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]
| Draw position | Team | Pot | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA Rankings | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2023 | April 2024 | |||||||||||
| A1 | style=white-space:nowrap | 1 | Automatic | 24 January 2024 | 11th | data-sort-value="1" | Winners (1973, 1998, 2002, 2008, 2016) | 104 | 104 | |||
| A2 | style=white-space:nowrap | 2 | Automatic | 24 January 2024 | 7th | data-sort-value="2.1" | Runners-up (2008, 2012) | 159 | 158 | |||
| A3 | style=white-space:nowrap | 2 | Automatic | 24 January 2024 | 8th | data-sort-value="2.2" | Runners-up (2004) | 132 | 132 | |||
| A4 | style=white-space:nowrap | (hosts) | 3 | Automatic | 1 December 2023 | 10th | data-sort-value="4.0" | Fourth place (1973, 2000, 2002, 2008) | 170 | 172 | ||
In the semi-finals:
All times are local, VUT (UTC+11).
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:[4]
Only one of the above deductions will be applied to a player in a single match.
| Team | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Points | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | −1 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | −3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | –4 |