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championship organised by the

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(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

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, and on 29 April 2022 announced that

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would host the tournament from 13 to 30 July. The tournament served as Oceania's qualifiers to the

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and

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. With

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.

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.

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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): # Coin toss or drawing of lots.

Teams

will not participate with their World Cup spot already assured.

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were unable to participate due to ongoing issues from the pandemic. All other countries in the OFC will participate.

Venue

All matches were played at the

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, on the island of

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Draw

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

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Squads

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 (

) 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 (

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Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Ranking of third-placed teams

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

The winner will advance to the inter-confederation playoffs.

Goalscorers

Awards

Qualified teams for FIFA Women's World Cup

The sole OFC direct berth for the

was given to New Zealand, who qualified automatically as co-hosts.

References

External links

OFC Women's Nations Cup 2022
at Oceania Football Confederation {{DEFAULTSORT:Ofc Women's Nations Cup 2022

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