Melanesia Cup 1996

Melanesia Cup 1996
Melanesia Cup 1996
Tournament details
Host country  Papua New Guinea
Dates 16 September - 20 September
Teams (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)  (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Papua New Guinea (1st title)
Runners-up  Solomon Islands
Third place  Vanuatu
Tournament statistics
Matches played 3
Goals scored (2.33 per match)

The Melanesia Cup 1996 was the sixth Melanesia-wide tournament ever held. It took place in Papua New Guinea and three teams participated: Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu and served for the first time as FIFA World Cup qualifier. Fiji and New Caledonia pulled out of the competition.

The teams played each other according to a round-robin format with  Papua New Guinea winning the tournament for the first time and qualifying to the next stage of the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC).

All matches played in Lae.

Results

  Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Papua New Guinea 2 1 1 0 3 2 4
 Solomon Islands 2 0 2 0 2 2 2
 Vanuatu 2 0 1 1 2 3 1
16 September 1996
Papua New Guinea  1 – 1  Solomon Islands Lae, Papua New Guinea
Richard Daniel Eddie Rukumana

18 September 1996
Solomon Islands  1 – 1  Vanuatu Lae, Papua New Guinea
Noel Berry Iau Tuan Naukoot

20 September 1996
Papua New Guinea  2 – 1  Vanuatu Lae, Papua New Guinea
Batman Furigi
Roy Karang
Reginal Gare



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