Here’s our round-up of weekend results from New Zealand’s women’s and men’s National Leagues, and international tournaments involving national teams.
Dunedin club Northern won promotion to next year’s Dettol Southern League, and A-League side Newcastle Jets won the Australia Cup.
Here’s what happened over the weekend of October 4-5, 2025:
Results
FIFA U-20 Men’s World Cup
Games played on Saturday October 4, 2025
Group A
New Zealand 0
Japan 3 (Kosei Ogura 21′, own goal 64′, Hisatsugu Ishii 82′)
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Egypt 2 (Ahmed Abdin 47′, Omar Khedr 90+5′)
Chile 1 (Javier Carcamo 27′)
OFC U-19 Women’s Championship
Games played on Sunday October 5, 2025
Final
New Caledonia 0
New Zealand 3 (Zoe Benson 17′, Emily Lyon 36′, 45′)
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Play-off for 3rd place
Fiji 0
Cook Islands 0
*Fiji won 3-2 on penalties
Men’s National League
Games played on Saturday October 4, 2025
Wellington Olympic 2 (Jack-Henry Sinclair 43′, Adam Supyk 90+2′)
Western Springs 1 (Ry McLeod 34′)
Christchurch United 4 (Riley Grover 17′, 51′, Shogo Osawa 62′, Joel Stevens 87′ pen)
Miramar Rangers 2 (Sam Gates 10′, Jordan Lamb 37′)
Auckland FC Reserves 2 (Semi Nabenu 7′, Aston Burns 74′)
Wellington Phoenix Reserves 1 (Dylan Gardiner 16′)
Auckland United — bye
Games played on Sunday October 5, 2025
Western Suburbs 8 (Kaelin Nguyen 13′, 35′, 38′, 80′, Noah Tipene-Clegg 21′, Sebastian Barton-Ginger 58′, 60′, Ryan Harrison 90+1′)
Coastal Spirit 0
Birkenhead United 3 (Curtis Hughes 10′, own goal 73′, Alex Connor-McClean 90′)
Auckland City 0
Women’s National League
Games played on Sunday October 5, 2025
Canterbury United Pride 3 (Margi Dias 9′, Petra Buyck 24′, 31′)
Western Springs 3 (Nanami Omasa 38′, Britney Cunningham-Lee 43′, Sarah Morton 45′)
CF Wellington United 1 (Summer Laskey 52′)
Southern United 1 (Georgia Keen 8′)
West Coast Rangers 4 (Sienna Higinbotham 35′, 66′, Laney Strachan 42′, Kailey Short 55′)
Central Football 0
Wellington Phoenix 2 (Kya Solomon 38′, Isabella Temple 69′)
CF Petone 0
Eastern Suburbs P
Auckland United P
POSTPONED till Wednesday October 29, 2025
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Dettol Southern League
Game played on Saturday October 4, 2025
Promotion play-off leg 2
Northern 3 (Rory Hibbert 23′, 55′, own goal 59′)
Halswell United 0
* Northern won 7-1 on aggregate.
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Australia Cup
Game played on Saturday October 4, 2025
Final
Heidelberg United 1 (Ryan Lethlean 8′)
Newcastle Jets 3 (Max Burgess 21′, Oscar Fryer 96′, Ben Gibson 115′)
*After extra time
This story was first published on October 5, 2025.