0Tauranga City
Dunedin Technical5 – 1Manawatu
Mount Wellington3 – 2North Wellington
Onehunga Sports1 – 2Napier City Rovers

Semi-finals

Mount Wellington1 – 4Central United
Armstrong [2] Loftus 2, Torrens, Fowler (pen.)
Napier City Rovers3 – 0Dunedin Technical

Final

Central United3 – 2 (aet)Napier City Rovers
P. Urlovic 2, Rufer [3] Akers, Oliver
Park Island Ground, Napier
Referee: S. Sargent

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