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championship organised by the

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(OFC) for the women's under-19/under-20 national teams of Oceania. The host country of the tournament has yet to be announced. 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 in July 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-20 Women's World Cup. On 4 June 2021, the OFC announced that the tournament had been rescheduled to April 2022, with the name of the tournament changed from "2021 OFC U-19 Women's Championship" to "2022 OFC U-20 Women's Championship".

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are the seven-time defending champions.

Teams

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

Group stage

Venue

To be confirmed.

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 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-19 Women's Championship 2021
at Oceania Football Confederation {{DEFAULTSORT:OFC U-20 Women's Championship 2022

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