1996 OFC Nations Cup final

1996 OFC Nations Cup final 1996 OFC Nations Cup Tahiti Tahiti 30px 0 Australia Australia 30px 11 on aggregate First leg 0 6 27 October 1996 Olympic Stadium Papeete Barry Tasker (New Zealand) 5,000 Second leg 0 5 1 November 1996 Bruce Stadium Canberra Intaz Shah (Fiji) 9,421 1980 1998 The 1996 OFC Nations Cup final was an association football match played over two-legs between Australia and Tahiti. It was the final match of the 1996 OFC Nations Cup which was the third edition of the OFC Nations Cup, a competition for national teams in the Oceania Football Confederation. This final was a repeat of the 1980 final in which Australia defeated Tahiti 4–2. Australia and Tahiti each qualified through to the final by playing in a semi-final over two legs. Australia defeating New Zealand 3–0 in their semi-final while Tahiti defeated Fiji 3–1 in the other semi-final. The first leg was played on the 27 October at the Olympic Stadium in Papeete and saw Australia defeat Tahiti 6–0 with four goals coming from Kris Trajanovski. Australia would score five more goals in the second leg at the Bruce Stadium in Canberra on the 1 November to win 11–0 on aggregate and get the right to play in the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup as the representative from the OFC.https://www.rsssf.org/tables/96oc.html Oceanian Nations Cup 1996 rsssf.com 13 April 2020 Background 1996 OFC Nations Cup Australia and Tahiti played two matches to reach the final with the semi-finals being played over two legs. For Australia, they didn't need to qualify to the main draw for the 1996 OFC Nations Cup as one of the two automatic teams to qualify teams to get through to the final round. In the semi-final, they took on New Zealand in their semi-final. In the first-leg played at Christchurch, they held New Zealand to a scrappy nil-all draw with the Australians squandering three opportunities to score including one which hit the crossbar.Chances go begging as NZ holds Socceroos to draw 36 11 November 1995 The Age In the second leg played at Newcastle, Australia would get a 3–0 victory over New Zealand to take home the Trans-Tasman Cup as goals from Damian Mori, Paul Wade and Joe Spiteri secured the spot into the final.Australians hammer Kiwis 3-0 36 Michael Cockerill Mike Cockerill 16 November 1995 The Age After Tahiti won the 1994 Polynesia Cup which was held in Samoa, Tahiti qualified for the semi-finals to take on Fiji who won the 1994 Melanesia Cup. In the first-leg, a goal to Jean-Loup Rousseau in the 72nd minute secured Tahiti's 1-0 win at Honaira. The second-leg which was played at Papeete saw Jean-Loup Rousseau score the opening goal in the 46th minute before the Solomon Islands hit back in the 81st minute off the back of Robert Seni. Macha Gatien scored the match winner in the 88th minute to give Tahiti the win. Match First leg The first leg of the final was played at the Olympic Stadium in Papeete. After being brought on in the last minute before the match, Kris Trajanovski scored four consecutive goals to secure the Socceroos a 6-0 win. Before the four goals from Trajanovski, Ernie Tapai opened the scoring in the fifth minute after picking up a rebound off the Tahitian keeper. Paul Trimboli was the other scorer for the Australians scoring in the 20th minute of play.Socceroos sink Tahiti 6-0 - Soccer 12 28 October 1996 The Age 27 October 1996 TAH 0–6 AUS Kris Trajanovski 25 28 44 89Ernie Tapai 5Paul Trimboli 20 Olympic Stadium, Papeete 5,000 Barry Tasker (New Zealand) Second leg The second leg was played at Bruce Stadium in Canberra. The match would be very similar to the first-leg with a hat-trick from Kris Trajanovski securing an 5–0 win for the Australians as Paul Wade played his last international match for the Socceroos.Trajanovski hits three as Socceroos win 5-0 - SOCCER AAP Laurie Schwab Laurie Schwab 31 2 November 1996 The Age 1 November 1996 AUS 5–0 TAH Kris Trajanovski 21 36 54Robbie Hooker 11Rupena Raumati 31 o.g. Bruce Stadium, Canberra 9,421 Intaz Shah (Fiji) References Final Category:OFC Nations Cup finals OFC Category:Tahiti national football team matches Category:October 1996 sports events in Australia Category:November 1996 sports events in Australia 1996