2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup Group B

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Group B of the 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup took take place from 16 to 22 June 2024. The group consisted of Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Tahiti and the qualifying winner. [1] [2]

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Originally due to take place at the Luganville Soccer Stadium in Luganville, Vanuatu, all six group matches were moved to the HFC Bank Stadium in Suva, Fiji over uncertainty around flight schedules. [3]

Teams

Draw positionTeamPotMethod of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Finals
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
FIFA Rankings
December 2023 [nb 1] April 2024
B1Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 1Automatic24 January 20245th 2016 Runners-up (2016)165166
B2Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 2Automatic24 January 20249th 2016 Third place (1998, 2008)168168
B3Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 2Automatic24 January 202410th 2016 Winners (2012)163162
B4Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 3 Qualifying winner23 March 20243rd 2016 Group Stage (2012, 2016)186181

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 Fiji.svg  Fiji (H)3300152+139Advance to semi-finals
2Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 311132+14
3Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 31114734
4Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 3003213110
Source: OFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

In the semi-finals:

Matches

All times are local, UTC+12. [1]

Tahiti v Samoa

Tahiti  Flag of French Polynesia.svg2–0Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 500 [4]
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)
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Papua New Guinea v Fiji

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HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 1,700 [5]
Referee: Calvin Berg (New Zealand)
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Papua New Guinea v Tahiti

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Samoa v Fiji

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HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 1,300 [7]
Referee: Calvin Berg (New Zealand)
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Fiji

Samoa v Papua New Guinea

Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg1–2Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 500 [8]
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)
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Fiji v Tahiti

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Tahiti

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: [10]

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 Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 22−4
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 112−4
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 131−5
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 3111−9

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