2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup qualification

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2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup qualification
Tournament details
Host countryTonga
Dates20–26 March
Teams3 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played3
Goals scored7 (2.33 per match)
Attendance1,300 (433 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Samoa.svg Nathan Viliamu
(2 goals)
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The 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup qualifying round served as qualification for the 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup. This tournament marked the first time since 2002 that qualification for the OFC Nations Cup was not held in conjunction with the FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for OFC. Tonga was confirmed as qualification hosts on 1 December 2023. [1] The tournament took place from 20 to 26 March 2024.

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Qualified teams

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Status of countries with respect to the 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup:
  Team qualified
  Team failed to qualify
  Team withdrew or suspended
  Not a OFC member
TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament [A]
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu [B] Co-hosts1 December 20239 (1973, 1980, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 24 January 20248 (1973, 1980, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia [C] Automatic qualification24 January 20246 (1973, 1980 , 2002, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 24 January 202410 ( 1973 , 1980, 1996, 1998 , 2000, 2002 , 2004, 2008 , 2012, 2016 )
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 24 January 20244 (1980, 2002, 2012, 2016 )
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 24 January 20247 (1980, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2012 , 2016)
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 24 January 20249 (1973, 1980, 1996, 1998, 2000 , 2002, 2004, 2012 , 2016)
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa Qualifying winner23 March 20242 (2012, 2016)
  1. ↑ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
  2. ↑ From 1973 and 1980, Vanuatu competed as New Hebrides.
  3. ↑ New Caledonia withdrew from the tournament on 5 June 2024 due to the social unrest in the country. [2]

Format

Three teams played a single round-robin tournament held in Tonga. All matches were held at the Teufaiva Sport Stadium in Nuku'alofa. The winner qualified for the 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup, to join the other seven teams which received byes into the group stage.

Entrants

Three teams entered qualification. This edition marked the first time since the 1996 edition that American Samoa did not enter the tournament. [3] Numbers in brackets refer to each team's ranking in the December 2023 FIFA World Rankings. [4]

OFC members that did not qualify automatically
Entered qualificationDid not enter qualificationIneligible as associate member
  1. Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands (185)
  2. Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa (186)
  3. Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga (196)

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.

MatchdayDate
Matchday 120 March 2024
Matchday 223 March 2024
Matchday 326 March 2024

Venue

Qualifiyng tournament venues being played in Tonga in one host citie in Nuku'alofa.

Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
Nuku'alofa
Teufaiva Sport Stadium
Capacity: 10,000

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Samoa.svgFlag of the Cook Islands.svgFlag of Tonga.svg
1Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 220051+46Qualify for final tournament — 1–0 —
2Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 21011103—— 1–0
3Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga (H)200215−40 1–4 ——
Source: OFC [5]
(H) Hosts

Matches

Tonga  Flag of Tonga.svg1–4Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Kite Soccerball shade.svg90+5' Report
Teufaiva Sport Stadium , Nukuʻalofa
Attendance: 500 [6]
Referee: Luke Gardner (New Zealand)
Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg1–0Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
Taualai Soccerball shade.svg88' Report
Teufaiva Sport Stadium , Nukuʻalofa
Attendance: 300 [7]
Referee: Pari Oito (Tahiti)
Cook Islands  Flag of the Cook Islands.svg1–0Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
Report
Teufaiva Sport Stadium , Nukuʻalofa
Attendance: 500 [8]
Referee: Laurie Fairamoa (Solomon Islands)


Goalscorers

There were 7 goals scored in 3 matches, for an average of 2.33 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

Source: OFC [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "OFC Competitions Calender Confirmed for 2024". Oceania Football. December 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ "Draws Finalised for OFC Men's Nations Cup and Qualifying Tournament". Oceania Football. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "Men's Ranking". FIFA.com . Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  5. 1 2 "OFC Men's Nations Cup 2024 - Qualifying". Oceania Football. 23 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  6. ↑ "Match Report of Tonga vs Samoa - 2024-03-20 - OFC Nations Cup - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  7. ↑ "Match Report of Samoa vs Cook Islands - 2024-03-22 - OFC Nations Cup - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
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