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.

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

1995-11-10

New Zealand	0 – 0	Australia

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

Australia v New Zealand

1995-11-15

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

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Solomon Islands v Tahiti

1995-11-17

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

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

Tahiti v Solomon Islands

1996-05-11

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

Main article: 1996 OFC Nations Cup Final

Tahiti v Australia

1996-10-27

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

1996-11-01

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

• 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)

References

• RSSF. Accessed 21 February 2010.