1996 Summer Olympics / Football / Qualification

Of the 193 recognized state associations, 120 applied for the 16 final places in the men's soccer tournament during the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta . The United States national soccer team automatically qualified to host.

Europe (UEFA)

The 1996 European Under-21 Football Championship was also the qualifying tournament of the European Zone ( UEFA ) for the Olympic football tournament in Atlanta. A total of 46 teams played for five available places. In the preliminary round, these teams played in eight groups and the first-placed team made it to the quarter-finals. In the preliminary round and in the quarterfinals, a first leg and a second leg were played. A total of 212 games were played in the European qualifying tournament.

France , Italy and Spain qualified as semi-finalists for the Olympic tournament. Scotland , which was also in the semi-finals, could not qualify for this competition because it did not have a National Olympic Committee recognized by the International Olympic Committee . Hungary and Portugal qualified as the best quarterfinal losers for the tournament.

Preliminary round

Group 1

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	France	25: 3	21st
2	Poland	18:18	17th
3	Romania	17:10	16
4th	Slovakia	11:10	14th
5	Israel	12:11	12
6th	Azerbaijan	5:36	3

Israel	-	Poland	2: 2	0: 1
Romania	-	Azerbaijan	5: 2	5-0
Slovakia	-	France	0: 3	1-0
France	-	Romania	0-0	0-0
Israel	-	Slovakia	2-0	1: 1
Poland	-	Azerbaijan	5-0	2: 1
Romania	-	Slovakia	0-0	1: 3
Poland	-	France	0: 4	1: 4
Azerbaijan	-	Israel	1: 2	0: 4
Israel	-	Romania	0: 1	0: 1
Azerbaijan	-	France	0: 5	0: 5
Israel	-	France	1: 1	0: 3
Romania	-	Poland	1: 2	3: 3
Slovakia	-	Azerbaijan	3-0	0: 1
Poland	-	Slovakia	1-0	1: 3

Group 2

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Spain	27:10	23
2	Denmark	31:15	19th
3	Belgium	26:10	19th
4th	Macedonia	16:27	12
5	Cyprus	10:25	10
6th	Armenia	8:31	3

Belgium	-	Armenia	7-0	3-0
Cyprus	-	Spain	0: 6	1: 3
Macedonia	-	Denmark	5: 3	2: 5
Armenia	-	Cyprus	1: 2	1: 2
Denmark	-	Belgium	0: 1	2: 2
Macedonia	-	Spain	0: 1	0: 4
Belgium	-	Macedonia	7-0	0: 3
Spain	-	Denmark	1-0	1: 5
Belgium	-	Spain	3: 3	1: 1
Macedonia	-	Cyprus	1-0	2: 3
Cyprus	-	Denmark	1: 5	0: 4
Belgium	-	Cyprus	1-0	1: 1
Armenia	-	Spain	0: 3	0: 4
Macedonia	-	Armenia	0: 2	3: 2
Denmark	-	Armenia	3: 2	4-0

Group 3

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Hungary	14: 8	19th
2	Sweden	15: 4	16
3	Turkey	13:12	14th
4th	Switzerland	9:16	7th
5	Iceland	7:18	1

Hungary	-	Turkey	2: 1	1: 2
Iceland	-	Sweden	0: 1	0: 1
Switzerland	-	Sweden	0: 5	0: 1
Turkey	-	Iceland	3-0	3: 2
Sweden	-	Hungary	0: 1	1: 2
Switzerland	-	Iceland	2: 1	4: 2
Turkey	-	Switzerland	1: 1	2-0
Hungary	-	Switzerland	1-0	3: 2
Turkey	-	Sweden	0-0	1: 6
Iceland	-	Hungary	1: 1	1: 3

Group 4

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Italy	22: 8	21st
2	Ukraine	24:12	20th
3	Slovenia	19:12	19th
4th	Croatia	13:12	17th
5	Lithuania	14:16	8th
6th	Estonia	5:37	0

Estonia	-	Croatia	1: 2	0: 1
Ukraine	-	Lithuania	3: 2	3: 3
Slovenia	-	Italy	1: 1	0: 1
Estonia	-	Italy	1: 4	0: 7
Croatia	-	Lithuania	2-0	1-0
Ukraine	-	Slovenia	1-0	5-0
Ukraine	-	Estonia	3-0	5: 2
Slovenia	-	Lithuania	3-0	2: 1
Italy	-	Croatia	2: 1	2: 2
Croatia	-	Ukraine	1-0	1: 1
Slovenia	-	Estonia	5-0	2: 1
Ukraine	-	Italy	2: 1	1: 2
Lithuania	-	Italy	0: 2	0-0
Estonia	-	Lithuania	0: 5	0: 3
Slovenia	-	Croatia	2-0	4: 2

