[2][3] A total of 14 teams from 8 OFC member associations are eligible to enter the competition.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the format of the competition was changed, with all teams entering a qualifying stage consisting of a qualifying tournament and national play-offs, in order to keep travel to a minimum:[4] On 4 March 2021, the OFC announced that the qualifying stage, which would have been played in Tonga between 16 and 22 October 2021, had been postponed to early 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

New Zealand Football announced that they had nominated Auckland City as their sole participant taking part in the competition.

Central Coast won 4–2 on penalties The group stage was held in Auckland, New Zealand on 4-11 August 2022.

[9] The four teams in each group played each other on a round-robin basis at a centralised venue, Ngahue Reserve, Auckland.