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 ofqualification Date ofqualification Finalsappearance Lastappearance Previous bestperformance FIFA Rankings December 2023 April 2024 A1 1 Automatic 24 January 2024 11th 2016 Winners (1973, 1998, 2002, 2008, 2016) 104 104 A2 2 Automatic 24 January 2024 7th 2016 Runners-up (2008, 2012) 159 158 A3 2 Automatic 24 January 2024 8th 2016 Runners-up (2004) 132 132 A4 (hosts) 3 Automatic 1 December 2023 10th 2016 Fourth place (1973, 2000, 2002, 2008) 170 172 Notes
Standings
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
Solomon Islands v Vanuatu
New Zealand v Solomon Islands
Vanuatu v New Caledonia
New Caledonia v Solomon Islands
Vanuatu v 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.
TeamMatch 1Match 2Match 3Points 1 −1 2 1 −3 4 –4
See also New Zealand at the OFC Nations Cup Solomon Islands at the OFC Nations Cup Vanuatu at the OFC Nations Cup
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