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]
Coupe d'Océanie des nations 2024 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Fiji Vanuatu |
Dates | 15–30 June |
Teams | 7 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
The final tournament will be held in Vanuatu and Fiji from 15 to 30 June 2024.[2]
Host selection edit
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]
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.[4]
Marketing edit
Broadcasting rights edit
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+.[5][6]
Sponsorship edit
Venues edit
Suva |
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HFC Bank Stadium |
Capacity: 15,000 |
Port Vila |
VFF Freshwater Stadium |
Capacity: 6,500 |
Teams edit
Qualification edit
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]
On 5 June 2024, New Caledonia announced their withdrawal from the tournament due to the serious crisis in the country.[7]
Qualified teams edit
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[A] |
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Vanuatu[B] | Host | 1 December 2023 | 9 (1973, 1980, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) |
Fiji | 24 January 2024 | 8 (1973, 1980, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) | |
Automatic qualification | 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.
- ^ New Caledonia withdrew from the tournament on 5 June 2024 due to the social unrest in the country.[7]
Squads edit
Match officials edit
Format edit
The tournament is expected to follow the previous system of a preliminary round followed by an eight-team group stage advancing to semi-finals.[8]
Draw edit
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.[9][10]
Team | Rank |
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New Zealand | 1 |
Papua New Guinea | 2 |
Team | Rank |
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New Caledonia[a] | 3 |
Solomon Islands | 4 |
Tahiti | 5 |
Fiji | 6 |
Team | Rank |
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Vanuatu | 7 |
Qualifying winner | 8 |
- ^ Withdrew after official draw.
Group stage edit
All times are local, UTC+11 (Group A) and UTC+12 (Group B).
Group A edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to Semi-finals |
2 | Solomon Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Vanuatu (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | New Caledonia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
New Zealand | Cancelled | New Caledonia |
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Report[11] |
Vanuatu | Cancelled | New Caledonia |
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Report[14] |
New Caledonia | Cancelled | Solomon Islands |
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Report[15] |
Group B edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Papua New Guinea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to Semi-finals |
2 | Fiji (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Tahiti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Samoa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Papua New Guinea | v | Fiji |
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Report[18] |
Papua New Guinea | v | Tahiti |
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Report[19] |
Samoa | v | Papua New Guinea |
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Report[21] |
Knockout stage edit
Bracket edit
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
26 June – Port Vila | ||||||
Winner Group A | ||||||
30 June – Port Vila | ||||||
Runner-up Group B | ||||||
Winner Semi-final 1 | ||||||
26 June – Port Vila | ||||||
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 |
Semi-finals edit
Winner Group B | v | Runner-up Group A |
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Winner Group A | v | Runner-up Group B |
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Third place play-off edit
Loser SF1 | v | Loser SF2 |
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Final edit
Winner SF1 | v | Winner SF2 |
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Statistics edit
Awards edit
References edit
- ^ "OFC Nations Cup 2020 cancelled". Oceania Football. Archived from the original on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ a b c "OFC competitions calendar confirmed for 2024". Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 2 December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ "OFC Nations Cup 2020 host confirmed". Oceania Football. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ "New host venue for OFC Men's Nations Cup Group B". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ "OFC SIGNS EXCLUSIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH FIFA+". Oceania Football Confederation. 28 February 2024. Archived from the original on 29 February 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "HOW TO WATCH: OFC MEN'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2024". Oceania Football Confederation. 8 May 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ a b "La Fédération se résout à la "NON-PARTICIPATION" des cagous". New Caledonian Football Federation. 5 June 2024.
- ^ "Sweet 2016: A year of turnaround for Papua New Guinea men's football team". FIFA. 14 November 2022. Archived from the original on 16 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ "Draws finalised for OFC Men's Nations Cup and qualifying tournament". Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ "Live: OFC Men's Nations Cup 2024 draw". Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 23 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ "Match - New Zealand vs New Caledonia". Oceania Football. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "Match - Solomon Islands vs Vanuatu". Oceania Football. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "Match - New Zealand vs Solomon Islands". Oceania Football. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "Match - Vanuatu vs New Caledonia". Oceania Football. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "Match - New Caledonia vs Solomon Islands". Oceania Football. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "Match - Vanuatu vs New Zealand". Oceania Football. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "Match - Tahiti vs Qualifying stage winner". Oceania Football. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "Match - Papua New Guinea vs Fiji". Oceania Football. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "Match - Papua New Guinea vs Tahiti". Oceania Football. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "Match - Qualifying stage winner vs Fiji". Oceania Football. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "Match - Qualifying stage winner vs Tahiti". Oceania Football. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "Match - Fiji vs Tahiti". Oceania Football. Retrieved 29 February 2024.