Kate Sheppard Cup

Kate Sheppard Cup
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Founded1994
RegionNew Zealand
Number of teams53
Current championsAuckland United (2nd title)[1]
Most successful club(s)Lynn-Avon United (9 titles)[1]
Television broadcastersFIFA+ (select games)
WebsiteOfficial website
2024 Kate Sheppard Cup

The Kate Sheppard Cup, currently known as the New Zealand Football Foundation Kate Sheppard Cup for sponsorship purposes,[2] is New Zealand's premier knockout tournament in women's association football.[3] Founded in 1994, it was known as the Women's Knockout Cup, until it was renamed in 2018.[2] What would have been the 2020 edition of the competition, was cancelled because of COVID-19[4] but the competition continued again in 2021.[5]

  1. ^ a b "WKOC Finals". Ultimatenzsoccer.
  2. ^ a b Hyslop, Liam (8 March 2018). "NZ Football rename Women's Knockout Cup after Kate Sheppard". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Women's Knockout Cup". New Zealand Football.
  4. ^ "Chatham Cup a casualty as New Zealand Football cancel cup competitions in coronavirus crisis". Stuff. 23 April 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  5. ^ "National knockout cup comps return to set records". New Zealand Football. 9 April 2021.