����Ӱ�� to host Oceania’s finest in Pacific Women’s Four Nations Tournament

����Ӱ�� will host a four-team invitational tournament featuring three of Oceania’s highly ranked women’s national teams in the 2022 Pacific Women’s Four Nations Tournament in Canberra from 8 – 13 November 2022.

The senior women's national teams of Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands will join the CommBank Young Matildas for a round-robin tournament that will feature the top three finishers at the 2022 Oceania Football Confederation’s Women's Nations Cup.

Over six days the four teams will participate in a series of double-headers on three match days at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra and Queanbeyan’s Seiffert Oval.

November’s Four Nations tournament is the result of a partnership with the Australian Government and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs, through PacificAus Sports.

����Ӱ�� CEO, James Johnson said:

“We are delighted to welcome the senior national teams of our Pacific neighbours Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands for the first Asia-Pacific cross-confederation tournament activity since the COVID-19 pandemic.”

“An initiative through our Legacy ’23 International Engagement pillar, in addition to providing the CommBank Young Matildas valuable match preparation ahead of their bid to qualify for AFC U20 Women’s Asian Cup™ Uzbekistan 2024, the Four Nations tournament will provide female footballers from the visiting Pacific nations with access to quality matches, high-performance facilities and expertise, including capacity- building sessions with ����Ӱ�� technical and subject-matter experts.

“With our two confederations, the OFC and the AFC, hosting the historic FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023TM, this tournament underscores ����Ӱ��’s ongoing commitment to genuine, productive engagement as we work to be a centre of excellence for women’s football and a supporting partner in the growth of women’s football in the Asia-Pacific region.”

“We thank the Australian Government and Australian Department of Foreign Affairs for their collaboration on this tournament and look forward to working towards more projects in this space. ����Ӱ�� is living its vision to ensure legacy from next year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup™ and this impact is felt throughout the Asia-Pacific region.”

The CommBank Young Matildas will be led by head coach Leah Blayney with the new cycle of players set to be tested in their first international matches against rapidly improving opponents, including a Papua New Guinea side, crowned Oceania champions in July. Papua New Guinea remains in contention to qualify for next year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ via next February’s inter-Confederation play-off.

The 2022 Pacific Women’s Four Nations Tournament follows up the successful 2019 Pacific Tour, which saw the CommBank Junior Matildas travel to the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Tonga for a series of matches.

All matches in the Pacific Four Nations Tournament will be streamed LIVE via the ����Ӱ�� YouTube account, with fans encouraged to attend the final matchday free of charge at Seiffert Oval on 13 November 2022.

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