Group 5

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Czech Republic	33: 9	23
2	Norway	32:13	21st
3	Netherlands	23: 9	20th
4th	Belarus	20:16	16
5	Malta	4:25	5
6th	Luxembourg	0:40	1

Czech Republic	-	Malta	1-0	7-0
Luxembourg	-	Netherlands	0: 4	0: 3
Norway	-	Belarus	4-0	2: 4
Norway	-	Netherlands	1-0	1: 2
Belarus	-	Luxembourg	3-0	5-0
Netherlands	-	Czech Republic	2: 2	2: 2
Malta	-	Norway	2: 3	0: 3
Malta	-	Luxembourg	1-0	0-0
Luxembourg	-	Norway	0: 8	0: 5
Netherlands	-	Malta	4-0	2-0
Czech Republic	-	Belarus	2-0	3-0
Belarus	-	Malta	4-0	1: 1
Luxembourg	-	Czech Republic	0: 7	0: 4
Belarus	-	Netherlands	3: 1	0: 3
Norway	-	Czech Republic	3: 4	2: 1

Group 6

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Portugal	14: 2	20th
2	England	13: 4	19th
3	Ireland	7: 9	8th
4th	Austria	5:11	7th
5	Latvia	1:14	2

England	-	Portugal	0-0	0: 2
Latvia	-	Ireland	1: 1	0: 1
Latvia	-	Portugal	0: 1	0: 4
Austria	-	England	1: 3	1: 2
Portugal	-	Austria	2-0	1-0
England	-	Ireland	1-0	2-0
Austria	-	Latvia	0-0	2-0
Ireland	-	Portugal	1: 1	1: 3
Latvia	-	England	0: 1	0: 4
Ireland	-	Austria	3-0	0: 1

Group 7

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Germany	22: 5	19th
2	Bulgaria	11:10	17th
3	Wales	11:13	10
4th	Moldova	5:11	8th
5	Georgia	7:17	3
6th	Albania	0-0	0

Georgia	-	Moldova	3-0	1: 2
Bulgaria	-	Georgia	1-0	2: 1
Moldova	-	Wales	1-0	0: 1
Bulgaria	-	Moldova	2-0	0-0
Georgia	-	Wales	1: 2	1: 5
Wales	-	Bulgaria	1: 1	1: 3
Moldova	-	Germany	1: 1	1: 3
Georgia	-	Germany	0: 2	0: 3
Germany	-	Wales	1-0	5: 1
Bulgaria	-	Germany	2-0	0: 7

Group 8

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Scotland	16: 4	21st
2	Finland	17: 2	16
3	Russia	17: 6	13
4th	Greece	12:12	9
5	San Marino	1:29	0
6th	Faroe Islands	0-0	0

Finland	-	Scotland	1-0	0: 5
Greece	-	Finland	3: 4	0: 1
Russia	-	San Marino	3-0	7-0
Greece	-	San Marino	4-0	3: 1
Scotland	-	Russia	2: 1	2: 1
Finland	-	San Marino	4-0	6-0
Greece	-	Scotland	1: 2	0: 3
Greece	-	Russia	0: 1	1-0
Finland	-	Russia	1: 1	0: 3
San Marino	-	Scotland	0: 1	0: 1

Final round

Quarter finals

Hungary	-	Scotland	2: 1	1: 3
Germany	-	France	0-0	1: 4
Portugal	-	Italy	1-0	0: 2
Spain	-	Czech Republic	2: 1	2: 1

Semifinals

Scotland	-	Spain	1: 2
Italy	-	France	1-0

3rd place match

France

-

Scotland

1-0

final

Spain

-

Italy

2: 4 n.e.

Asia (AFC)

In Asia, 25 teams played in three group phases for the three starting places to be allocated for the Olympic Games. Qualification began on June 24, 1995 and ended on March 27, 1996.

In the first round there were seven groups with 3 teams and one group with 4 teams. The respective group winners play in two groups of four teams to move into the third round. Of the four participants in the third round, the first three qualify for the final round.

