Here’s our round-up of the weekend’s results from the top regional men’s and women’s competitions from throughout New Zealand.
New Zealand won the OFC Futsal Women’s Nations Cup, earning the right to represent Oceania at next year’s FIFA Futsal Women’s World Cup in the Philippines.
READ MORE: Futsal Ferns beat Fiji to qualify for next year’s FIFA Futsal Women’s World Cup >>>>
Auckland City claimed their fourth Northern League title in a row, while Cashmere Technical won the Southern League for the first time since 2021.
Nine clubs have now qualified for the 10-team Men’s National League, the latest being Napier City Rovers.
Fencibles United clinched the Lotto NRFL Men’s Championship title, and will return to the region’s top tier after an absence of 21 years.
READ MORE: Auckland City win Northern League crown for fourth season in a row >>>>
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READ MORE: Only one place left as Napier City Rovers qualify for Men’s National League >>>>
READ MORE: Fencibles United clinch Championship title and promotion to Northern League >>>>
Here’s our round-up for the weekend of August 23-25, 2024:
Results
OFC Futsal Women’s Nations Cup
Games played on Sunday August 25, 2024
Final
New Zealand 7 (Hannah Kraakman 2’, 33′, Libby Boobyer 10’, Tessa Leong 28′, Jordana Bremner 29′, Dayna Manak 36′, Own Goal 38′)
Fiji 1 (Koleta Likuculacula 19′)
READ MORE: Futsal Ferns beat Fiji to qualify for next year’s FIFA Futsal Women’s World Cup >>>>
Play-off for third
Tahiti 4 (Hereiti Manutahi 18’, Lokelani Hauata 19’, Raimateata Ueva 35’, Lokelani Hauata 38’),
Solomon Islands 3 (Ileen Pegi 22’, 38’, Madeline Arukau 37’)
Northern League
Games played on Saturday August 24, 2024
Melville United 2 (Jama Boss 7′, Erik Panzer 9′)
East Coast Bays 0
Tauranga City 3 (Nathan Rostron 19′, Campbell Higgins 35′, Liam Molloy 60′)
Birkenhead United 2 (Monty Patterson 63′, Andrew Cromb)
Manurewa 2 (Kentaro Ozaki 3′, Eber Ramirez 45+2′ pen)
Auckland City 1 (Angus Kilkolly 45+1′ pen)
Hamilton Wanderers 0
Eastern Suburbs 0
Auckland United 3 (Oliver Fay 35′, Cameron Siebert 45+2′, Oliver Colloty 64′)
Bay Olympic 2 (Spencer Barber 22′, 62′)
West Coast Rangers 2 (Josh Turner 9′ pen, Dion Buckingham 22′)
Western Springs 2 (Dawson Straffon 7′, Jackson Manuel 31′)
Central League
Games played on Saturday August 24, 2024
Stop Out 3 (Connor Gaul 52′ pen, Xavier Coleman 60′, 90+3′)
Island Bay United 4 (Giovanni Darroch 15′, Paul Owaci 56′, 65′, Tsar Mitchener 59′)
Waterside Karori 1 (Tomas Alvarado 21′)
Miramar Rangers 1 (Josh Rogerson 90+1′)
Wellington Olympic 6 (Ben Mata 27′, 54′ pen, 86′ pen, Hamish Watson 30′, Theo Ettema 36′, Eddie Wilkinson 52′)
Petone 0
Game played on Sunday August 25, 2024
Napier City Rovers 6 (Harry Mason 34′ pen, own goal 45′, Benjamin Stanley 74′, 76′, Adam Hewson 90+1′, Stephen Hoyle 90+3′)
North Wellington 1 (Sam Staunton 10′)
Southern League
Games played on Saturday August 24, 2024
Nomads United 1 (Caleb Cottom 1′)
UC Football 2 (Pero Forman 39′, Todd Vermeir 90+3′)
Cashmere Technical 3 (Garbhan Coughlan 41′, 69′, Danny Kane 52′)
Ferrymead Bays 0
Games played on Sunday August 25, 2024
Dunedin City Royals 0
Coastal Spirit 5 (Alejandro Steinwascher 10′, 32′ pen, own goal 14′, Kenshin Hayashi 20′, 29′)
Nelson Suburbs 1 (Ben Polak 64′)
