New Zealand National League Championship

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Name
New Zealand National League Championship

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Established
2021 (3 years old)

First Recorded Event
2024-09-28

Current Season
2024

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Soccer

Location
New Zealand

Gender
Male

TV Rights
FIFA+

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Upcoming

10 Nov	Auckland Cit	-	Wellington P	1:00am
Results
27 Oct	Eastern Subu	0 - 3	Auckland Cit
28 Sep	Wellington P	0 - 2	Eastern Subu

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The New Zealand Men's National League is a men's football league at the top of the New Zealand football league system. Founded in 2021, the New Zealand National League is the successor to the New Zealand Football Championship. The league is contested by ten teams, with teams qualifying from their regional leagues. Four teams qualify from the Northern League, three qualify from the Central League, two qualify from the newly formed Southern League and the Wellington Phoenix Reserves are automatically given a spot each year.

The regional leagues runs from March through to September, with each league having a varying number of games. The Championship phase runs after the completion of the regional phase with each team playing each other once, followed by a grand final. Each season, two clubs gain qualification to the OFC Champions League, the continental competition for the Oceania region.

The New Zealand National League was Oceania's strongest national league for four consecutive years in 2023 according to IFFHS.

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