1 round

The first round took place from June 24th to October 20th, 1995, and was played in home and return matches.

Group A

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	People's Republic of China	11: 2	12
2	Singapore	3: 7	4th
3	Malaysia	1: 6	1

Singapore	-	Malaysia	2-0	0-0
People's Republic of China	-	Singapore	4-0	3: 1
People's Republic of China	-	Malaysia	2: 1	2-0

Group B

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Japan	16: 1	12
2	Thailand	12: 6	6th
3	Chinese Taipei	1:22	0

Thailand	-	Japan	0: 5	0: 1
Thailand	-	Chinese Taipei	7-0	5-0
Japan	-	Chinese Taipei	4: 1	6-0

Group C

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	South Korea	15: 1	12
2	Indonesia	6: 4	6th
3	Hong Kong	1:17	0

South Korea	-	Indonesia	2: 1	1-0
Indonesia	-	Hong Kong	1-0	4: 1
South Korea	-	Hong Kong	7-0	5-0

Group D

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Oman	13: 3	12
2	India	8: 7	6th
3	Pakistan	2:13	0

Oman	-	India	3: 2	2: 1
India	-	Pakistan	3: 1	2: 1
Oman	-	Pakistan	2-0	6-0

Group E

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Kazakhstan	19: 5	16
2	Uzbekistan	12: 8	10
3	Tajikistan	9:14	4th
4th	Kyrgyzstan	9:14	4th

Kazakhstan	-	Uzbekistan	2: 1	3: 1
Kazakhstan	-	Tajikistan	3-0	3: 1
Kazakhstan	-	Kyrgyzstan	2: 2	6-0
Uzbekistan	-	Tajikistan	2-0	1: 1
Uzbekistan	-	Kyrgyzstan	5: 1	2: 1
Tajikistan	-	Kyrgyzstan	3-0	4: 5

Group F.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Saudi Arabia	4-0	10
2	Kuwait	3: 3	5
3	Syria	2: 6	1

Saudi Arabia	-	Kuwait	1-0	0-0
Saudi Arabia	-	Syria	2-0	1-0
Kuwait	-	Syria	1-0	2: 2

Group G

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	United Arab Emirates	5: 3	8th
2	Iran	9: 4	7th
3	Turkmenistan	4:11	1

United Arab Emirates	-	Iran	1: 1	1-0
United Arab Emirates	-	Turkmenistan	2: 1	1: 1
Iran	-	Turkmenistan	4-0	4: 2

Group H.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Iraq	8: 3	8th
2	Qatar	8: 6	7th
3	Jordan	4:11	1

Iraq	-	Qatar	0-0	3: 2
Iraq	-	Jordan	4-0	1: 1
Qatar	-	Jordan	4: 2	2: 1

2nd round

The second round was held from March 16-21, 1996 in Malaysia.

Group 1

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Japan	6: 2	7th
2	Iraq	5: 2	7th
3	Oman	4: 6	3
4th	United Arab Emirates	2: 7	0

Iraq	-	Japan	1: 1
Oman	-	United Arab Emirates	3: 1
Japan	-	Oman	4: 1
Iraq	-	United Arab Emirates	3: 1
Japan	-	United Arab Emirates	1-0
Iraq	-	Oman	1-0

Group 2

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	South Korea	6: 2	7th
2	Saudi Arabia	6: 2	5
3	People's Republic of China	5: 6	4th
4th	Kazakhstan	3:10	0

Kazakhstan	-	People's Republic of China	2: 4
South Korea	-	Saudi Arabia	1: 1
South Korea	-	Kazakhstan	2: 1
Saudi Arabia	-	People's Republic of China	1: 1
South Korea	-	People's Republic of China	3-0
Saudi Arabia	-	Kazakhstan	4-0

3rd round

The third round games took place on March 24 and 27, 1996 in Malaysia. The results of the games Japan – Iraq and South Korea – Saudi Arabia (both 1: 1) were taken from the 2nd round.

Japan	-	Saudi Arabia	2: 1
South Korea	-	Iraq	2: 1
Saudi Arabia	-	Iraq	1-0
South Korea	-	Japan	2: 1

This results in the following table:

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	South Korea	5: 3	7th
2	Japan	4: 4	4th
3	Saudi Arabia	3: 3	4th
4th	Iraq	2: 4	1

South Korea, Japan and Saudi Arabia are qualified.

