2024 OFC Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host countryVanuatu
Dates15–30 June
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
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The 2024 OFC Nations Cup will be the 11th edition of the OFC 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]

Venues

Map
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Venues of the 2024 OFC Nations Cup
1
VFF Freshwater Stadium
2
Luganville Soccer City Stadium
2024 OFC Nations Cup venues
Luganville Port Vila
Luganville Soccer City Stadium VFF Freshwater Stadium
Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 6,500

Teams

Qualification

Main article: 2024 OFC Nations Cup qualification

The qualification tournament will be hosted by Tonga from 20–26 March 2024.[2]

Only 8 of the 13 eligible current full and associate members will enter the competition.

Qualified teams

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[A]
 Vanuatu[B] Host 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)
Qualifying winner Qualifying winner 26 March 2024
  1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
  2. ^ From 1973 and 1980, Vanuatu competed as New Hebrides.

Squads

Main article: 2024 OFC Nations Cup squads

Format

The tournament is expected to follow the previous system of a preliminary round followed by an eight-team group stage advancing to semifinals.[4]

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.[5][6]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
 New Zealand
 Papua New Guinea 		 New Caledonia
 Solomon Islands
 Tahiti
 Fiji 		 Vanuatu (hosts)
Qualifying winner

Group stage

All times are local, VUT (UTC+11).[5]

Group A

Main article: 2024 OFC Nations Cup Group A

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Semi-finals
2  New Caledonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Solomon Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Fifth place playoff
4  Vanuatu (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Seventh place playoff
First match(es) will be played: 15 June 2024. Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
Solomon Islands v Vanuatu
VFF Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila
New Zealand v New Caledonia
VFF Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila
Vanuatu v New Caledonia
VFF Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila
New Zealand v Solomon Islands
VFF Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila
New Caledonia v Solomon Islands
VFF Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila
Vanuatu v New Zealand
VFF Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila

Group B

Main article: 2024 OFC Nations Cup Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Papua New Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Semi-finals
2  Fiji 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Tahiti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Fifth place playoff
4 Qualifying winner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Seventh place playoff
First match(es) will be played: 16 June 2024. Source: OFC
Tahiti vQualifying winner
Luganville Soccer Stadium, Luganville
Papua New Guinea v Fiji
Luganville Soccer Stadium, Luganville
Qualifying winnerv Fiji
Luganville Soccer Stadium, Luganville
Papua New Guinea v Tahiti
Luganville Soccer Stadium, Luganville
Fiji v Tahiti
Luganville Soccer Stadium, Luganville
Qualifying winnerv Papua New Guinea
Luganville Soccer Stadium, Luganville

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 26 June – Port Vila
 
 
 Winner Group A
 
 30 June – Port Vila
 
 Runner-up Group B
 
 Winner SF1
 
 26 June – Luganville
 
 Winner SF2
 
 Winner Group B
 
 
 Runner-up Group A
 
Third place play-off
 
 
 30 June – Port Vila
 
 
 Loser SF1
 
 
 Loser SF2
Fifth place play-off
      
27 June – Port Vila
3rd Group A
3rd Group B
Seventh place play-off
27 June – Port Vila
4th Group A
4th Group B

Semi-finals

Winner Group BvRunner-up Group A
Luganville Soccer Stadium, Luganville
Winner Group AvRunner-up Group B
VFF Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila

Seventh place play-off

4th Group Av4th Group B
VFF Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila

Fifth place play-off

3rd Group Av3rd Group B
VFF Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila

Third place play-off

Loser SF1vLoser SF2
VFF Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila

Final

Winner SF1vWinner SF2
VFF Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila

Marketing

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References

  1. ^ Officer, OFC Media. "OFC NATIONS CUP 2020 CANCELLED". Oceania Football. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "OFC COMPETITIONS CALENDAR CONFIRMED FOR 2024". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  3. ^ "OFC NATIONS CUP 2020 HOST CONFIRMED". Oceania Football. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Sweet 2016: A year of turnaround for Papua New Guinea men's football team". FIFA. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  5. ^ a b "DRAWS FINALISED FOR OFC MEN'S NATIONS CUP AND QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  6. ^ "LIVE: OFC MEN'S NATIONS CUP 2024 DRAW". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
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