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1996 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Adelaide
Dates	13–31 January 1996
Teams	5
Final positions
Champions	Australia
Runners-up	New Zealand
Third place	Fiji
Fourth place	Solomon Islands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	89 (4.45 per match)
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The 1996 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament determined which Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) teams would qualify for playoff to compete at the 1996 Summer Olympics men's football tournament.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (C, H)	8	6	0	2	48	4	+44	18	Advance to play-off
2	New Zealand	8	6	0	2	28	9	+19	18
3	Fiji	8	3	1	4	12	21	−9	10
4	Solomon Islands	8	2	2	4	6	22	−16	8
5	Vanuatu	8	1	1	6	5	43	−38	4

Matches

Fiji	4–0	Solomon Islands

Australia	9–1	Vanuatu

Solomon Islands	2–1	Vanuatu

New Zealand	1–2	Fiji

Solomon Islands	2–0	Australia

Vanuatu	0–10	New Zealand

New Zealand	2–0	Solomon Islands

Australia	10–0	Fiji

Fiji	4–0	Vanuatu

New Zealand	0–5	Australia

Vanuatu	1–1	Solomon Islands

Fiji	1–3	New Zealand

Solomon Islands	1–1	Fiji

Vanuatu	0–12	Australia

New Zealand	5–1	Vanuatu

Australia	7–0	Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands	0–6	New Zealand

Fiji	0–5	Australia

Vanuatu	1–0	Fiji

Australia	0–1	New Zealand

Notes

1. Australia won the match 4–0 but were penalised for fielding an ineligible player. Solomon Islands were awarded a 2–0 win.

References

1. "Games of the XXVI. Olympiad - Football Qualifying Tournament".

• OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
• Football qualification for the 1996 Summer Olympics