2022 OFC U-20 Women's Championship
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| dates = June 2023
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The 2022 OFC U-20 Women's Championship, originally to be held as the 2021 OFC U-19 Women's Championship, will be the 10th edition of the OFC U-19/U-20 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the women's under-19/under-20 national teams of Oceania. The host country of the tournament has yet to be announced. The winner of the tournament will qualify for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica as the OFC representatives.
The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in July 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.ftf.pf/cms/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/OFC_Competitions_2021_calendar_20210604-1.pdf|title=OFC Competitions 2021 Calendar (updated 4/06/2021)|publisher=Fédération Tahitienne de Football|work=Oceania Football Confederation|date=4 June 2021}} 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-20 Women's World Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc-confirms-schedule-changes/|title=OFC confirms schedule changes|publisher=Oceania Football Confederation|date=4 March 2021}} On 4 June 2021, the OFC announced that the tournament had been rescheduled to April 2022, with the name of the tournament changed from "2021 OFC U-19 Women's Championship" to "2022 OFC U-20 Women's Championship".{{cite web|url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc-competitions-calendar-rescheduled/|title=OFC competitions calendar rescheduled|publisher=Oceania Football Confederation|date=4 June 2021}}{{update inline|date=May 2022}}
New Zealand are the seven-time defending champions.
Teams
All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from OFC are eligible to enter the tournament.
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! Team ! data-sort-type="number"|Appearance ! Previous best performance | ||
| {{fbwu|20|ASA}} | 4th | {{sort|4th|Fourth place}} (2010) |
| {{fbwu|20|COK}} (hosts) | 4th | {{sort|02|Runners-up}} (2010) |
| {{fbwu|20|FIJ}} | 5th | {{sort|02|Runners-up}} (2017) |
| {{fbwu|20|NCL}} | 6th | {{sort|02|Runners-up}} (2019) |
| {{fbwu|20|NZL}} | 9th | {{sort|01|Champions}} (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019) |
| {{fbwu|20|PNG}} | 7th | {{sort|02|Runners-up}} (2004, 2012, 2014) |
| {{fbwu|20|SAM}} | 7th | {{sort|04|Fourth place}} (2002, 2006, 2012) |
| {{fbwu|20|SOL}} | 4th | {{sort|03|Third place}} (2004) |
| {{fbwu|20|TAH}} | 2nd | {{sort|03|Third place}} (2019) |
| {{fbwu|20|TGA}} | 8th | {{sort|02|Runners-up}} (2006) |
| {{fbwu|20|VAN}} | 5th | {{sort|03|Third place}} (2015) |
Group stage
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Venue
To be confirmed.
Squads
{{main|2021 OFC U-19 Women's Championship squads}}
Players born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible to compete in the tournament.
Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The following team from OFC qualify for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
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! Qualified on ! data-sort-type="number"|Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup1 |
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| TBD || {{dts|2022|4||format=dmy}} ||
|} : 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. References{{reflist}} External links
{{OFC U-19 Women's Championship}} {{2021 in Oceanian football (OFC)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:OFC U-20 Women's Championship 2022}} Category:Association football events cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic Category:International association football competitions hosted by French Polynesia |