2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC

OFC qualifiers 2022

The Qatar World Cup Qualification for Oceanic section is scheduled from January/February 2022, for the national teams which are associated with or are a member of the Oceania Football Confederation(OFC). There is a total of 1 slot from 11 teams. For qualification, there is a three-round.

OFC announced on 28 July 2020 that they have sent a proposal to FIFA about the qualification in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. But the condition of COVID-19 was not in control so the qualification matches have been postponed to different dates. Now OFC announces the date in January 2022.

In the format for the first round, the 11 teams will split into two groups five teams in one group, and in another group, there will be 6 teams. In the second team, 4 teams will play knockout two-legged home-and-away matches then the winner will advance to the third round. 

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification - OFC
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC

Entrants

Entering qualificationWithdrew before playing
S No.TeamS No.Team
1.New Zealand (110)1.Vanuatu (163)
2.Solomon Islands (141)2.American Samoa (190)
3.New Caledonia (153)3.Samoa (193)
4.Tahiti (159)4.Tonga (199)
5.Fiji (161)
6.Papua New Guinea (164)
7.Cook Islands (NR)

Scheduled

The qualification was originally scheduled for September 2020 but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all the matches were postponed. On 5 November 2022 OFC announced that the qualification matches would be postponed to March 2021 but after the case condition of COVID-19 OFC was again postponed to January 2022.

First round

11 teams are participating and all teams are split into two groups based on their FIFA ranking. All the matches that are possible will take place from January 2022.

Group A

P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1Solomon Islands110031+23
2Tahiti100113-20
3Vanuatu00000000
4Cook Islands00000000

Group B

P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1New Zealand3300121+119
2Papua New Guinea320132+16
3Fiji310237-43
4New Caledonia3003210-80

Second round

Semi-finals
TeamsTeams 2Score
Solomon IslandsPapua New Guinea3-2
New ZealandTahiti1-0

Final

Teams 1Teams 2Score
Solomon IslandsNew Zealand0-5

Other qualification confederation: 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar Qualifying Teams

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