1996 3 Nations Cup rosters, United States
The United States entered the tournament with a 22-woman roster. The United States was led by three coaches at the tournament—head coach Ben Smith and assistant coaches Tom Mutch and Digit Murphy. Forward Cammi Granato led the United States with five goals and six points at the tournament,


1996 3. divisjon
The 1996 season of the 3. divisjon, the fourth highest association football league for men in Norway.


1996 3. divisjon
Between 22 and 24 games (depending on group size) were played in 19 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. All group winners were promoted to the 2. divisjon, as well as some of the best runners-up.


1996 470 European Championships
The 1996 470-European-Sailing-Championship was held between June 6 and 15 1996. It was discharged before Hayling Island.


1996 470 European Championships
And was extended in both a women's and a men's competition 470-boat class, in which the Russian men Berezkin / Burmatnow and among women the Ukrainians Taran / Pakholchyk after twelve races the European title won.


1996 A-League, Regular season
A significant number of postponed matches over the 1996 season by the Atlanta Ruckus, who underwent a change in ownership, ultimately forced the A-League to shorten the other teams' schedules by one match, reducing the total games played from 28 to 27. Atlanta's league position, in last place and already eliminated from the playoff contention, was not affected by the decision announced September 4, 1996. The Ruckus played a total of 22 games.


1996 A-League, Regular season
Each team had their head-to-head schedule with Atlanta shortened by one, maintaining a balanced head-to-head competition against each other. The 1996 regular season ended on September 14 with the top four regular season teams advancing to the playoffs.


1996 A-League Grand Final
The 1996 A-League Grand Final was the first grand final to be held under the A-League name after the short-lived rebranding of the National Soccer League (NSL) began before the 1995–96 season. Melbourne Knights defeated Marconi-Fairfield 2–1 to win their second consecutive grand final.


1996 A-League Grand Final, Route to the final, Melbourne Knights
Melbourne Knights were the first team into the grand final defeating Marconi-Fairfield 3–2 over two legs in the major semi-final.


1996 A-League Grand Final, Route to the final, Marconi-Fairfield
After losing the major semi-final to the Knights, Marconi-Fairfield followed up with a 4–1 win over Adelaide City in the preliminary final to book their place in the grand final.


1996 A-League Grand Final, Pre-match, Venue selection
With Melbourne Knights the first into the final, there was speculation that the Knights would host the match at Somers Street, however Soccer Australia announced on 12 May that the match would be played at Olympic Park.


1996 AAA Championships
The 1996 AAA Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), held from 14–16 July at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, England. It was considered the de facto national championships for the United Kingdom.


1996 AAA Championships
The competition incorporated the British Olympic trials for Great Britain at the 1996 Summer Olympics, with the top two in each (Olympic) event assured of selection, provided they had attained the qualifying standard.


1996 ABC Champions Cup
The ABC Champions Cup 1996 was the 7th staging of the ABC Champions Cup, the basketball club tournament of Asian Basketball Confederation. The tournament was held in Manila, Philippines between June 2 to 9, 1996.


1996 ABC Under-18 Championship
The ABC Under-18 Championship 1996 is the 14th edition of the ABC's junior championship for basketball. The games were held at Johor Bahru, Malaysia from September 1–10, 1996.


1996 ABC Under-18 Championship for Women
The ABC Under-18 Championship for Women 1996 is the 13th edition of the ABC's junior championship for basketball. The games were held at Bangkok, Thailand from April 21–28, 1996.


1996 ABC Under-22 Championship
The ABC Under-22 Championship 1996 is the 2nd edition of the ABC's championship for young men basketball. The games were held at Shanghai from November 1–9, 1996.


1996 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
The 1996 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at Rotterdam Ahoy in the Netherlands. It was part of the World Series of the 1996 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from 4 March 4 through 10 March 1996. Goran Ivanišević won the singles title.


