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Kate Sheppard Cup winners

Year Winner
1994 Nomads United (Christchurch)
1995 Waikato Unicol (Hamilton)
1996 Lynn-Avon United (Auckland)
1997 Three Kings United (Auckland)
1998 Three Kings United (Auckland)
1999 Three Kings United (Auckland)
2000 Lynn-Avon United (Auckland)
2001 Ellerslie (Auckland)
2002 Lynn-Avon United (Auckland)
2003 Lynn-Avon United (Auckland)
2004 Lynn-Avon United (Auckland)
2005 Lynn-Avon United (Auckland)
2006 Lynn-Avon United (Auckland)
2007 Western Springs (Auckland)
2008 Lynn-Avon United (Auckland)
2009 Lynn-Avon United (Auckland)
2010 Claudelands Rovers (Hamilton)
2011 Glenfield Rovers (Auckland)
2012 Three Kings United (Auckland)
2013 Coastal Spirit (Christchurch)
2014 Glenfield Rovers (Auckland)
2015 Glenfield Rovers (Auckland)
2016 Forrest Hill Milford United (Auckland)
2017 Glenfield Rovers (Auckland)
2018 Dunedin Technical
2019 Eastern Suburbs (Auckland)
2020 No competition (COVID-19)
2021 Wellington United
2022 Auckland United
2023 Western Springs
2024 Auckland United

This table shows the winners of the women’s football knockout competition, later known as the Women’s Knockout Cup and then the Kate Sheppard Cup. Auckland club Lynn-Avon United won the trophy nine times between 1996 and 2009. 

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Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: New Zealand Football

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Neill Atkinson, Steve Watters and Alida Shanks, Football – Women’s club and provincial football, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/40951/kate-sheppard-cup-winners (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Neill Atkinson, Steve Watters and Alida Shanks, published 12 June 2023, reviewed and revised 7 June 2023 with assistance from Alida Shanks.