2025 OFC Women's Nations Cup

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2025 OFC Women's Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host countryFiji
Dates4–19 July 2025
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
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The 2025 OFC Women's Nations Cup will be 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 will be held in Fiji. It will take place between 4-19 July 2025. [1]

Contents

Papua New Guinea are the defending champions having beaten Fiji 2-1 in the previous final.

Format

The format will follow:

Teams

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

TeamAppFirstLastBest performance World
Rankings [4]
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 6th 2003 2022 Third place (2010, 2014)115
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 6th 1983 Runners-up (2018, 2022)72
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 11th 1989 Champions (2022)56
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 5th 1998 Fourth place (2003, 2022)98
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 4th 2007 Third place (2022)86
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 4th 2010 Quarter-finals (2022)114
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 6th 2007 Third place (2007)93
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 3rd 2010 Group stage (2010, 2022)120
Did not enter

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
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea (56)
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji (72)		Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands (87)
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga (95)
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa (100)
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti (113)		Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands (114)
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu (121)

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 00000000Advance to knockout phase
2Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 00000000
3Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 00000000
4Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 00000000
First match(es) will be played: 4 July 2025. Source: OFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Tahiti  Flag of French Polynesia.svgvFlag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svgvFlag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Cook Islands  Flag of the Cook Islands.svgvFlag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svgvFlag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svgvFlag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Cook Islands  Flag of the Cook Islands.svgvFlag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Churchill Park, Lautoka

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji (H)00000000Advance to knockout phase
2Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 00000000
3Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 00000000
4Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 00000000
First match(es) will be played: 5 July 2025. Source: OFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Tonga  Flag of Tonga.svgvFlag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svgvFlag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Vanuatu  Flag of Vanuatu.svgvFlag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svgvFlag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Solomon Islands  Flag of the Solomon Islands.svgvFlag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Vanuatu  Flag of Vanuatu.svgvFlag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
 Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
16 July – Suva
 
 
Winner GA
 
19 July – Suva
 
Runner-up GB
 
Winner SF1
 
16 July – Suva
 
Winner SF2
 
Winner GB
 
 
Runner-up GA
 
 Third place
 
 
19 July – Suva
 
 
Loser SF1
 
 
Loser SF2

Seventh place match

Group A fourth placevGroup B fourth place
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Fifth place match

Group A third placevGroup B third place
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Semi-finals

Group A winnersvGroup B runners-up
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Group B winnersvGroup A runners-up
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Third place match

Loser SF1vLoser SF2
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Final

Winner SF1vWinner SF2
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
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