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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 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
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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.

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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HFC Bank Stadium
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VFF Freshwater Stadium
Location of the host cities of the 2024 Men's OFC Nations Cup.
Vanuatu Port Vila Fiji 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

1st place, gold medalist(s) New Zealand Liberato Cacace
2nd place, silver medalist(s) New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Vanuatu Kensi Tangis

Golden Boot

1st place, gold medalist(s) Fiji Roy Krishna
2nd place, silver medalist(s) New Zealand Ben Waine
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses

Best Young Player New Zealand Finn Surman
Golden Glove New Zealand 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 Vanuatu Brian Kaltak [33]
3 Group B Tahiti  2–0  Samoa French Polynesia Teaonui Tehau [34]
2 Group B Papua New Guinea  1–5  Fiji Fiji Thomas Dunn [35]
4 Group A New Zealand  3–0  Solomon Islands New Zealand Alex Rufer [36]
5 Group B Papua New Guinea  1–1  Tahiti Papua New Guinea Ati Kepo [37]
6 Group B Samoa  1–9  Fiji Fiji Setareki Hughes [38]
7 Group A Vanuatu  0–4  New Zealand New Zealand Elijah Just [39]
8 Group B Samoa  1–2  Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Alwin Komolong [40]
9 Group B Fiji  1–0  Tahiti French Polynesia Pothin Poma [41]
Knockout stage
10 Semi-finals New Zealand  5–0  Tahiti New Zealand Liberato Cacace [42]
11 Semi-finals Fiji  1–2  Vanuatu Vanuatu Johnathan Spokeyjack [43]
12 Third place play-off Tahiti  2–1  Fiji French Polynesia Teaonui Tehau [44]
13 Final New Zealand  3–0  Vanuatu New Zealand 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]

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