Africa (CAF)

A total of 27 teams applied for the three African starting positions. The teams were divided into three groups of eight, each of which determined one Olympic participant in the knockout system in the return game mode .

Pre-qualification

In January 1995, six teams competed in a pre-qualification, which was also played in the return game mode .

0	Burundi	-	Djibouti	Djibouti withdrew
January 15, 1995	Lesotho	-	Namibia	1-0
January 28, 1995	Namibia	-	Lesotho	3-0
0	Burkina Faso	-	Guinea-Bissau	Guinea-Bissau withdrew

First round

In April 1995, 24 teams competed in the first qualifying round.

Group 1

April 15, 1995
Nigeria	-	Kenya	0-0
April 29, 1995
Kenya	-	Nigeria	0: 3
April 16, 1995
Egypt	-	Mauritius	1-0
April 30, 1995
Mauritius	-	Egypt	0: 1
April 16, 1995
Zambia	-	Botswana	2-0
April 30, 1995
Botswana	-	Zambia	1: 4
April 16, 1995
Zimbabwe	-	Malawi	4-0
April 29, 1995
Malawi	-	Zimbabwe	0-0

Group 2

April 14, 1995
Algeria	-	Guinea	1: 1
April 30, 1995
Guinea	-	Algeria	2-0
April 16, 1995
Mali	-	Togo	1: 2
April 30, 1995
Togo	-	Mali	1-0
April 16, 1995
Morocco	-	Senegal	0-0
April 29, 1995
Senegal	-	Morocco	1-0
April 16, 1995
Tunisia	-	Burkina Faso	4: 1
April 29, 1995
Burkina Faso	-	Tunisia	1-0

Group 3

April 15, 1995
South Africa	-	Burundi	1: 1
April 30, 1995
Burundi	-	South Africa	4: 1
April 16, 1995
Cameroon	-	Namibia	0-0
April 29, 1995
Namibia	-	Cameroon	0: 1
April 16, 1995
Gabon	-	Angola	1: 3
April 30, 1995
Angola	-	Gabon	2-0
April 16, 1995
Ghana	-	Republic of the Congo	0-0
April 30, 1995
Republic of the Congo	-	Ghana	Congo withdrew

Second round

August 1995 brought a decision between the twelve remaining teams as to which six teams would advance to the final round.

Group 1

August 12, 1995
Nigeria	-	Egypt	3: 2
August 25, 1995
Egypt	-	Nigeria	1: 3
August 13, 1995
Zimbabwe	-	Zambia	1: 1
August 27, 1995
Zambia	-	Zimbabwe	1: 2

Group 2

August 12, 1995
Senegal	-	Guinea	2: 3
August 26, 1995
Guinea	-	Senegal	2-0
17th August 1995
Tunisia	-	Togo	1: 1
August 27, 1995
Togo	-	Tunisia	2: 1

Togo was disqualified for exceeding the age limit of the players.

Group 3

August 13, 1995
Ghana	-	Angola	3: 1
August 27, 1995
Angola	-	Ghana	1-0
August 13, 1995
Burundi	-	Cameroon	1-0
August 27, 1995
Cameroon	-	Burundi	2-0

Third round

The finals of the three groups in March 1996 produced Ghana , Nigeria and Tunisia as Olympic participants.

March 3, 1996
Zimbabwe	-	Nigeria	0: 1
March 16, 1996
Nigeria	-	Zimbabwe	1-0
March 3, 1996
Tunisia	-	Guinea	5: 2
March 17, 1996
Guinea	-	Tunisia	2-0
March 3, 1996
Ghana	-	Cameroon	3-0
March 17, 1996
Cameroon	-	Ghana	0-0

North and Central America (CONCACAF)

17 teams from the Continental Association of North, Central America and the Caribbean competed for a direct starting place for the Olympic Games as well as a further place in the intercontinental play-offs against the winner of the oceanic qualifying round. The participating teams initially played in two separate preliminary rounds - a preliminary round for North and Central America and another preliminary round for the Caribbean - a total of six participants in a final group stage, for which the Canadian national soccer team was automatically qualified as host.

North and Central America Preliminary Round

In the North and Central American preliminary round from February to August 1995, three participants were determined for the final round in a return game mode .

