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Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) can confirm the host locations and dates for all competitions to be held across the region in 2024.
Following on from a successful 2023, a total of 19 events will be held in 2024, including Qualifying tournaments and National Playoffs.
The Women’s Olympic Football Tournament – Oceania Qualifier, is the first competition of the year and will be held in Samoa in February, with the winner qualifying for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Tonga returns as an OFC competition host for the first time since 2017, with three tournaments taking place in the Kingdom.
Futsal is again a prominent fixture on the calendar with the inaugural OFC Futsal Women’s Nations Cup being hosted in the Solomon Islands and the OFC Futsal Men’s Champions League returning for the first time since 2019, hosted by New Caledonia.
The second edition of the OFC Women’s Champions League will be held in the Solomon Islands in March, with the OFC Men’s Champions League tournament being played in Tahiti in May.
Following on from the success of hosting the OFC Men’s Champions League for the first time in 2023, Vanuatu will host the prestigious OFC Men’s Nations Cup in June.
Qualifying for the FIFA World Cup 2026 – jointly hosted by Canada, Mexico and the USA – also begins, with FIFA to conduct the draw in July.
OFC 2024 Competition Calendar
Women’s Olympic Football Tournament – Oceania Qualifier – Samoa | February 7-19
OFC Men’s Champions League – National Playoff – 8 February – March 16
OFC Men’s Champions League – Qualifying – Tonga | February 17-23
OFC Women’s Champions League – Solomon Islands | March 10-23
OFC Men’s Nations Cup – Qualifying – Tonga | March 20-26
OFC U-19 Men’s Championship – Qualifying – Vanuatu | April 9-15
OFC U-16 Men’s Championship – Qualifying – Tonga | April 13-19
OFC Futsal Men’s Champions League – New Caledonia | April 23-28
OFC Men’s Champions League – Tahiti | May 11-24
OFC U-16 Women’s Championship – Qualifying – New Zealand (OFC Home of Football) | June 14-20
OFC Men’s Nations Cup – Vanuatu | June 15-30
OFC U-19 Men’s Championship – Samoa | July 7-20
OFC U-16 Men’s Championship – Tahiti | July 28 – August 10
OFC Futsal Women’s Nations Cup – Solomon Islands | August 18-24
FIFA World Cup 2026 – Oceania Qualifiers MD 1 & 2 – Samoa | September 2-10
OFC U-16 Women’s Championship – Fiji | September 8-21
FIFA World Cup 2026 – Oceania Qualifiers MD 3 – New Zealand & Vanuatu | October 7-15
OFC Beach Soccer Men’s Nations Cup – Solomon Islands | October 20-26
FIFA World Cup 2026 – Oceania Qualifiers MD 4 & 5 – New Zealand & Papua New Guinea | November 11-19
