Tournament details | |
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Country | New Zealand |
Venue(s) | QBE Stadium, Auckland |
Dates | 12 May 2019 – 8 September 2019 |
Teams | 40 |
Defending champions | Dunedin Technical |
Final positions | |
Champions | Eastern Suburbs |
Runner-up | Coastal Spirit |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 39 |
Goals scored | 194 (4.97 per match) |
Maia Jackman Trophy | Tayla O'Brien and Erinna Wong |
The 2019 Kate Sheppard Cup is New Zealand's women's 25th annual knockout football competition. This is the second year that the competition is known by the Kate Sheppard Cup, or New Zealand Football Foundation Kate Sheppard Cup for sponsorship purposes, after previously been known as the Women's Knockout Cup since its establishment.[1]
The 2019 competition has three rounds before quarter-finals, semi-finals, and a final. Competition will run in three regions (northern, central/capital, southern) until the quarter-finals, from which stage the draw will be open. In all, 40 teams entered the competition.[2]