2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup

12th edition of the 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.[2][1][3]

2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host countryFiji
CitySuva
Dates13–30 July[1]
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Papua New Guinea (1st title)
Runners-up Fiji
Third place Solomon Islands
Fourth place Samoa
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored49 (2.88 per match)
Attendance10,260 (604 per match)
Top scorer(s)Papua New Guinea Meagen Gunemba
Papua New Guinea Ramona Padio
Samoa Jayda Stewart
(5 goals each)
Best player(s)Fiji Cema Nasau
Best goalkeeperFrench Polynesia Camille Andre
Fair play award Samoa
2018
2026

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.[4]

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.

Team Appearance Previous best performance FIFA rankingat start of event[5]
  Cook Islands 5th Third place (2010, 2014) 102
  Fiji (H) 5th Runners-up (2018) 69
  New Caledonia 3rd Third place (1983) 100
  Papua New Guinea 10th Runners-up (2007, 2010, 2014) 49
  Samoa 4th Fourth place (2003) 109
  Solomon Islands 3rd Fourth place (2007, 2010) 120
  Tahiti 3rd Group stage (2010, 2018) 104
  Tonga 5th Third place (2007) 92
  Vanuatu 2nd Group stage (2010) 121

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.

Suva
ANZ Stadium
Capacity: 4,300
 

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.[6]

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3
  Papua New Guinea (49)
  Fiji (67)
  Tonga (92)
  New Caledonia (99)
  Cook Islands (104)
  Tahiti (105)
  Samoa (111)
  Solomon Islands (119)
  Vanuatu (121)

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Samoa 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6 Knockout stage
2   Cook Islands 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
3   Tonga 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1
Source: OFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Matches

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Samoa vs Tonga
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Samoa  2–0  Tonga
Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
Attendance: 100
Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands)
Tonga vs Cook Islands
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Tonga  1–1  Cook Islands
Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
Attendance: 100
Referee: Delvin Joel (Vanuatu)
Cook Islands vs Samoa
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Cook Islands  0–1  Samoa
Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
Attendance: 100
Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Papua New Guinea 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 6 Knockout stage
2   Tahiti 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
3   Vanuatu 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1
Source: OFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Matches

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Vanuatu vs Papua New Guinea
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Vanuatu  1–3  Papua New Guinea
Keletia   71' Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
Attendance: 865
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)
Papua New Guinea vs Tahiti
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Papua New Guinea  2–1  Tahiti
Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
Attendance: 150
Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands)
Tahiti vs Vanuatu
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Tahiti  0–0  Vanuatu
Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
Attendance: 250
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Fiji (H) 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 4 Knockout stage
2   Solomon Islands 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2
3   New Caledonia 2 0 1 1 3 5 −2 1
Source: OFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host

Matches

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Solomon Islands vs Fiji
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Solomon Islands  1–1  Fiji
Pegi   37' (pen.) Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
Kumar   22'
Fiji vs New Caledonia
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Fiji  3–1  New Caledonia
Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
New Caledonia vs Solomon Islands
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New Caledonia  2–2  Solomon Islands
Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
23 July 2022Suva
 
 
  Samoa4
 
27 July 2022Suva
 
  New Caledonia2
 
  Samoa0
 
23 July 2022Suva
 
  Papua New Guinea3
 
  Papua New Guinea (p)3 (3)
 
30 July 2022Suva
 
  Tonga3 (2)
 
  Papua New Guinea2
 
24 July 2022Suva
 
  Fiji1
 
  Fiji2
 
27 July 2022Suva
 
  Cook Islands0
 
  Fiji3
 
24 July 2022Suva
 
  Solomon Islands1 Third place
 
  Tahiti0
 
30 July 2022Suva
 
  Solomon Islands1
 
  Samoa1 (5)
 
 
  Solomon Islands (p)1 (6)
 

Quarter-finals

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Samoa vs New Caledonia

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Samoa  4–2  New Caledonia
Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
Uregei   45'90'
Attendance: 120[7]
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)

Papua New Guinea vs Tonga

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Papua New Guinea  3–3 (a.e.t.)  Tonga
Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
Penalties
3–2
Attendance: 200[8]
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)

Fiji vs Cook Islands

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Fiji  2–0  Cook Islands
Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
Attendance: 400[9]
Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands)

Tahiti vs Solomon Islands

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Tahiti  0–1  Solomon Islands
Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
Attendance: 600[10]
Referee: Neeshil Varman (Fiji)

Semi-finals

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Samoa vs Papua New Guinea

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Samoa  0–3  Papua New Guinea
Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
Attendance: 1,250[11]
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)

Fiji vs Solomon Islands

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Fiji  3–1  Solomon Islands
Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
Attendance: 1,250[12]
Referee: Delvin Joel (Vanuatu)

Third place match

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Samoa  1–1  Solomon Islands
Fischer   16' Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
David   40'
Penalties
5–6
Attendance: 1,419[13]
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)
Papua New Guinea  2–1  Fiji
Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
Attendance: 1,591
Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands)

Goalscorers

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There were 49 goals scored in 17 matches, for an average of 2.88 goals per match.

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Awards

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 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup winners 
 
Papua New Guinea
First title
Award Winner
Golden Ball   Cema Nasau
Golden Boot   Meagen Gunemba

  Ramona Padio   Jayda Stewart

Golden Glove   Camille Andre
Fair Play   Samoa

Qualified teams for FIFA Women's World Cup

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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.[14]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA Women's World Cup1
  New Zealand 25 June 2020 5 (1991, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019)

References

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  1. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 "OFC Women's Nations Cup set down for July in Fiji". Oceania Football Confederation. 29 April 2022.
  2. "More calendar changes for 2021". Oceania Football Confederation. 16 December 2020.
  3. "OFC confirms schedule changes". Oceania Football Confederation. 4 March 2021.
  4. "Australia and New Zealand selected as hosts of FIFA Women's World Cup 2023". FIFA. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  5. "Women's Ranking". FIFA. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  6. Cite error: The named reference OFC Format2 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  7. "Samoa v New Caledonia". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 July 2022.
  8. "Papua New Guinea v Tonga". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 July 2022.
  9. "Fiji v Cook Islands". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 July 2022.
  10. "Tahiti v Solomon Islands". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 July 2022.
  11. "Samoa v Papua New Guinea". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 July 2022.
  12. "Fiji v Solomon Islands". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 July 2022.
  13. "Samoa v Solomon Islands". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 July 2022.
  14. Cite error: The named reference co-hosts2 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).