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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 Fiji and Vanuatu.[1] The defending champions were 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)Fiji Roy Krishna (5 goals)
Best player(s)New Zealand Liberato Cacace
Best young playerNew Zealand Finn Surman
Best goalkeeperNew Zealand Max Crocombe
Fair play award New Zealand
← 2020
2016
2028 →

A total of 13 matches were played, in which 46 goals were scored, at an average of 3.54 goals per match. Attendance at all stages of the tournament reached 41,400, averaging 3,185 viewers per match. The biggest score recorded in the tournament was 9–1 when Fiji defeated Samoa on the second day of Group B.[3][4]

New Zealand won the title for the sixth time in their history, after beating co-hosts Vanuatu in the final match with a score of 3–0,[5] so the All Whites successfully defended their title.[6] Tahiti secured third place after beating Fiji in the third place match, which placed them fourth. Fijian Roy Krishna finished the tournament as top scorer with five goals.[7] New Zealander Liberato Cacace also won the best player award,[8] while his compatriot Max Crocombe won the best goalkeeper award.[9] New Zealand also won the fair play award.[10]

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.[11][12]

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.[13]

Venues

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

Teams

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Qualification

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Status of countries with respect to the 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup:
  Team qualified
  Team failed to qualify
  Team withdrew or suspended
  Not a OFC member
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.[11] On 5 June 2024, New Caledonia announced their withdrawal from the tournament due to the serious crisis in the country.[14]

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.[14]

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 followed the previous system of a preliminary qualification round followed by an eight-team (eventually seven) group stage, in which the top two places in each advanced to the semi-finals. In these, the two losers of each will compete in the play-off for third place, while the winners of these will compete in the final to determine the tournament champion.[15]

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.[16][17]

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
  Samoa[b] 8
  1. ^ Withdrew after official draw.
  2. ^ Qualifying winner, team not determined at time of draw.

Group stage

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Result of teams participating in 2024 OFC Nations Cup

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

Tiebreakers

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Tie-breaking criteria for group play[18]

The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:

  1. Total points;
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Head-to-head result between tied teams;
    1. Points in matches among the tied teams;
    2. Goal difference in matches among the tied teams;
    3. Goals scored in matches among the tied teams;
  5. Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction per player, per match):
    • One yellow card: −1 point;
    • Two yellow cards (indirect red card): −3 points;
    • Direct red card: −4 points;
    • Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
  6. Drawing of lots.

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 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[19]
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)
New Zealand  3–0  Solomon Islands
 Report
Attendance: 3,000[20]
Vanuatu  Cancelled  New Caledonia
New Caledonia  Cancelled  Solomon Islands
Vanuatu  0–4  New Zealand
Report
Attendance: 7,200[21]
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)

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) 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[22]
Papua New Guinea  1–5  Fiji
 Report
Attendance: 1,700[23]
Papua New Guinea  1–1  Tahiti
Paul   25' Report Degrumelle   15'
Attendance: 500[24]
Samoa  1–9  Fiji
 Report
Attendance: 1,300[25]
Samoa  1–2  Papua New Guinea
 Report
Attendance: 500[26]
Fiji  1–0  Tahiti
 Report
Attendance: 1,500[27]

Knockout stage

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

In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each). If still tied after extra time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out.[18]

Bracket

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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

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New Zealand  5–0  Tahiti
 Report
Attendance: 2,000[28]
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)
Fiji  1–2  Vanuatu
 Report
Attendance: 5,200[29]

Third place play-off

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Tahiti  2–1  Fiji
 Report
Attendance: 3,000[30]

Final

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Main article: 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup final
New Zealand  3–0  Vanuatu
 Report
Attendance: 10,000[31]

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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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

Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1   New Zealand 4 4 0 0 15 0 +15 12 Champion
2   Vanuatu (H) 4 2 0 2 3 8 −5 6 Runner up
3   Tahiti 5 2 1 2 5 8 −3 7 3rd place
4   Fiji (H) 5 3 0 2 17 6 +11 9 4th place
5   Papua New Guinea 3 1 1 1 4 7 −3 4 Eliminated in the group stage
6   Solomon Islands 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
7   Samoa 3 0 0 3 2 13 −11 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

Awards

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Award[32] Player/Team
Golden Ball

    Liberato Cacace
    Kosta Barbarouses
    Kensi Tangis

Golden Boot

    Roy Krishna
    Ben Waine
    Kosta Barbarouses

Best Young Player   Finn Surman
Golden Glove   Max Crocombe
Fair Play Award   New Zealand

Man of the match

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Match Round Team 1 Result Team 2 Man of the match Ref.
Group stage
1 Group A Solomon Islands   0–1   Vanuatu   Brian Kaltak [33]
3 Group B Tahiti   2–0   Samoa   Teaonui Tehau [34]
2 Group B Papua New Guinea   1–5   Fiji   Thomas Dunn [35]
4 Group A New Zealand   3–0   Solomon Islands   Alex Rufer [36]
5 Group B Papua New Guinea   1–1   Tahiti   Ati Kepo [37]
6 Group B Samoa   1–9   Fiji   Setareki Hughes [38]
7 Group A Vanuatu   0–4   New Zealand   Elijah Just [39]
8 Group B Samoa   1–2   Papua New Guinea   Alwin Komolong [40]
9 Group B Fiji   1–0   Tahiti   Pothin Poma [41]
Knockout stage
10 Semi-finals New Zealand   5–0   Tahiti   Liberato Cacace [42]
11 Semi-finals Fiji   1–2   Vanuatu   Johnathan Spokeyjack [43]
12 Third place play-off Tahiti   2–1   Fiji   Teaonui Tehau [44]
13 Final New Zealand   3–0   Vanuatu   Liberato Cacace [45]

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 Men's Nations Cup, would be streamed by FIFA+.[46]

Country Broadcaster Ref.
World FIFA+ [47]

References

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