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1996 OFC Nations Cup

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1996 OFC Nations Cup
Tournament details
Dates10 November 1995 – 1 November 1996
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Australia (2nd title)
Runners-up Tahiti
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored18 (3 per match)
Attendance46,858 (7,810 per match)
Top scorer(s)Australia Kris Trajanovski (7 goals)
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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.

Qualification

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1994 Melanesia Cup
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Solomon Islands (C, H) 4 12
2  Fiji 4 9
3  Papua New Guinea 4 4
4  New Caledonia 4 3
5  Vanuatu 4 1
Source: [1]
(C) Champions;
(H) Hosts

1994 Polynesia Cup
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Tahiti (C) 3 9
2  Tonga 3 4
3  Western Samoa (H) 3 4
4  American Samoa 3 0
Source: [2]
(C) Champions;
(H) Hosts

Qualifield teams

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Team Qualified as
 Australia Automatically qualified
 New Zealand Automatically qualified
 Solomon Islands 1994 Melanesia Cup winner
 Tahiti 1994 Polynesia Cup winner

Final tournament

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Bracket

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Semi-finals Final
        
 Solomon Islands 0 1 1
 Tahiti 1 2 3
 Tahiti 0 0 0
 Australia 6 5 11
 New Zealand 0 0 0
 Australia 0 3 3

Semi-finals

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New Zealand 0–0 Australia
Attendance: 8,000
Australia 3–0 New Zealand
Mori 33'
Wade 45' (pen.)
Spiteri 51'
Attendance: 8,858

Australia won 3–0 on aggregate.

Solomon Islands 0–1 Tahiti
Rousseau 72'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)
Tahiti 2–1 Solomon Islands
Rousseau 46'
Gatien 88'		 Seni 81'
Attendance: 15,000

Tahiti won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

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Tahiti 0–6 Australia
Tapai 5'
Trimboli 20'
Trajanovski 25', 28', 44', 89'
Attendance: 5,000
Australia 5–0 Tahiti
Hooker 11'
Trajanovski 21', 36', 54'
Raumati 31' (o.g.)
Attendance: 9,421
Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)

Australia won 11–0 on aggregate.

Goalscorers

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7 goals
2 goals
  • French Polynesia Jean-Loup Rousseau
1 goal
Own goal
  • French Polynesia Rupena Raumati (playing against Australia)

References

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  • RSSSF Accessed 21 February 2010.
  1. ^ Morrison, Neil (1 January 2004). "Melanesian Cup 1994 (Solomon Islands)". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  2. ^ Morrison, Neil. "Polynesian Cup 1994". RSSSF. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
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