NORTH ISLAND CUP
2025 Event
Tournament Dates/Locations
- Dates: 20-23 November 2025
- Location: Auckland
- Venues: Dio, St Cuth's, NAC, Sacred Heart, West Wave
Team Entry
- Entries Open 18 August 2025
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There are two ways you can submit your entry. If your school has participated in an event with us, we recommend entering directly via Friendly Manager.
- Manual Form Submission: You can fill out your school and team details using the manual form below. We will then create a school profile along with administrator accounts and manually enter your team into the competition.
Entry Form (external form) - Friendly Manager: If your school already has a profile in Friendly Manager, you can enter your team directly by following this step-by-step guide.
Friendly Manager - Walkthrough Guide (.pdf document)
- Manual Form Submission: You can fill out your school and team details using the manual form below. We will then create a school profile along with administrator accounts and manually enter your team into the competition.
Team and Player Eligibility
This event is sanctioned by NZ Secondary School Sport
- NZ Secondary School Sport Eligibility Regulations (external link)
Composite Teams
- Please see the full Composite Team guidelines in the application form below
- Composite Team Application Form (.pdf document)
Competition Information
The North Island Cup is an annually held event, open to all Year 9 & 10 school teams in New Zealand. In 2022, the name of this event changed to reflect the alignment of School Sport New Zealand and New Zealand Water Polo with the Balance Is Better approach, as outlined by Sport NZ.
- Competition Managers: Jhanna Savov & Henry Whitfield
- 2025 General - Competition Manual (.pdf document)
Rules & regulations consistent across all national competitions - Other Competition Documents and Details
Important Documents
Key Dates
| Event | Date |
| Entries Open | 18 August 2025 |
| Entries Close | 18 September 2025 |
| Teams Accepted | 24 September 2025 |
| Teams Invoiced | 21 September 2025 |
| Time Conflicts Due | 10 October 2025 |
| Draft Draw Released | 23 October 2025 |
| Draw Released | 30 October 2025 |
| Invoices Due | 31 October 2025 |
| Final team lists due | 13 November 2025 |
| Technical Meeting | 18 November 2025 |
| Competition Starts | 20 November 2025 |
2024 Event
2024 Tournament Dates/Locations:
- 21st- 24th November - Auckland
Competition Draws & Schedules:
Team Entry:
- Team entries are now closed
- Team Acceptance List (.pdf document)
- Team Lists Submissions (online form) - Due 1 November
- Team Details Tracking (.pdf document)
Competition Manual:
- Fact Sheet (.pdf document)
- Competition Manual (.pdf document)
(the South Island tournament is run by clubs - please check our calendar for more information)
Important Documents:
- Health & Safety (.pdf document)
Team and Player Eligibility:
- NZ Secondary School Sport Eligibility Regulations (external link)
PAST RESULTS
2021 Cancelled due to Covid-19