2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Fiji
City	Suva
Dates	13–30 July[1]
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Papua New Guinea (1st title)
Runners-up	Fiji
Third place	Solomon Islands
Fourth place	Samoa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	49 (2.88 per match)
Attendance	10,260 (604 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Meagen Gunemba Ramona Padio Jayda Stewart (5 goals each)
Best player(s)	Cema Nasau
Best goalkeeper	Camille Andre
Fair play award	Samoa
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The 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup was 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 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 on 29 April 2022 announced that Fiji would host the tournament from 13 to 30 July.^[1][3]

The tournament served 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, they did not participate in the tournament. The winner advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.^[4]

New Zealand were the reigning champions, but they did not participate in the tournament as they were the host of the Women's World Cup and thus did not defend their title. Papua New Guinea won their first OFC Women's Nations Cup title.

The format of the tournament involved a first round with nine teams playing three groups of three, with the top two in each group plus the two best third-place teams advancing to the quarter-finals. Fiji was picked to be the host in April 2022.

The ranking of teams is determined as follows:^[5]

1. Points obtained in all qualifying matches;
2. Goal difference in all qualifying matches;
3. Number of goals scored in all qualifying matches;
4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
7. Fair play points in all qualifying matches (only one deduction can be applied to a player in a single match):
   • Yellow card: –1 points;
   • Indirect red card (second yellow card): –3 points;
   • Direct red card: –4 points;
   • Yellow card and direct red card: –5 points;
8. Coin toss or drawing of lots.

New Zealand will not participate with their World Cup spot already assured. American Samoa were unable to participate due to ongoing issues from the pandemic. All other countries in the OFC will participate.^[1]

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA ranking at start of event[6]
Cook Islands	5th	Third place (2010, 2014)	102
Fiji (H)	5th	Runners-up (2018)	69
New Caledonia	3rd	Third place (1983)	100
Papua New Guinea	10th	Runners-up (2007, 2010, 2014)	49
Samoa	4th	Fourth place (2003)	109
Solomon Islands	3rd	Fourth place (2007, 2010)	120
Tahiti	3rd	Group stage (2010, 2018)	104
Tonga	5th	Third place (2007)	92
Vanuatu	2nd	Group stage (2010)	121

All matches were played at the ANZ Stadium in Suva, on the island of Viti Levu.

Suva	Suva
	ANZ Stadium
	Capacity: 4,300

The draw for the group stage was held on 10 May with teams seeded into pots based upon the 25 March FIFA rankings.^[1]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Papua New Guinea (49)  Fiji (67)  Tonga (92)	New Caledonia (99)  Cook Islands (104)  Tahiti (105)	Samoa (111)  Solomon Islands (119)  Vanuatu (121)

On 12 July 2022, the OFC announced the list of match officials for the tournament.^[7]

During the tournament, Veer Singh and Neeshil Varman (Fiji) were assigned as referees.

Referees

Assistant referees

All match times are local (UTC+12).^[8]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Samoa	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6	Knockout stage
2	Cook Islands	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
3	Tonga	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Papua New Guinea	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	6	Knockout stage
2	Tahiti	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
3	Vanuatu	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fiji (H)	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4	Knockout stage
2	Solomon Islands	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2
3	New Caledonia	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	1

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Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	C	New Caledonia	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	1	Knockout stage
2	A	Tonga	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1[a]
3	B	Vanuatu	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1[a]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	23 July 2022 – Suva
	Samoa	4
					27 July 2022 – Suva
	New Caledonia	2
					Samoa	0
	23 July 2022 – Suva
					Papua New Guinea	3
	Papua New Guinea (p)	3 (3)
									30 July 2022 – Suva
	Tonga	3 (2)
									Papua New Guinea	2
	24 July 2022 – Suva
									Fiji	1
	Fiji	2
					27 July 2022 – Suva
	Cook Islands	0
					Fiji	3
	24 July 2022 – Suva
					Solomon Islands	1			Third place
	Tahiti	0
									30 July 2022 – Suva
	Solomon Islands	1
									Samoa	1 (5)
									Solomon Islands (p)	1 (6)

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The winner will advance to the inter-confederation playoffs.

There were 49 goals scored in 17 matches, for an average of 2.88 goals per match.

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup winners
Papua New Guinea First title

Award	Winner
Golden Ball	Cema Nasau
Golden Boot	Meagen Gunemba Ramona Padio Jayda Stewart
Golden Glove	Camille Andre
Fair Play	Samoa

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)

• OFC Women's Nations Cup 2022, at Oceania Football Confederation