# 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup

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. 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.
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.
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:
* Points obtained in all qualifying matches;
* Goal difference in all qualifying matches;
* Number of goals scored in all qualifying matches;
* Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
* Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
* Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
* 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;
* 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.
| Team | Appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA ranking at start of event |
| 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 |

## Venue

All matches were played at the ANZ Stadium in Suva, on the island of Viti Levu.
| Suva | Suva |
| Suva | ANZ Stadium |
| Suva | Capacity: 4,300 |

## Draw

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

## Match officials

On 12 July 2022, the OFC announced the list of match officials for the tournament.
During the tournament, Veer Singh and Neeshil Varman (Fiji) were assigned as referees.
Referees
* Torika Delai
* Veer Singh
* Neeshil Varman
* Anna-Marie Keighley
* Beth Rattray
* Shama Maemae
* Delvin Joel
Assistant referees
* Adi Gadolo
* Jemima Rao
* Allys Clipsham
* Sarah Jones
* Heloise Simons
* Stephanie Minan
* Maria Salamasina
* Natalia Lumukana
* Vaihina Teura
* Lata Kaumatule
* Feliuaki Kolotau

## Group stage

All match times are local (UTC+12).

### Group A

| 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 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Tonga | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | Knockout stage |

### Group B

| 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 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Vanuatu | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | |

### Group C

| 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 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | New Caledonia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 | Knockout stage |

### Ranking of third-placed teams

| 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 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | B | Vanuatu | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | |
* 1 2 Fair play points: Tonga 0, Vanuatu –3

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

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

### Final

The winner will advance to the inter-confederation playoffs.

## Goalscorers

There were 49 goals scored in 17 matches, for an average of 2.88 goals per match.
5 goals
* Meagen Gunemba
* Ramona Padio
* Jayda Stewart
3 goals
* Sofi Diyalowai
* Cema Nasau
* Monique Fischer
2 goals
* Luisa Tamanitoakula
* Jennifer Neporo
* Sarah Uregei
* Charlie Yanding
* Mary Maefiti
* Ileen Pegi
* Jazmine Loto'aniu
1 goal
* Lyric Davison
* Aliza Hussein
* Vanisha Kumar
* Jackie Pahoa
* Marie Kaipu
* Jemina David
* Almah Gogoni
* Tahia Tamarii
* Kiana Swift
* Daviana Vaka
* Vanessa Keletia

## Awards

* 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 |

## 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.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA Women's World Cup |
| New Zealand | 25 June 2020 | 5 (1991, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019) |