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2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup qualification

Tournament details
Host country	Tonga
Dates	20–26 March
Teams	3 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Goals scored	7 (2.33 per match)
Attendance	1,300 (433 per match)
Top scorer(s)	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. The tournament took place from 20 to 26 March 2024.

Qualified teams

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament
Vanuatu	Co-hosts	1 December 2023	9 (1973, 1980, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Fiji		24 January 2024	8 (1973, 1980, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
New Caledonia	Automatic qualification	24 January 2024	6 (1973, 1980, 2002, 2008, 2012, 2016)
New Zealand		24 January 2024	10 (1973, 1980, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Papua New Guinea		24 January 2024	4 (1980, 2002, 2012, 2016)
Solomon Islands		24 January 2024	7 (1980, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2012, 2016)
Tahiti		24 January 2024	9 (1973, 1980, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2012, 2016)
Samoa	Qualifying winner	23 March 2024	2 (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.

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. Numbers in brackets refer to each team's ranking in the December 2023 FIFA World Rankings.

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.

Venue

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

Tonga
Nuku'alofa
Teufaiva Sport Stadium
Capacity: 10,000
Nuku'alofa

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Samoa	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6	Qualify for final tournament		—	1–0	—
2	Cook Islands	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3			—	—	1–0
3	Tonga (H)	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0			1–4	—	—

Matches

Tonga	1–4	Samoa
Kite 90+5'	Report	Tumua 11' (pen.) Viliamu 45+1', 60' Stowers 89'

Samoa	1–0	Cook Islands
Taualai 88'	Report

Cook Islands	1–0	Tonga
Saghabi 38'	Report

Goalscorers

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

2 goals

• Nathan Viliamu

1 goal

• Taylor Saghabi
• Ethan Stowers
• Va'a Taualai
• Dilo Tumua
• Kulisitofa Kite

Source: OFC

References

1. "OFC Competitions Calender Confirmed for 2024". Oceania Football. December 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
2. Cite error: The named reference Withdrawal was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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. ^ "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.
8. "Match Report of Cook Islands vs Tonga - 2024-03-26 - OFC Nations Cup - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2024-06-22.

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