2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup final

The 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup final was a football match to determine the winners of 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup. The match was the tenth final of the OFC Nations Cup, a quadrennial tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of Oceania Football Confederation to decide the champions of Oceania. The match was held at the VFF Freshwater Stadium in Port Vila, Vanuatu, on 30 June 2024 and be contested by the winners of the semi-finals.[1]

2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup final
The VFF Freshwater Stadium in Port Vila hosted the final.
Event2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup
New Zealand Vanuatu
3 0
Date30 June 2024 (2024-06-30)
VenueVFF Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila
Man of the MatchLiberato Cacace (New Zealand)
RefereeBen Aukwai (Solomon Islands)
Attendance10,000

Venue
Main article: VFF Freshwater Stadium

The final was held at the VFF Freshwater Stadium in Port Vila, Vanuatu. In December 2023, OFC announced the 2024 tournament would be held in Vanuatu.[2] The VFF Freshwater Stadium was chosen as the final venue of the tournament along with the Group B matches, and the semi-finals.[1][2]

The VFF Freshwater Stadium opened in 2022 thanks to financing by FIFA. The stadium was owned by the Vanuatu Football Federation. The Vanuatu national team also occasionally played its home matches at the stadium. The VFF Freshwater Stadium had also hosted other significant matches, including several matches in the 2023 OFC Champions League, which included the final between Auckland City and Suva.[3][4]

Route to the final
New Zealand Round Vanuatu
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
 New Caledonia Cancelled Match 1  Solomon Islands 1–0
 Solomon Islands 3–0 Match 2  New Caledonia Cancelled
 Vanuatu 4–0 Match 3  New Zealand 0–4
Opponent Result Knockout stage Opponent Result
 Tahiti 5–0 Semi-finals  Fiji 2–1

Match

Details
New Zealand 3–0 Vanuatu
 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)

New Zealand
Vanuatu
GK1Max Crocombe
RB2Sam Sutton 73'
CB5Finn Surman
CB4Tyler Bindon 78' 88'
LB13Liberato Cacace (c)
CM8Alex Rufer
CM6Cameron Howieson
RW7Kosta Barbarouses
AM11Elijah Just 81'
LW14Ben Old 88'
CF9Ben Waine 73'
Substitutions:
DF5Tommy Smith 73'
FW25Jesse Randall 73'
FW17Alex Greive 81'
DF3Lukas Kelly-Heald 88'
FW21Max Mata 88'
Manager:
Darren Beazley
GK1James Iamar
RB3Timothy Boulet 8'  75'
CB6Jason Thomas
CB4Brian Kaltak (c)
LB11Tasso Jeffrey 65'
CM16John Alick 80'
CM5Jared Clark 63' 80'
RM13Johnathan Spokeyjack
LM15Godine Tenene
CF14John Wohale 37' 80'
CF9Alex Saniel 65'
Substitutions:
DF17Kerry Iawak 65'
FW18Kensi Tangis 65'
MF8Claude Aru 80'
MF20Alick Worworbu 80'
FW21Joe Moses 80'
Manager:
Juliano Schmeling

Man of the Match:
Liberato Cacace (New Zealand)[5]
Assistant referees:[6]
Folio Moeaki (Tonga)
Malaetala Salanoa (Samoa)
Fourth official:
Veer Singh (Fiji)
Fifth official:
Avinesh Narayan (Fiji)

Match rules[7]

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Maximum of twelve named substitutes.
  • Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.[note 1]

Notes
  1. Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

See also

References
  1. "NEW CALEDONIA WITHDRAW FROM OFC MEN'S NATIONS CUP 2024". oceaniafootball.com. Oceania Football Confederation. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  2. "OFC competitions calendar confirmed for 2024". Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 2 December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  3. "Auckland City – Suva". oceaniafootball.com. Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  4. "Auckland City claim record extending 11th OFC Champions League title in extra time nail-biter". Oceaniafootball. 27 May 2023.
  5. "NEW ZEALAND CLAIM SIXTH OFC MEN'S NATIONS CUP TITLE IN HARD-FOUGHT FINAL". oceaniafootball.com. Oceania Football Confederation. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  6. "New Zealand v Vanuatu". oceaniafootball.com. Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  7. "OFC Men's Nations Cup 2024". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
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