Tournament details | |
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Host country | Tahiti |
Dates | Cancelled [1] |
Teams | TBC (maximum 11) (from 1 confederation) |
← 2020 2023 → |
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.
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.
All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from OFC were eligible to enter the tournament.
Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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![]() | 2nd | Group stage (2017) |
![]() | 4th | Third place (2012) |
![]() | 3rd | Third place (2016) |
![]() | 4th | Runners-up (2017) |
![]() | 5th | Champions (2010, 2012, 2016, 2017) |
![]() | 4th | Runners-up (2012, 2016) |
![]() | 3rd | Group stage (2016, 2017) |
![]() | 3rd | Runners-up (2010) |
![]() | 2nd | Group stage (2017) |
![]() | 3rd | Fourth place (2010) |
![]() | 2nd | Group stage (2016) |
To be confirmed.
Players born on or after 1 January 2005 are eligible to compete in the tournament.
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 Cup 1 |
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TBD | June 2022 |