1996 OFC Nations Cup

Tournament details
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (2nd title)
Runner-up	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 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.

The results were:

[edit] Semifinals

1995-11-10	New Zealand	0 – 0	Australia	Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Barry Tasker (NZL)

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1995-11-15	Australia	3 – 0	New Zealand	Breakers Stadium, Newcastle Attendance: 8,858 Referee: Simon Micallef (AUS)
	Damian Mori 33' Paul Wade 45' pen Joe Spiteri 51'

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1995-11-17	Solomon Islands	0 – 1	Tahiti	Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Intaz Shah (FIJ)
			Jean-Loup Rousseau 72'

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1996-06-11	Tahiti	2 – 1	Solomon Islands	Pater Stadium, Papeete Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Derek Rugg (NZL)
	Jean-Loup Rousseau 46' Macha Gatien 88'		Robert Seni 81'

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[edit] Final

1996-10-27	Tahiti	0 – 6	Australia	Olympic Stadium, Papeete Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Barry Tasker (NZL)
			Ernie Tapai 5' Paul Trimboli 20' Kris Trajanovski 25', 28', 44', 89'

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1996-11-01	Australia	5 – 0	Tahiti	Bruce Stadium, Canberra Attendance: 9,421 Referee: Intaz Shah (FIJ)
	Robbie Hooker 11' Kris Trajanovski 21', 36', 54' Rupena Raumati 31' (og)

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[edit] 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

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