Tournament details | |
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Dates | 10 November 1995 – 1 November 1996 |
Teams | 4 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 6 |
Goals scored | 18 (3 per match) |
Attendance | 46,858 (7,810 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
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.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 12 | Advance to 1996 OFC Nations Cup |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 9 | |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | |
5 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 1 |
Solomon Islands qualified.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 9 | Advance to 1996 OFC Nations Cup |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 |
Tahiti qualified.
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
![]() | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
![]() | 6 | 5 | 11 | ||||||||
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
New Zealand ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Australia ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Damian Mori ![]() Paul Wade ![]() Joe Spiteri ![]() |
Australia won 3–0 on aggregate.
Solomon Islands ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Jean-Loup Rousseau ![]() |
Tahiti ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Jean-Loup Rousseau ![]() Macha Gatien ![]() | Robert Seni ![]() |
Tahiti won 3–1 on aggregate.
Tahiti ![]() | 0–6 | ![]() |
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Ernie Tapai ![]() Paul Trimboli ![]() Kris Trajanovski ![]() |
Australia ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Robbie Hooker ![]() Kris Trajanovski ![]() Rupena Raumati ![]() |
Australia won 11–0 on aggregate.
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