2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Vanuatu |
Dates | 15–30 June |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
The 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup will be 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]
The final tournament will be held in Vanuatu from 15 to 30 June 2024.[2]
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.[2][3]
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+.[4]
Sponsorship
Venues
Luganville | 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup (Vanuatu) |
Port Vila |
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Luganville Soccer City Stadium | VFF Freshwater Stadium | |
Capacity: 6,000 | Capacity: 6,500 | |
Teams
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]
Qualified teams
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[A] |
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Vanuatu[B] | Host and automatic qualification | 1 December 2023 | 9 (1973, 1980, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) |
Fiji | Automatic qualification | 24 January 2024 | 8 (1973, 1980, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) |
New Caledonia | 24 January 2024 | 6 (1973, 1980, 2002, 2008, 2012, 2016) | |
New Zealand | 24 January 2024 | 10 (1973, 1980, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) | |
Papua New Guinea | 24 January 2024 | 4 (1980, 2002, 2012, 2016) | |
Solomon Islands | 24 January 2024 | 7 (1980, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2012, 2016) | |
Tahiti | 24 January 2024 | 9 (1973, 1980, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2012, 2016) | |
Samoa | Qualifying winner | 23 March 2024 | 2 (2012, 2016) |
- ^ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
- ^ From 1973 and 1980, Vanuatu competed as New Hebrides.
Squads
Match officials
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.[5]
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.[6][7]
Team | Rank |
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New Zealand | 1 |
Papua New Guinea | 2 |
Team | Rank |
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New Caledonia | 3 |
Solomon Islands | 4 |
Tahiti | 5 |
Fiji | 6 |
Team | Rank |
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Vanuatu | 7 |
Qualifying winner | 8 |
Group stage
All times are local, VUT (UTC+11).
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
New Zealand | Cancelled | New Caledonia |
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New Zealand | 3–0 | Solomon Islands |
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Report |
Vanuatu | Cancelled | New Caledonia |
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Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Papua New Guinea | 1–5 | Fiji |
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Report |
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Papua New Guinea | 1–1 | Tahiti |
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Paul 25' | Report | Degrumelle 15' |
Knockout stage
Bracket
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
26 June – Port Vila | ||||||
Winner Group A | ||||||
30 June – Port Vila | ||||||
Runner-up Group B | ||||||
Winner Semi-final 1 | ||||||
26 June – Luganville | ||||||
Winner Semi-final 2 | ||||||
Winner Group B | ||||||
Runner-up Group A | ||||||
Third place play-off | ||||||
30 June – Port Vila | ||||||
Loser Semi-final 1 | ||||||
Loser Semi-final 2 |
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Semi-finals
Winner Group B | v | Runner-up Group A |
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Winner Group A | v | Runner-up Group B |
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Seventh place play-off
4th Group A | v | 4th Group B |
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Fifth place play-off
3rd Group A | v | 3rd Group B |
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Third place play-off
Loser SF1 | v | Loser SF2 |
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Final
Winner SF1 | v | Winner SF2 |
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Statistics
Awards
Broadcasting
References
- ^ "OFC Nations Cup 2020 cancelled". Oceania Football. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ a b c "OFC competitions calendar confirmed for 2024". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ "OFC Nations Cup 2020 host confirmed". Oceania Football. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ "OFC SIGNS EXCLUSIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH FIFA+". Oceania Football Confederation. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Sweet 2016: A year of turnaround for Papua New Guinea men's football team". FIFA. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ "Draws finalised for OFC Men's Nations Cup and qualifying tournament". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ "Live: OFC Men's Nations Cup 2024 draw". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ "Match Report of Solomon Islands vs Vanuatu - 2024-06-15 - OFC Nations Cup - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ "Match Report of New Zealand vs Solomon Islands - 2024-06-18 - OFC Nations Cup - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ "Match Report of Vanuatu vs New Zealand - 2024-06-21 - OFC Nations Cup - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
- ^ "Match Report of Tahiti vs Samoa - 2024-06-16 - OFC Nations Cup - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ "Match Report of Papua New Guinea vs Fiji - 2024-06-16 - OFC Nations Cup - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ "Match Report of Papua New Guinea vs Tahiti - 2024-06-19 - OFC Nations Cup - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ "Match Report of Samoa vs Fiji - 2024-06-19 - OFC Nations Cup - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
- ^ "Match Report of Samoa vs Papua New Guinea - 2024-06-22 - OFC Nations Cup - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
- ^ "Match Report of Fiji vs Tahiti - 2024-06-22 - OFC Nations Cup - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2024-06-22.