1996 Chatham Cup
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The 1996 Chatham Cup was the 69th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

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Up to the last 16 of the competition, the cup was run in three regions (northern, central, and southern), with an open draw from the quarter-finals on. National League
New Zealand National Soccer League
The National Soccer League is a name given to competitions in which New Zealand's top soccer clubs play each other, at least two times, on a home and away basis . At the completion of the competition, the best-performed team is declared as the New Zealand champion...

 teams received a bye until the fourth round (last 32). In all, 127 teams took part in the competition, which consisted of a preliminary round and five rounds proper before quarter-finals, semi-finals, and a final.

The 1996 final

For the second year in a row, Waitakere City won the league/cup double - the only team to have achieved this two seasons running. They also became only the third team to win the Chatham Cup three years in a row, having won in both 1994
1994 Chatham Cup
The 1994 Chatham Cup was the 67th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.Up to the last 16 of the competition, the cup was run in three regions , with an open draw from the quarter-finals on. National League teams received a bye until the third round...

 and 1995
1995 Chatham Cup
The 1995 Chatham Cup was the 68th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.Up to the last 16 of the competition, the cup was run in three regions , with an open draw from the quarter-finals on. National League teams received a bye until the third round...

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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 1996 Jack Batty Memorial Cup was Mark Foy
Mark Foy
Mark Foy is a former association football player who represented New Zealand at international level.Foy played three official full internationals for New Zealand, making his debut in a 0-5 loss to Indonesia on 21 September 1997. His other two matches were a 0-0 draw with Chile on 4 February and a...

 of Mount Wellington.

Third Round

* Won on penalties by Manurewa (4-3) and Wanganui East (3-2)

Fourth Round

Fifth Round

* Won on penalties by Tawa (4-2)

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

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