2011–12 NZF Cup

The 2011–12 NZF Cup, also known as the 2011–12 White Ribbon Cup, was the inaugural tournament involving ASB Premiership clubs not involved in Champions League football. This was the first and only year it was held, mainly for the purpose of giving ASB Premiership clubs much needed football involvement during gap weeks that the OFC Champion League was being played.

2011–12 White Ribbon Cup

Founded	2011
Region	New Zealand (OFC)
Teams	6
Current champions	Team Wellington
Website	Official Website

Participants

Auckland and Waitakere both topped the 2010-11 ASB Premiership, earning them a place in the 2011-12 OFC Champions League. The six remaining ASB Premiership teams were then entered into the White Ribbon Cup where they were split into two conferences relating to their geographic location with Waikato, Hawke's Bay and Manawatu forming the Northern Conference and Wellington, Canterbury and Otago forming the Southern Conference.^[1]

Northern Conference	Southern Conference
Waikato FC	Team Wellington
YoungHeart Manawatu	Canterbury United
Hawke's Bay United	Otago United

Schedule

Round		Date
Group Stage	Matchday 1	3 December 2011
	Matchday 2	19 February 2012
	Matchday 3	3 March 2012
Final		1 April 2012

Group stage

Within each conference, each team plays the other two teams once. The top team from each conference then play each other in the grand final to determine the winner of the White Ribbon cup.

Northern Conference

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Waikato FC	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6
Hawke's Bay United	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	3
YoungHeart Manawatu	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0

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3 December 2011

14:00 UTC+13:00

Waikato FC	2–0	Hawke's Bay United
Tyler Lissette 17' Jason Hicks 29'	Report

Crown Park, Taupō

Referee: Chris Kerr

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4 March 2012

14:00 UTC+13:00

Hawke's Bay United	5–0	YoungHeart Manawatu
Stu Wilson 26', 37' Danny Wilson 42' Matt Hastings 78' Stephen Hindmarch 84'

Bluewater Stadium, Napier

Referee: Jonathan Price

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17 March 2012

14:00 UTC+13:00

YoungHeart Manawatu	1–3	Waikato FC
Seule Soromon 18'	Report	Ryan Thomas 19', 40' Mohammed Awad 50'

Memorial Park, Manawatu

Referee: Nick Waldron

Southern Conference

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Team Wellington	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8	6
Canterbury United	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	3
Otago United	2	0	0	2	2	8	−6	0

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3 December 2011

14:00 UTC+13:00

Team Wellington	3–0	Canterbury
Dakota Lucas 9', 20', 30'	Report

David Farrington Park, Wellington

Referee: Jamie Cross

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19 February 2012

14:00 UTC+13:00

Canterbury	2–1	Otago United
Aaron Clapham 6' (pen.) Geoff MacIntyre 72'	Preview Report	Ant Hancock 85'

ASB Football Park, Christchurch

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4 March 2012

14:00 UTC+13:00

Otago United	1–6	Team Wellington
Tristan Prattley 53' (pen.)	Report	Louis Fenton 2', 35', 46' Michael Eagar 3', 44' (pen.) Dakota Lucas 82' (pen.)

Tahuna Park, Dunedin

Final

1 April 2012

13:00 UTC+12:00

Waikato FC	1–6	Team Wellington
Adam Thomas 55' (pen.)	Report	Ethan Galbraith 12', 57', 75' Patrick Fleming 16' Henry Fa'arodo 46' Dakota Lucas 90+5'

Gower Park, Hamilton

Referee: Mark Hester

Top goalscorers

Goals	Player	Team
5	Dakota Lucas	Team Wellington
3	Louis Fenton	Team Wellington
	Ethan Galbraith	Team Wellington
2	Stu Wilson	Hawke's Bay United
	Michael Eagar	Team Wellington
	Ryan Thomas	Waikato FC
1	Aaron Clapham	Canterbury United
	Geoff MacIntyre	Canterbury United
	Danny Wilson	Hawke's Bay United
	Matt Hastings	Hawke's Bay United
	Stephen Hindmarch	Hawke's Bay United
	Ant Hancock	Otago United
	Tristan Prattley	Otago United
	Patrick Fleming	Team Wellington
	Henry Fa'arodo	Team Wellington
	Tyler Lissette	Waikato FC
	Jason Hicks	Waikato FC
	Mohammed Awad	Waikato FC
	Adam Thomas	Waikato FC
	Seule Soromon	YoungHeart Manawatu