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2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup

The 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup is the 11th edition of the OFC Men's Nations Cup, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Oceania organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). The defending champions are New Zealand from the 2016 edition. The 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

2024 OFC Nations Cup
  • Coupe d'Océanie des nations 2024
  • 2024 ओएफसी नेशंस कप
Tournament details
Host countriesFiji
Vanuatu
Dates15–30 June
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored24 (4 per match)
Attendance12,000 (2,000 per match)
Top scorer(s)Fiji Thomas Dunn
Fiji Roy Krishna
(3 goals each)
2028 →
All statistics correct as of 19 June 2024.

The final tournament is being held in Vanuatu and Fiji from 15 to 30 June 2024.[2]

Host selection

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Although New Zealand was selected as host for the final tournament in 2020 before it was eventually cancelled, in December 2023 it was announced that the 2024 edition of the tournament would be held in Vanuatu.[2][3]

In May 2024, following uncertainty around flight schedules, matches due to be played at the Luganville Soccer Stadium in Luganville, Vanuatu were moved to the HFC Bank Stadium in Suva, Fiji and the VFF Freshwater Stadium in Port Vila, Vanuatu.[4]

Marketing

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Broadcasting rights

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On 28 February 2024, Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) announced that all OFC competitions in the 2024–2025 season, including the 2024 OFC Nations Cup, would be streamed by FIFA+.[5][6]

Venues

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200km
124miles
 
2
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Venues of the 2024 Men's OFC Nations Cup
2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup venues
  Suva
HFC Bank Stadium
Capacity: 4,300
 
  Port Vila
VFF Freshwater Stadium
Capacity: 6,500
 

Teams

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Qualification

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Main article: 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup qualification

The 4 lowest ranked teams originally entered for qualification were played in a single group tournament, as in previous editions in 2012 and 2016. Tuvalu and Kiribati were not full members of the OFC and were therefore excluded from participation. American Samoa does not register before qualifying.

In the qualifying tournament, the three lowest-ranked teams in the last edition of the tournament in 2016 (because American Samoa did not register), competed in a Round robin format in a single round, which was held in a single venue in Tonga, where the winner qualified for the final tournament.[2]

On 5 June 2024, New Caledonia announced their withdrawal from the tournament due to the serious crisis in the country.[7]

Qualified teams

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Team Method of
qualification 		Date of
qualification 		Finals
appearance 		Last
appearance 		Previous best
performance 		FIFA ranking
at start of event
  Vanuatu[A] Co-hosts 1 December 2023 10th 2016 Fourth place (1973, 2000, 2002, 2008) 172
  Fiji 24 January 2024 9th 2016 Third place (1998, 2008) 168
  New Caledonia[B] Automatic qualification 24 January 2024 7th 2016 Runners-up (2008, 2012) 158
  New Zealand 24 January 2024 11th 2016 Champions (1973, 1998, 2002, 2008, 2016) 104
  Papua New Guinea 24 January 2024 5th 2016 Runners-up (2016) 166
  Solomon Islands 24 January 2024 8th 2016 Runners-up (2004) 132
  Tahiti 24 January 2024 10th 2016 Champions (2012) 162
  Samoa Qualifying winner 23 March 2024 3rd 2016 Group stage (2012, 2016) 181
  1. ^ From 1973 and 1980, Vanuatu competed as New Hebrides.
  2. ^ New Caledonia withdrew from the tournament on 5 June 2024 due to the social unrest in the country.[7]

Squads

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Main article: 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup squads

Match officials

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Referees
Assistant referees

Format

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The tournament is expected to follow the previous system of a preliminary round followed by an eight-team group stage advancing to semi-finals.[8]

Draw

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The draw was held on 24 January 2024 at OFC Home of Football in Auckland, New Zealand. The teams were divided into two groups of four each, with the three initial pots determined based on the final ranking of the 2016 OFC Nations Cup, listed below.[9][10]

Pot 1
Team Rank
  New Zealand 1
  Papua New Guinea 2
Pot 2
Team Rank
  New Caledonia[a] 3
  Solomon Islands 4
  Tahiti 5
  Fiji 6
Pot 3
Team Rank
  Vanuatu 7
  Qualifying winner 8
  1. ^ Withdrew after official draw.

Group stage

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All times are local, UTC+11 (Group A) and UTC+12 (Group B).

