2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup
The 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup was the 11th 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. The tournament was held in New Caledonia between 18 November – 1 December 2018. The tournament served as the Oceanian qualifiers to the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, with the champions qualifying for the World Cup in France. The champions also qualified for the 2020 Summer  Olympics women's football tournament in Japan. New Zealand were the defending champions. They won the tournament for their fourth consecutive and sixth overall OFC Women's Nations Cup title. Format. The format was as follows: The draw for the tournament was held on 21 March 2018 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand. In both the qualifying stage and final tournament, the hosts (Fiji and New Caledonia) were assigned to position A1 in the draw, while the remaining teams were drawn into the other positions without any seeding. Qualification. For the first time, the OFC Women's Nations  Cup is a compulsory tournament, so all 11 OFC member national teams have entered the tournament. Note: New Caledonia and Tahiti are not members of the International Olympic Committee and thus not eligible to qualify for the Olympic Football Tournament. Venues. The host nation of the final tournament was New Caledonia. The matches were played at four venues. Squads. Each team can name a maximum of 23 players. Group stage. The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals. All times are local, NCT (). Group A. Final. Winners qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup  and 2020 Summer Olympics. Awards. The "Golden Ball Award" was awarded to the most outstanding player of the tournament. The "Golden Boot Award" was awarded to the top scorer of the tournament. The "Golden Glove Award" was awarded to the best goalkeeper of the tournament. The "Fair Play Award" was awarded to the team with the best disciplinary record at the tournament. Qualification for international tournaments. Qualified teams for FIFA Women's World Cup. The following team from OFC qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Qualified teams for Summer Olympics. The following team from OFC qualified for  the 2020 Summer Olympic women's football tournament.