The 2012 ASB Chatham Cup is New Zealand's 85th knockout football competition.

The 2012 competition has a preliminary round, a qualification round, and four rounds proper before quarter-finals, semi-finals, and a final. Competition is run in three regions (northern, central, southern) until the quarter-finals, from which stage the draw is open. In all, 124 teams entered the competition.

The 2012 final

Won 6-1 by Central United over Lower Hutt City

Lower Hutt City1–6Central United
Price 90+2'Tade 19' Mulligan 23' Koprivcic 45+2', 71' Vicelich 60' Hicks 86'
GK 1 New Zealand Steve Bayard RB 2 New Zealand Caleb Duncan 38' CB 77 New Zealand Andrew Coad CB 7 New Zealand Taban Makoii 46' LB 19 New Zealand Taylor Hall-Jones CM 8 New Zealand Hamish Price AM 9 Germany Tobias Bertsch RW 12 New Zealand Jarrod Smith 72' CM 6 New Zealand Kade Schrijvers 48' LW 15 New Zealand Martin Pereyra CF 10 New Zealand Hamish Watson (c) Substitutes: GK 13 New Zealand Shaun Melrose DF 20 New Zealand Taylor Schrijvers 48' MF 14 New Zealand Jack Imray 72' MF 5 New Zealand Hayden Stuthridge MF 11 New Zealand Cam Lidstone 46' Manager: New Zealand Chris Zoricich GK 1 New Zealand Jacob Spoonley RB 3 New Zealand Nick Dale 74' CB 5 New Zealand Ivan Vicelich (c) CB 14 New Zealand Jacob Hall LB 5 Japan Takuya Iwata CM 8 New Zealand Jason Hicks CM 12 New Zealand David Mulligan RW 16 Spain Albert Riera 46' AM 9 New Zealand Paul Urlovic 45+1' LW 18 New Zealand Daniel Koprivcic CF 20 Argentina Emiliano Tade Substitutes: GK 22 New Zealand Blaz Bugarin DF 17 New Zealand Ouadhah Ragued DF 4 New Zealand Kris Carpenter 74' MF 10 New Zealand Stuart Hogg 46' MF 13 New Zealand Adam Dickinson 45+1' Manager: New Zealand Brendan McIntyre
GK1New Zealand Steve Bayard
RB2New Zealand Caleb Duncan 38'
CB77New Zealand Andrew Coad
CB7New Zealand Taban Makoii 46'
LB19New Zealand Taylor Hall-Jones
CM8New Zealand Hamish Price
AM9Germany Tobias Bertsch
RW12New Zealand Jarrod Smith 72'
CM6New Zealand Kade Schrijvers 48'
LW15New Zealand Martin Pereyra
CF10New Zealand Hamish Watson (c)
Substitutes:
GK13New Zealand Shaun Melrose
DF20New Zealand Taylor Schrijvers 48'
MF14New Zealand Jack Imray 72'
MF5New Zealand Hayden Stuthridge
MF11New Zealand Cam Lidstone46'
Manager:
New Zealand Chris Zoricich
GK1New Zealand Jacob Spoonley
RB3New Zealand Nick Dale 74'
CB5New Zealand Ivan Vicelich (c)
CB14New Zealand Jacob Hall
LB5Japan Takuya Iwata
CM8New Zealand Jason Hicks
CM12New Zealand David Mulligan
RW16Spain Albert Riera 46'
AM9New Zealand Paul Urlovic 45+1'
LW18New Zealand Daniel Koprivcic
CF20Argentina Emiliano Tade
Substitutes:
GK22New Zealand Blaz Bugarin
DF17New Zealand Ouadhah Ragued
DF4New Zealand Kris Carpenter 74'
MF10New Zealand Stuart Hogg46'
MF13New Zealand Adam Dickinson45+1'
Manager:
New Zealand Brendan McIntyre
Man of the match Emiliano Tade (Central United)

Results

Second round

Hibiscus Coast2 – 4Waitakere City
Bohemian Celtic1 – 2 (aet)Onehunga Sports
Waiuku2 – 6Three Kings United
Waitemata3 – 0Otumoetai
Papatoetoe2 – 1Lynn-Avon United
Norwest United0 – 8Birkenhead United
Mount Albert-Ponsonby2 – 2 (aet)*Eastern Suburbs
Bay Olympic4 – 3East Coast Bays
Ngongotaha0 – 3Takapuna
Hamilton Wanderers8 – 0Papakura City
North Shore United1 – 2Manukau City
Waikato Unicol0 – 3Oratia United
Whakatane Town0 – 2Mangere United
Ranui Swanson0 – 3Melville United
Westlake Boys High School7 – 2Manurewa
Tauranga City United0 – 4Central United
Taradale0 – 3Lower Hutt City
Wanganui City1 – 0Island Bay United
Inglewood0 – 4Maycenvale United
Wellington United0 – 2Miramar Rangers
Napier City Rovers1 – 0Waterside Karori
Wellington Olympic2 – 4Stop Out
New Plymouth Rangers3 – 7Wairarapa United
Upper Hutt City4 – 3Palmerston North Marist
FC Nelson1 – 9Nelson Suburbs
Cashmere Technical6 – 1Halswell United
Canterbury University1 – 2Coastal Spirit
Western3 – 0FC Twenty 11
Northern0 – 1Otago University
Queens Park1 – 4Roslyn-Wakari
Grants Braes1 – 3Caversham
Dunedin Technical11 – 0Old Boys (Invercargill)

*Won on penalties by Eastern Suburbs (6–5)

Third round

Hamilton Wanderers1 – 0Waitemata
Jones (pen.)
Onehunga Sports0 – 2Papatoetoe
Singh, Frank
Manukau City1 – 0Mangere United
Ruka
Eastern Suburbs4 – 2Takapuna
Kitano 2, Redwood, Mesias (pen.)Williams, o.g.
Central United3 – 0Waitakere City
Tade 2, Dickinson
Oratia United0 – 1Melville United
Douglas
Three Kings United2 – 0Bay Olympic
Kumar, Jones
Birkenhead United2 – 0Westlake Boys High School
Tuiloma, Taylor
Lower Hutt City3 – 0Maycenvale United
Watson, Smith, Schrijvers
Upper Hutt City2 – 4Stop Out
Montalba, GrindlayYates 2, Aden, Kouchaba
Wanganui City0 – 6Miramar Rangers
Mason-Smith 4, Doyle 2
Napier City Rovers1 – 0Wairarapa United
Smith
Cashmere Technical2 – 0Nelson Suburbs
Yamamoto, Wortelboer
Western1 – 0Otago University
Allen
Coastal Spirit0 – 2Dunedin Technical
Rickerby, Lockhart
Caversham3 – 2Roslyn-Wakari
Rodeka, Jackson, FitzpatrickGovan, Mepham

Fourth round

Three Kings United2 – 3Central United
Del Monte, Corrigan (pen.)Tade 2, Hicks (pen.)
Manukau City1 – 1 (aet)*Papatoetoe
McClure (pen.)Singh
Birkenhead United4 – 1Hamilton Wanderers
Lawson, Linderboom, Tuiloma, Hobson-McVeigh (pen.)Kay
Melville United0 – 1Eastern Suburbs
Slefendorfas
Lower Hutt City2 – 0Napier City Rovers
Bertsch, Watson
Miramar Rangers4 – 0Stop Out
Fifii 2, Mason-Smith 2
Dunedin Technical1 – 0Western
Rickerby
Caversham4 – 2Cashmere Technical
Cook 2, Jackson 2Ward (o.g.), Yamamoto

* Won on penalties by Manukau City (4-3)

Quarter-finals

Birkenhead United2 – 3Lower Hutt City
Crawford, SalterWatson, Te Anau, Makoii
Caversham3 – 1Manukau City
Hancock 2, RiddenRuka (pen.)
Miramar Rangers5 – 1Dunedin Technical
o.g., Mason-Smith 2, Fleming, RoweDa Costa
Central United2 – 0Eastern Suburbs
Tade 2

Semi-finals

Caversham0 – 4Lower Hutt City
Watson, Te Anau, Mokaii, Coad
Miramar Rangers0 – 6Central United
Tade 3 (2 pen.), Paul Urlovic, Dickinson, Koprivcic (pen.)

Final

Central United6-1Lower Hutt City
Tade,Mulligan, Koprivcic 2, Vicelich, HicksPrice