2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup

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
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The 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup was the 12th 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. 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.[2] The OFC announced on 4 March 2021 that it was pushed back due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and on 29 April 2022 announced that Fiji would host the tournament from 13 to 30 July.[1][3]

The tournament served as Oceania's qualifiers to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. With New Zealand 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.[4]

New Zealand 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. Papua New Guinea 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:[5]

  1. Points obtained in all qualifying matches;
  2. Goal difference in all qualifying matches;
  3. Number of goals scored in all qualifying matches;
  4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
  5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
  6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
  7. Fair play points in all qualifying matches (only one deduction can be applied to a player in a single match):
    • Yellow card: –1 points;
    • Indirect red card (second yellow card): –3 points;
    • Direct red card: –4 points;
    • Yellow card and direct red card: –5 points;
  8. Coin toss or drawing of lots.

Teams

New Zealand will not participate with their World Cup spot already assured. American Samoa were unable to participate due to ongoing issues from the pandemic. All other countries in the OFC will participate.[1]

Team Appearance Previous best performance FIFA ranking
at start of event[6]
 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

Venue

All matches were played at the ANZ Stadium in Suva, on the island of Viti Levu.

Suva
ANZ Stadium
Capacity: 4,300

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 10 May with teams seeded into pots based upon the 25 March FIFA rankings.[1]

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

Squads

Main article: 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup squads

Match officials

On 12 July 2022, the OFC announced the list of match officials for the tournament.[7]

During the tournament, Veer Singh and Neeshil Varman (Fiji) were assigned as referees.

Referees

  • Fiji Torika Delai
  • Fiji Veer Singh
  • Fiji Neeshil Varman
  • New Zealand Anna-Marie Keighley
  • New Zealand Beth Rattray
  • Solomon Islands Shama Maemae
  • Vanuatu Delvin Joel

Assistant referees

  • Fiji Adi Gadolo
  • Fiji Jemima Rao
  • New Zealand Allys Clipsham
  • New Zealand Sarah Jones
  • New Zealand Heloise Simons
  • Papua New Guinea Stephanie Minan
  • Samoa Maria Salamasina
  • Solomon Islands Natalia Lumukana
  • French Polynesia Vaihina Teura
  • Tonga Lata Kaumatule
  • Tonga Feliuaki Kolotau

Group stage

All match times are local (UTC+12).[8]

Group A

Main article: 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup Group A

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

Group B

Main article: 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup Group B

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

Group C

Main article: 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup Group C

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) Hosts
Solomon Islands 1–1 Fiji
Pegi 37' (pen.) Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)		 Kumar 22'
Attendance: 865
Fiji 3–1 New Caledonia
 Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
Attendance: 500
New Caledonia 2–2 Solomon Islands
 Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
Attendance: 500

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C  New Caledonia 2 0 1 1 3 5 −2 1 Knockout stage
2 A  Tonga 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1[a]
3 B  Vanuatu 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1[a]
Source: OFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Fair play points: Tonga 0, Vanuatu –3

Knockout stage

Main article: 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup knockout stage

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 23 July 2022 – Suva
 
 
 Samoa 4
 
 27 July 2022 – Suva
 
 New Caledonia2
 
  Samoa 0
 
 23 July 2022 – Suva
 
  Papua New Guinea3
 
 Papua New Guinea (p) 3 (3)
 
 30 July 2022 – Suva
 
  Tonga3 (2)
 
  Papua New Guinea 2
 
 24 July 2022 – Suva
 
  Fiji1
 
 Fiji 2
 
 27 July 2022 – Suva
 
  Cook Islands 0
 
  Fiji 3
 
 24 July 2022 – Suva
 
  Solomon Islands 1 Third place
 
 Tahiti 0
 
 30 July 2022 – Suva
 
 Solomon Islands 1
 
  Samoa 1 (5)
 
 
  Solomon Islands (p) 1 (6)
 

Quarter-finals

Samoa 4–2 New Caledonia
 Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)		 Uregei 45', 90'
Attendance: 120[9]
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)
Papua New Guinea 3–3 (a.e.t.) Tonga
 Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
Penalties
 3–2
Attendance: 200[10]
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)
Fiji 2–0 Cook Islands
 Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
Attendance: 400[11]
Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands)
Tahiti 0–1 Solomon Islands
Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
Attendance: 600[12]
Referee: Neeshil Varman (Fiji)

Semi-finals

Samoa 0–3 Papua New Guinea
Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
Attendance: 1,250[13]
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)
Fiji 3–1 Solomon Islands
 Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
Attendance: 1,250[14]
Referee: Delvin Joel (Vanuatu)

Third place match

Samoa 1–1 Solomon Islands
Fischer 16' Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)		 David 40'
Penalties
 5–6
Attendance: 1,419[15]
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)

Final

Main article: 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup Final

The winner will advance to the inter-confederation playoffs.

Papua New Guinea 2–1 Fiji
 Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
Attendance: 1,591
Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands)


Goalscorers

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

 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup winners 

Papua New Guinea
First title
Award Winner
Golden Ball Fiji Cema Nasau
Golden Boot Papua New Guinea Meagen Gunemba
Papua New Guinea Ramona Padio
Samoa Jayda Stewart
Golden Glove French Polynesia Camille Andre
Fair Play  Samoa

Qualified teams for FIFA Women's World Cup

The sole OFC direct berth for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup was given to New Zealand, who qualified automatically as co-hosts.[4]

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

References

  1. ^ a b c d "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. ^ a b "Australia and New Zealand selected as hosts of FIFA Women's World Cup 2023". FIFA. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  5. ^ @OFCfootball (24 August 2018). "Article 31: Determination of the winner" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 25 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ "Women's Ranking". FIFA. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Female officials take centre stage at Women's Nations Cup". Oceania Football Confederation. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  8. ^ "OFC Women's Nations Cup 2022". OFC. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Samoa v New Caledonia". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Papua New Guinea v Tonga". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 July 2022.
  11. ^ "Fiji v Cook Islands". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 July 2022.
  12. ^ "Tahiti v Solomon Islands". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 July 2022.
  13. ^ "Samoa v Papua New Guinea". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 July 2022.
  14. ^ "Fiji v Solomon Islands". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 July 2022.
  15. ^ "Samoa v Solomon Islands". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 July 2022.