2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup

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2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host countryTBD
Dates5–31 July[1]
TeamsTBC (maximum 11) (from 1 confederation)
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The 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup will be the 12th edition of the OFC Women's Nations Cup (also known as the OFC Women's Championship), the quadrennial international football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the women's national teams of the Oceanian region. It was originally scheduled from July to August 2022, but was moved to January and February 2022 to accommodate changes to the FIFA Women's International Match Calendar.[2] The OFC announced on 4 March 2021 that it was pushed back due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and would take place from 5 to 31 July 2022.[3]

The tournament will serve as Oceania's qualifiers to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. With New Zealand having already qualified automatically for the World Cup as a co-host, the best-placed team besides New Zealand will advance to the inter-confederation play-offs.[4]

New Zealand are the defending champions.

Format[]

The format of the tournament has yet to be confirmed.

Team Appearance
(if qualified) 		Previous best performance FIFA ranking
at start of event
 American Samoa 2nd Group stage (1998)
 Cook Islands 5th Third place (2010, 2014)
 Fiji 5th Runners-up (2018)
 New Caledonia 3rd Third place (1983)
 New Zealand 12th Champions (1983, 1991, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2018)
 Papua New Guinea 10th Runners-up (2007, 2010, 2014)
 Samoa 4th Fourth place (2003)
 Solomon Islands 3rd Fourth place (2007, 2010)
 Tahiti 3rd Group stage (2010, 2018)
 Tonga 5th Third place (2007)
 Vanuatu 2nd Group stage (2010)

Qualified teams for FIFA Women's World Cup[]

The sole OFC direct berth for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup was given to New Zealand, who qualified automatically as co-hosts.[4]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA Women's World Cup1
 New Zealand 25 June 2020 5 (1991, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019)

Qualified for Inter-confederation play-offs[]

Main article: 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)

One play-off slot was allocated to the Oceania Football Confederation.[5]

Team Qualified on
TBD July 2022

References[]

  1. ^ "OFC Competitions 2022 Calendar (updated 4/06/2021)" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Fédération Tahitienne de Football. 4 June 2021.
  2. ^ "More calendar changes for 2021". Oceania Football Confederation. 16 December 2020.
  3. ^ "OFC confirms schedule changes". Oceania Football Confederation. 4 March 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Australia and New Zealand selected as hosts of FIFA Women's World Cup 2023". FIFA. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Update on FIFA Women's World Cup and men's youth competitions". FIFA. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

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