2022 OFC U-20 Women's Championship
The 2022 OFC U-20 Women's Championship, originally to be held as the 2021 OFC U-19 Women's Championship, will be the 10th edition of the OFC U-19/U-20 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (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 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica as the OFC representatives.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | TBC |
| Dates | June 2023 |
| Teams | TBC (maximum 11) (from 1 confederation) |
The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in July 2021.[1] 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-20 Women's World Cup.[2] 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".[3]
New Zealand are the seven-time defending champions.
Teams
All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from OFC are eligible to enter the tournament.
| Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|
 American Samoa | 4th | Fourth place (2010) |
 Cook Islands (hosts) | 4th | Runners-up (2010) |
 Fiji | 5th | Runners-up (2017) |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} New Caledonia | 6th | Runners-up (2019) |
 New Zealand | 9th | Champions (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019) |
 Papua New Guinea | 7th | Runners-up (2004, 2012, 2014) |
 Samoa | 7th | Fourth place (2002, 2006, 2012) |
 Solomon Islands | 4th | Third place (2004) |
 Tahiti | 2nd | Third place (2019) |
 Tonga | 8th | Runners-up (2006) |
 Vanuatu | 5th | Third place (2015) |
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 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup1 |
|---|---|---|
| TBD | April 2022 |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
References
- "OFC Competitions 2021 Calendar (updated 4/06/2021)" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Fédération Tahitienne de Football. 4 June 2021.
- "OFC confirms schedule changes". Oceania Football Confederation. 4 March 2021.
- "OFC competitions calendar rescheduled". Oceania Football Confederation. 4 June 2021.
External links
- OFC U-19 Women's Championship 2021, at Oceania Football Confederation