The 1996 OFC Nations Cup Final was an association football match played over two-legs between Australia and Tahiti.

The first leg was played on the 27 October at the Olympic Stadium in Papeete and saw Australia defeat Tahiti 6–0 with four goals coming from Kris Trajanovski.

Australia would score five more goals in the second leg at the Bruce Stadium in Canberra on the 1 November to win 11–0 on aggregate and get the right to play in the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup as the representative from the OFC.

In the first-leg played at Christchurch, they held New Zealand to a scrappy nil-all draw with the Australians squandering three opportunities to score including one which hit the crossbar.

[2] In the second leg played at Newcastle, Australia would get a 3–0 victory over New Zealand to take home the Trans-Tasman Cup as goals from Damian Mori, Paul Wade and Joe Spiteri secured the spot into the final.