2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup

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2024 OFC Nations Cup
  • Coupe d'Océanie des nations 2024
  • 2024 ओएफसी नेशंस कप
Tournament details
Host countries Fiji
Vanuatu
Dates 15–30 June
Teams 7 (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 played 13
Goals scored 46 (3.54 per match)
Attendance 41,400 (3,185 per match)
Top scorer(s) Roy Krishna (5 goals)
Best player Liberato Cacace
Best goalkeeper Max Crocombe
Fair play award  New Zealand
← 2020
2028 →

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 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.

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 four 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

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

Fiji Suva
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Venues of the 2024 Men's OFC Nations Cup
HFC Bank Stadium
Capacity: 4,300
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Vanuatu Port Vila
VFF Freshwater Stadium
Capacity: 6,500
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Teams

Qualification

File:2024 OFC Nations Cup Qualifiers Map.png
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

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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 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

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-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[upper-alpha 2] 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

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Squads

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Match officials

Referees

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Assistant referees

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Format

The tournament followed the previous system of a preliminary qualification round followed by an eight-team (eventually seven-team) group stage advancing to semi-finals.[15]

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.[16][17]

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

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Group stage

File:2024 OFC Nations Cup map.png
Result of teams participating in 2024 OFC Nations Cup

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

Tiebreakers

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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Group B

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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

2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup knockout stage

Semi-finals

2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup knockout stage

2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup knockout stage

Third place play-off

2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup knockout stage

Final

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Main article: 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup final

2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup final

Statistics

Goalscorers

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Final standings

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Awards

Award[19] 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 [20]
3 Group B Tahiti  2–0  Samoa Teaonui Tehau [21]
2 Group B Papua New Guinea  1–5  Fiji Thomas Dunn [22]
4 Group A New Zealand  3–0  Solomon Islands Alex Rufer [23]
5 Group B Papua New Guinea  1–1  Tahiti Ati Kepo [24]
6 Group B Samoa  1–9  Fiji Setareki Hughes [25]
7 Group A Vanuatu  0–4  New Zealand Elijah Just [26]
8 Group B Samoa  1–2  Papua New Guinea Alwin Komolong [27]
9 Group B Fiji  1–0  Tahiti Pothin Poma [28]
Knockout stage
10 Semi-finals New Zealand  5–0  Tahiti Liberato Cacace [29]
11 Semi-finals Fiji  1–2  Vanuatu Johnathan Spokeyjack [30]
12 Third place play-off Tahiti  2–1  Fiji Teaonui Tehau [31]
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]

References

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External links

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