1996 OFC Nations Cup

1996 OFC Nations Cup

Tournament details
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (2nd title)
Runners-up	Tahiti
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	18 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kris Trajanovski (7)
← 1980 Championship 1998 Championship →

The 1996 OFC Nations Cup was not held as a cohesive tournament, but consisted of semi-finals and a final played on a two-legged basis, stretched out between November 1995 and November 1996.

The four participating teams were Australia and New Zealand who qualified as of right, Solomon Islands who qualified as Melanesia Cup holders, and Tahiti who qualified as Polynesia Cup holders.

The semifinals between Australia and New Zealand was also valid for the 1995 Trans-Tasman Cup.

The results were:

Qualifying tournaments

Melanesia Cup 1994

Results

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Solomon Islands	4	4	0	0	10	1	12
Fiji	4	3	0	1	8	4	9
Papua New Guinea	4	1	1	2	2	4	4
New Caledonia	4	1	0	3	5	9	3
Vanuatu	4	0	1	3	5	12	1

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July 3, 1994	Papua New Guinea	3-0	New Caledonia	Solomon Islands

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July 4, 1994	Fiji	3-1	New Caledonia	Solomon Islands

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July 5, 1994	New Caledonia	3-2	Vanuatu	Solomon Islands

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July 5, 1994	Solomon Islands	2-0	Papua New Guinea	Solomon Islands

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July 6, 1994	Solomon Islands	4-0	Vanuatu	Solomon Islands

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July 6, 1994	Fiji	1-0	Papua New Guinea	Solomon Islands

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July 7, 1994	Vanuatu	1-1	Papua New Guinea	Solomon Islands

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July 7, 1994	Solomon Islands	1-0	Fiji	Solomon Islands

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July 8, 1994	Fiji	4-2	Vanuatu	Solomon Islands

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July 8, 1994	Solomon Islands	3-1	New Caledonia	Solomon Islands

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Solomon Islands qualified for Oceania Nations Cup 1996

Polynesia Cup 1994

Results

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Tahiti	3	3	0	0	10	1	9
Tonga	3	1	1	1	4	4	4
Samoa	3	1	1	1	5	10	4
American Samoa	3	0	0	3	3	7	0

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November 24, 1994	Tahiti	1-0	Tonga	Samoa

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November 24, 1994	Samoa	3-1	American Samoa	Samoa

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November 25, 1994	Tahiti	2-1	American Samoa	Samoa

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November 25, 1994	Samoa	2-2	Tonga	Samoa

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November 28, 1994	Tonga	2-1	American Samoa	Samoa

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November 28, 1994	Samoa	0-7	Tahiti	Samoa

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Tahiti qualified for Oceania Nations Cup 1996

Final tournament

Semifinal Round

1995-11-10	New Zealand	0 – 0	Australia	Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Barry Tasker (NZL)

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1995-11-15	Australia	3 – 0	New Zealand	Breakers Stadium, Newcastle Attendance: 8,858 Referee: Simon Micallef (AUS)
	Damian Mori 33' Paul Wade 45' pen Joe Spiteri 51'

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1995-11-17	Solomon Islands	0 – 1	Tahiti	Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Intaz Shah (FIJ)
			Jean-Loup Rousseau 72'

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1996-05-11	Tahiti	2 – 1	Solomon Islands	Stade Pater, Papeete Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Derek Rugg (NZL)
	Jean-Loup Rousseau 46' Macha Gatien 88'		Robert Seni 81'

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Final round

1996-10-27	Tahiti	0 – 6	Australia	Olympic Stadium, Papeete Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Barry Tasker (NZL)
			Ernie Tapai 5' Paul Trimboli 20' Kris Trajanovski 25', 28', 44', 89'

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1996-11-01	Australia	5 – 0	Tahiti	Bruce Stadium, Canberra Attendance: 9,421 Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)
	Robbie Hooker 11' Kris Trajanovski 21', 36', 54' Rupena Raumati 31' (og)

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Tournament bracket

	Semifinals				Finals
	November 10, 1995 & November 15, 1995
	New Zealand	0	0
	Australia	3	0
					October 7, 1996 & November 1, 1996
					Australia	6	5
					Tahiti	0	0
	November 17, 1995 & May 11, 1996
	Solomon Islands	0	1
	Tahiti	1	2

References

• RSSF. Accessed 21 February 2010.