2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup

The 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup was 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 tournament was played between 15 and 30 June 2024 in Suva, Fiji and Port Vila, Vanuatu.[1] The defending champions are New Zealand from the 2016 edition. The 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] New Caledonia withdrew a few days before the start of the competition citing riots in the country, and the tournament played with seven teams.

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)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (6th title)
Runners-up Vanuatu
Third place Tahiti
Fourth place Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored46 (3.54 per match)
Attendance41,400 (3,185 per match)
Top scorer(s) Roy Krishna (5 goals)
Best player(s) Liberato Cacace
Best goalkeeper Max Crocombe
Fair play award New Zealand

Host selection

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.[3][4]

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.[5]

Venues
Suva
200km
124miles
2
1
Venues of the 2024 Men's OFC Nations Cup
HFC Bank Stadium
Capacity: 4,300
Port Vila
VFF Freshwater Stadium
Capacity: 6,500

Teams

Qualification
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 did 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.[3] On 5 June 2024, New Caledonia announced their withdrawal from the tournament due to the serious crisis in the country.[6]

Qualified teams
Team Method of
qualification		 Date of
qualification		 Finals
appearance		 Last
appearance		 Previous best
performance		 FIFA ranking
at start of event
 Vanuatu[upper-alpha 1]Co-hosts1 December 202310th 2016 Fourth place (1973, 2000, 2002, 2008) 172
 Fiji24 January 20249th 2016 Third place (1998, 2008) 168
 New Caledonia[upper-alpha 2]Automatic qualification24 January 20247th 2016 Runners-up (2008, 2012) 158
 New Zealand24 January 202411th 2016 Champions (1973, 1998, 2002, 2008, 2016) 104
 Papua New Guinea24 January 20245th 2016 Runners-up (2016) 166
 Solomon Islands24 January 20248th 2016 Runners-up (2004) 132
 Tahiti24 January 202410th 2016 Champions (2012) 162
 SamoaQualifying winner23 March 20243rd 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.[6]

Squads
Main article: 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup squads

Match officials
Referees
  • Veer Singh
  • Calvin Berg
  • Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh
  • David Yareboinen
  • Ben Aukwai
  • Shama Maemae
  • Teremoana Roihau
Assistant referees
  • Avinesh Narayan
  • Mark Rule
  • Isaac Trevis
  • Malaetala Salanoa
  • Natalia Lumukana
  • Bernard Mutukera
  • Jeffery Solodia
  • Vaihina Teura
  • Folio Moeaki
  • Jeremy Garae

Format

The tournament is expected to follow the previous system of a preliminary round followed by an eight-team group stage advancing to semi-finals.[7]

Draw

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.[8][9]

Pot 1
Team Rank
 New Zealand 1
 Papua New Guinea 2
Pot 2
Team Rank
 New Caledonia[lower-alpha 1] 3
 Solomon Islands 4
 Tahiti 5
 Fiji 6
Pot 3
Team Rank
 Vanuatu 7
 Samoa[lower-alpha 2] 8
  1. Withdrew after official draw.
  2. Qualifying winner, team not determined at time of draw.

Group stage

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

Tiebreakers

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7 6 Advance to Semi-finals
2  Vanuatu (H) 2 1 0 1 1 4 −3 3
3  Solomon Islands 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
4  New Caledonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
New Zealand Cancelled New Caledonia
Solomon Islands 0–1 Vanuatu
Report
  • Tangis 72'
Attendance: 5,000[11]
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)
New Zealand 3–0 Solomon Islands
 Report
Attendance: 3,000[12]
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
Vanuatu Cancelled New Caledonia
New Caledonia Cancelled Solomon Islands
Vanuatu 0–4 New Zealand
Report
Attendance: 7,200[13]
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Fiji (H) 3 3 0 0 15 2 +13 9 Advance to Semi-finals
2  Tahiti 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
3  Papua New Guinea 3 1 1 1 4 7 −3 4
4  Samoa 3 0 0 3 2 13 −11 0
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
Tahiti 2–0 Samoa
 Report
Attendance: 500[14]
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)
Papua New Guinea 1–5 Fiji
 Report
Attendance: 1,700[15]
Referee: Calvin Berg (New Zealand)
Papua New Guinea 1–1 Tahiti
Paul 25' Report Degrumelle 15'
Attendance: 500[16]
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)
Samoa 1–9 Fiji
  • Salisbury 47'
 Report
Attendance: 1,300[17]
Referee: Calvin Berg (New Zealand)
Samoa 1–2 Papua New Guinea
 Report
Attendance: 500[18]
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)
Fiji 1–0 Tahiti
 Report
Attendance: 1,500[19]
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)

Knockout stage
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.[10]

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
27 June – Port Vila
 
 
 New Zealand5
 
30 June – Port Vila
 
 Tahiti0
 
 New Zealand3
 
27 June – Port Vila
 
 Vanuatu0
 
 Fiji1
 
 
 Vanuatu2
 
Third place play-off
 
 
30 June – Port Vila
 
 
 Tahiti2
 
 
 Fiji1

Semi-finals
New Zealand 5–0 Tahiti
 Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)
Fiji 1–2 Vanuatu
  • Cavuilagi 46'
 Report
Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)

Third place play-off
Tahiti 2–1 Fiji
 Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)

Final
Main article: 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup final
New Zealand 3–0 Vanuatu
 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 46 goals scored in 13 matches, for an average of 3.54 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Awards
Award[20] Player/Team
Golden Ball Liberato Cacace
Golden Boot Roy Krishna
Golden Glove Max Crocombe
Fair Play Award  New Zealand

Man of the match
Match Round Team 1 Result Team 2 Man of the match Ref
Group stage
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 [26]
7 Group A Vanuatu  0–4  New Zealand Elijah Just [27]
8 Group B Samoa  1–2  Papua New Guinea Alwin Komolong [28]
9 Group B Fiji  1–0  Tahiti Pothin Poma [29]
Knockout stage
10 Semi-finals New Zealand  5–0  Tahiti Liberato Cacace [30]
11 Semi-finals Fiji  1–2  Vanuatu Johnathan Spokeyjack [31]
12 Third place play-off Tahiti  2–1  Fiji Teaonui Tehau
13 Final New Zealand  3–0  Vanuatu Liberato Cacace [32]

Marketing

Broadcasting rights

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+.[33]

Country Broadcaster Ref.
World FIFA+ [34]

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