2025 OFC Women's Nations Cup
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| 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 |
← 2022 2029 → | |
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
[edit]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
[edit]The following teams entered the final tournament alongside host Fiji.[3]
| Team | App | First | Last | Best performance | World Rankings[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook Islands
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6th | 2003 | 2022 | Third place (2010, 2014) | 115 |
| Fiji
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6th | 1983 | Runners-up (2018, 2022) | 72 | |
| Papua New Guinea
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11th | 1989 | Champions (2022) | 56 | |
| Samoa
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5th | 1998 | Fourth place (2003, 2022) | 98 | |
| Solomon Islands
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4th | 2007 | Third place (2022) | 86 | |
 Tahiti
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4th | 2010 | Quarter-finals (2022) | 114 | |
 Tonga
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6th | 2007 | Third place (2007) | 93 | |
| Vanuatu
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3rd | 2010 | Group stage (2010, 2022) | 120 |
Teams do not enter in the competition:
Venues
[edit]| Lautoka | Suva | |
|---|---|---|
| Churchill Park | HFC Bank Stadium | |
| Capacity: 18,000 | Capacity: 15,446 | |
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Draw
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Group stage
[edit]All match times are local (UTC+12).
Group A
[edit]
| 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
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | |
| 3 | Tahiti
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Cook Islands
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 1 | Seventh place game |
| Tahiti | 1–1 | Cook Islands |
|---|---|---|
K. Mai  63' |
Report | Rouru 28' |
| Papua New Guinea | 2–1 | Samoa |
|---|---|---|
| Kaipu 19', 40' |
Report | Xev. Salanoa 84' |
| Cook Islands | 0–3 | Samoa |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
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Group B
[edit]
| 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)
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Vanuatu
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Tonga
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 | Seventh place game |
| Fiji | 3–2 | Solomon Islands |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
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| Vanuatu | 1–2 | Solomon Islands |
|---|---|---|
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Report |
Knockout stage
[edit]Bracket
[edit]| 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
[edit]| Cook Islands | 0–1 | Tonga |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
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Fifth place match
[edit]Semi-finals
[edit]| Papua New Guinea | 2–1 | Fiji |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
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| Solomon Islands | 2–1 | Samoa |
|---|---|---|
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Report |
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Third place match
[edit]Final
[edit]| Papua New Guinea | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Solomon Islands |
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Report |
Statistics
[edit]Goalscorers
[edit]There were 57 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3.17 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Breanna Kitiona (against Solomon Islands)
Ana Lauteau (against Fiji)
Awards
[edit]| 2025 OFC Women's Nations Cup winners |
|---|
 Solomon Islands First title |
| Award | Winner |
|---|---|
| Golden Ball | Ramona Padio
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| Golden Boot | Marie Kaipu
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| Golden Glove | Zainab Donga
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| Fair Play | Cook Islands
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "OFC competition hosts confirmed for 2025". Oceania Football Confederation. 13 October 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ^ "OFC release competition schedule, with venues and dates for 2025". Friends of Football. 18 October 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Women's World Ranking". fifa.com. FIFA. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
- ^ "Draw confirmed for OFC Women's Nations Cup 2025". oceaniafootball.com. OFC. 18 March 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
- ^ Cama, Akuila (18 March 2025). "Fiji, Solomon in same OFC Women's Nations Cup group". FBC. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
External links
[edit]- OFC Women's Nations Cup, oceaniafootball.com