Pre-qualification

February 17, 1995	Guatemala	-	Belize	4-0
March 5, 1995	Belize	-	Guatemala	2: 2

First round

May 5, 1995	Guatemala	-	El Salvador	0: 1
May 26, 1995	El Salvador	-	Guatemala	1: 1
July 29, 1995	Bermuda	-	Costa Rica	0: 2
August 6, 1995	Costa Rica	-	Bermuda	5-0
-	Panama	-	Mexico	Panama withdrew

Caribbean preliminary round

From the two groups of four in the Caribbean preliminary round, whose games were played in June and August 1995, the respective group winners qualified for the final round. The games of group 1 took place in Jamaica , those of group 2 in Trinidad and Tobago .

First round

Group 1

rank	country	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	Pt.
1	Jamaica	3	3	0	0	19: 1	+18	9
2	St. Lucia	3	2	0	1	7: 6	+1	6th
3	Cayman Islands	3	1	0	2	2:12	−10	3
4th	Antigua and Barbuda	3	0	0	3	2:11	−9	0

June 4th 1995
Antigua and Barbuda	-	Cayman Islands	1: 2
Jamaica	-	St. Lucia	6-0
June 6, 1995
Antigua and Barbuda	-	Jamaica	1: 6
Cayman Islands	-	St. Lucia	0: 4
June 8, 1995
Jamaica	-	Cayman Islands	7-0
St. Lucia	-	Antigua and Barbuda	3-0

Group 2

rank	country	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	Pt.
1	Trinidad and Tobago	2	2	0	0	7: 1	+6	6th
2	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	2	1	0	1	3: 3	+0	3
3	Guyana	2	0	0	2	1: 7	−6	0
4th	Suriname	Suriname withdrew

23rd August 1995
Trinidad and Tobago	-	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	2: 1
August 25, 1995
Trinidad and Tobago	-	Guyana	5-0
August 27, 1995
Guyana	-	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1: 2

Final round

In the final round held in Edmonton in May 1996 , the group winners qualified directly for the Olympic Games. The group runner-up reached the intercontinental play-offs against the winner of the oceanic qualifiers, Australia.

rank	country	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	Pt.
1	Mexico	5	5	0	0	12: 1	+11	15th
2	Canada	5	2	2	1	7: 3	+4	8th
3	Costa Rica	5	2	1	2	9: 9	+0	7th
4th	Jamaica	5	2	0	3	7:11	−4	6th
4th	Trinidad and Tobago	5	1	1	3	6:10	−4	4th
5	El Salvador	5	1	0	4th	7:14	−7	3

May 10, 1996
Canada	-	Jamaica	3-0
May 11, 1996
Mexico	-	El Salvador	3-0
Costa Rica	-	Trinidad and Tobago	4: 2
May 13, 1996
El Salvador	-	Jamaica	3: 1
Trinidad and Tobago	-	Canada	0-0
Mexico	-	Costa Rica	4-0
May 15, 1996
Jamaica	-	Costa Rica	2: 1
Canada	-	El Salvador	4: 2
Mexico	-	Trinidad and Tobago	2-0
May 17, 1996
El Salvador	-	Trinidad and Tobago	1: 2
Canada	-	Costa Rica	0-0
Mexico	-	Jamaica	2: 1
May 19, 1996
Canada	-	Mexico	0: 1
Jamaica	-	Trinidad and Tobago	3: 2
El Salvador	-	Costa Rica	1: 4

Mexico is qualified.

Intercontinental play-offs

In the intercontinental play-offs, the second of the CONCACAF qualification Canada and the winner of the Oceania qualification Australia faced each other.

May 26, 1996	Canada	-	Australia	2: 2
June 2, 1996	Australia	-	Canada	5-0

Australia is qualified.

South America (CONMEBOL)

In South America ten applicants played out two participants in the Olympic Games in two group phases.

1 round

First, the teams were divided into two groups of five, from which the two first-placed teams qualified for the final round. The games of group 1 were played from February 18 to 27, 1996 in Tandil , the games of group 2 in the same period in Mar del Plata .