Christchurch United 1 (David Yoo 66′)
Lotto NRFL Women’s Premiership
Games played on Friday August 23, 2024
Auckland United 1 (Chelsea Elliott 65′)
Eastern Suburbs 0
West Coast Rangers 5 (Luci Hollister 11′, 40′, Shannon Henson 27′, 48′, 63′ pen)
Fencibles United 2 (own goal 20′, Mischa Marais 90+2′)
Games played on Sunday August 25, 2024
Hibiscus Coast 0
Ellerslie 1 (Hollie Leona 42′ pen)
Western Springs 1 (Rina Hirano 13′)
Hamilton Wanderers 2 (Maddison Ollington 10′, 57′ pen)
Women’s Central League
Palmerston North Marist 0
Wellington United 2 (Jemma Robertson 66′, Hannah Pilley 69′)
Waterside Karori 4 (Kendall Pollock 48′, Nikki Furukawa 49′, 50′, Sarah Morton 71′)
Petone 2 (Caelin Patterson 31′, 76′)
Victoria University 3 (Nicole Baird 26′, 56′, Millie Lynskey 60′)
Seatoun 0
Game played on Sunday August 25, 2024
Taradale 4 (Megan Thomas 8′, 61′, 66′, Laura Brassington 90+2′)
Moturoa 2 (Kathryn Greaney 60′, Sasha Rasmussen 73′)
Women’s South Island League
Games played on Saturday August 24, 2024
Nelson Suburbs 0
Dunedin City Royals 5 (Reagan Potter 5′, Georgia Kennedy 11′, 37′, Hannah Mackay-Wright 30′, Abby Rankin 47′)
Roslyn Wakari 0
Otago University 2 (Aynsley Martin 26′, Jemma McCormick 28′)
Cashmere Technical 4 (Anna McPhie 15′, Margarida Dias 22′, 84′, Annalie Longo 89′)
Coastal Spirit 2 (Rebeca Wilson 32′, Melanie Cameron 40′ pen)
Lotto NRFL Women’s Championship
Games played on Sunday August 25, 2024
Franklin United 8 (Sarah Carpenter 1′, 10′, 15′, Nikita Lieshout 28′, Chloe Marthe 52′, 63′, Britney Cunningham-Lee 65′, 83′)
Birkenhead United 1 (Robyn Prince 78′)
Central United 0
Melville United 4 (Laura Bennett 43′, 63′, 88′ pen, Stevie-Lee Tiller 56′)
Onehunga Sports 0
Tauranga Moana 3 (Grace Duncan 44′, Sinead Doherty 75′, Briana Osborne 90+3′)
Manukau United 0
Northern Rovers 6 (Harmony Naeata 14′, Ivy Calonne 25′, 39′ pen, Gigi Cliffe 63′, 87′, Jessica Coyle 73′)
Lotto NRFL Men’s Championship
Games played on Friday August 23, 2024
Metro 4 (Adam Creaney 1′, 39′, 57′, 73′)
Mt Albert Ponsonby 1 (Maksim Manko 6′)
Onehunga Mangere United 1 (Max Sutton 49′)
North Shore United 3 (James Marshall 36′, Nick Petherick 67′, 90+1′)
Games played on Saturday August 24, 2024
Hibiscus Coast 2 (Bronson Brown 68′, George Debenham 90′)
Northern Rovers 1 (Samuel Robertson 9′)
Takapuna 3 (David Yoon 30′, Tyler Paterson 44′, Kevin Escudero 90+2′)
Franklin United 1 (Tafara Chawira 90+5′)
Manukau United 3 (Meysum Shafahi 23′, 70′, Luis Armando Natera 62′)
Ngaruawahia United 1 (Reuben Henderson 54′)
Ellerslie 1 (Axel Andersson 85′)
Fencibles United 2 (Aston Burns 8′, Royston Dsouza 75′)
Lotto Men’s Central Federation League
Games played on Saturday August 24, 2024
Peringa United 1 (Chad Jones 57′)
Gisborne Thistle 4 (Jimmy Somerton 27′, 45+1′, 88′, Samson Hotas 81′)
Western 1 (Jack Flood 87′ pen)
New Plymouth Rangers 0
Whanganui Athletic 1 (Perry Stewart 45′)
Palmerston North United 3 (Anthony Jones 62′, 69′, Benjamin Mori 65′)
Havelock North Wanderers 1 (own goal 56′)
Taradale 4 (Ayden Jones 41′, Ethan Clarke 42′, Liam Percy-Fysh 52′, 55′)
Palmerston North Marist — bye
Lotto NRFL Men’s Northern Conference
Games played on Saturday August 24, 2024
Northland 3 (Kyle Levell 2′, Milan Clarke 65′, Ethan Carter 81′)
Waitemata 1 (Lukas Webster 51′)
