Papamoa FC will again be hosting our popular junior tournaments in 2026. These tournaments provide the opportunity for a wide variety of teams from across New Zealand to participate and play new teams.
King's Birthday Weekend Tournaments.
Our King's Birthday Tournament will be taking place over 2 seperate dates. This is to allow us to run the grades seperately due to the WOF 2.0 changes which has an effect on fields and planning purposes at Gordon Spratt Reserve, the home of Papamoa Football Club.
The Kings Birthday Tournament division breakdown are as follows:
Kings Birthday Weekend - Tournament 1
Saturday - 30th May 2026
Grades
U9 Boys, U11 Boys, U12 Boys, 12th/13th Girls Combined.
Fields
U9 Boys (5v5), U11 Boys (7v7), U12 Boys (9v9), 12th/13th Girls (9v9)
Entry Fee - $330.00 per team.
Kings Birthday Weekend - Tournament 2
Sunday - 31st May 2026
Grades
U8 Boys, U10 Boys & 10th/11th Grade Girls Combined.
Fields
U8 Boys (5v5), U10 Boys (7v7), 10th/11th Girls (7v7)
Entry Fee - $330.00 per team.
The tournaments will be completed on their set dates with prize giving taking place after the finals have taken place for each division.
Teams can have a maximum of 4 substitutes.
Registration will close on 20th May 2026.
Registrations
Places are allocated on a first come, first served basis.
More information:
Each age band will have a team limit for registrations. 24 teams for boys division and 12 teams for the girls division. According to the team registrations per division, we are hoping to confirm a minimum of 5 group games before we move to the knockout stage of the tournament. A reminder that this will depend on the team entries per division.
Games will be 20 minutes with 2 halves of 10 minutes with no halftime, teams are to change sides and the next half is is to start straight away.
A more in detail list of rules and regulations will be sent to the coaches listed on the registration details filled by teams along with a tournament pack regarding a map of the location and any further information linked to the King's Birthday Tournaments in 2026.
Withdrawal policy:
Teams who withdraw more than 4 weeks out will receive a full refund less a $30 admin fee. Teams who withdraw 3 weeks out will receive a refund less a $100 admin fee. Teams who withdraw 2 weeks out will receive a refund less a $200 admin fee. Teams with withdraw 1 week out will receive no refund.
Only full team payments will qualify your teams entry into the league.
We thank you all in advance and look forward to another successful tournament season.
Girls' grades
The girls grades have been combined as in previous years to maximise team entry numbers.
Changes in our 2026 tournaments
The growth in our tournaments and with the NZF WOF 2.0, this has meant that we have needed to restructure how we run our tournaments. Rather than running boys' and girls' tournaments on separate dates (with one large and one smaller tournament), similar to 2025, will see girls and boys competing on the same day, with a split in the grades across two dates. In addition, with a number of developments at ground level, we need to work within the confines of the allocated field space and Tauranga City Council requirements.
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