Group A

rank	country	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	Pt.
1	Brazil	4th	3	1	0	11: 3	+8	10
2	Uruguay	4th	3	1	0	9: 4	+5	10
3	Bolivia	4th	1	0	3	6: 9	−3	3
4th	Paraguay	4th	1	0	3	8:12	−4	3
5	Peru	4th	1	0	3	7:13	−6	3

February 18, 1996 in Tandil
Brazil	-	Peru	4: 1
February 19, 1996 in Tandil
Bolivia	-	Uruguay	0: 2
February 21, 1996 in Tandil
Brazil	-	Paraguay	3: 1
Peru	-	Uruguay	2: 4
February 23, 1996 in Tandil
Bolivia	-	Brazil	1: 4
Paraguay	-	Peru	4: 2
February 25, 1996 in Tandil
Peru	-	Bolivia	2: 1
Uruguay	-	Paraguay	3: 2
February 27, 1996 in Tandil
Paraguay	-	Bolivia	1: 4
Uruguay	-	Brazil	0-0

Group B

rank	country	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	Pt.
1	Argentina	4th	4th	0	0	15: 1	+14	12
2	Venezuela	4th	2	1	1	6: 5	+1	7th
3	Chile	4th	1	2	1	8: 5	+3	5
4th	Colombia	4th	0	2	2	6:11	−5	2
5	Ecuador	4th	0	1	3	5:18	−15	1

February 18, 1996 in Mar del Plata
Argentina	-	Ecuador	6-0
Venezuela	-	Colombia	1-0
February 20, 1996 in Mar del Plata
Argentina	-	Chile	2: 1
Ecuador	-	Colombia	3: 3
February 22, 1996 in Mar del Plata
Chile	-	Ecuador	4-0
Venezuela	-	Argentina	0: 3
February 24, 1996 in Mar del Plata
Colombia	-	Chile	3: 3
Ecuador	-	Venezuela	2: 5
February 26, 1996 in Mar del Plata
Chile	-	Venezuela	0-0
Colombia	-	Argentina	0: 4

Final round

The first and second of the final round, which also took place in Mar del Plata, qualified for the Olympic Games. The games took place from March 1st to March 6th, 1996.

rank	country	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	Pt.
1	Brazil	3	2	1	0	10: 3	+7	7th
2	Argentina	3	2	1	0	6: 2	+4	7th
3	Uruguay	3	1	0	2	4: 6	−2	3
4th	Venezuela	3	0	0	3	1:10	−9	0

March 1, 1996 in Mar del Plata
Brazil	-	Venezuela	5-0
Argentina	-	Uruguay	2-0
March 3, 1996 in Mar del Plata
Brazil	-	Uruguay	3: 1
Argentina	-	Venezuela	2-0
March 6, 1996 in Mar del Plata
Uruguay	-	Venezuela	3: 1
Brazil	-	Argentina	2: 2

Brazil and Argentina are qualified.

Oceania (OFC)

Five oceanic teams played in a league tournament in Adelaide in January 1996 from a starter for the intercontinental play-off against CONCACAF runner-up Canada.

rank	country	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	Pt.
1	Australia	8th	6th	0	2	48: 4	+44	18th
2	New Zealand	8th	6th	0	2	28: 9	+19	18th
3	Fiji	8th	3	1	4th	12:21	−9	10
4th	Solomon Islands	8th	2	2	4th	6:22	−16	8th
5	Vanuatu	8th	1	1	6th	5:43	−38	4th

January 13, 1996
Fiji	-	Solomon Islands	4-0
Australia	-	Vanuatu	9: 1
January 15, 1996
Solomon Islands	-	Vanuatu	2: 1
New Zealand	-	Fiji	1: 2
January 17, 1996
Solomon Islands	-	Australia	rated 2: 0
Vanuatu	-	New Zealand	0:10
January 19, 1996
New Zealand	-	Solomon Islands	2-0
Australia	-	Fiji	10-0
January 21, 1996
Fiji	-	Vanuatu	4-0
New Zealand	-	Australia	0: 5
January 23, 1996
Vanuatu	-	Solomon Islands	1: 1
Fiji	-	New Zealand	1: 3
January 25, 1996
Solomon Islands	-	Fiji	1: 1
Vanuatu	-	Australia	0:12
January 27, 1996
New Zealand	-	Vanuatu	5: 1
Australia	-	Solomon Islands	7-0
January 29, 1996
Solomon Islands	-	New Zealand	0: 6
Fiji	-	Australia	0: 5
January 31, 1996
Vanuatu	-	Fiji	1-0
Australia	-	New Zealand	0: 1

Australia used an ineligible substitute in the game against the Solomon Islands.

Intercontinental play-offs

In the intercontinental play-offs, the second of the CONCACAF qualification Canada and the winner of the Oceania qualification Australia faced each other.

May 26, 1996	Canada	-	Australia	2: 2
June 2, 1996	Australia	-	Canada	5-0

Australia is qualified.

Web links

• Details on rsssf.com (English)