2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup

The 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup, and they do it every four years. Different countries from Oceania took part in this tournament. It was the 9th time they had this competition. Originally, they were going to play the matches in July and August 2022. But they had to change the dates to January and February because of some schedule changes by the FIFA Women's International Match Calendar. Also, they had to move it because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, they decided to have the tournament in Fiji from 13th to 30th July 2022.

This tournament was a way for teams in Oceania to try to qualify for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup which was to take place in Australia and New Zealand. However, New Zealand, one of the countries in Oceania, didn't have to compete because they were hosting the World Cup, so they were automatically in.

The team from Papua New Guinea won this special tournament and became the champions. It was the first time they won the OFC Women's Nations Cup.

 Teams 
TeamAppearancePrevious best performanceFIFA rankingat start of event5thThird place (2010, 2014)102 (H)5thRunners-up (2018)693rdThird place (1983)10010thRunners-up (2007, 2010, 2014)494thFourth place (2003)1093rdFourth place (2007, 2010)1203rdGroup stage (2010, 2018)1045thThird place (2007)922ndGroup stage (2010)121

 Venue 
All the games where played in one place called the ANZ Stadium. This stadium is on an island called Viti Levu, in a town called Suva.
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 Draw 
On 10th May, they had an event to decide which teams will play against each other in the first part of the competition. They put the teams into different groups. This was based on how well the FIFA rankings of 25 March.

 Group stage 

 Group A 

 Matches 

 Samoa vs Tonga 

 Tonga vs Cook Islands 

 Cook Islands vs Samoa 

 Group B 

 Matches 

 Vanuatu vs Papua New Guinea 

 Papua New Guinea vs Tahiti 

 Tahiti vs Vanuatu 

 Group C 

 Matches 

 Solomon Islands vs Fiji 

 Fiji vs New Caledonia 

 New Caledonia vs Solomon Islands 

 Knockout stage 

 Bracket 

 Quarter-finals 

 Samoa vs New Caledonia 

 Papua New Guinea vs Tonga 

 Fiji vs Cook Islands 

 Tahiti vs Solomon Islands 

 Semi-finals 

 Samoa vs Papua New Guinea 

 Fiji vs Solomon Islands 

 Third place match 

 Final 

 Goalscorers 

 Awards 

AwardWinnerGolden Ball Cema NasauGolden Boot Meagen Gunemba
 Ramona Padio
 Jayda StewartGolden Glove Camille AndreFair Play

 Qualified teams for FIFA Women's World Cup 
Only New Zealand got a spot to play in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup because they are hosting the tournament together Australia. They didn't have to qualify like the other teams.
TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA Women's World Cup15 (1991, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019)

 References 

Category:2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification