2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup

2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host country New Caledonia
Dates 18 November – 1 December
Teams 8
Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities)

The 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup will be the 11th edition of the OFC Women's Nations Cup (also known as the OFC Women's Championship), the quadrennial international football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the women's national teams of the Oceanian region. The tournament will be held in New Caledonia between 18 November – 1 December 2018.

The tournament will serve as the Oceanian qualifiers to the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, with the champions qualifying for the World Cup in France.[1] Moreover, they will also qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics women's football tournament, as long as they are a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).[2][3]

New Zealand are the defending champions.

Format

The format will be as follows:

  • Qualifying stage: The four lowest-ranked teams based on previous regional performances of all women's national teams (American Samoa, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Fiji) entered the qualifying stage, which was be held from 24 to 30 August 2018 in Fiji (originally scheduled to be held in American Samoa).[4][2] The winner qualified for the final tournament, joining the other seven teams which automatically qualified.
  • Final tournament: A total of eight teams will play in the final tournament, which will be held between 18 November to 1 December 2018 in New Caledonia.[2] For the group stage, they are divided into two groups of four teams. The top two teams of each group advance to the knockout stage (semi-finals and final) to decide the winner of the OFC Women's Nations Cup that qualify for the FIFA Women's World Cup as well as the Olympic football tournament.

The draw for the tournament was held on 21 March 2018 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.[5] In both the qualifying stage and final tournament, the hosts (Fiji and New Caledonia) were assigned to position A1 in the draw, while the remaining teams were drawn into the other positions without any seeding.[6]

Qualification

For the first time, the OFC Women's Nations Cup is a compulsory tournament, so all 11 OFC member national teams will enter the tournament.[4]

Team Method of
qualification		 Appearance Previous best performance FIFA ranking
at start of event
 Cook IslandsAutomatic4thThird place (2010, 2014)Not ranked
 New Caledonia2ndThird place (1983)Not ranked
 New Zealand11thChampions (1983, 1991, 2007, 2010, 2014)20
 Papua New Guinea9thRunners-up (2007, 2010, 2014)Not ranked
 Samoa3rdFourth place (2003)Not ranked
 Tahiti2ndGroup stage (2010)Not ranked
 Tonga4thThird place (2007)Not ranked
 FijiQualification winner4thFourth place (1983, 1998)81

Note: New Caledonia and Tahiti are not IOC members and thus not eligible to compete at the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament.

Venues

The host nation of the final tournament will be New Caledonia. The matches will be played at four venues.[7]

Koné Nouméa Lifou Maré
Stade Yoshida Stade Numa-Daly Magenta Stade Hnasse Stade Maré
Capacity: 1,000 Capacity: 16,000 Capacity: 1,680

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.

All times are local, NCT (UTC+11).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Caledonia (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Papua New Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Tahiti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 18 November 2018. Source: OFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Samoa  v  Papua New Guinea
Report
Stade Yoshida, Koné
Tahiti  v  New Caledonia
Report
Stade Yoshida, Koné
Tahiti  v  Samoa
Report
Stade Yoshida, Koné
New Caledonia  v  Papua New Guinea
Report
Stade Yoshida, Koné
Papua New Guinea  v  Tahiti
Report
Stade Yoshida, Koné
New Caledonia  v  Samoa
Report
Stade Yoshida, Koné

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Tonga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Cook Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Fiji 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 19 November 2018. Source: OFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
New Zealand  v  Tonga
Report
Cook Islands  v  Fiji
Report
Tonga  v  Fiji
Report
New Zealand  v  Cook Islands
Report
Tonga  v  Cook Islands
Report
Fiji  v  New Zealand
Report

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
28 November – Lifou
 
 
Winner Group A
 
1 December – Nouméa
 
Runner-up Group B
 
Winner SF1
 
28 November – Maré
 
Winner SF2
 
Winner Group B
 
 
Runner-up Group A
 
Third place
 
 
1 December – Nouméa
 
 
Loser SF1
 
 
Loser SF2

Semi-finals

Winner Group A SF1 Runner-up Group B
Stade Hnasse, Lifou
Winner Group B SF2 Runner-up Group A
Stade de la Roche, Maré

Third place match

Loser SF1 v Loser SF2

Final

Winner qualifies for 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup and 2020 Summer Olympics (as long as they are an IOC member).

Winner SF1 v Winner SF2

Qualification for international tournaments

Qualified teams for FIFA Women's World Cup

The following team from OFC qualify for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA Women's World Cup1
TBD1 December 2018
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

The following team from OFC qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympic women's football tournament.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics1
TBD1 December 2018 (or earlier)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

  1. ↑ "Circular #1565 - FIFA women's tournaments 2018-2019" (PDF). FIFA.com. 11 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "OFC Women's Nations Cup confirmed". Oceania Football Confederation. 12 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "OC for FIFA Competitions approves procedures for the Final Draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup". FIFA.com. 14 September 2017.
  4. 1 2 "OFC Competition calendar set for 2018". Oceania Football Confederation. 31 October 2017.
  5. ↑ "Draw reveals journey to regional title". Oceania Football Confederation. 22 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "OFC WOMEN'S NATIONS CUP 2018 OFFCICIAL DRAW". YouTube. 21 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Women's game goes provincial with confirmed schedule". Oceania Football Confederation. 10 August 2018.
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