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Group A of the 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup took place from 15 to 21 June 2024. The group originally consisted of New Caledonia, defending champions New Zealand, Solomon Islands and hosts Vanuatu. However, New Caledonia withdrew from the tournament on 5 June due to the serious crisis in the country, leaving the group with three teams left.

Teams

Draw position Team Pot Method of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Finals
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
FIFA Rankings
December 2023 April 2024
A1  New Zealand 1 Automatic 24 January 2024 11th 2016 Winners (1973, 1998, 2002, 2008, 2016) 104 104
A2  New Caledonia 2 Automatic 24 January 2024 7th 2016 Runners-up (2008, 2012) 159 158
A3  Solomon Islands 2 Automatic 24 January 2024 8th 2016 Runners-up (2004) 132 132
A4  Vanuatu (hosts) 3 Automatic 1 December 2023 10th 2016 Fourth place (1973, 2000, 2002, 2008) 170 172

Notes

  1. The rankings of December 2023 were used at the time of the draw, although were not taken into account.
  2. New Caledonia withdrew from the tournament on 5 June 2024 due to the social unrest in the country.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Vanuatu (H) 2 1 0 1 1 4 −3 3
3  Solomon Islands 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
4  New Caledonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: OFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

In the knockout stage:

  • The winners of Group A, New Zealand, advanced to play the runners-up of Group B, Tahiti.
  • The runners-up of Group A, Vanuatu, advanced to play the winners of Group B, Fiji.

Matches

All times are local, VUT (UTC+11).

New Zealand v New Caledonia

New Zealand Cancelled New Caledonia
VFF Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila

Solomon Islands v Vanuatu

Solomon Islands 0–1 Vanuatu
Report
VFF Freshwater Stadium, Port VilaAttendance: 5,000Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)
Solomon Islands Vanuatu

New Zealand v Solomon Islands

New Zealand 3–0 Solomon Islands
Report
VFF Freshwater Stadium, Port VilaAttendance: 3,000Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
New Zealand Solomon Islands

Vanuatu v New Caledonia

Vanuatu Cancelled New Caledonia
VFF Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila

New Caledonia v Solomon Islands

New Caledonia Cancelled Solomon Islands
VFF Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila

Vanuatu v New Zealand

Vanuatu 0–4 New Zealand
Report
VFF Freshwater Stadium, Port VilaAttendance: 7,200Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)
Vanuatu New Zealand

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:

  • first yellow card: −1 point;
  • indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
  • direct red card: −4 points;
  • yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;

Only one of the above deductions will be applied to a player in a single match.

Team Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Points
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Red card
 Vanuatu 1 −1
 Solomon Islands 2 1 −3
 New Zealand 4 –4

See also

References

  1. ^ "Draws finalised for OFC Men's Nations Cup and qualifying tournament". Oceania Football Confederation. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  2. "Live: OFC Men's Nations Cup 2024 draw". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  3. "La Fédération se résout à la "NON-PARTICIPATION" des cagous". New Caledonian Football Federation. 5 June 2024.
  4. "La Fédération se résout à la "NON-PARTICIPATION" des cagous". New Caledonian Football Federation. 5 June 2024.
  5. "Match Report of Solomon Islands vs Vanuatu - 2024-06-15 - OFC Nations Cup - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  6. "Match Report of New Zealand vs Solomon Islands - 2024-06-18 - OFC Nations Cup - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  7. "Match Report of Vanuatu vs New Zealand - 2024-06-21 - OFC Nations Cup - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  8. "OFC Men's Nations Cup 2024". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 15 June 2024.

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