1996 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
The singles draw featured world No. 1, reigning Wimbledon and US Open champion and recent San Jose and Memphis titlist Pete Sampras, Zagreb, Dubai and Milan winner Goran Ivanišević and Australian Open quarterfinalist and Adelaide champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov. Also competing were Milan runner-up Marc Rosset, 1995 Stockholm finalist Arnaud Boetsch, Richard Krajicek, Jan Siemerink and Bohdan Ulihrach.


1996 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, Finals, Men's Doubles
David Adams /  Marius Barnard defeated  Hendrik Jan Davids /  Cyril Suk 6–3, 5–7, 7–6


1996 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles
Martin Damm and Anders Järryd were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Peter Nyborg and Libor Pimek.


1996 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles
David Adams and Marius Barnard won in the final 6–3, 5–7, 7–6 against Hendrik Jan Davids and Cyril Suk.


1996 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1996 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Singles
Richard Krajicek was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Cédric Pioline.


1996 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Singles
Goran Ivanišević won in the final 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 against Yevgeny Kafelnikov.


1996 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1996 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1996 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 7–10 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. Wake Forest won their second consecutive tournament, defeating Georgia Tech, 75–74, in the title game. Tim Duncan of Wake Forest was named tournament MVP.


1996 ACC Trophy
The 1996 ACC Trophy was a cricket tournament in Malaysia, which took place from 6 to 16 September 1996. It gave Associate and Affiliate members of the Asian Cricket Council experience of international one-day cricket and also helped form an essential part of regional rankings. The tournament was won by Bangladesh who defeated the UAE in the final by 108 runs.


1996 ACC Trophy, Teams
The teams were separated into two groups of six. The following teams took part in the tournament:


1996 ACC Trophy, Group stages
The top two from each group qualified for the semi-finals.


1996 AFC Asian Cup
The 1996 AFC Asian Cup was the 11th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in the United Arab Emirates between 4 and 21 December 1996. Saudi Arabia defeated hosts United Arab Emirates in the final match in Abu Dhabi. As the runners-up, the United Arab Emirates represented the AFC in the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup as the winners Saudi Arabia had qualified automatically as host.


1996 AFC Asian Cup, Qualification
33 teams participated in a preliminary tournament. It was divided into 10 groups and the first-placed team of each group thus qualified.


1996 AFC Asian Cup, Tournament summary
The tournament began with host United Arab Emirates took up against South Korea in group A, where the Emiratis played in a 1–1 draw. Subsequently, Kuwait was surprisingly held draw by Indonesia, even being taken lead by the Indonesians. However, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and South Korea eventually established its position, with South Korea finished in third place due to losing to Kuwait and inferior by goal differences and qualified only as one of two best third-placed team, while the host comfortably seized first place, leaving Indonesia in bottom after two consecutive defeats to South Korea and the UAE.


1996 AFC Asian Cup, Tournament summary
Group B easily saw Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq took three leading places in their group, with both teams managed to beat Thailand, which finished bottom with three defeats, and also each three of them suffered one defeat one to another. Iraq only finished third due to inferior goal difference, but qualified as the best third-place finisher.


1996 AFC Asian Cup, Tournament summary
Meanwhile, group C was more entertaining, with both three last finishers grabbed one win each only. Debutant Uzbekistan, on its just first ever competitive participation of a major tournament and was regarded low, stunned entire of Asia by beating China with two late goals to gain three points in the team's just first competitive match. Defending champions Japan however emerged as the only team to collect all three victories, while China recovered following the defeat to beat Syria. The Syrians grabbed its only win, a 2–1 win over Uzbekistan, but the team's poor performance, with two defeats to Japan and China, cost the team from reaching the quarter-finals. Uzbekistan finished last despite the win over China, and was eliminated as well.


