# 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup qualification

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. The tournament took place from 20 to 26 March 2024.

## Qualified teams

| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament |
| Vanuatu | Co-hosts | 1 December 2023 | 9 (1973, 1980, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) |
| Fiji | Co-hosts | 24 January 2024 | 8 (1973, 1980, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) |
| New Caledonia | Automatic qualification | 24 January 2024 | 6 (1973, 1980, 2002, 2008, 2012, 2016) |
| New Zealand | Automatic qualification | 24 January 2024 | 10 (1973, 1980, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) |
| Papua New Guinea | Automatic qualification | 24 January 2024 | 4 (1980, 2002, 2012, 2016) |
| Solomon Islands | Automatic qualification | 24 January 2024 | 7 (1980, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2012, 2016) |
| Tahiti | Automatic qualification | 24 January 2024 | 9 (1973, 1980, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2012, 2016) |
| Samoa | Qualifying winner | 23 March 2024 | 2 (2012, 2016) |
* ↑ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
* ↑ From 1973 and 1980, Vanuatu competed as New Hebrides.
* ↑ New Caledonia withdrew from the tournament on 5 June 2024 due to the social unrest in the country.

## 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. Numbers in brackets refer to each team's ranking in the December 2023 FIFA World Rankings.
OFC members that did not qualify automatically :
| Entered qualification | Did not enter qualification | Ineligible as associate member |
| Cook Islands (185) Samoa (186) Tonga (196) | American Samoa (188) | Tuvalu (N/A) Kiribati (N/A) |

## 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

Qualifiyng tournament venues being played in Tonga in one host citie in Nuku'alofa.
* Tonga
* Nuku'alofa
* Teufaiva Sport Stadium
* Capacity: 10,000
* Nuku'alofa

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | |
| 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 | — | — |

## Goalscorers

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