The 2022 OFC U-17 Women's Championship, originally to be held as the 2021 OFC U-16 Women's Championship, was to be the 5th edition of the OFC U-16/U-17 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth

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championship organised by the

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(OFC) for the women's under-16/under-17 national teams of Oceania. The tournament will be hosted by

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. The winner of the tournament will qualify for the

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as the OFC representatives. The tournament was originally scheduled to be held between 11–26 September 2021. However, the OFC announced on 4 March 2021 that it had been postponed due to the

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, pending FIFA’s confirmation of dates of the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. On 4 June 2021, the OFC announced that the tournament had been rescheduled to June 2022, with the name of the tournament changed from "2021 OFC U-16 Women's Championship" to "2022 OFC U-17 Women's Championship".

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are the four-time defending champions, having won all four editions held, with the last edition in

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, originally also to be held in Tahiti, cancelled due to the

Teams

All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from OFC were eligible to enter the tournament.

Venue

To be confirmed.

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2005 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The following team from OFC qualify for the

. :

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.

References

External links

OFC U-16 Women's Championship 2021
at Oceania Football Confederation {{DEFAULTSORT:Ofc U-17 Women's Championship 2022

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