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{{Short description|Association football competition between Australia and New Zealand}}
{{Unreferenced|date=February 2014}}
{{for|other tournaments with similar names|Trans Tasman Cup}}
{{EngvarB|date=April 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}
The '''Trans-Tasman Cup''' was an [[association football]] competition played between [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]] and [[New Zealand men's national football team|New Zealand]]. Six editions were played between 1983 and 1995 after the [[OFC Nations Cup]] was discontinued. It was considered the most important Oceanian tournament during the absence of the OFC Nations Cup. The tournament was won four times by Australia and twice by New Zealand. The 1995 edition doubled as a semifinal for the [[1996 OFC Nations Cup]].

==Format==
The Cup was played over two legs, one in [[Australia]] and one in [[New Zealand]].
==Summary==
# 1983: AUS 1-4 NZL
# 1986: AUS 3-2 NZL
# 1987: AUS 1-2 NZL
# 1988: AUS 4-1 NZL
# 1991: AUS 3-1 NZL
# 1995: AUS 3-0 NZL

Total:  AUS 15-10 NZL

AUS 6 Win, 3 Draw, NZL 3 Win

==Past tournaments/winners==
===1983===
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''{{fb-rt|New Zealand}}'''||4–1|{{fb|Australia}}||2–1|2–0}}
|}

{{footballbox
|date=22 February 1983
|time=
|team1={{fb-rt|New Zealand}}
|score=2–1
|report=[http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/1983A.html Report]
|team2={{fb|Australia}}
|goals1=Cresswell {{goal|47}}<br/>[[David Ratcliffe|Ratcliffe]] {{goal|69|o.g.}}
|goals2=[[John Kosmina|Kosmina]] {{goal|36}}
|stadium=[[Mount Smart Stadium]], [[Auckland]]
|attendance=3,000 
|referee=William Munro ([[New Zealand]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=27 February 1983
|time=
|team1={{fb-rt|Australia}}
|score=0-2
|report=[http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/1983A.html Report]
|team2={{fb|New Zealand}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Gary Cole (footballer)|Cole]] {{goal|66}}<br/>Adam {{goal|73}}
|stadium=[[Olympic Park Stadium (Melbourne)|Olympic Park Stadium]], [[Melbourne]]
|attendance=14,000
|referee=Jack Johnston ([[Australia]])
}}

===1986===
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|New Zealand}}||2–3|'''{{fb|Australia}}'''||1–1|1–2}}
|}

{{footballbox
|date=25 October 1986
|time=
|team1={{fb-rt|New Zealand}}
|score=1–1
|report=[http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/1986A.html Report]
|team2={{fb|Australia}}
|goals1=
* [[Andy Deeley|Deeley]] {{goal|60}}
|goals2=
* [[Graham Arnold|Arnold]] {{goal|55}}
|stadium=[[Mount Smart Stadium]], [[Auckland]]
|attendance=3,156
|referee=Garry Fleet ([[New Zealand Football|New Zealand]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2 November 1986
|team1={{fb-rt|Australia}}
|score=2–1
|report=[http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/1986A.html Report]
|team2={{fb|New Zealand}}
|goals1=
* [[Graham Arnold|Arnold]] {{goal|29}}
* [[Andrew Zinni|Zinni]] {{goal|74}}
|goals2=
* [[Andy Deeley|Deeley]] {{goal|85}}
|stadium=[[Parramatta Stadium]], [[Sydney]]
|attendance=4,800
|referee=Gary Power ([[Football Federation Australia|Australia]])
}}

===1987===
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|Australia}}||1–2|'''{{fb|New Zealand}}'''||1–1|0–1}}
|}