1996 AFC Asian Cup, Tournament summary
The quarter-finals saw entire of East Asia slumped out. Defending champions Japan was crushed down by Kuwait, China lost after a seven-goal thriller with Saudi Arabia, while South Korea suffered a denting 2–6 loss to Iran, with Iran scored five goals in the second half. The host UAE continued its quest to win the trophy with a successful 1–0 win over Iraq thanked for the golden goal of Abdulrahman Ibrahim.


1996 AFC Asian Cup, Tournament summary
The semi-finals became a West Asian affair and rematches of group A and B: Saudi Arabia took a successful revenge on Iran following the group stage, beating the Iranians on penalty, while the UAE killed Kuwaiti dream for the second time with another 1–0 win to set up final with Saudi Arabia. Iran eventually took third place after beating Kuwait on penalty, the match ended 1–1 draw.


1996 AFC Asian Cup, Tournament summary
The final between the UAE and Saudi Arabia happened to be boring than expected. The two teams played defensively and lacking enthusiastic attacks in front of 60,000 spectators. Eventually, penalty had to be brought out, where the UAE missed two while Saudi Arabia only missed one, thus Saudi Arabia was crowned for its third trophy in the country's fourth consecutive Asian Cup final. Thanked for the win, Saudi Arabia gained automatic berth to qualify for the 2000 AFC Asian Cup held in Lebanon.


1996 AFC Asian Cup, First round, Third-placed qualifiers
At the end of the first stage, a comparison was made between the third placed teams of each group. The two best third-placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals.


1996 AFC Asian Cup, First round, Third-placed qualifiers
Iraq (best third-place) and South Korea (second best third-place) qualified for the quarter-finals.


1996 AFC Asian Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers
With eight goals, Ali Daei is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 80 goals were scored by 47 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.


1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification
The 1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification involved 33 participating teams. The United Arab Emirates (hosts) and Japan (holders) qualified automatically for the 1996 AFC Asian Cup.


1996 AFC Asian Cup squads
This article lists the squads for the 1996 AFC Asian Cup played in United Arab Emirates. Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad. Number of caps counts until the start of the tournament, including all pre-tournament friendlies. Player's age is their age on the opening day of the tournament, which was 4 December 1996.


1996 AFC U-16 Championship
The 1996 AFC U-16 Championship was the 7th edition of the tournament, organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) every two years. Thailand was the host nation.


1996 AFC U-16 Championship, Sources
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1996 AFC Youth Championship
The Asian Football Confederation's 1996 AFC Youth Championship was held from 17 to 31 October 1996, in Seoul, South Korea. The tournament was won by for the eighth time by South Korea in the final against China PR.


1996 AFC Youth Championship qualification
The qualification of AFC Youth Championship 1996 was held from 13 May to 28 August.


1996 AFC Youth Championship qualification, Group 1
All match played in Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates from 24 to 28 August.


1996 AFC Youth Championship qualification, Group 2
All match played in Doha, Qatar from 25 to 29 July.


1996 AFC Youth Championship qualification, Group 3
All matches played in Al-Hasa, Saudi Arabia from 15 to 19 May.


1996 AFC Youth Championship qualification, Group 4
All match played in Damascus, Syria from 24 to 28 April.


1996 AFC Youth Championship qualification, Group 5
All match played in Kannur, India from 9 to 13 July.


1996 AFC Youth Championship qualification, Group 6
Both match played in Malé, Maldives from 27 to 29 July.


1996 AFC Youth Championship qualification, Group 7
All match played in Bangkok, Thailand from 13 to 17 May.


1996 AFC Youth Championship qualification, Group 8
All match played in Baoding, China PR from 19 to 22 June.


1996 AFC Youth Championship qualification, Group 9
All match played in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei from 21 to 25 June.


1996 AFF Championship
The 1996 AFF Championship, sponsored by Asia Pacific Breweries and officially known as the 1996 Tiger Cup, was the inaugural edition of the AFF Championship. It was hosted by Singapore from 1 to 15 September 1996 with all 10 nations of Southeast Asia taking part, four of which were invitees.


