The 1996

Oceanian Futsal Championship The OFC Futsal Championship is the main national futsal competition of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) nations. It was first held in 1992. The competition was initially held every four years. From 2008 onwards, however, it became an annu ...

(OFC) was the second edition of the main international futsal tournament of the Oceanian region. It took place from August 3 to August 8, 1996, and was hosted by

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. The tournament also acted as a qualifying tournament for the

1996 FIFA Futsal World Championship The 1996 FIFA Futsal World Championship was the third FIFA Futsal World Championship, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was held between 24 November an ...

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. The

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won the tournament, and qualified for the World Cup.

Group stage

Group

All time at

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Champion

References

External links

Oceanian Futsal Championship su RSSSF.com
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1996 in futsal

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1996 in Vanuatuan sport International futsal competitions hosted by Vanuatu