Here’s our round-up of weekend results from the top regional men’s and women’s competitions from throughout New Zealand.
Results confirmed the final composition of the men’s and women’s National League competitions, as well as decided titles and promotion/relegation battles around the country.
The Futsal Whites lost their opening game at a five-nation tournament in Thailand, where four of the teams are preparing for the FIFA Futsal Men’s World Cup in Uzbekistan.
Results
Men’s Continental Futsal Championship
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Thailand 8
New Zealand 0
Northern League
Games played on Saturday August 31, 2024
East Coast Bays 3 (Malcolm Young 2′, Guy-Frank Essome Penda 38′, Nicholas Gaze 48′)
Birkenhead United 0
Bay Olympic 7 (Michael Graham 23′, 40′, 48′, 56′, Matthew Palmer 40′, Ilham Hameedi 60′, Eric Kostandini Ziu 90+4′)
Manurewa 2 (Sammy Khan 38′, Hector Echague 90+2′)
Eastern Suburbs 1 (Jake Mechell 34′)
Auckland United 2 (Oliver Fay 60′, own goal 72′)
Melville United 2 (Erik Panzer 90+2′, Campbell Brown 90+3′)
Auckland City 3 (Joe Lee 60′, Derek Tieku 63′, 71′)
West Coast Rangers 1 (Allan Pearce 13′)
Tauranga City 1 (Colby Brennan 57′)
Western Springs 2 (Dawson Straffon 83′ pen, Wan Gatkek 90+10′)
Hamilton Wanderers 1 (Liam Fellowes 90+2′)
Champions: Auckland City.
National League qualification: Auckland City, Western Springs, Eastern Suburbs, Birkenhead United.
Relegated: Melville United, Hamilton Wanderers.
Relegation/promotion play-off: Manurewa to play Manukau United for place in 2025 Northern League.
Central League
Games played on Saturday August 31, 2024
North Wellington 0
Wellington Olympic 5 (Eddie Wilkinson 2′, Gianni Bouzoukis 10′, 49′, Justin Gulley 21′, Jack-Henry Sinclair 66′)
Miramar Rangers 10 (Bradley Whitworth 9′, Josh Tollervey 19′, 56′, Nicolas Bobadilla 38′, 78′, Martin Bueno 49′, 85′, Oliver Van Rijssel 54′, Andrew Bevin 68′, own goal 86′ )
Stop Out 0
Western Suburbs 1 (Cameron Mackenzie 17′)
Napier City Rovers 2 (Jordan Annear 14′, Liam Schofield 79′)
Petone 2 (Nicholas Drayton 87′, Sam Wall 90+3′)
Waterside Karori 1 (Seth Ward 45+1′)
Champions: Wellington Olympic.
National League qualification: Wellington Olympic, Western Suburbs, Napier City Rovers, Wellington Phoenix.
Relegated: Stop Out.
Southern League
Games played on Sunday September 1, 2024
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UC Football 1 (Pero Forman 1′)
Coastal Spirit 2 (Alejandro Steinwascher 14′, own goal 83′)
FC Twenty 11 2 (Kane Kilbride 78′, Daniel Oakman 82′)
Selwyn United 5 (Jamie Carrodus 44′, Blake Lang 68′, Finlay Cotton 79′, Kwadwo Amoafo 83′, Daniel Ede 88′)
Dunedin City Royals P
Nelson Suburbs P
Christchurch United 1 (Joel Stevens 54′)
Cashmere Technical 1 (Garbhan Coughlan 19′)
Ferrymead Bays 1 (James Deehan 90+46′)
Nomads United 3 (Caleb Cottom 52′, Spencer Gable 90+28′, Ethan Bingham 90+36′)
Champions: Cashmere Technical.
National League qualification: Cashmere Technical, Coastal Spirit.
Relegated: FC Twenty 11.
Lotto NRFL Women’s Premiership
Games played on Sunday September 1, 2024
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West Coast Rangers 0
Eastern Suburbs 1 (Shion Hwang 3′)
Western Springs 0
Auckland United 1 (Charlotte Roche 10′)
Hibiscus Coast 2 (Grace Chitty 45+3′, own goal 55′)
Fencibles United 1 (Taylah Byers 15′ pen)
Ellerslie 3 (Hollie Leona 43′, Kate Duncan 55′, Julia Robinson 84′)
Hamilton Wanderers 0
Champions: Auckland United.
National League qualification: Auckland United, West Coast Rangers, Eastern Suburbs, Western Springs.
Relegated: Hamilton Wanderers.