1996 AFF Championship, Teams
All six founding members of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) are participants, with the former Indochina nations joining as invitees as they were not yet members of the AFF at this time.


1996 AFF Championship, Incidents
Two Singaporeans and one Malaysian were arrested for attempting to fix a group stage game between Singapore and the Philippines. The three reportedly tried to bribe Filipino defender Judy Saluria for his side to concede seven goals so the Singapore can advance to the next round.


1996 AFF Championship, Team statistics
This table will show the ranking of teams throughout the tournament.


1996 AFF Championship squads
Below are the squads for the 1996 AFF Championship hosted by Singapore, which took place between 1 and 15 September 1996. The players' listed age is their age on the tournament's opening day (1 September 1996).


1996 AFL Grand Final
The 1996 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the  North Melbourne Football Club and the Sydney Swans, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 28 September 1996. It was the 100th annual Grand Final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League), staged to determine the premiers for the 1996 AFL season. The match, attended by 93,102 people, was won by North Melbourne by a margin of 43 points, marking that club's third premiership victory. North Melbourne were awarded a gold premiership cup instead of the usual silver in honour of the centenary grand final.


1996 AFL Grand Final, Background
Sydney were playing in a Grand Final for the first time since relocating from South Melbourne. It was the Swans' first appearance in a premiership decider since losing the 1945 VFL Grand Final, while it was North Melbourne's first since losing the 1978 VFL Grand Final.


1996 AFL Grand Final, Background
At the conclusion of the home and away season, Sydney had finished first on the AFL ladder with 16 wins and 5 losses and one draw, winning the McClelland Trophy. North Melbourne had finished second with 16 wins and 6 losses.


1996 AFL Grand Final, Background
The lead-up to the game was dominated by the tribunal case of Sydney defender Andrew Dunkley, who was to be the Swans' match-up for star Kangaroos forward Wayne Carey. On the Wednesday before the Grand Final, Dunkley was reported on video evidence – which was still relatively uncommon practice at the time – for striking Essendon's James Hird in the previous week's preliminary final.


1996 AFL Grand Final, Background
On the Thursday, Sydney successfully obtained an Supreme Court injunction to prevent the case from being heard until after the Grand Final, with the judge ruling that requiring Dunkley to face the tribunal only one day after learning of the charge and two days before the Grand Final would deny him natural justice and deny him the time required to prepare a defence. Consequently, Dunkley was free to play. When Dunkley ultimately faced the tribunal, he was suspended for three weeks.


1996 AFL Grand Final, Match summary
The AFL's centenary year was crowned by North Melbourne which made amends for the disappointment of three successive failed finals campaigns. The Kangaroos won their third flag (and the only Gold Premiership Cup in history) despite a slow start. Led by bullocking defender Glenn Archer and superstars Corey McKernan and Wayne Carey, the Kangaroos were hellbent in their premiership quest.


1996 AFL Grand Final, Match summary
The Swans, although overwhelmed at the finish, started well and kicked the last three goals of the first quarter to lead by 18 points at quarter time. When Jason Mooney scored early in the second quarter the Swans' lead extend to 24 points. However, Glenn Freeborn's move to the forward line sparked the Kangaroos, with Freeborn kicking three goals for the quarter and Darren Crocker and Brett Allison each kicking one, and by half time the Kangaroos led by 2 points.


1996 AFL Grand Final, Match summary
North Melbourne dominated the third quarter, with two goals to Craig Sholl and one each to Peter Bell and Crocker, which saw them leading by 25 points at three quarter time.


1996 AFL Grand Final, Match summary
The Kangaroos kicked the first two goals of the final quarter through Anthony Stevens and Mark Roberts to effectively kill the contest. The two teams traded goals until the end of the game, with North ultimately triumphing by 43 points.


