| Tourney Name: | OFC Women's Nations Cup |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Other Titles: | Coupe d'Océanie féminine de football 2018 |
| Country: | New Caledonia |
| Dates: | 18 November – 1 December |
| Num Teams: | 8 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 4 |
| Cities: | 4 |
| Count: | 6 |
| Matches: | 16 |
| Goals: | 108 |
| Top Scorer: |  Sarah GregoriusMeagen Gunemba |
| Player: | Betsy Hassett |
| Goalkeeper: | Adi Tuwai |
| Prevseason: | 2014 |
| Nextseason: | 2022 |
The 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup was 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 was held in New Caledonia between 18 November – 1 December 2018.
The tournament served as the Oceanian qualifiers to the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, with the champions qualifying for the World Cup in France.[1] The champions also qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Japan.[2]
New Zealand were the defending champions. They won the tournament for their fourth consecutive and sixth overall OFC Women's Nations Cup title.
The format was as follows:
The draw for the tournament was held on 21 March 2018 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.[4] 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.[5]
The ranking of teams is determined as follows:[6]
See main article: 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup qualification.
For the first time, the OFC Women's Nations Cup is a compulsory tournament, so all 11 OFC member national teams have entered the tournament.[7]
| Team | Method of qualification | data-sort-type="number" | Appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA ranking at start of event[8] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automatic | 4th | (2010, 2014) | Not ranked | ||
| 2nd | (1983) | Not ranked | |||
| 11th | (1983, 1991, 2007, 2010, 2014) | 20 | |||
| 9th | (2007, 2010, 2014) | Not ranked | |||
| 3rd | (2003) | Not ranked | |||
| 2nd | (2010) | Not ranked | |||
| 4th | (2007) | Not ranked | |||
| Qualification winners | 4th | (1983, 1998) | 81 |
Note: New Caledonia and Tahiti are not members of the International Olympic Committee and thus not eligible to qualify for the Olympic Football Tournament.
The host nation of the final tournament was New Caledonia. The matches were played at four venues.[9]
| Koné | Nouméa | Lifou | Maré | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stade Yoshida | Stade Numa-Daly Magenta | Stade de Hnassé | Stade de la Roche | |
| Capacity: 3,000 | Capacity: 16,000 | Capacity: 1,680 | Capacity: 1,500 |
See main article: 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup squads.
Each team can name a maximum of 23 players.
The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.
All times are local, NCT (UTC+11).[10]
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Winners qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup and 2020 Summer Olympics.
The Golden Ball Award was awarded to the most outstanding player of the tournament. The Golden Boot Award was awarded to the top scorer of the tournament. The Golden Glove Award was awarded to the best goalkeeper of the tournament. The Fair Play Award was awarded to the team with the best disciplinary record at the tournament.[11]
| Award | Recipient | |
|---|---|---|
| Golden Ball | Betsy Hassett | |
| Golden Boot | Sarah Gregorius Meagen Gunemba | |
| Golden Glove | Adi Tuwai | |
| Fair Play Award |
The following team from OFC qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.
| Team | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in FIFA Women's World Cup1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| [12] | 4 (1991, 2007, 2011, 2015) |
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
The following team from OFC qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympic women's football tournament.
| Team | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in Summer Olympics1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 (2008, 2012, 2016) |
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.