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2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}

{{Short description|12th edition of the OFC Women's Nations Cup}}

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = OFC Women's Nations Cup

| year = 2022

| other_titles =

| image =

| size =

| caption =

| country = Fiji

| city = Suva

| dates = 13–30 July{{cite web |url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc-womens-nations-cup-set-down-for-july-in-fiji/ |title=OFC Women's Nations Cup set down for July in Fiji |publisher=Oceania Football Confederation |date=29 April 2022}}

| num_teams = 9

| confederations = 1

| venues = 1

| cities = 1

| champion_other = {{nowrap|{{fbw|PNG}}}}

| count = 1

| second_other ={{fbw|FIJ}}

| third_other = {{fbw|SOL}}

| fourth_other = {{fbw|SAM}}

| matches = 17

| goals = 49

| attendance = {{#expr: 100 + 100 + 100 + 865 + 150 + 250 + 865 + 500 + 500 + 120 + 200 + 400 + 600 + 1250 + 1250 + 1419 + 1591 }}

| top_scorer = {{fbwicon|PNG}} Meagen Gunemba
{{fbwicon|PNG}} Ramona Padio
{{fbwicon|SAM}} Jayda Stewart
{{nowrap|(5 goals each)}}

| player = {{fbwicon|FIJ}} Cema Nasau

| goalkeeper = {{fbwicon|TAH}} Camille Andre

| fair_play = {{fbw|SAM}}

| prevseason = 2018

| nextseason = 2025

}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/more-calendar-changes-for-2021/|title=More calendar changes for 2021|publisher=Oceania Football Confederation|date=16 December 2020}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc-confirms-schedule-changes/|title=OFC confirms schedule changes|publisher=Oceania Football Confederation|date=4 March 2021}}

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.{{cite news |url=https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/australia-and-new-zealand-selected-as-hosts-of-fifa-women-s-world-cup-2023tm |title=Australia and New Zealand selected as hosts of FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 |work=FIFA |date=25 June 2020 |access-date=26 June 2020}}

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.

Format

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.

=Tiebreakers=

The ranking of teams is determined as follows:{{cite tweet |user=OFCfootball |number=1033105029912133632 |date=24 August 2018 |title=Article 31: Determination of the winner |access-date=25 August 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180825225003/https://twitter.com/OFCfootball/status/1033105029912133632 |archive-date=25 August 2018}}

  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): {{unordered list

| 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;

}}

  1. Coin toss or drawing of lots.

Teams

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.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
Team

! data-sort-type="number"|Appearance

! Previous best performance

! FIFA ranking
at start of event{{cite web| url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/women?dateId=ranking_20220617| title=Women's Ranking| publisher=FIFA| date=17 June 2022| access-date=17 June 2022}}

{{fbw|COK}}5thThird place (2010, 2014)102
{{fbw|FIJ}} (H)5thRunners-up (2018)69
{{fbw|NCL}}3rdThird place (1983)100
{{fbw|PNG}}10thRunners-up (2007, 2010, 2014)49
{{fbw|SAM}}4thFourth place (2003)109
{{fbw|SOL}}3rdFourth place (2007, 2010)120
{{fbw|TAH}}3rdGroup stage (2010, 2018)104
{{fbw|TGA}}5thThird place (2007)92
{{fbw|VAN}}2ndGroup stage (2010)121

Venue

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

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rowspan="4" | {{Location map|Fiji|float=center|width=240|caption=|lat=-18.1416|long=178.4419|label=Suva|position=bottom}}

! | Suva

ANZ Stadium
Capacity: 4,300
240px

Draw

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

{{#invoke:transcludable section|main|section=Draw|text=

{{aligned table|cols=3|class=wikitable

|row1header=y| Pot 1| Pot 2| Pot 3

| {{fbw|PNG}} (49)
{{fbw|FIJ}} (67)
{{fbw|TGA}} (92)

| {{fbw|NCL}} (99)
{{fbw|COK}} (104)
{{fbw|TAH}} (105)

| {{fbw|SAM}} (111)
{{fbw|SOL}} (119)
{{fbw|VAN}} (121)

}}}}

Squads

{{main|2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup squads}}

Match officials

On 12 July 2022, the OFC announced the list of match officials for the tournament.{{cite web |url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/female-officials-take-centre-stage-at-womens-nations-cup/ |title=Female officials take centre stage at Women's Nations Cup |publisher=Oceania Football Confederation |date=12 July 2022 |access-date=13 July 2022}}

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

Referees

{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}

  • {{fbaicon|FIJ}} Torika Delai
  • {{fbaicon|FIJ}} Veer Singh
  • {{fbaicon|FIJ}} Neeshil Varman
  • {{fbaicon|NZL}} Anna-Marie Keighley
  • {{fbaicon|NZL}} Beth Rattray
  • {{fbaicon|SOL}} Shama Maemae
  • {{fbaicon|VAN}} Delvin Joel

{{colend}}

Assistant referees

{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}

  • {{fbaicon|FIJ}} Adi Gadolo
  • {{fbaicon|FIJ}} Jemima Rao
  • {{fbaicon|NZL}} Allys Clipsham
  • {{fbaicon|NZL}} Sarah Jones
  • {{fbaicon|NZL}} Heloise Simons
  • {{fbaicon|PNG}} Stephanie Minan
  • {{fbaicon|SAM}} Maria Salamasina
  • {{fbaicon|SOL}} Natalia Lumukana
  • {{fbaicon|TAH}} Vaihina Teura
  • {{fbaicon|TGA}} Lata Kaumatule
  • {{fbaicon|TGA}} Feliuaki Kolotau

