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The 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup qualifying round served as qualification for the 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup. This tournament marked the first time since 2002 that qualification for the OFC Nations Cup was not held in conjunction with the FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for OFC. Tonga was confirmed as qualification hosts on 1 December 2023.[1] The tournament took place from 20 to 26 March 2024.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Tonga |
| Dates | 20–26 March |
| Teams | 3 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 3 |
| Goals scored | 7 (2.33 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,300 (433 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Nathan Viliamu(2 goals) |
← 2016 2028 → | |
Three teams played a single round-robin tournament held in Tonga. All matches were held at the Teufaiva Sport Stadium in Nuku'alofa. The winner qualified for the 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup, to join the other seven teams which received byes into the group stage.
Three teams entered qualification. This edition marked the first time since the 1996 edition that American Samoa did not enter the tournament.[2] Numbers in brackets refer to each team's ranking in the December 2023 FIFA World Rankings.[3]
| Entered qualification | Did not enter qualification | Ineligible as associate member |
|---|---|---|
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The schedule of the competition was as follows.
| Matchday | Date |
|---|---|
| Matchday 1 | 20 March 2024 |
| Matchday 2 | 23 March 2024 |
| Matchday 3 | 26 March 2024 |
2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup qualification (Tonga) |
Nuku'alofa |
|---|---|
| Teufaiva Sport Stadium | |
| Capacity: 10,000 | |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samoa |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 1–0 | — | |
| 2 | Cook Islands |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | — | — | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | Tonga (H) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | 1–4 | — | — |
| Samoa | 1–0 | Cook Islands |
|---|---|---|
Taualai  88' |
Report |
| Cook Islands | 1–0 | Tonga |
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Report |
Team qualified
Team failed to qualify
Team withdrew or suspended
Not a OFC member
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[upper-alpha 1] |
|---|---|---|---|
 Vanuatu[upper-alpha 2] | Host | 1 December 2023 | 9 (1973, 1980, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) |
 Fiji | Automatic qualification | 24 January 2024 | 8 (1973, 1980, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) |
 New Caledonia | 24 January 2024 | 6 (1973, 1980, 2002, 2008, 2012, 2016) | |
 New Zealand | 24 January 2024 | 10 (1973, 1980, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) | |
 Papua New Guinea | 24 January 2024 | 4 (1980, 2002, 2012, 2016) | |
 Solomon Islands | 24 January 2024 | 7 (1980, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2012, 2016) | |
 Tahiti | 24 January 2024 | 9 (1973, 1980, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2012, 2016) | |
| Samoa | Qualifying winner | 23 March 2024 | 2 (2012, 2016) |
- From 1973 and 1980, Vanuatu competed as New Hebrides.
There were 7 goals scored in 3 matches, for an average of 2.33 goals per match.
2 goals
Nathan Viliamu
1 goal
Taylor Saghabi- Ethan Stowers
- Va'a Taualai
- Dilo Tumua
Kulisitofa Kite
Source: OFC[4]
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