2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup qualification explained

Tourney Name:	OFC Men's Nations Cup qualification
Year:	2024
Country:	Tonga
Dates:	20–26 March
Num Teams:	3
Confederations:	1
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Matches:	3
Goals:	7
Attendance:	1300
Top Scorer:	Nathan Viliamu (2 goals)
Prevseason:	2016
Nextseason:	2028

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.

Format

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.

Entrants

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]

OFC members that did not qualify automatically!Entered qualification!Did not enter qualification!Ineligible as associate member
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Schedule

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

Venue

	Nuku'alofa
	Teufaiva Sport Stadium
	Capacity: 10,000

Standings

Matches

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Qualified teams

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	data-sort-type="number"	Previous appearances in tournament
			9 (1973, 1980, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
			8 (1973, 1980, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
			6 (1973, 1980, 2002, 2008, 2012, 2016)
			10 (*1973, 1980, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016*)
			4 (1980, 2002, 2012, 2016)
			7 (1980, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2012, 2016)
			9 (1973, 1980, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2012, 2016)
	Qualifying winner		2 (2012, 2016)

Notes and References

Web site: OFC Competitions Calender Confirmed for 2024 . Oceania Football . December 2023 . 24 January 2024.
Web site: Draws Finalised for OFC Men's Nations Cup and Qualifying Tournament . Oceania Football . 24 January 2024 . 24 January 2024.
Web site: Men's Ranking . FIFA.com. 28 January 2024.