1996 OFC Nations Cup

1996 OFC Nations Cup

Tournament details
Dates	10 November 1995 – 1 November 1996
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 goals)

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.

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

Solomon Islands qualified.

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

Tahiti qualified.

Final tournament

Semi-final

New Zealand  v  Australia

10 November 1995

New Zealand	0–0	Australia

Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Barry Tasker (NZL)

Australia  v  New Zealand

15 November 1995

Australia	3–0	New Zealand
Damian Mori 33' Paul Wade 45' pen Joe Spiteri 51'

Breakers Stadium, Newcastle Attendance: 8,858 Referee: Simon Micallef (AUS)

Australia won 3–0 on aggregate

Solomon Islands  v  Tahiti

17 November 1995

Solomon Islands	0–1	Tahiti
		Jean-Loup Rousseau 72'

Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Intaz Shah (FIJ)

Tahiti  v  Solomon Islands

11 May 1996

Tahiti	2–1	Solomon Islands
Jean-Loup Rousseau 46' Macha Gatien 88'		Robert Seni 81'

Stade Pater, Papeete Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Derek Rugg (NZL)

Tahiti won 3–1 on aggregate

Final round

Tahiti  v  Australia

27 October 1996

Tahiti	0–6	Australia
		Ernie Tapai 5' Paul Trimboli 20' Kris Trajanovski 25', 28', 44', 89'

Olympic Stadium, Papeete Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Barry Tasker (NZL)

Australia  v  Tahiti

1 November 1996

Australia	5–0	Tahiti
Robbie Hooker 11' Kris Trajanovski 21', 36', 54' Rupena Raumati 31' (og)

Bruce Stadium, Canberra Attendance: 9,421 Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)

Australia won 11–0 on aggregate

Goalscorers

7 goals

• Kris Trajanovski

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

• Rupena Raumati (playing against Australia)

References

• RSSF. Accessed 21 February 2010.

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