The 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup final was a football match to determine the winners of 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup. 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 Oceania Football Confederation to decide the champions of Oceania. The match was held at the VFF Freshwater Stadium in Port Vila, Vanuatu, on 30 June 2024 and was contested by the winners of the semi-finals.
Background
Venue
The final was held at the VFF Freshwater Stadium 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 FIFA. 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 2023 OFC Champions League, which included the final between Auckland City and Suva.
Route to the final New Zealand Round Vanuatu Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result Cancelled Match 1 1–0 3–0 Match 2 Cancelled 4–0 Match 3 0–4 Opponent Result Knockout stage Opponent Result 5–0 Semi-finals 2–1
Match
Details
GK 1 Max CrocombeRB 2 Sam Sutton CB 5 Finn SurmanCB 4 Tyler Bindon LB 13Liberato Cacace (c)DM 8Alex RuferRM 11Elijah Just LM 14Ben Old AM 6Cameron HowiesonCF 9 Ben Waine CF 7 Kosta BarbarousesSubstitutions:DF 5 Tommy Smith FW 25Jesse Randall FW 17Alex Greive DF 3Lukas Kelly-Heald FW 21 Max Mata Manager: Darren Bazeley GK 1 James IamarRB 3Timothy Boulet CB 6Jason ThomasCB 4 Brian Kaltak (c)LB 11 Tasso Jeffrey RM 13 Johnathan SpokeyjackCM 16 John Alick CM 5 Jared Clark LM 15 Godine Tenene CF 14John Wohale CF 9Alex Saniel Substitutions:DF 17 Kerry Iawak FW 18Kensi Tangis MF 8Claude Aru MF 20Alick Worworbu FW 21Joe Moses Manager: Juliano Schmeling
Man of the Match: Liberato Cacace (New Zealand) Assistant referees: Folio Moeaki (Tonga) Malaetala Salanoa (Samoa) Fourth official: Veer Singh (Fiji) Fifth official: Avinesh Narayan (Fiji) |}Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time 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
See also New Zealand at the OFC Nations Cup Vanuatu at the OFC Nations Cup
References
External links
New Zealand vs. Vanuatu - 30 June 2024 at Soccerway