The Oceanian section of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, to be held in Qatar, for national teams which are members of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC).

[1] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania, the qualification was held as a centralised tournament in Qatar (host country of the World Cup) from 17 to 30 March 2022.

[5][6] On 19 March 2022, Vanuatu withdrew after the tournament had started due to the majority of players testing positive for COVID-19.

[7][8] On 23 March 2022, Cook Islands also withdrew after the tournament had started due to players testing positive for COVID-19.

[13] In March 2021, the confederation announced that this timeframe would not be achievable either, outlining a potential option organise a competition in January 2022, keeping the FIFA International Match Calendar dates in March available for preparation matches ahead of the inter-confederation play-off in June.

[16] By September 2021, continued delays meant that the OFC felt it was "not possible at this time to organise a qualifying competition within the Oceania region" and, as an alternative, they requested FIFA's approval for the qualification to be held in Qatar in March 2022.

The match was cancelled after Tonga withdrew due to the effects of the 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai eruption and tsunami; the Cook Islands advanced to the group stage.

The seven highest ranking OFC teams which entered the competition were given a bye to the group stage alongside the winner of the qualification match.

The two highest ranked teams, New Zealand and the Solomon Islands, were assigned to positions A1 and B1, and were therefore not drawn in the same group.