2025 OFC Women's Nations Cup

2025 OFC Women's Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Fiji
Dates	4–19 July 2025
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Solomon Islands (1st title)
Runners-up	Papua New Guinea
Third place	Samoa
Fourth place	Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	57 (3.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Marie Kaipu Leimata Simon (5 goals each one)
Best player(s)	Ramona Padio
Best goalkeeper	Zainab Donga
Fair play award	Cook Islands
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The 2025 OFC Women's Nations Cup was the 13th edition of the OFC Women's Nations Cup, the quadrennial international football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the women's national teams of the Oceanian region. As with the previous tournament, it was held in Fiji. It took place between 4 and 19 July 2025. ^[1]

Papua New Guinea were the defending champions but they lost to Solomon Islands 2–3 (a.e.t.) in the final.

Format

The format will follow:

• Final tournament: A total of eight teams will play in the tournament, which will be held in July 2025 in Fiji. ^[2] For the group stage, they will be divided into two groups of four teams. The top two teams of each group will advance to the knockout stage (quarter-finals, semi-finals, positional play-offds and final) to decide the winner of the OFC Women's Nations Cup, however the winner will no longer qualify for the FIFA Women's World Cup with OFC instead opting to organise a separate qualifiers tournament. ^[1]

Teams

The following teams entered the final tournament alongside host Fiji. ^[3]

Team	App	First	Last	Best performance	World Rankings [4]
Cook Islands	6th	2003	2022	Third place (2010, 2014)	115
Fiji	6th	1983		Runners-up (2018, 2022)	72
Papua New Guinea	11th	1989		Champions (2022)	56
Samoa	5th	1998		Fourth place (2003, 2022)	98
Solomon Islands	4th	2007		Third place (2022)	86
Tahiti	4th	2010		Quarter-finals (2022)	114
Tonga	6th	2007		Third place (2007)	93
Vanuatu	3rd	2010		Group stage (2010, 2022)	120

Teams do not enter in the competition:

•   American Samoa
•   New Caledonia
•   New Zealand

Venues

Lautoka Suva	Lautoka	Suva
	Churchill Park	HFC Bank Stadium
	Capacity: 18,000	Capacity: 15,446

Draw

The final draw took place at 18:00 NZST on 18 March 2025 at the OFC Home of Football - Te Kahu o Kiwa in Auckland, New Zealand. OFC Women's Football Manager Ashleigh Cox and Media and Communications Manager Matt Brown conducted and presented the draw. The draw began with Pot 3, with all teams from this pot allocated before proceeding to Pot 2 and then Pot 1. Teams were drawn sequentially, with the first team placed in Group A and the second in Group B. ^{[5] [6]}

Seeding

The seeding for the draw was based on the FIFA Women's World Ranking of December 2024.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Papua New Guinea (56)   Fiji (72)	Solomon Islands (87)   Tonga (95)   Samoa (100)   Tahiti (113)	Cook Islands (114)   Vanuatu (121)

Squads

Main article: 2025 OFC Women's Nations Cup squads

Group stage

All match times are local (UTC+12).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Papua New Guinea	3	2	1	0	11	2	+9	7	Semifinals
2	Samoa	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6
3	Tahiti	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2	Fifth place game
4	Cook Islands	3	0	1	2	1	12	−11	1	Seventh place game

Source: OFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

4 July 2025 (2025-07-04)

12:00

Tahiti	1–1	Cook Islands
K. Mai 63'	Report	Rouru 28'

Churchill Park, Lautoka

Attendance: 200

Referee: Torika Delai  [ de ] (Fiji)

4 July 2025 (2025-07-04)

15:00

Papua New Guinea	2–1	Samoa
Kaipu 19', 40'	Report	Xev. Salanoa 84'

Churchill Park, Lautoka

Attendance: 200

Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands)

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7 July 2025 (2025-07-07)

12:00

Cook Islands	0–3	Samoa
	Report	Xev. Salanoa 3' Dowsing 12' Fischer 58'

Churchill Park, Lautoka

Attendance: 200

Referee: Torika Delai  [ de ] (Fiji)

7 July 2025 (2025-07-07)

15:00

Papua New Guinea	1–1	Tahiti
Samuel 51'	Report	Wong 45+4' (pen.)

Churchill Park, Lautoka

Attendance: 200

Referee: Jovita Ambrose (Solomon Islands)

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10 July 2025 (2025-07-10)

12:00

Samoa	3–1	Tahiti
Skeers 6' (pen.) Kitiona 18' Jessop 75'	Report	Teore 38'

Churchill Park, Lautoka

Attendance: 200

Referee: Torika Delai  [ de ] (Fiji)

10 July 2025 (2025-07-10)

15:00

Cook Islands	0–8	Papua New Guinea
	Report	Butubu 4' Kaipu 9', 30', 39' Pala 14' Kalapai 15', 70' Padio 58'

Churchill Park, Lautoka

Attendance: 200

Referee: Yantama Atoa (Tonga)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Solomon Islands	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6	Semifinals
2	Fiji (H)	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
3	Vanuatu	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6	Fifth place game
4	Tonga	3	0	0	3	0	11	−11	0	Seventh place game