1996 AFL Grand Final, Match summary
Tony Lockett tried hard for the Swans in his first and only Grand Final, booting six goals. Paul Roos was playing in his 314th game of VFL/AFL football. He continues to hold the record for the most games played before participating in his first Grand Final.


1996 AFL Grand Final, Match summary
The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Archer for being judged the best player afield.


1996 AFL Lightning Premiership
The 1996 AFL Lightning Premiership was an Australian rules football knock-out competition, played in its entirety before the Australian Football League's main pre-season competition began. The Lightning Premiership was held for the only time in the modern era in 1996 - the Centenary Season of the AFL. It was a knock-out competition played from Friday, 9 February until Sunday, 11 February, with four games each evening at Waverley Park, each consisting of two 17.5-minute halves.


1996 AFL Lightning Premiership
The game trialled a number of highly experimental rules, including three points awarded both for deliberate rushed behinds and balls which hit the goalposts, and timekeepers not blowing the siren if scores were tied. However, the rule which altered play most significantly was the ball not being thrown in from the boundary line after travelling out of bounds, a free kick being awarded instead against the last team to touch the ball. Essendon won the title defeating Brisbane by 17 points in the Grand Final.


1996 AFL Rising Star
The Norwich AFL Rising Star award is given annually to a standout young player in the Australian Football League. The 1996 medal was won by West Coast player Ben Cousins.


1996 AFL Rising Star, Eligibility
Every round, an Australian Football League rising star nomination is given to a standout young player. To be eligible for the award, a player must be under 21 on January 1 of that year, have played 10 or fewer senior games and not been suspended during the season. At the end of the year, one of the 22 nominees is the winner of award.


1996 AFL draft
The 1996 AFL draft was held at the conclusion of the 1996 Australian Football League (AFL) season. The inaugural rookie draft was held with the 1997 pre-season draft.


1996 AFL draft
The AFL draft is the annual draft of new unsigned players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League.


1996 AFL draft
Clubs receive picks based on the position in which they finish on the ladder during the season, although these picks can be swapped around by teams for trading players.


1996 AFL draft, 1997 rookie draft
The first AFL rookie draft was held on 25 February 1997. Only players aged between 18 and 23 were eligible to be drafted. Whilst each club could draft up to six players onto their Rookie Lists, only Collingwood, Melbourne and Essendon selected a full complement, whilst Brisbane Lions and St Kilda declined to take part.


1996 AFL draft, Port Adelaide zone selections
As part of Port Adelaide's entry to the AFL they were entitled to recruit some uncontracted players from other AFL clubs and players from the SANFL prior to the national draft. Clubs that lost players were entitled to compensation selections before both the first and second rounds of the 1996 national draft.


1996 AFL draft, Brisbane Lions pre-draft selections
As part of the conditions of the merger between Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Football Club, Brisbane was able to recruit up to eight players from Fitzroy into the newly created Brisbane Lions.


1996 AFL season
The 1996 Australian Football League season was the 100th season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 7th under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989. This was the last season in which the Brisbane Bears and Fitzroy Lions competed, before they merged at the end of the year, becoming a single entity, the Brisbane Lions.


1996 AFL season
See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.


1996 AFL season, Lightning Premiership
In the 1996 AFL Lightning Premiership final, Essendon defeated the Brisbane Bears 6.2 (38) to 2.9 (21) at Waverley Park.


1996 AFL season, Ansett Australia Cup
In the 1996 Ansett Australia Cup final, St Kilda defeated Carlton 20.10 (130) to 10.12 (72) at Waverley Park.


1996 AFL season, Premiership season, Round 7
Note: The opening four matches of this round replicated the opening round of the inaugural 1897 VFL season, with Essendon and Geelong playing each other on the day of the 99th anniversary.


1996 AFL season, Premiership season, Round 8
Note: Ben Hart took the mark of the year in Adelaide's win over St Kilda. Note: Fitzroy's victory was the last win they had as a club.


