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{{Infobox International Football Competition
| tourney_name =
| year = 1996
| image =
| size =
| caption =
| country =
| dates = 10 November 1995 – 1 November 1996
| num_teams = 4
| confederations = 1
| venues =
| cities =
| champion = AUS
| count = 2
| second = TAH
| third =
| fourth =
| matches = 6
| goals = 18
| attendance = 46858
| top_scorer = {{fbicon|AUS}} [[Kris Trajanovski]] (7 goals)
| player =
| updated =
| prevseason = [[1980 OFC Nations Cup|1980]]
| nextseason = [[1998 OFC Nations Cup|1998]]
}}

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 men's national soccer team|Australia]] and [[New Zealand national football team|New Zealand]] who qualified as of right, [[Solomon Islands national football team|Solomon Islands]] who qualified as [[Melanesia Cup]] holders, and [[Tahiti national football team|Tahiti]] who qualified as [[Polynesia Cup]] holders.

The semifinals between Australia and New Zealand was also valid for the 1995 [[Trans-Tasman Cup]].

==Qualification==
{|
|-valign=top
|align="left" width="33%"|{{:1994 Melanesia Cup|transcludesection=Table|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n|stack_footer=y|title=[[1994 Melanesia Cup]]}}
|align="left" width="33%"|{{:1994 Polynesia Cup|transcludesection=Table|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n|stack_footer=y|title=[[1994 Polynesia Cup]]}}
|}

===Qualifield teams===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Team
! Qualified as
|-
| {{fb|AUS}} || {{sort|1|Automatically qualified}}
|-
| {{fb|NZL}} || {{sort|2|Automatically qualified}}
|-
| {{fb|SOL}} || {{sort|4|[[1994 Melanesia Cup]] winner}}
|-
| {{fb|TAH}} || {{sort|3|[[1994 Polynesia Cup]] winner}}
|}
{{notelist-ua}}

==Final tournament==

=== Bracket ===
{{4TeamBracket
| legs = 2
| aggregate = y
| RD1 = [[1996 OFC Nations Cup#Semi-finals|Semi-finals]]
| RD2 = [[1996 OFC Nations Cup Final|Final]]
| seeds = n

| RD1-team3   = {{fb|NZ}}
| RD1-score3-1= 0
| RD1-score3-2= 0
| RD1-score3-agg= '''0'''
| RD1-team4   = '''{{fb|AUS}}'''
| RD1-score4-1= 0
| RD1-score4-2= 3
| RD1-score4-agg= '''3'''

| RD1-team1   = {{fb|SOL}}
| RD1-score1-1= 0
| RD1-score1-2=1
| RD1-score1-agg='''1'''
| RD1-team2   = '''{{fb|TAH}}'''
| RD1-score2-1= 1
| RD1-score2-2= 2
| RD1-score2-agg= '''3'''

| RD2-team1   = {{fb|TAH}}
| RD2-score1-1= 0
| RD2-score1-2= 0
| RD2-score1-agg= '''0'''
| RD2-team2   = '''{{fb|AUS}}'''
| RD2-score2-1= 6
| RD2-score2-2= 5
| RD2-score2-agg= '''11'''

}}

===Semi-finals===
{{footballbox
| date = 10 November 1995
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|NZL}}
| score = 0–0
| report =
| team2 = {{fb|AUS}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = [[Queen Elizabeth II Park]], [[Christchurch]]
| attendance = 8,000
| referee = [[Barry Tasker]] ([[New Zealand]])
}}
{{footballbox
| date = 15 November 1995
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|AUS}}
| score = 3–0
| report =
| team2 = {{fb|NZL}}
| goals1 = [[Damian Mori|Mori]] {{goal|33}} <br> [[Paul Wade|Wade]] {{goal|45|pen.}} <br> [[Joe Spiteri|Spiteri]] {{goal|51}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = [[Breakers Stadium]], [[Newcastle, Australia|Newcastle]]
| attendance = 8,858
| referee = [[Simon Micallef]] ([[Australia]])
}}

''Australia won 3–0 on aggregate.''
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{{footballbox
| date = 17 November 1995
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|SOL}}
| score = 0–1
| report =
| team2 = {{fb|TAH}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 = [[Jean-Loup Rousseau|Rousseau]] {{goal|72}}
| stadium = [[Lawson Tama Stadium]], [[Honiara]]
| attendance = 15,000
| referee = [[Intaz Shah]] ([[Fiji]])
}}
{{footballbox
| date = 11 May 1996
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|TAH}}
| score = 2–1
| report =
| team2 = {{fb|SOL}}
| goals1 = [[Jean-Loup Rousseau|Rousseau]] {{goal|46}} <br> [[Macha Gatien|Gatien]] {{goal|88}}
| goals2 = [[Robert Seni|Seni]] {{goal|81}}
| stadium = [[Stade Pater Te Hono Nui|Stade Pater]], [[Papeete]]
| attendance = 15,000
| referee = [[Derek Rugg]] ([[New Zealand]])
}}

''Tahiti won 3–1 on aggregate.''

===Final===
{{main|1996 OFC Nations Cup Final}}

{{footballbox
| date = 27 October 1996
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|TAH}}
| score = 0–6
| report =
| team2 = {{fb|AUS}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 = [[Ernie Tapai|Tapai]] {{goal|5}} <br> [[Paul Trimboli|Trimboli]] {{goal|20}} <br> [[Kris Trajanovski|Trajanovski]] {{goal|25||28||44||89}}
| stadium = [[Olympic Stadium (Papeete)|Olympic Stadium]], [[Papeete]]
| attendance = 5,000
| referee = [[Barry Tasker]] ([[New Zealand]])
}}
{{footballbox
| date = 1 November 1996
| time =
| team1 = {{Fb-rt|AUS}}
| score = 5–0
| report =
| team2 = {{Fb|TAH}}
| goals1 = [[Robbie Hooker|Hooker]] {{goal|11}} <br> [[Kris Trajanovski|Trajanovski]] {{goal|21||36||54}} <br> [[Rupena Raumati|Raumati]] {{goal|31|o.g.}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = [[Bruce Stadium]], [[Canberra]]
| attendance = 9,421
| referee = [[Intaz Shah]] ([[Fiji]])
}}

''Australia won 11–0 on aggregate.''

==Goalscorers==
;7 goals
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Kris Trajanovski]]
;2 goals
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* {{flagicon|TAH}} Jean-Loup Rousseau
{{div col end}}
;1 goal
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Damian Mori]]
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ernie Tapai]]
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Joe Spiteri]]
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Paul Trimboli]]
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Paul Wade]]
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Robbie Hooker]]
* {{flagicon|SOL}} Robert Seni
* {{flagicon|TAH}} Macha Gatien
{{div col end}}
;Own goal
* {{flagicon|TAH}} Rupena Raumati (playing against Australia)

==References==
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/96oc.html RSSSF] Accessed 21 February 2010.
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{{Oceania Nations Cup}}

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