{{footballbox
|date=2 September 1987
|time=
|team1={{fb-rt|Australia}}
|score=1–1
|report=[http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/1987A.html Report]
|team2={{fb|New Zealand}}
|goals1=[[Andrew Zinni|Zinni]] {{goal|68}}
|goals2=[[Robert Ironside (footballer)|Ironside]] {{goal|82}}
|stadium = [[Olympic Park Stadium (Melbourne)|Olympic Park Stadium]]
|location=[[Melbourne]], Australia
|attendance=5,000
|referee=Chris Bambridge ([[Football Federation Australia|Australia]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=9 September 1987
|time=
|team1={{fb-rt|New Zealand}}
|score=1–0
|report=[http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/1987A.html Report]
|team2={{fb|Australia}}
|goals1=[[Fred de Jong|de Jong]] {{goal|18}}
|goals2=
|stadium = [[Hutt Recreation Ground]]
|location=[[Lower Hutt]], New Zealand
|attendance=5,000
|referee=Garry Fleet ([[New Zealand Football|New Zealand]])
}}

===1988===
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|New Zealand}}||1–4|'''{{fb|Australia}}'''||1–2|0–2}}
|}

{{footballbox
|date=12 October 1988
|time=
|team1={{fb-rt|New Zealand}}
|score=1–2
|report=[http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/1988A.html Report]
|team2={{fb|Australia}}
|goals1=[[Robert Ironside (footballer)|Ironside]] {{goal|77}}
|goals2=[[Oscar Crino|Crino]] {{goal|60}}<br />[[Scott Ollerenshaw|Ollerenshaw]] {{goal|74}}
|stadium = [[Caledonian Ground]]
|location=[[Dunedin]], New Zealand
|attendance=3,000
|referee=Lennox Sharp ([[New Zealand Football|New Zealand]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=16 October 1988
|time=
|team1={{fb-rt|Australia}}
|score=2–0
|report=[http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/1988A.html Report]
|team2={{fb|New Zealand}}
|goals1=[[Garry Lund|Lund]] {{goal|49|o.g.}}<br />[[Warren Spink|Spink]] {{goal|68}}
|goals2=
|stadium = [[Queen Elizabeth Oval]]
|location=[[Bendigo]], Australia  
|attendance=5,000 
|referee=Chris Bambridge ([[Football Federation Australia|Australia]])
}}

===1991===
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|New Zealand}}||1–3|'''{{fb|Australia}}'''||0–1|1–2}}
|}

{{footballbox
|date=12 May 1991
|time=
|team1={{fb-rt|New Zealand}}
|score=0–1
|report=[http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/1991A.html Report]
|team2={{fb|Australia}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Branko Milosevic|Milosevic]] {{goal|44}}
|stadium=[[Queen Elizabeth II Park]], [[Christchurch]]
|attendance=8,000
|referee=Gary Fleet (New Zealand)
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=15 May 1991
|time=
|team1={{fb-rt|Australia}}
|score=2–1
|report=[http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/1991A.html Report]
|team2={{fb|New Zealand}}
|goals1=[[Mike Petersen (soccer)|Petersen]] {{goal|46}}<br/>[[Aurelio Vidmar|A Vidmar]] {{goal|50}}
|goals2=[[Brian Roberts (New Zealand footballer)|Roberts]] {{goal|75}}
|stadium=[[Hindmarsh Stadium]], [[Adelaide]]
|attendance=6,500
|referee=Bill Monteverde (Australia)
}}

===1995===
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|New Zealand}}||0–3|'''{{fb|Australia}}'''||0–0|0–3}}
|}

{{footballbox
|date=10 November 1995
|time=
|team1={{fb-rt|New Zealand}}
|score=0–0
|report=[http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/1995A.html Report]
|team2={{fb|Australia}}
|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|Australia}}
|score=3–0
|report=[http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/1995A.html Report]
|team2={{fb|New Zealand}}
|goals1=[[Damian Mori|Mori]] {{goal|33}}<br/>[[Paul Wade|Wade]] {{goal|45|pen.}}<br/>[[Joe Spiteri|Spiteri]] {{goal|51}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Breakers Stadium]], [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]]
|attendance=8,858
|referee=[[Simon Micallef]] (Australia)
}}

==See also==
{{Portal bar|Soccer|Australia|New Zealand}}
*[[Australia–New Zealand association football rivalry]]
*[[Soccer Ashes]]

==External links==
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/transtasman.html Trans-Tasman Cup] – [[RSSSF]] Archive

{{Australia national association football team}}
{{New Zealand national football team}}

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[[Category:Sports rivalries in Australia]]
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[[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1983]]
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[[Category:Association football in New Zealand]]