2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup final

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2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup final
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The VFF Freshwater Stadium in Port Vila hosted the final.
Event 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup
New Zealand Vanuatu
Flag of New Zealand.svg Flag of Vanuatu.svg
30
Date30 June 2024 (2024-06-30)
Venue VFF Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila
Man of the Match Liberato Cacace (New Zealand)
Referee Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)
Attendance10,000
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The 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup final was a football match to determine the winners of 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup. The match was the tenth final of the OFC Nations Cup, a quadrennial tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of Oceania Football Confederation to decide the champions of Oceania. The match was held at the VFF Freshwater Stadium in Port Vila, Vanuatu, on 30 June 2024 and was contested by the winners of the semi-finals. [1]

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Venue

The final was held at the VFF Freshwater Stadium in Port Vila, Vanuatu. In December 2023, OFC announced the 2024 tournament would be held in Vanuatu. [2] The VFF Freshwater Stadium was chosen as the final venue of the tournament along with the Group B matches, and the semi-finals. [1] [2]

The VFF Freshwater Stadium opened in 2022 thanks to financing by FIFA. The stadium was owned by the Vanuatu Football Federation. The Vanuatu national team also occasionally played its home matches at the stadium. The VFF Freshwater Stadium had also hosted other significant matches, including several matches in the 2023 OFC Champions League, which included the final between Auckland City and Suva. [3] [4]

Route to the final

New ZealandRoundVanuatu
OpponentResult Group stage OpponentResult
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia Cancelled Match 1Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 1–0
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 3–0 Match 2New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia Cancelled
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 4–0 Match 3Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 0–4
OpponentResult Knockout stage OpponentResult
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 5–0 Semi-finalsFlag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 2–1

Match

Details

New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg3–0Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Report
VFF Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila
Attendance: 10,000 [5]
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)

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New Zealand
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Vanuatu
GK1 Max Crocombe
RB2 Sam Sutton Sub off.svg 73'
CB5 Finn Surman
CB4 Tyler Bindon Yellow card.svg 78'Sub off.svg 88'
LB13 Liberato Cacace (c)
DM8 Alex Rufer
RM11 Elijah Just Sub off.svg 81'
LM14 Ben Old Sub off.svg 88'
AM6 Cameron Howieson
CF9 Ben Waine Sub off.svg 73'
CF7 Kosta Barbarouses
Substitutions:
DF5 Tommy Smith Sub on.svg 73'
FW25 Jesse Randall Sub on.svg 73'
FW17 Alex Greive Sub on.svg 81'
DF3 Lukas Kelly-Heald Sub on.svg 88'
FW21 Max Mata Sub on.svg 88'
Manager:
Flag of England.svg Darren Bazeley
GK1 James Iamar
RB3 Timothy Boulet Yellow card.svg 8' Yellow-red card.svg 75'
CB6 Jason Thomas
CB4 Brian Kaltak (c)
LB11 Tasso Jeffrey Sub off.svg 65'
RM13 Johnathan Spokeyjack
CM16 John Alick Sub off.svg 80'
CM5 Jared Clark Yellow card.svg 63'Sub off.svg 80'
LM15 Godine Tenene
CF14 John Wohale Yellow card.svg 37'Sub off.svg 80'
CF9 Alex Saniel Sub off.svg 65'
Substitutions:
DF17 Kerry Iawak Sub on.svg 65'
FW18 Kensi Tangis Sub on.svg 65'
MF8 Claude Aru Sub on.svg 80'
MF20 Alick Worworbu Sub on.svg 80'
FW21 Joe Moses Sub on.svg 80'
Manager:
Flag of Brazil.svg Juliano Schmeling

Man of the Match:
Liberato Cacace (New Zealand) [6]
Assistant referees: [7]
Folio Moeaki (Tonga)
Malaetala Salanoa (Samoa)
Fourth official:
Veer Singh (Fiji)
Fifth official:
Avinesh Narayan (Fiji)

Match rules [8]

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Maximum of twelve named substitutes.
  • Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time. [note 1]

Notes

  1. ↑ Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "NEW CALEDONIA WITHDRAW FROM OFC MEN'S NATIONS CUP 2024". oceaniafootball.com. Oceania Football Confederation. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  2. 1 2 "OFC competitions calendar confirmed for 2024". Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 2 December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Auckland City – Suva". oceaniafootball.com. Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  4. ↑ "Auckland City claim record extending 11th OFC Champions League title in extra time nail-biter". Oceaniafootball. 27 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "Match Report of New Zealand vs Vanuatu - 2024-06-30 - OFC Nations Cup - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "NEW ZEALAND CLAIM SIXTH OFC MEN'S NATIONS CUP TITLE IN HARD-FOUGHT FINAL". oceaniafootball.com. Oceania Football Confederation. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  7. ↑ "New Zealand v Vanuatu". oceaniafootball.com. Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  8. ↑ "OFC Men's Nations Cup 2024". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
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