Women’s Central League
Games played on Saturday August 31, 2024
Petone 3 (Pepi Olliver-Bell 48′, Phoebe Gray 58′, Emily Yates 87′)
Victoria University 0
Seatoun 1 (Amy Foster 26′)
Palmerston North Marist 3 (Isabella Yarwood 19′, Kate Macpherson 41′, Ruby-Aroha Gurnick 51′)
Wellington United 6 (Hannah Pilley 1′, Natalie Olson 12′, 90+1′. 90+3′, Hope Gilchrist 54′, Milla Green 77′)
Taradale 1 (Hollie Gee 28′)
Champions: To be decided.
National League qualification: Wellington United, Waterside Karori.
Relegated: Seatoun.
Women’s South Island League
Games played on Saturday August 31, 2024
Coastal Spirit 3 (Britney-Lee Nicholson 7′, 10′ pen, Laura Newman 45′)
Roslyn Wakari 0
Otago University 5 (own goal 22′, Charli Marvin 67′, Aynsley Martin 76′, Alisa Tuatagaloa 84′, 88′)
Nelson Suburbs 0
Game played on Sunday September 1, 2024
Dunedin City Royals 0
Cashmere Technical 1 (Anna McPhie 18′)
Lotto NRFL Men’s Championship
Games played on Saturday August 31, 2024
Mt Albert Ponsonby 3 (Horrace James 50′ James Atkinson 79′, Lewis Black 87′)
Ellerslie 5 (Jordan Oosterhof 7′, Rowan Corbett 19′, Tawanda Marowa 42′, Astor Perez Baldoni 71′, Leon Van Der Heijden 81′)
Fencibles United 3 (Max Adamson 13′, Kodie Nicol 43′, Ihaia Gray 90+1′)
Manukau United 1 (Mohammed Shazil Ali 22′)
Ngaruawahia United 2 (Jordan Lee Emery 35′, 47′)
Takapuna 2 (Sean Wilcox 24′, Aaron Bayliss 28′)
Hibiscus Coast 1 (own goal 61′)
North Shore United 0
Northern Rovers 2 (Samuel Robertson 22′, Dan Morgan 62′)
Metro 1 (Adam Creaney 14′)
Franklin United 2 (own goal 14′, Omid Rajabi 67′ pen)
Onehunga Mangere United 6 (Kai Gillespie 15′, Usaamah Hakim 21′, Jamie Shipman 35′, 90’+3′. Aidan Price 82′, Marco Stevens 84′)
Champions: Fencibles United (promoted to Northern League)
Promotion/relegation play-off: Manukau United to play Manurewa for place in 2025 Northern League.
Relegated: Metro, Franklin United (to Lotto NRFL Men’s Northern Conference).
Men’s Lotto Central Federation League
Games played on Saturday August 31, 2024
Palmerston North United 4 (Benjamin Mori 9′, 60′, Ryan McDermott 40′, Anthony Jones 47′)
Palmerston North Marist 0
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Western 2 (Jordi Fettis 42′, Lewis McHugh 89′)
Whanganui Athletic 1 (Ryan Holden 38′)
Peringa United 3 (Domenico Squatriti 26′, 44′, Jayden Gally 50′)
New Plymouth Rangers 5 (Taku Warren 4′, 13′, 59′, 82′, Tre Dejohn 66′)
Gisborne Thistle 1 (Alexander Shanks 90+2′)
Taradale 1 (Liam Percy-Fysh 37′)
Havelock North Wanderers — bye
Lotto NRFL Women’s Championship
Game played on Friday August 30, 2024
Birkenhead United 1 (Charlotte England)
Northern Rovers 0
Games played on Sunday September 1, 2024
Tauranga Moana 17 (Grace Duncan 7′, 36′, 41′, 47′, 50′, Briana Osborne 25′, 29′, 45’+3′, 54′, 67′, 77′, 88′, Isla Ganley 40′, 73′, Abi Witney-Collins 44′, Taryn Holloway 87′, 89′)
Manukau United 1 (Georgia Butler 34′)
Melville United 4 (Laura Bennett 4′, 8′, 25′, Stella-Rose Bahr 90′)
Onehunga Sports 3 (Robyn Fisher 58′, 72′, 82′)
Franklin United 10 (Chloe Marthe 6′, 8′, 35′, 49′, 73′, Britney Cunningham-lee 15′, 90’+1′, Nikita Lieshout 20′, Renin Yousif 31′, Sarah Carpenter 80′)
Central United 1 (Anita Gross 3′)
Champions: Tauranga Moana (promoted to Lotto NRFL Women’s Premiership)
Relegated: Manukau United (to NRF Women’s Conference)
Lotto NRFL Men’s Northern Conference
Games played on Saturday August 31, 2024
Oratia United 0
Albany United 1 (Maximiliano Campodonico 61′)
Te Atatu P
Bucklands Beach P
Northland 0
Waiheke United 4 (own goal 32′, Diego Sepulveda Carvajal 45+1′, Federico Cabanal 90+1′)
Waitemata 7 (Arnold Kochasira 5′, 43′, Stuart Davies 21′, 28′, Harry Murphy 41′, 66′, 70′ pen)
Beachlands Maraetai 3 (Mark Giles 10′, 12′, Chris Henty 76′)
Champions: To be decided.