1996 AFL season, Premiership season, Round 22
Note: Last game of Fitzroy Lions before merger with Brisbane Bears to become Brisbane Lions.


1996 AFL season, Finals, Qualifying Finals
Note: The SCG match was the Swans' first finals win since the 1945 Second-Semi-Final, when they were known as South Melbourne. This is the longest period for any club in VFL/AFL history without winning even one final, although St. Kilda won only one final between 1914 and 1964 inclusive.


1996 AFL season, Finals, Semi Finals
Note: West Coast Eagles played its "home" final at the MCG despite being ranked above Essendon due to the agreement then in place with the Melbourne Cricket Club that at least one game each week of the finals be played at the MCG.


1996 AFL season, Finals, Preliminary Finals
Note: Last game of Brisbane Bears before merger with Fitzroy Lions to become Brisbane Lions.


1996 AFL season, Finals, Preliminary Finals
Note: Tony Lockett kicked a behind after the siren to send the Swans to the Grand Final for the first time since South Melbourne's last appearance in 1945.


1996 AFL season, Finals, Preliminary Finals
Note: Essendon became the first team in VFL/AFL history to lose two finals in the same season by one point.


1996 AMP Bathurst 1000
The 1996 AMP Bathurst 1000 was an endurance race for Group 3A 5.0 Litre Touring Cars held on 6 October 1996 at the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia. The race, which was the 37th running of the Bathurst 1000, was won by Craig Lowndes and Greg Murphy driving a Holden VR Commodore.


1996 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship
The 1996 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship was the 15th edition  of the tournament, and was played in Taipei


1996 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship
The 8 teams were divided in two pools, with finals between the winners of each pool. Singapore withdrew and Japan won the tournament.


1996 ARL season
The 1996 ARL premiership (also known as the 1996 Optus Cup due to sponsorship from Optus) was the 89th season of professional rugby league football in Australia, and the second to be administered by the Australian Rugby League (ARL). Twenty teams contested the premiership, including five Sydney-based foundation teams, another six from Sydney, two from greater New South Wales, four from Queensland, and one each from New Zealand, the Australian Capital Territory and Western Australia. Ultimately two Sydney clubs, the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and St. George Dragons contested the grand final.


1996 ARL season, Regular season
With the Super League war in full effect off the field, those clubs affiliated with the breakaway competition refused to participate in five games of Round 1, all forfeited to ARL-aligned clubs and only four of the ten scheduled games took place. Of the two games between two Super League clubs, Canterbury versus North Queensland was cancelled, whilst Auckland flew a team consisting of players from the Otahuhu Leopards and Ellerslie Eagles clubs to Brisbane and were thus declared winners over the Broncos by forfeit.


1996 ARL season, Regular season
Following up on their performance in the 1995 season up to the grand final, Manly-Warringah dominated the season with their defence, which conceded only 34 tries in 25 matches, the best record of any team since the six-tackle rule was introduced in 1971. Indeed, the Sea Eagles only conceded 191 points during the minor round, an average of only 8.7 points per game, while scoring 549 points at 24.9 points per game. Their 1995 rivals Canberra were hit by injuries which wiped out the seasons of key players including captain Ricky Stuart, Bradley Clyde and Jason Croker, and suspensions to Kiwi props John Lomax and Quentin Pongia.


1996 ARL season, Regular season
Super League-aligned Canterbury were also hit by the loss of key players Jim Dymock, Dean Pay, Jason Smith and Jarrod McCracken to ARL-loyal Parramatta. Sydney City started the season in good form, but fell off after winning their first ten games, whilst Brisbane (with Allan Langer putting in some strong performances) dominated early but as had become their custom, lost ground mid-season during the Origin period. North Sydney, with a powerful forward pack and skillful goal-kicking half Jason Taylor feeding a superb set of outside backs, were expected to make the Grand Final, but as had become their habit in the 1990s they lost the preliminary final, this time to St. George.


