2022 OFC U-20 Women's Championship

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2022 OFC U-20 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countryTBC
DatesJune 2023
TeamsTBC (maximum 11) (from 1 confederation)
2019
2023

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.

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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] [ needs update ]

New Zealand are the seven-time defending champions.

Teams

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

TeamAppearancePrevious best performance
Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 4thFourth place (2010)
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands (hosts)4thRunners-up (2010)
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 5thRunners-up (2017)
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 6thRunners-up (2019)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 9thChampions (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 7thRunners-up (2004, 2012, 2014)
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 7thFourth place (2002, 2006, 2012)
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 4thThird place (2004)
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 2ndThird place (2019)
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 8thRunners-up (2006)
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 5thThird place (2015)

Group stage

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.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 1
TBDApril 2022
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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References

  1. "OFC Competitions 2021 Calendar (updated 4/06/2021)" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Fédération Tahitienne de Football. 4 June 2021.
  2. "OFC confirms schedule changes". Oceania Football Confederation. 4 March 2021.
  3. "OFC competitions calendar rescheduled". Oceania Football Confederation. 4 June 2021.