{{colend}}

Group stage

All match times are local (UTC+12).{{cite web| url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/events/ofc-womens-nations-cup-2022/| title=OFC Women's Nations Cup 2022| publisher=OFC| date=13 May 2022| access-date=13 May 2022}}

=Group A=

{{Main|2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup Group A}}

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Group A

|source=[https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition/ofc-womens-nations-cup-2022/ OFC]

|name_TGA={{fbw|TGA}}

|name_COK={{fbw|COK}}

|name_SAM={{fbw|SAM}}

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|win_COK=0 |draw_COK=1 |loss_COK=1 |gf_COK=1 |ga_COK=2 |status_COK=

|win_SAM=2 |draw_SAM=0 |loss_SAM=0 |gf_SAM=3 |ga_SAM=0 |status_SAM=

|team_order=SAM, COK, TGA

|class_rules=Group stage tiebreakers

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=KO |result2=KO |result3=KO

|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Knockout stage

}}

{{#lst:2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup Group A|A1}}

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{{#lst:2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup Group A|A2}}

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{{#lst:2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup Group A|A3}}

=Group B=

{{Main|2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup Group B}}

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Group B

|source=[https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition/ofc-womens-nations-cup-2022/ OFC]

|update=complete

|win_PNG=2 |draw_PNG=0 |loss_PNG=0 |gf_PNG=5 |ga_PNG=2 |status_PNG=

|win_TAH=0 |draw_TAH=1 |loss_TAH=1 |gf_TAH=1 |ga_TAH=2 |status_TAH=

|win_VAN=0 |draw_VAN=1 |loss_VAN=1 |gf_VAN=1 |ga_VAN=3 |status_VAN=

|team_order=PNG, TAH, VAN

|class_rules=Group stage tiebreakers

|name_PNG={{fbw|PNG}}

|name_TAH={{fbw|TAH}}

|name_VAN={{fbw|VAN}}

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=KO |result2=KO

|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Knockout stage

}}

{{#lst:2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup Group B|B1}}

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{{#lst:2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup Group B|B2}}

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{{#lst:2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup Group B|B3}}

=Group C=

{{Main|2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup Group C}}

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Group C

|source=[https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition/ofc-womens-nations-cup-2022/ OFC]

|update=complete

|win_FIJ=1 |draw_FIJ=1 |loss_FIJ=0 |gf_FIJ=4 |ga_FIJ=2 |status_FIJ=H

|win_SOL=0 |draw_SOL=2 |loss_SOL=0 |gf_SOL=3 |ga_SOL=3 |status_SOL=

|win_NCL=0 |draw_NCL=1 |loss_NCL=1 |gf_NCL=3 |ga_NCL=5 |status_NCL=

|team_order=FIJ, SOL, NCL

|class_rules=Group stage tiebreakers

|name_FIJ={{fbw|FIJ}}

|name_NCL={{fbw|NCL}}

|name_SOL={{fbw|SOL}}

|res_col_header=Q

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}}

{{#lst:2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup Group C|C1}}

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{{#lst:2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup Group C|C2}}

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{{#lst:2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup Group C|C3}}

=Ranking of third-placed teams=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Ranking of third-placed teams

|source=[https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition/ofc-womens-nations-cup-2022/ OFC]

|team_order= GrC, GrA, GrB

|class_rules=Group stage tiebreakers

|update=complete

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|win_GrA=0 |draw_GrA=1 |loss_GrA=1 |gf_GrA=1 |ga_GrA=3 |status_GrA=

|win_GrB=0 |draw_GrB=1 |loss_GrB=1 |gf_GrB=1 |ga_GrB=3 |status_GrB=

|hth_GrA=Fair play points: Tonga 0, Vanuatu –3 |hth_GrB=GrA

|name_GrC={{fbw|NCL}}

|name_GrA={{fbw|TGA}}

|name_GrB={{fbw|VAN}}

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|group_GrC=C

|group_GrA=A

|group_GrB=B

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=KO |result2=KO

|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Knockout stage

}}

Knockout stage

{{main|2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup knockout stage}}

=Bracket=

{{#lst:2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup knockout stage|Bracket}}

=Quarter-finals=

{{#lst:2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup knockout stage|e1}}

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{{#lst:2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup knockout stage|e2}}

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{{#lst:2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup knockout stage|e3}}

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{{#lst:2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup knockout stage|e4}}

=Semi-finals=

{{#lst:2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup knockout stage|e5}}

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{{#lst:2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup knockout stage|e6}}

=Third place match=

{{#lst:2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup knockout stage|e7}}

=Final=

{{Main|2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup Final}}

The winner will advance to the inter-confederation playoffs.

{{#lst:2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup Final|Final}}

Goalscorers

{{Goalscorers

|goals=49 |matches=17

|ongoing= |bold=

|updated=

|5 goals=

|3 goals=

|2 goals=

|1 goal=

}}

Awards

{{winners|fbw|2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup winners|PNG|First}}

class="wikitable"
Award

!Winner

Golden Ball

|{{fbwicon|FIJ}} Cema Nasau

Golden Boot

|{{fbwicon|PNG}} Meagen Gunemba
{{fbwicon|PNG}} Ramona Padio
{{fbwicon|SAM}} Jayda Stewart

Golden Glove

|{{fbwicon|TAH}} Camille Andre

Fair Play

|{{fbw|SAM}}

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.

class="wikitable sortable"
Team

! Qualified on

! data-sort-type="number"|Previous appearances in FIFA Women's World Cup1

{{fbw|NZL}}{{dts|2020|6|25|format=dmy}}5 (1991, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019)

References

{{reflist|30em}}

External links

  • [https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition/ofc-womens-nations-cup-2022/ OFC Women's Nations Cup 2022], at Oceania Football Confederation

{{2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup}}

{{OFC Women's Championship}}

{{2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification}}

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