1996 ARL season, Regular season
The 20-team competition in 1995 and 1996 caused frequent jackpots in FootyTAB's "Pick The Margins" and after three successive rounds without a single winner, on 8 July 1996 after a last-minute Sydney City penalty goal, one punter received an all-time record for any form of sports betting in Australia: $2,006,217.


1996 ARL season, Regular season
This year Canterbury-Bankstown back Terry Lamb set new record for most first-grade premiership games at 350 before retiring at the end of the season.


1996 ARL season, Regular season
North Sydney's Jason Taylor won the official player of the year award, the Rothmans Medal, while the Dally M Medal was awarded to Brisbane's Allan Langer.


1996 ARL season, Regular season
At the end of the season, ARL chief executive John Quayle resigned and was replaced by Balmain president (and former hooker) Neil Whittaker.


1996 ARL season, Regular season, Teams
The lineup of teams remained unchanged from the previous season except for the re-branding of the Gold Coast team from the "Seagulls" to the "Chargers" as the ARL took control of the club.


1996 ARL season, Regular season, Teams
15th seasonGround: Bruce StadiumCoach: Tim SheensCaptain: Ricky Stuart → Laurie Daley


1996 ARL season, Regular season, Teams
15th seasonGround: Wollongong StadiumCoach: Allan McMahonCaptain: John Cross → Paul McGregor


1996 ARL season, Regular season, Teams
50th seasonGround: Parramatta StadiumCoach: Ron HilditchCaptain: Gary Freeman → Jarrod McCracken


1996 ARL season, Regular season, Teams
89th seasonGround: Sydney Football StadiumCoach: Ken ShineCaptain: Craig Field → Craig Salvatori


1996 ARL season, Regular season, Ladder progression
1 - Due to the Super League war, clubs aligned with the Super League refused to take part in round 1. As such, only 4 games were played, all between two ARL-aligned teams. Of the remaining 6 games, Super League teams Canberra, Penrith, Cronulla and the Western Reds forfeited their games to the ARL-aligned clubs South Queensland, Parramatta, Newcastle and St George respectively. The match between Canterbury and North Queensland was cancelled, and Brisbane forfeited to Auckland due to Auckland fielding a team consisting of players from the Otahuhu Leopards and Ellerslie Eagles clubs. As a result of the forfeitures, 9 teams were in the top 8 after the first round due to ties on points differential.


1996 ARL season, Finals, Grand Final
This was the last grand final to feature two Sydney-based teams until 2003. 40,985 people were at the Sydney Football Stadium for the game, the lowest attendance since 1989. The match was refereed by Queenslander David Manson. For St. George, it was their third Grand Final appearance in the 1990s and would prove to be their last as a stand-alone club. Manly, looking for their 6th premiership, had been beaten Grand Finalists in 1995.


1996 ARL season, Finals, Grand Final
This would be the third and final time the two clubs would meet in a Grand Final, with St George having been victorious on both previous occasions in 1957 and 1959.


1996 ARL season, Finals, Grand Final
The pre-game entertainment focused on the 40th anniversary of television in Australia, as match broadcaster Channel 9 had been the first TV station in 1956. Music artists who performed in the pre-game included Glenn Shorrock, The Delltones, Ross Wilson, Christine Anu, and Kate Ceberano, who sang a video replay duet of "I Still Call Australia Home" with the late Australian entertainer Peter Allen (as Allen had died in 1992, he only appeared on the stadiums video replay screen).


1996 ARL season, Finals, Grand Final
1st halfIn the 5th minute, Manly centre Craig Innes won the chase and scored after a grubber kick by his skipper Geoff Toovey. Matthew Ridge converted from the sideline for 6–0. The Dragons played on after being awarded a penalty in front of the posts in the 8th minute but failed to score. At the 15-minute mark, Saints' halfback Noel Goldthorpe conceded a penalty right in front of their goal post after committing a head-high tackle on Manly's Daniel Gartner. Ridge took the kick, extending the lead to 8–0.


