4 Dec 2023

Oceania football confirms key venues, dates for 2024 competitions

1:50 pm on 4 December 2023
Meagen Gunemba in possession for Papua New Guinea in the OFC Women's Nations Cup match against Fiji.

Photo: Kirk Corrie

The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) has confirmed the host locations and dates for all competitions to be held across the region in 2024.

There will be 19 events next year, including qualifying tournaments and national play-offs.

The Women's Olympic Football Tournament, an Oceania Qualifier, will be held in Samoa in February, with the winner qualifying for the Olympics in Paris.

Tonga returns as an OFC competition host for the first time since 2017, with three tournaments taking place in the Kingdom.

The inaugural Futsal Women's Nations Cup being hosted in the Solomon Islands and the Futsal Men's Champions League is in New Caledonia.

The second edition of the Women's Champions League will be held in the Solomon Islands in March, with the Men's Champions League tournament in Tahiti in May.

Vanuatu will host the prestigious Men's Nations Cup in June.

And qualifying for the FIFA World Cup 2026 - which is jointly hosted by Canada, Mexico and the USA - will also get underway with FIFA making the draw in July.

OFC 2024 competition calendar

  • Women's Olympic Football Tournament - Oceania Qualifier - Samoa, 7-19 February
  • Men's Champions League - National Play-off - 8 February - 16 March
  • Men's Champions League - Qualifying - Tonga, 17-23 February
  • Women's Champions League - Solomon Islands, 10-23 March
  • Men's Nations Cup - Qualifying - Tonga, 20-26 March
  • U19 Men's Championship - Qualifying - Vanuatu, 9-15 April
  • U16 Men's Championship - Qualifying - Tonga, 13-19 April
  • Futsal Men's Champions League - New Caledonia, 23-28 April
  • Men's Champions League - Tahiti, 11-24 May
  • U16 Women's Championship - Qualifying - New Zealand (OFC Home of Football), 14-20 June
  • Men's Nations Cup - Vanuatu, 15-30 June
  • U19 Men's Championship - Samoa, 7-20 July
  • U16 Men's Championship - Tahiti, 28 July - 10 August
  • Futsal Women's Nations Cup - Solomon Islands, 18-24 August
  • FIFA World Cup 2026™ - Oceania Qualifiers MD 1 & 2 - Samoa, 2-10 September
  • U16 Women's Championship - Fiji, 8-21 September
  • FIFA World Cup 2026™ - Oceania Qualifiers MD 3 - New Zealand & Vanuatu 7-15 October
  • Beach Soccer Men's Nations Cup - Solomon Islands, 20-26 October
  • FIFA World Cup 2026™ - Oceania Qualifiers MD 4 & 5 - New Zealand & Papua New Guinea, 11-19 November

- OFC