2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup Group A

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The 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup Group A is the first of three sets in the group stage of the 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup that will take place from 13 July 2022 to 19 July 2022. [1] The group competition will consist of Tonga, Cook Islands, and Samoa. [2] The top two teams automatically qualify for the top eight knockout stage, while third place is comparatively evaluated to other third-placed teams based on the football ranking system for the last two berths. [3]

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Teams

Draw positionTeamPotFinals
appearance
Previous best
performance
FIFA Rankings [4]
A1Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 15thThird place (2007)92
A2Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 25thThird place (2010, 2014)102
A3Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 34thFourth place (2003)109

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 220030+36 Knockout stage
2Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 20111211
3Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 20111321
Source: OFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Matches

Samoa vs Tonga

Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg2–0Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
  • Fischer Soccerball shade.svg28'
  • Stewart Soccerball shade.svg70'
Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
ANZ Stadium, Suva
Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands)

Tonga vs Cook Islands

Tonga  Flag of Tonga.svg1–1Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
ANZ Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 100
Referee: Delvin Joel (Vanuatu)

Cook Islands vs Samoa

Cook Islands  Flag of the Cook Islands.svg0–1Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
ANZ Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 100
Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands)

Discipline

Fair play points would have been used as tiebreakers in the group if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied, or if teams had the same record in the ranking of third-placed teams. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows: [5]

TeamMatch 1Match 2Points
Yellow card.svgYellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svgRed card.svgYellow card.svg Red card.svgYellow card.svgYellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svgRed card.svgYellow card.svg Red card.svg
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 0
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 2–2
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 0

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