The Cook Islands has been confirmed as the hosts for the OFC Nations Cup qualifiers by Oceania Football confederation which will be held here on Rarotonga at the CIFA complex from the 21stto the 27thMarch 2020.
Samoa, Tonga, American Samoa and the Cook Islands will compete against each other for the last spot in the OFC Nations Cup which will be held in Auckland later in June. The Cook Islands and Samoa have been the only two teams to qualify from the qualifying round both having participated in the OFC Nations cup twice. Samoa was the last team from the Nations cup qualifiers to qualify for the Nations cup in 2016.
The Cook Islands team is made up of players based overseas while the other half are local based. Football fans around the island can look forward to some exciting week of football when the tournament kicks off on the 21stMarch 2020 with American Samoa playing their neighboring rivals Samoa at 1:30pm and Tonga playing the hosts the Cook Islands at 4:30pm.
