It was originally scheduled from July to August 2022, but was moved to January and February to accommodate changes to the FIFA Women's International Match Calendar.

[1][3] The tournament served as Oceania's qualifiers to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

[4] New Zealand were the reigning champions, but they did not participate in the tournament as they were the host of the Women's World Cup and thus did not defend their title.

The ranking of teams is determined as follows:[5] New Zealand will not participate with their World Cup spot already assured.

The draw for the group stage was held on 10 May with teams seeded into pots based upon the 25 March FIFA rankings.