The OFC Women's Championship (also known as the Oceania Cup) is a competition in women's football

Women's football (soccer)

Women's association football has been played for many decades, but was associated with charity games and physical exercise in the past before the breakthrough of organized women's association football came in the 1970s. Before the 1970s, football was basically seen as a men's game...

 for national teams which belong to the Oceania Football Confederation

Oceania Football Confederation

The Oceania Football Confederation is one of the six continental confederations of international association football, consisting of Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and island nations such as Tonga, Fiji and other Pacific Island countries...

 (OFC). 8 tournaments have been held, with the current champions being New Zealand.

The competition has served as a qualifying tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup

The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the...

 since 1991. In 2007, the competition took place in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...

 for the second time. Tonga

Tonga women's national football team

The Tonga women's national football team represents Tonga in international women's football. The team is controlled by the Tonga Football Association. Their best title was Third in the 2007 OFC Women's Championship.-OFC Women's Championship:...

 and the Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands women's national football team

The Solomon Islands women's national football team represents Solomon Islands in international women's football. The team is controlled by the Solomon Islands Football Federation.-OFC Women's Championship:...

 each took part for the first time in the four-team event, which was plagued by withdrawals from six squads.

Results

Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third place
1983 Details	New Caledonia		3 – 2 (aet)
1986 Details	New Zealand		4 – 1
1989 Details	Australia		1 – 0
1991 Details	Australia		(double round robin)
1995 Details	Papua New Guinea		(double round robin)
1998 Details 1998 OFC Women's Championship The 1998 OFC Women's Championship was held in Auckland, New Zealand between 9 October & 17 October 1998. It was the sixth staging of the OFC Women's Championship. The 1998 OFC Women's Championship, consisting of six teams, served as the OFC's qualifying tournament for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup...	New Zealand		3 – 1
2003 Details 2003 OFC Women's Championship The 2003 OFC Women's Championship was held Canberra, Australia from 5 to 13 April 2003. It was the seventh staging of the OFC Women's Championship....	Australia		(round robin)
2007 Details 2007 OFC Women's Championship The 2007 OFC Women's Championship of association football took place in Lae, Papua New Guinea between 9 April and 13 April. It was the eighth edition of the tournament....	Papua New Guinea		(round robin)
2010 Details 2010 OFC Women's Championship The 2010 OFC Women's Championship of association football took place in Auckland, New Zealand between 29 September and 8 October...	New Zealand		11 – 0

Note: aet - after extra time

External links

• Oceania Cup (Women)