2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup

2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host countryFiji
CitySuva
Dates13–30 July[1]
Teams9 (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 played17
Goals scored49 (2.88 per match)
Attendance10,260 (604 per match)
Top scorer(s)Papua New Guinea Meagen Gunemba
Papua New Guinea Ramona Padio
Samoa Jayda Stewart
(5 goals each)
Best player(s)Fiji Cema Nasau
Best goalkeeperFrench Polynesia Camille Andre
Fair play award Samoa
2018
2026

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.

  1. ^ a b "OFC Women's Nations Cup set down for July in Fiji". Oceania Football Confederation. 29 April 2022.
  2. ^ "More calendar changes for 2021". Oceania Football Confederation. 16 December 2020.
  3. ^ "OFC confirms schedule changes". Oceania Football Confederation. 4 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Australia and New Zealand selected as hosts of FIFA Women's World Cup 2023". FIFA. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.