1996 OFC Nations Cup

1996 OFC Nations Cup
Tournament details
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Australia (2nd title)
Second place	Tahiti
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	18 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kris Trajanovski (7)

The Oceania Nations Cup 1996 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 Australian national football team represents Australia in international association football competitions The Tahiti national football team is the national team of French Polynesia and is controlled by the Fédération Tahitienne de Football. The OFC Nations Cup is a football competition held among the Oceania Football Confederation member nations

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 Australian national football team represents Australia in international association football competitions The New Zealand national football team, nicknamed the All Whites, is the national team of New Zealand and is controlled by New Zealand Football The Solomon Islands national football team is the national team of the Solomon Islands and is controlled by Solomon Islands Football Federation. The Melanesia Cup is a soccer championship played between the Melanesian countries it was used (along with the Polynesia Cup) for qualification to the Oceania The Tahiti national football team is the national team of French Polynesia and is controlled by the Fédération Tahitienne de Football. The Polynesia Cup was a football tournament for Polynesian nations within the Oceania Football Confederation.

The results were:

Semifinals

10-11-1995 New Zealand 0-0 Australia

15-11-1995 Australia 3-0 New Zealand

17-11-1995 Solomon Islands 0-1 Tahiti

11- 5-1996 Tahiti 2-1 Solomon Islands

Final

27-10-1996 Tahiti 0-6 Australia

01-11-1996 Australia 5-0 Tahiti

Tournament Bracket

Semifinals			Finals

November 10, 1995 & November 15, 1995
New Zealand	0	0
Australia	3	0

			October 7, 1996 & November 1, 1996
				Australia	6	5
				Tahiti	0	0



November 17, 1995 & May 11, 1996
Solomon Islands	0	1
Tahiti	1	2

The New Zealand national football team, nicknamed the All Whites, is the national team of New Zealand and is controlled by New Zealand Football The Australian national football team represents Australia in international association football competitions The Australian national football team represents Australia in international association football competitions The New Zealand national football team, nicknamed the All Whites, is the national team of New Zealand and is controlled by New Zealand Football The Solomon Islands national football team is the national team of the Solomon Islands and is controlled by Solomon Islands Football Federation. The Tahiti national football team is the national team of French Polynesia and is controlled by the Fédération Tahitienne de Football. The Tahiti national football team is the national team of French Polynesia and is controlled by the Fédération Tahitienne de Football. The Solomon Islands national football team is the national team of the Solomon Islands and is controlled by Solomon Islands Football Federation. The Tahiti national football team is the national team of French Polynesia and is controlled by the Fédération Tahitienne de Football. The Australian national football team represents Australia in international association football competitions The Australian national football team represents Australia in international association football competitions The Tahiti national football team is the national team of French Polynesia and is controlled by the Fédération Tahitienne de Football. The New Zealand national football team, nicknamed the All Whites, is the national team of New Zealand and is controlled by New Zealand Football The Australian national football team represents Australia in international association football competitions The Australian national football team represents Australia in international association football competitions The Tahiti national football team is the national team of French Polynesia and is controlled by the Fédération Tahitienne de Football. The Solomon Islands national football team is the national team of the Solomon Islands and is controlled by Solomon Islands Football Federation. The Tahiti national football team is the national team of French Polynesia and is controlled by the Fédération Tahitienne de Football.

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