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CONCACAF–OFC play-off for the 1996 Summer Olympics

Event	Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
Canada Australia 2 7
First leg
Canada Australia 2 2
Date	26 May 1996 (1996-05-26)
Venue	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
Referee	Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
Attendance	13,049
Second leg
Australia Canada 5 0
Date	2 June 1996 (1996-06-02)
Venue	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Referee	Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
Attendance	25,809
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The CONCACAF–OFC play-off for the 1996 Summer Olympics was a men's under-23 international football play-off between a team from CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean) and a team from OFC (Oceania), with the winner qualifying for the final berth in the Men's Football Tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Australia qualified to the Olympics with a 7–2 aggregate win over Canada, after a 2–2 draw in the first leg and a 5–0 win in the second leg.

Qualified teams

Country	Confederation	Qualified as
Canada	CONCACAF	1996 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament runner-ups
Australia	OFC	1996 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament winners

Matches

First leg

Canada	2–2	Australia
Xausa 21', 88'	Report	Lozanovski 31' Spiteri 53'

Second leg

Australia	5–0	Canada
Foxe 16' Lozanovski 58' Viduka 82' Agostino 85' Muscat 87'	Report

Goalscorers

There were 9 goals scored in 2 matches, for an average of 4.5 goals per match.

2 goals

• Goran Lozanovski
• Davide Xausa

1 goal

• Paul Agostino
• Hayden Foxe
• Kevin Muscat
• Joe Spiteri
• Mark Viduka

References

1. "CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying". Issuu.
2. "Olympic Football Tournament 1996 (Qualifying Stage)". www.linguasport.com.

External links

• First leg report at 11v11.com
• Second leg report at 11v11.com
• Australia Under 23 National Team – 1996 Match Results at OZFootball.net
• Canada v Australia match reports at OZFootball.net

• Football qualification for the 1996 Summer Olympics