Auckland City and Capital go into Sunday’s finals day as the semi-finalists with the best records at the men’s Ford Futsal Superleague.
They topped the table for the second National Series being held in Wellington.
The men’s semi-finals take place at 10am on Sunday.
Here’s how the first day of competition went …
Results
Games played on Saturday April 1, 2023
Tournament played at Akau Tangi Sports Centre, Wellington
Men’s Ford Futsal Superleague
Auckland City 6 (Stephen Ashby-Peckham 3′, Aalok Paudel 8′, Dominic Hawkins 14′, Josh Margetts 28′, Eduardo Espinosa 35′, Bahram Ahmadi 36′)
Southern United 0
Waikato Rapids 1 (Ethan Martin 11′)
Capital Football 3 (Tyler Ericksen 17′, Khalid Razouk 29′, Dominic McCann 39′)
Bay of Plenty Surge 4 (Aran Carter 13′, Andrew Cooper 23′, 35′, Thomas McMillan 37′)
Hawke’s Bay Futsal 4 (Mustafa Can 3′, 24′, Cameron Paterson 11′, 29′)
Waikato Rapids 5 (Andrew Olsen 7′, 36′, Caeden Rogers 12′, Isaac Bates 15′, Jonathan Tobias 38′)
Canterbury United Dragons 3 (Mark Zimmerman 8′, Cameron Emberton 16′, Sam Richards 39′)
Auckland City 2 (Thomas Picken 18′, Art Twigg)
Capital Football 0
Bay of Plenty Surge 3 (Tristan Kawana 15′, Vincent Callister 23′, Thomas McMillan 33′)
Southern United 7 (En Watanabe 1′, 5′, 31′, Michael Sannum 12′, George Willett 13′, 17′, 20′)
Standings
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Fixtures
Games to be played on Sunday April 2, 2023
Semi-final 1
10am
Auckland City v Canterbury United Dragons
Semi-final 2
10am
Capital v Southern United
Series Final
2pm
Winner SF 1 v Winner SF 2