Tiebreakers

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Group A

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Main article: 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup Group A

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   New Zealand (A) 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 3 Advance to Semi-finals
2   Vanuatu (H, A) 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 3
3   Solomon Islands (E) 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
4   New Caledonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Updated to match(es) played on 18 June 2024. Source: OFC
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (H) Hosts
New Zealand  Cancelled  New Caledonia
Solomon Islands  0–1  Vanuatu
Report[12]
  • Tangis   72'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)
New Zealand  3–0  Solomon Islands
 Report[13]
Attendance: 3,000
Vanuatu  Cancelled  New Caledonia
New Caledonia  Cancelled  Solomon Islands
Vanuatu  v  New Zealand
Report[14]

Group B

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Main article: 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Fiji (H, A) 2 2 0 0 14 2 +12 6 Advance to Semi-finals
2   Tahiti 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4
3   Papua New Guinea 2 0 1 1 2 6 −4 1
4   Samoa (E) 2 0 0 2 1 11 −10 0
Updated to match(es) played on 19 June 2024. Source: OFC
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (H) Hosts
Tahiti  2–0  Samoa
 Report[15]
Attendance: 500
Papua New Guinea  1–5  Fiji
 Report[16]
Attendance: 1,700
Papua New Guinea  1–1  Tahiti
Paul   25' Report[17] Degrumelle   15'
Attendance: 500
Samoa  1–9  Fiji
Salisbury   47' Report[18] Hughes   3', 61'
Dunn   38'
Krishna   45+3' (pen.), 53' (pen.)
Baravilala   64'
Begg   67'
Dogalau   83', 89'
Attendance: 1,300
Samoa  v  Papua New Guinea
Report[19]
Fiji  v  Tahiti
Report[20]

Knockout stage

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Main article: 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each). If still tied after extra time, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out.[11]

Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 June – Port Vila
 
 
Winner Group A
 
30 June – Port Vila
 
 Runner-up Group B
 
Winner Match 10
 
26 June – Port Vila
 
Winner Match 11
 
Winner Group B
 
 
 Runner-up Group A
 
Third place play-off
 
 
30 June – Port Vila
 
 
Loser Match 10
 
 
Loser Match 11

Semi-finals

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Winner Group AMatch 10Runner-up Group B
Report
Winner Group BMatch 11Runner-up Group A
Report

Third place play-off

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Loser Match 10Match 12Loser Match 11
Report

Final

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Main article: 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup final
Winner Match 10Match 13Winner Match 11
Report

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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There have been 24 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 4 goals per match (as of 19 June 2024).

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Awards

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Man of the match

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Match Round Team 1 Result Team 2 Man of the match Ref
1 Group A Solomon Islands   0–1   Vanuatu   Brian Kaltak [21]
3 Group B Tahiti   2–0   Samoa   Teaonui Tehau [22]
2 Group B Papua New Guinea   1–5   Fiji   Thomas Dunn [23]
4 Group A New Zealand   3–0   Solomon Islands   Alex Rufer [24]
5 Group B Papua New Guinea   1–1   Tahiti   Ati Kepo [25]
6 Group B Samoa   1–9   Fiji   Setareki Hughes [25]

References

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  1. ^ "OFC Nations Cup 2020 cancelled". Oceania Football. Archived from the original on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "OFC competitions calendar confirmed for 2024". Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 2 December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  3. ^ "OFC Nations Cup 2020 host confirmed". Oceania Football. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  4. ^ "New host venue for OFC Men's Nations Cup Group B". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  5. ^ "OFC SIGNS EXCLUSIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH FIFA+". Oceania Football Confederation. 28 February 2024. Archived from the original on 29 February 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  6. ^ "HOW TO WATCH: OFC MEN'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2024". Oceania Football Confederation. 8 May 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  7. ^ a b "La Fédération se résout à la "NON-PARTICIPATION" des cagous". New Caledonian Football Federation. 5 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Sweet 2016: A year of turnaround for Papua New Guinea men's football team". FIFA. 14 November 2022. Archived from the original on 16 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Draws finalised for OFC Men's Nations Cup and qualifying tournament". Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Live: OFC Men's Nations Cup 2024 draw". Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 23 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  11. ^ a b "OFC Men's Nations Cup 2024". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Match - Solomon Islands vs Vanuatu". Oceania Football. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  13. ^ "Match - New Zealand vs Solomon Islands". Oceania Football. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  14. ^ "Match - Vanuatu vs New Zealand". Oceania Football. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  15. ^ "Match - Tahiti vs Samoa". Oceania Football. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  16. ^ "Match - Papua New Guinea vs Fiji". Oceania Football. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  17. ^ "Match - Papua New Guinea vs Tahiti". Oceania Football. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  18. ^ "Match - Samoa vs Fiji". Oceania Football. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  19. ^ "Match - Samoa vs Papua New Guinea". Oceania Football. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  20. ^ "Match - Fiji vs Tahiti". Oceania Football. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  21. ^ "Congratulations to Vanuatu captain Brian Kaltak on winning Player of the Match in today's opening fixture at the OFC Men's Nations Cup 2024". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 2024-06-15.
  22. ^ "Congratulations to Tahiti's Teaonui Tehau and Fiji's Thomas Dunn on winning Player of the Match in today's Group B action in Suva!". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 2024-06-16.
  23. ^ "Congratulations to Tahiti's Teaonui Tehau and Fiji's Thomas Dunn on winning Player of the Match in today's Group B action in Suva!". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 2024-06-16.
  24. ^ "Alex Rufer is today's Player of the Match for his performance in New Zealand's 3-0 victory over Solomon Islands". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  25. ^ a b "Congratulations to Papua New Guinea's Ati Kepo and Fiji's Setareki Hughes on winning Player of the Match in today's Group B action in Suva". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 2024-06-19.
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