2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup
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]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | TBD |
| Dates | 5–31 July[1] |
| Teams | TBC (maximum 11) (from 1 confederation) |
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) | |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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
One play-off slot was allocated to the Oceania Football Confederation.[5]
| Team | Qualified on |
|---|---|
| TBD | July 2022 |
References
- "OFC Competitions 2022 Calendar (updated 4/06/2021)" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Fédération Tahitienne de Football. 4 June 2021.
- "More calendar changes for 2021". Oceania Football Confederation. 16 December 2020.
- "OFC confirms schedule changes". Oceania Football Confederation. 4 March 2021.
- "Australia and New Zealand selected as hosts of FIFA Women's World Cup 2023". FIFA. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- "Update on FIFA Women's World Cup and men's youth competitions". FIFA. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.