Melanesia Cup 1996

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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.

[edit] 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

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September 16, 1996	Papua New Guinea	1-1	Solomon Islands	Lae, Papua New Guinea Attendance: Ref:

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September 18, 1996	Solomon Islands	1-1	Vanuatu	Lae, Papua New Guinea Attendance: Ref:

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September 20, 1996	Vanuatu	1-2	Papua New Guinea	Lae, Papua New Guinea Attendance: Ref:

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