2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup final

2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup final
The VFF Freshwater Stadium in Port Vila hosted the final.
Event2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup
New Zealand Vanuatu
New Zealand Vanuatu
3 0
Date30 June 2024 (2024-06-30)
VenueVFF Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila
Man of the MatchLiberato Cacace (New Zealand)
RefereeBen Aukwai (Solomon Islands)
Attendance10,000
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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.[1]

Venue

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Main article: VFF Freshwater Stadium

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.[2] The VFF Freshwater Stadium was chosen as the final venue of the tournament along with the Group B matches, and the semi-finals.[1][2]

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.[3][4]

Route to the final

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New Zealand Round Vanuatu
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
 New Caledonia Cancelled Match 1  Solomon Islands 1–0
 Solomon Islands 3–0 Match 2  New Caledonia Cancelled
 Vanuatu 4–0 Match 3  New Zealand 0–4
Opponent Result Knockout stage Opponent Result
 Tahiti 5–0 Semi-finals  Fiji 2–1

Match

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Details

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New Zealand 3–0 Vanuatu
 Report
Attendance: 10,000[5]
New Zealand
Vanuatu
GK 1 Max Crocombe
RB 2 Sam Sutton downward-facing red arrow 73'
CB 5 Finn Surman
CB 4 Tyler Bindon Yellow card 78' downward-facing red arrow 88'
LB 13 Liberato Cacace (c)
DM 8 Alex Rufer
RM 11 Elijah Just downward-facing red arrow 81'
LM 14 Ben Old downward-facing red arrow 88'
AM 6 Cameron Howieson
CF 9 Ben Waine downward-facing red arrow 73'
CF 7 Kosta Barbarouses
Substitutions:
DF 5 Tommy Smith upward-facing green arrow 73'
FW 25 Jesse Randall upward-facing green arrow 73'
FW 17 Alex Greive upward-facing green arrow 81'
DF 3 Lukas Kelly-Heald upward-facing green arrow 88'
FW 21 Max Mata upward-facing green arrow 88'
Manager:
England Darren Bazeley
GK 1 James Iamar
RB 3 Timothy Boulet Yellow card 8' Yellow-red card 75'
CB 6 Jason Thomas
CB 4 Brian Kaltak (c)
LB 11 Tasso Jeffrey downward-facing red arrow 65'
RM 13 Johnathan Spokeyjack
CM 16 John Alick downward-facing red arrow 80'
CM 5 Jared Clark Yellow card 63' downward-facing red arrow 80'
LM 15 Godine Tenene
CF 14 John Wohale Yellow card 37' downward-facing red arrow 80'
CF 9 Alex Saniel downward-facing red arrow 65'
Substitutions:
DF 17 Kerry Iawak upward-facing green arrow 65'
FW 18 Kensi Tangis upward-facing green arrow 65'
MF 8 Claude Aru upward-facing green arrow 80'
MF 20 Alick Worworbu upward-facing green arrow 80'
FW 21 Joe Moses upward-facing green arrow 80'
Manager:
Brazil Juliano Schmeling

Man of the Match:
Liberato Cacace (New Zealand)[6]
Assistant referees:[7]
Folio Moeaki (Tonga)
Malaetala Salanoa (Samoa)
Fourth official:
Veer Singh (Fiji)
Fifth official:
Avinesh Narayan (Fiji)

Match rules[8]

  • 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.[note 1]

Notes

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  1. ^ Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "NEW CALEDONIA WITHDRAW FROM OFC MEN'S NATIONS CUP 2024". oceaniafootball.com. Oceania Football Confederation. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b "OFC competitions calendar confirmed for 2024". Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 2 December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Auckland City – Suva". oceaniafootball.com. Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Auckland City claim record extending 11th OFC Champions League title in extra time nail-biter". Oceaniafootball. 27 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Match Report of New Zealand vs Vanuatu - 2024-06-30 - OFC Nations Cup - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  6. ^ "NEW ZEALAND CLAIM SIXTH OFC MEN'S NATIONS CUP TITLE IN HARD-FOUGHT FINAL". oceaniafootball.com. Oceania Football Confederation. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  7. ^ "New Zealand v Vanuatu". oceaniafootball.com. Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  8. ^ "OFC Men's Nations Cup 2024". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
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