1996 OFC Nations Cup

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.

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)
Attendance	46,858 (7,810 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kris Trajanovski (7 goals)
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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

1994 Melanesia Cup Pos Team v t e 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 v t e 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

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

Final tournament

Bracket

	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

Main article: Trans-Tasman Cup § 1995

10 November 1995

New Zealand	0–0	Australia

Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Barry Tasker (New Zealand)

15 November 1995

Australia	3–0	New Zealand
Mori 33' Wade 45' (pen.) Spiteri 51'

Breakers Stadium, Newcastle

Attendance: 8,858

Referee: Simon Micallef (Australia)

Australia won 3–0 on aggregate.

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17 November 1995

Solomon Islands	0–1	Tahiti
		Rousseau 72'

Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)

11 May 1996

Tahiti	2–1	Solomon Islands
Rousseau 46' Gatien 88'		Seni 81'

Stade Pater, Papeete

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Derek Rugg (New Zealand)

Tahiti won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1996 OFC Nations Cup Final

27 October 1996

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

Olympic Stadium, Papeete

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Barry Tasker (New Zealand)

1 November 1996

Australia	5–0	Tahiti
Hooker 11' Trajanovski 21', 36', 54' Raumati 31' (o.g.)

Bruce Stadium, Canberra

Attendance: 9,421

Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)

Australia won 11–0 on aggregate.

Goalscorers

7 goals

• Kris Trajanovski

2 goals

• Jean-Loup Rousseau

1 goal

• Damian Mori
• Ernie Tapai
• Joe Spiteri
• Paul Trimboli
• Paul Wade
• Robbie Hooker
• Robert Seni
• Macha Gatien

Own goal

• Rupena Raumati (playing against Australia)