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
A2	New Caledonia[nb 2]	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.^[4]

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).^[1]

New Zealand v New Caledonia

15 June 2024 (2024-06-15)

12:00

New Zealand	Cancelled	New Caledonia

VFF Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila

Solomon Islands v Vanuatu

15 June 2024 (2024-06-15)

15:00

Solomon Islands	0–1	Vanuatu
	Report	Tangis 72'

VFF Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila

Attendance: 5,000^[5]

Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)

Solomon Islands

Vanuatu

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New Zealand v Solomon Islands

18 June 2024 (2024-06-18)

15:00

New Zealand	3–0	Solomon Islands
Waine 6', 11' Barbarouses 45+4'	Report

VFF Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila

Attendance: 3,000^[6]

Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)

New Zealand

Solomon Islands

Vanuatu v New Caledonia

18 June 2024 (2024-06-18)

15:00

Vanuatu	Cancelled	New Caledonia

VFF Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila

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New Caledonia v Solomon Islands

21 June 2024 (2024-06-21)

12:00

New Caledonia	Cancelled	Solomon Islands

VFF Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila

Vanuatu v New Zealand

21 June 2024 (2024-06-21)

15:00

Vanuatu	0–4	New Zealand
	Report	Mata 10' Kaltak 27' (o.g.) Just 63' Old 78'

VFF Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila

Attendance: 7,200^[7]

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:^[8]

• 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
Vanuatu	1												−1
Solomon Islands	2				1								−3
New Zealand									4				–4

See also

• New Zealand at the OFC Nations Cup
• Solomon Islands at the OFC Nations Cup
• Vanuatu at the OFC Nations Cup