Promoted: Champions to play Southern Conference winners Cambridge, home and away, with winner playing in 2025 Lotto NRFL Men’s Championship.
Relegated: Oratia United.
Lotto NRFL Men’s Southern Conference
Games played on Saturday August 31, 2024
Te Awamutu 3 (Joel Roil 17′, Nicolas King-McRae 30′, Bradley Egglestone 62′)
Claudelands Rovers 3 (Jonathan Viviani 18′, Charlie Young 65′, Krishaant Singh 67′ pen)
Otumoetai 3 (Jack Boland 12′, 64′, Ben Mason 53′)
Papamoa 2 (Vincent Callister 38′, Ben Meyer 70′)
Waikato Unicol 2 (Abdul Wahid Sulieman 77′, Caleb Gilchrist 90+5′)
Cambridge 6 (Jack Portegys 6′, Aston Smith 32′, Rahim Nabizada 53′, 54′ Yusef Nabizada 74′ pen, Jack Connor 84′)
*Cambridge win the WaiBOP Federation Challenge Shield
Ngongotaha Lakes 1 (Petir Gray 68′)
Taupo 6 (Joe O’Donoghue 4′, 56′, 90+1′, Dylan Foster 9′, Jack Semple 45′, Kierren Flower 79′)
Champions: Cambridge
Promotion play-off: Cambridge to play winners of Lotto NRFL Men’s Northern Conference, home and away, with winner playing in 2025 Lotto NRFL Men’s Championship.
NRF Men’s League One
Games played on Saturday August 31, 2024
West Auckland 1 (Dylan McDonald 23′)
Central United 2 (Bogdan Alexandru Dida 27′, 81′)
South Auckland Rangers 6 (Josh Harfood 7′, Mark Withers 18′, Luke Bulay 50′, Matthew Hodgson 68′, Ellis Breadmore 88′, Malakai Rakula 89′)
Waiuku 2 (Jayden Reddy 26′, Jake McCoy 76′ pen)
Papakura City 2 (Kartik Kumar 2′, Joshua Jeftha 28′)
Mangere United 0
Papatoetoe 2 (Christopher Groen 16′, 56′)
Uni-Mount Bohemian 4 (Farhan Azim 24′, Reinal Singh 26′, 57′, Jacob Raika 70′)
Champions: Central United (promotion to Lotto NRFL Men’s Conference)
WaiBOP Men’s League One
Games played on Saturday August 31, 2024
Otorohanga 3 (Tawhirimatea Ball 16′, Bailey Croad 66′, Waikato Ball 72′)
Northern United 0
Hamilton Wanderers 1 (Trent Lynch 45′)
Tokoroa 2 (Chris Teague 8′, 13′)
Matamata Swifts 2 (Jamie Baxter 57′, Blake Bibby 60′)
Tauranga City 2 (Daniel Page 31′, Zachary Bell 50′)
Champions: Otorohanga
NRF Women’s Conference
Games played on Sunday September 1, 2024
Onehunga Mangere United 2 (Rebekah Withers 47′, Jade Naus 74′)
Northland 0
Papakura City 2 (Joan Grey 5′, Rebecca Rhodes 16′)
Te Atatu 0
Bucklands Beach 0
Bay Olympic 6 (Darcey Pead-Kingdon 16′, 65′, 74′, Charli Collard 51′, 76′, Gemma Ruddell 83′)
Greenhithe Mozamba 3 (Lauren Smyth 33′, 90′, Kathryn McMonagle 45′)
Beachlands Maraetai 2 (Pippa Carr 47′, Anna Ross 56′)
Women’s Capital Premier League
Games played on Sunday September 1, 2024
North Wellington 3 (Jade Heather 20′, Demi Viljoen 58′, Kate Mills 87′)
Island Bay United 0
Brooklyn Northern United 0
Te Kotahitanga 3 (Vanessa Addy 44′, own goal 45′, Madison Beetham 88′)
Upper Hutt City 1 (Rebecca Stewart 59′)
Miramar Rangers 1 (Anna Elliott 84′)
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