The 2001 Chatham Cup was the 74th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.

2001 Chatham Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s)North Harbour Stadium, North Shore
Dates15 September 2001
Final positions
ChampionsUniversity-Mount Wellington (6th title)
Runner-upCentral United
Tournament statistics
Jack Batty Memorial CupPaul Bunbury (University-Mount Wellington)
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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

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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 Paul Bunbury of University-Mount Wellington.

Results

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Third round

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Christchurch United0–0*Western (Christchurch)
Eastern Suburbs (Auckland)5–0Manurewa
Greerton Rovers1–2Bay Olympic (Auckland)
Marlborough United (Blenheim)5–2Avon United (Christchurch)
Waihopai (Invercargill)3–1HHH United (Invercargill)
* Won on penalties by Western (4–2), Melville United (4–3), Taupo (4–3), and Petone (5–4)

Fourth round

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Bay Olympic2–3Central United (Auckland)
Eastern Suburbs4–1Metro (Auckland)
Manawatu (Palmerston North)2–1Wellington Olympic

Fifth round

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Central United2–0Waitakere City
Major 2 (1 pen.)
Christchurch City5–4 (aet)Miramar Rangers
Fisher 2, Sigmund, Letts, Duncan Brown 2, Longley, Butterfield (pen.)
Eastern Suburbs4–1Taupo
A. Webber 2, Bola, Mills Lamb
Lower Hutt City1–2Napier City Rovers
Foster Akers, Pilcher
Tauranga City United0–3North Shore United
Ward 2, McKenna
Tawa0–1Manawatu
Seales
University-Mount Wellington3–0Mount Albert Grammar
Bunbury 2, McCormack
Western (Christchurch)2–3Dunedin Technical
Bell, Murphy Kelly 2, Burgess

Quarter-finals

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Central United1–0Napier City Rovers
Major (pen.)
Eastern Suburbs2–1 (aet)Dunedin Technical
M. Webber, A. Webber (pen.) Bola (o.g.)
North Shore United2–3Christchurch City
Callinan, Sills Sands 2, Hughes
University-Mount Wellington2–0Manawatu
Patterson, Bunbury

Semi-finals

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Central United3–1Eastern Suburbs
Banks 2, Aliaga Bola
Referee: N. Fox
University-Mount Wellington2–0Christchurch City
Temple, Polo
Referee: B. Precious

Final

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University-Mount Wellington3–3 (aet)Central United
McCormack 2, Medhurst [1] Banks 2, Aliaga

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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