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, the quadrennial international men's

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championship of Oceania organised by the

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(OFC). The tournament was played between 15 and 30 June 2024 in

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and Port Vila, Vanuatu. The defending champions were New Zealand from the 2016 edition; the 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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withdrew a few days before the start of the competition citing riots in the country, and the tournament played with seven teams. A total of 13 matches were played, in which 46 goals were scored, at an average of 3.54 goals per match. Attendance at all stages of the tournament reached 41,400, averaging 3,185 viewers per match. The biggest score recorded in the tournament was 9–1 when

defeated Samoa on the second day of Group B. New Zealand won the title for the sixth time in their history, after beating co-hosts Vanuatu in the final match with a score of 3–0, so the ''All Whites'' successfully defended their title. Tahiti secured third place after beating Fiji in the third place match, which placed them fourth. Fijian Roy Krishna finished the tournament as top scorer with four goals. New Zealander Liberato Cacace also won the best player award, while his compatriot Max Crocombe won the best goalkeeper award. New Zealand also won the fair play award.

Host selection

Although New Zealand was selected as host for the final tournament in 2020 before it was eventually cancelled, in December 2023 it was announced that the 2024 edition of the tournament would be held in Vanuatu. In May 2024, following uncertainty around flight schedules, matches due to be played at the

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in Luganville, Vanuatu were moved to the HFC Bank Stadium in

, Fiji and the

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in Port Vila, Vanuatu.

Venues

Teams

Qualification

The 4 lowest ranked teams originally entered for qualification were played in a single group tournament, as in previous editions in 2012 and 2016. Tuvalu and Kiribati were not full members of the OFC and were therefore excluded from participation. American Samoa did not register before qualifying. In the qualifying tournament, the three lowest-ranked teams in the last edition of the tournament in

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(because American Samoa did not register), competed in a Round robin format in a single round, which was held in a single venue in Tonga, where the winner qualified for the final tournament. On 5 June 2024,

announced their withdrawal from the tournament due to the serious crisis in the country.

Qualified teams

Squads

Match officials

;Referees * Veer Singh * Calvin Berg * Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh *

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* Ben Aukwai * Shama Maemae * Teremoana Roihau ;Assistant referees * Avinesh Narayan * Mark Rule * Isaac Trevis * Malaetala Salanoa * Natalia Lumukana * Bernard Mutukera * Jeffery Solodia * Vaihina Teura * Folio Moeaki * Jeremy Garae

Format

The tournament followed the previous system of a preliminary qualification round followed by an eight-team (eventually seven-team) group stage advancing to semi-finals.

Draw

The draw was held on 24 January 2024 at OFC Home of Football in Auckland, New Zealand. The teams were divided into two groups of four each, with the three initial pots determined based on the final ranking of the

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, listed below.

Group stage

All times are local, UTC+11 (Group A) and UTC+12 (Group B).

Tiebreakers

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in all group matches; #Goals scored in all group matches; #Head-to-head result between tied teams; ## Points in matches among the tied teams; ## Goal difference in matches among the tied teams; ## Goals scored in matches among the tied teams; #Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction per player, per match): #*One yellow card: −1 point; #*Two yellow cards (indirect red card): −3 points; #*Direct red card: −4 points; #*Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points; #Drawing of lots.

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time,

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was played (two periods of 15 minutes each). If still tied after extra time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out.

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

Final standings

Awards

Man of the match

Marketing

Broadcasting rights

On 28 February 2024,

(OFC) announced that all OFC competitions in the 2024–2025 season, including the 2024 OFC Nations Cup, would be streamed by

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References

External links

OFC official website
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