2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup Group A

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Group A of the 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup took place from 15 to 21 June 2024. The group originally consisted of New Caledonia, defending champions New Zealand, Solomon Islands and hosts Vanuatu. [1] [2] However, New Caledonia withdrew from the tournament on 5 June due to the serious crisis in the country, leaving the group with three teams left. [3]

Contents

Teams

Draw positionTeamPotMethod of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Finals
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
FIFA Rankings
December 2023 [nb 1] April 2024
A1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1Automatic24 January 202411th 2016 Winners (1973, 1998, 2002, 2008, 2016)104104
A3Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 2Automatic24 January 20248th 2016 Runners-up (2004)132132
A4Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu (hosts)3Automatic1 December 202310th 2016 Fourth place (1973, 2000, 2002, 2008)170172

Notes

  1. The rankings of December 2023 were used at the time of the draw, although were not taken into account.

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 220070+76Advance to Semi-finals
2Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu (H)21011433
3Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 20020440
4New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 00000000Withdrew
Source: OFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

In the semi-finals:

Matches

All times are local, VUT (UTC+11). [1]

New Zealand v New Caledonia

New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svgCancelledNew Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia

Solomon Islands v Vanuatu

Solomon Islands  Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg0–1Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Report
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VFF Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila
Attendance: 5,000 [4]
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)
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Solomon Islands
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Vanuatu

New Zealand v Solomon Islands

New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg3–0Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
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Solomon Islands

Vanuatu v New Caledonia

Vanuatu  Flag of Vanuatu.svgCancelledNew Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia

New Caledonia v Solomon Islands

New Caledonia  New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svgCancelledFlag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands

Vanuatu v New Zealand

Vanuatu  Flag of Vanuatu.svg0–4Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Report
VFF Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila
Attendance: 7,200 [6]
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)
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Vanuatu
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New Zealand

Discipline

Fair play points would have been used as tiebreakers if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows: [7]

Only one of the above deductions will be applied to a player in a single match.

TeamMatch 1Match 2Match 3Points
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Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 1−1
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 21−3
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4–4

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  3. "La Fédération se résout à la "NON-PARTICIPATION" des cagous". New Caledonian Football Federation. 5 June 2024.
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