Waiheke United 3 (own goal 16′, Juan Facundo Mirando 85′, Nicolas Federico Vanina 90+7′)
Te Atatu 0
Bucklands Beach 3 (Jesse Spillane 25′, Sander Waterland 61′, Josh Smith 90′)
Oratia United 1 (Charles Shiers 41′)
Albany United 3 (Seth McGuinness 5′ pen, Gian Krauer 57′, Jacko Baird 67′)
Beachlands Maraetai 1 (Mark Giles 20′)
Lotto NRFL Men’s Southern Conference
Games played on Saturday August 24, 2024
Taupo 0
Waikato Unicol 2 (Soma Scott 17′, Duale Mire 65′)
*Waikato Unicol win WaiBOP Federation Challenge Shield
Cambridge 13 (Zachary Mayo 5′, Thomas Walters 26′, 52′, Rahim Nabizada 38′, 45’+1′, 58′, Josh Clarkin 50′, 90’+2′, 90’+4′, Jack Connor 59′, 80′, 88′, 90’+5′)
Otumoetai 0
Papamoa 2 (Mariano Andres Navarro 77′ Finn Pachoud 83′)
Te Awamutu 0
Claudelands Rovers 5 (Krishaant Singh 20′, 90+2′, Henry Stephen 47′, own goal 71′, Thomas O’Leary 79′)
Ngongotaha Lakes 0
NRF Women’s Conference
Game played on Saturday August 24, 2024
Bay Olympic 0
Papakura City 3 (Tayla Yakas 43′, Danielle Swales 53′, Joyce Barroso 70′)
Games played on Sunday August 25, 2024
Bucklands Beach 1 (Cora Henkenher 29′)
Greenhithe Mozamba 9 (Alyssa Thomson 7′, 80′, Sarah Kucera 17′, Lauren Smyth 23′, 30′, 36′, 50′, 79′, Kathryn McMonagle 41′)
Te Atatu 3 (Angela Byrne 22′, Wyllowe Poata 40′, Brooke Smith 60′)
Northland 0
Onehunga Mangere United 0
Beachlands Maraetai 0
Women’s Capital Premier League
Games played on Sunday August 25, 2024
Miramar Rangers 4 (Molly Judd 24′, Huriyyih Bakhshi 29′, Jacqueline Broughton 53′, Amelia Ward 81′)
Brooklyn Northern United 0
Te Kotahitanga 4 (Freya Spencer 1′, Vanessa Addy 8′, 18′, 90′)
Petone 2 (Jessica Blackmore 16′, Lucy Trenberth 59′)
Wellington United 1 (Ashleigh McCutcheon 22′)
North Wellington 1 (Tori Thompson 35′)
Island Bay United 2 (Iris Rewiti-Gould 4′, Georgia Jacobs 53′)
Upper Hutt City 4 (Asha Dyson 27′, Ella Bennett 52′, Rebecca Stewart 61′, Kassandra Clendon 87′)
NRF Men’s League One
Games played on Saturday August 24, 2024
Mangere United 0
South Auckland Rangers 14 (Emosi Navaba 5′, 61′, 77′, Josh Harford 19′, 35′, 70′, Mark Withers 33′, Luke Bulay 37′, Pablo Yackson Carabajal 53′, Vincent Phirun 63′, Harrison Mcdowell 66′, James Hale 71′, Troy Thomas 85′, Saeed Isaacs 87′)
Waiuku 1 (Paora Porter 81′)
West Auckland 2 (Richard Wilcox 48′, Christopher Wilcox 75′)
Central United 4 (Trevor Everett 31′, Sam Lloyd 52′, 55′, own goal 64′)
Papatoetoe 0
Uni-Mount Bohemian 3 (Reinal Singh 18′, 61′, Farhan Azim 42′)
Papakura City 0
WaiBOP Men’s League One
Games played on Saturday August 24, 2024
Tauranga City 5 (own goal 28′, Matthew Jones 61′, 74′, Jinsei Leigh-Mackenzie 81′, Thomas Crane 89′)
Cambridge 1 (own goal 14′)
Te Puke United 6 (own goal 37′, Joel Klein Ovink 38′, 70′, Jeevn Singh 67′, Ronan Wotten 75′, Benjamin Day 87′)
Hamilton Wanderers 0
Northern United 2 (Chris Abbott 12′, 15′)
Matamata Swifts 1 (Anton Ganas 37′ pen)
Tokoroa 2 (Keegan Willis 17′, 79′)
West Hamilton 0
Claudelands Rovers 0
Otorohanga 5 (Waikato Ball 8′, 48′, Tawhirimatea Ball 18′, 28′, Logan Allen 44′)
Pre-season friendly
Game played on Saturday August 24, 2024
Wellington Phoenix 5 (Paulo Retre, Gabriel Sloane-Rodrigues, Kosta Barbarouses, Nathan Walker, Luke Supyk)
Western Suburbs 1 (scorer to come)
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