2022 OFC U-17 Women's Championship

2022 OFC U-17 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countryTahiti
DatesCancelled[1]
TeamsTBC (maximum 11) (from 1 confederation)
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The 2022 OFC U-17 Women's Championship, originally to be held as the 2021 OFC U-16 Women's Championship, was to be the 5th edition of the OFC U-16/U-17 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the women's under-16/under-17 national teams of Oceania. The tournament will be hosted by Tahiti.[2] The winner of the tournament will qualify for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in India as the OFC representatives.

The tournament was originally scheduled to be held between 11–26 September 2021.[3] However, the OFC announced on 4 March 2021 that it had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, pending FIFA’s confirmation of dates of the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[4] On 4 June 2021, the OFC announced that the tournament had been rescheduled to June 2022, with the name of the tournament changed from "2021 OFC U-16 Women's Championship" to "2022 OFC U-17 Women's Championship".[5]

New Zealand are the four-time defending champions, having won all four editions held, with the last edition in 2020, originally also to be held in Tahiti, cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Teams

All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from OFC were eligible to enter the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 American Samoa 2nd Group stage (2017)
 Cook Islands 4th Third place (2012)
 Fiji 3rd Third place (2016)
 New Caledonia 4th Runners-up (2017)
 New Zealand 5th Champions (2010, 2012, 2016, 2017)
 Papua New Guinea 4th Runners-up (2012, 2016)
 Samoa 3rd Group stage (2016, 2017)
 Solomon Islands 3rd Runners-up (2010)
 Tahiti 2nd Group stage (2017)
 Tonga 3rd Fourth place (2010)
 Vanuatu 2nd Group stage (2016)

Venue

To be confirmed.

Squads

Main article: 2021 OFC U-16 Women's Championship squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2005 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The following team from OFC qualify for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup1
TBD June 2022
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

  1. ^ "OFC competitions schedule update for 2022". oceaniafootball.com. Oceania Football Confederation. 8 October 2021.
  2. ^ "OFC tournaments update". Oceania Football Confederation. 28 July 2020.
  3. ^ "OFC Competitions 2021 Calendar (updated 4/06/2021)" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Fédération Tahitienne de Football. 4 June 2021.
  4. ^ "OFC confirms schedule changes". Oceania Football Confederation. 4 March 2021.
  5. ^ "OFC competitions calendar rescheduled". Oceania Football Confederation. 4 June 2021.