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]
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]
Draw position | Team | Pot | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA Rankings | |
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December 2023 [nb 1] | April 2024 | ||||||||
B1 | Papua New Guinea | 1 | Automatic | 24 January 2024 | 5th | 2016 | Runners-up (2016) | 165 | 166 |
B2 | Fiji | 2 | Automatic | 24 January 2024 | 9th | 2016 | Third place (1998, 2008) | 168 | 168 |
B3 | Tahiti | 2 | Automatic | 24 January 2024 | 10th | 2016 | Winners (2012) | 163 | 162 |
B4 | Samoa | 3 | Qualifying winner | 23 March 2024 | 3rd | 2016 | Group Stage (2012, 2016) | 186 | 181 |
Notes
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Fiji (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
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 |
In the knockout stage:
All times are local, UTC+12. [1]
Tahiti | 2–0 | Samoa |
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| Report |
Tahiti | Samoa |
Papua New Guinea | 1–5 | Fiji |
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| Report |
|
Papua New Guinea | Fiji |
Papua New Guinea | 1–1 | Tahiti |
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Paul 25' | Report | Degrumelle 15' |
Papua New Guinea | Tahiti |
Samoa | Fiji |
Samoa | 1–2 | Papua New Guinea |
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| Report |
Samoa | Papua New Guinea |
Fiji | Tahiti |
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.
Team | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Points | |||||||||
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Papua New Guinea | 2 | 2 | −4 | ||||||||||
Samoa | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | |||||||||
Fiji | 1 | 3 | 1 | −5 | |||||||||
Tahiti | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | −9 |
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