Tournament details | |
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Host country | Vanuatu |
Dates | 3–8 August 1996 |
Teams | 4 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Australia (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Vanuatu |
Third place | Fiji |
Fourth place | Western Samoa |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 12 |
Goals scored | 138 (11.5 per match) |
The 1996 Oceanian Futsal Championship (OFC) was the second edition of the main international futsal tournament of the Oceanian region. It took place from August 3 to August 8, 1996, and was hosted by Port Vila, Vanuatu.
The tournament also acted as a qualifying tournament for the 1996 FIFA Futsal World Championship in Spain. The Australia won the tournament, and qualified for the World Cup.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Australia | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 8 | +61 | 18 |
Vanuatu | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 10 |
Fiji | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 31 | -5 | 7 |
Western Samoa | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 78 | -61 | 0 |
All time at UTC+11
3 August 1996 | Vanuatu | 10–2 | Western Samoa | Port Vila, Vanuatu |
18:00 |
4 August 1996 | Western Samoa | 1–23 | Australia | Port Vila, Vanuatu |
18:00 |
5 August 1996 | Western Samoa | 2–11 | Fiji | Port Vila, Vanuatu |
18:00 |
6 August 1996 | Western Samoa | 4–5 | Vanuatu | Port Vila, Vanuatu |
18:00 |
7 August 1996 | Australia | 21–2 | Western Samoa | Port Vila, Vanuatu |
15:30 |
8 August 1996 | Fiji | 8–6 | Western Samoa | Port Vila, Vanuatu |
15:30 |
1996 Oceanian Futsal Championship winners |
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Australia Second title |
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