Source: OFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

5 July 2025 (2025-07-05)

16:00

Tonga	0–3	Vanuatu
	Report	Simon 22', 45+3', 53'

HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Attendance: 100

Referee: Kyllian Lelarge (New Caledonia)

5 July 2025 (2025-07-05)

19:00

Fiji	3–2	Solomon Islands
Leba 40' Nasau 50', 63'	Report	Solosaia 8', 42'

HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Attendance: 803

Referee: Sarah Jones (New Zealand)

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8 July 2025 (2025-07-08)

16:00

Vanuatu	1–2	Solomon Islands
Simon 82'	Report	Pegi 18' (pen.) Arukau 57'

HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Attendance: 200

Referee: Kyllian Lelarge (New Caledonia)

8 July 2025 (2025-07-08)

19:00

Fiji	3–0	Tonga
Nasau 30' Naweni 80' Lauteau 90+8' (o.g.)	Report

HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Attendance: 599

Referee: Peter Olomaga (Samoa)

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11 July 2025 (2025-07-11)

16:00

Solomon Islands	5–0	Tonga
Arukau 8', 85' Pegi 28', 41' David 77'	Report

HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Attendance: 200

Referee: Keith Kitumbing (Papua New Guinea)

11 July 2025 (2025-07-11)

19:00

Vanuatu	1–0	Fiji
Simon 32'	Report

HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Attendance: 827

Referee: Sarah Jones (New Zealand)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	16 July – Suva
	Papua New Guinea	2
					19 July – Suva
	Fiji	1
					Papua New Guinea	2
	16 July – Suva
					Solomon Islands (a.e.t.)	3
	Solomon Islands	2
	Samoa	1
					Third place
					19 July – Suva
					Fiji	0
					Samoa	2

	Fifth place
	14 July – Suva
	Tahiti	0
	Vanuatu	1
	Seventh place
	14 July – Suva
	Cook Islands	0
	Tonga	1

Seventh place match

14 July 2025 (2025-07-14)

15:30

Cook Islands	0–1	Tonga
	Report	Hausia-Haugen 90'

HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Attendance: 100

Referee: Jovita Ambrose (Solomon Islands)

Fifth place match

14 July 2025 (2025-07-14)

19:00

Tahiti	0–1	Vanuatu
	Report	Poida 28'

HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Attendance: 165

Referee: Yantama Atoa (Tonga)

Semi-finals

16 July 2025 (2025-07-16)

15:00

Papua New Guinea	2–1	Fiji
Kalapai 26' Padio 33'	Report	Leba 34'

HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Attendance: 600

Referee: Kyllian Lelarge (New Caledonia)

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16 July 2025 (2025-07-16)

19:00

Solomon Islands	2–1	Samoa
Pegi 22' B. Kitiona 33' (o.g.)	Report	O. Kitiona 14'

HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Attendance: 850

Referee: Torika Delai  [ de ] (Fiji)

Third place match

19 July 2025 (2025-07-19)

15:30

Fiji	0–2	Samoa
	Report	Dowsing 8', 16'

HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Attendance: 400

Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands)

Final

19 July 2025 (2025-07-19)

19:00

Papua New Guinea	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Solomon Islands
Padio 42', 65'	Report	Solosaia 18' Arukau 45+3' David 94'

HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Attendance: 1,150

Referee: Sarah Jones (New Zealand)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 57 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3.17 goals per match.

5 goals

• Marie Kaipu
• Leimata Simon

4 goals

• Ramona Padio
• Madeline Arukau
• Ileen Pegi

3 goals

• Cema Nasau
• Keren Kalapai
• Lorina Solosaia

2 goals

• Narieta Leba
• Lilly Dowsing
• Oteta Kitiona
• Xevani Salanoa
• Jemina David

1 goal

• Tearoa Rouru
• Sereana Naweni
• Michaelyn Butubu
• Phyllis Pala
• Raynata Samuel
• Lilly Dowsing
• Monique Fischer
• Malia Jessop
• Arianna Skeers
• Kohai Mai
• Tauhere Teore
• Kiani Wong
• Leila Hausia-Haugen
• Angelina Poida

1 own goal

• Breanna Kitiona (against Solomon Islands)
• Ana Lauteau (against Fiji)

Awards

2025 OFC Women's Nations Cup winners
Solomon Islands First title

Award	Winner
Golden Ball	Ramona Padio
Golden Boot	Marie Kaipu
Golden Glove	Zainab Donga
Fair Play	Cook Islands

References

1. "OFC competition hosts confirmed for 2025". Oceania Football Confederation. 13 October 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
2. "OFC release competition schedule, with venues and dates for 2025". Friends of Football. 18 October 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
3. Bjerkevoll, Ola (18 March 2025). "Here's how the women's Nations Cup will be played". footballoceania.com. Football in Oceania. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
4. "Women's World Ranking". fifa.com. FIFA. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
5. "Draw confirmed for OFC Women's Nations Cup 2025". oceaniafootball.com. OFC. 18 March 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
6. Cama, Akuila (18 March 2025). "Fiji, Solomon in same OFC Women's Nations Cup group". FBC . Retrieved 18 March 2025.

External links

• OFC Women's Nations Cup, oceaniafootball.com