The 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup final was a

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match to determine the winners of

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. 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

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to decide the champions of Oceania. The match was held at the

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in Port Vila, Vanuatu, on 30 June 2024 and was contested by the winners of the semi-finals.

Venue

The final was held at the

in Port Vila, Vanuatu. In December 2023, OFC announced the 2024 tournament would be held in Vanuatu. The VFF Freshwater Stadium was chosen as the final venue of the tournament along with the Group B matches, and the semi-finals. The VFF Freshwater Stadium opened in 2022 thanks to financing by

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. 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

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, which included the final between

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and

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Route to the final

Match

Details

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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.

Notes

References

External links

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