2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup Group A

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.[1][2] 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.[3]

Teams

Draw position Team Pot Method of
qualification 		Date of
qualification 		Finals
appearance 		Last
appearance 		Previous best
performance 		FIFA Rankings
December 2023[nb 1] April 2024
A1  New Zealand 1 Automatic 24 January 2024 11th 2016 Winners (1973, 1998, 2002, 2008, 2016) 104 104
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.

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 Semi-finals
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
(H) Hosts

In the semi-finals:

  • The winners of Group A, advance to play the runners-up of Group B.
  • The runners-up of Group A, advance to play the winners of Group B.

Matches

All times are local, VUT (UTC+11).[1]

New Zealand v New Caledonia

New Zealand Cancelled New Caledonia

Solomon Islands v Vanuatu

Solomon Islands 0–1 Vanuatu
Report
Attendance: 5,000[4]
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)
Solomon Islands
Vanuatu

New Zealand v Solomon Islands

New Zealand 3–0 Solomon Islands
 Report
Attendance: 3,000[5]
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
New Zealand
Solomon Islands

Vanuatu v New Caledonia

Vanuatu Cancelled New Caledonia

New Caledonia v Solomon Islands

New Caledonia Cancelled Solomon Islands

Vanuatu v New Zealand

Vanuatu 0–4 New Zealand
Report
Attendance: 7,200[6]
Referee: 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:[7]

  • 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. ^ a b "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. ^ "Match Report of Solomon Islands vs Vanuatu - 2024-06-15 - OFC Nations Cup - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Match Report of New Zealand vs Solomon Islands - 2024-06-18 - OFC Nations Cup - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Match Report of Vanuatu vs New Zealand - 2024-06-21 - OFC Nations Cup - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  7. ^ "OFC Men's Nations Cup 2024". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 15 June 2024.

External links

  • Official website