2022 OFC U-17 Women's Championship

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 football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the women's under-16/under-17 national teams of Oceania. The tournament will be hosted by Tahiti.[2] The winner of the tournament will qualify for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in India as the OFC representatives.

2022 OFC U-17 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countryTahiti
DatesCancelled[1]
TeamsTBC (maximum 11) (from 1 confederation)

The tournament was originally scheduled to be held between 11–26 September 2021.[3] However, the OFC announced on 4 March 2021 that it had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, pending FIFA’s confirmation of dates of the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[4] 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".[5]

New Zealand are the four-time defending champions, having won all four editions held, with the last edition in 2020, originally also to be held in Tahiti, cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Teams

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

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 American Samoa2ndGroup stage (2017)
 Cook Islands4thThird place (2012)
 Fiji3rdThird place (2016)
 New Caledonia4thRunners-up (2017)
 New Zealand5thChampions (2010, 2012, 2016, 2017)
 Papua New Guinea4thRunners-up (2012, 2016)
 Samoa3rdGroup stage (2016, 2017)
 Solomon Islands3rdRunners-up (2010)
 Tahiti2ndGroup stage (2017)
 Tonga3rdFourth place (2010)
 Vanuatu2ndGroup stage (2016)

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 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup1
TBDJune 2022
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References
  1. "OFC competitions schedule update for 2022". oceaniafootball.com. Oceania Football Confederation. 8 October 2021.
  2. "OFC tournaments update". Oceania Football Confederation. 28 July 2020.
  3. "OFC Competitions 2021 Calendar (updated 4/06/2021)" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Fédération Tahitienne de Football. 4 June 2021.
  4. "OFC confirms schedule changes". Oceania Football Confederation. 4 March 2021.
  5. "OFC competitions calendar rescheduled". Oceania Football Confederation. 4 June 2021.
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