1996 ARL season, Finals, Grand Final
St. George sent in forward replacements Lance Thompson and David Barnhill for Scott Gourley and Kevin Campion (head cut). For Manly, Neil Tierney came off the interchange bench to replace David Gillespie. Up until the 19th minute mark when Manly veteran five-eighth Cliff Lyons took the field, their coach Bob Fulton was using six running forwards with captain Geoff Toovey as dummy half.


1996 ARL season, Finals, Grand Final
The Dragons' first points came in the 37th minute when Wayne Bartrim kicked a penalty that was awarded when Manly forward Owen Cunningham stripped the ball. From the ensuing kick-off just before half-time, the game's controversial moment occurred by means of a hotly disputed try. Ridge made a spectacular short kick-off and regathered, catching the Dragons unaware. St George hooker Nathan Brown appeared to tackle Ridge, albeit one-handedly and by the collar. Ridge got up and ran when Brown was expecting him to stop and play the ball. Referee David Manson ruled that Brown did not complete the tackle.


1996 ARL season, Finals, Grand Final
Ridge was eventually tackled just a few metres from the line. From there, dummy half Nik Kosef then passed the ball to Steve Menzies, who stormed his way through the Saints' defense of Thompson, Dean Raper, Noel Goldthorpe and Wayne Bartrim to score next to the posts, giving Ridge an easy conversion kick. The controversial ruling by referee Manson gave Manly a 14–2 half-time lead and broke the Saints' resolve. In the process of scoring, Menzies injured his groin/hamstring; and, although he returned for the second half, he was unable to run and was eventually interchanged by coach Fulton.


1996 ARL season, Finals, Grand Final
2nd halfIn the 53rd minute, Manly's Danny Moore scored a try from a Terry Hill pass after Hill drew Saints defenders Adrian Brunker and Nick Zisti. With Ridge off the field after being concussed in a tackle, Craig Innes converted from 5 metres off the sideline for the Sea Eagles to take a 20–2 lead. Five minutes later, Dragons' winger Zisti scored a try from a Bartrim cut-out pass. Bartrim then converted from the sideline for a final scoreline of 20–8. The final 20 minutes were scoreless, with two field goal attempts from Ridge charged down by Dragons' defenders. This ensured that the Sea Eagles secured their sixth official premiership and their only one of the 1990s.


1996 AT&T Challenge
The 1996 AT&T Challenge was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Georgia in the United States and was part of the World Series of the 1996 ATP Tour. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and was held from April 29 through May 5, 1996. Sixth-seeded Karim Alami won the singles title.


1996 AT&T Challenge, Finals, Doubles
Christo van Rensburg /  David Wheaton defeated  Bill Behrens /  Matt Lucena 7–6, 6–2


1996 AT&T Challenge – Doubles
Sergio Casal and Emilio Sánchez were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


1996 AT&T Challenge – Doubles
Christo van Rensburg and David Wheaton won in the final 7–6, 6–2 against Bill Behrens and Matt Lucena.


1996 AT&T Challenge – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1996 AT&T Challenge – Singles
Michael Chang was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Karim Alami.


1996 AT&T Challenge – Singles
Alami won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Nicklas Kulti.


1996 AT&T Challenge – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1996 ATP Challenger Series
The ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 1996 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 98 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $125,000.


1996 ATP Super 9
The 1996 ATP Super 9 (also known as Mercedes-Benz Super 9 for sponsorship reasons) were part of the 1996 ATP Tour, the elite tour for professional men's tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals.


1996 ATP Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments (organized by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the ATP Super 9, the ATP Championship Series, the ATP World Series, the ATP World Team Cup, the Davis Cup (organized by the ITF), the ATP Tour World Championships and the Grand Slam Cup (organized by the ITF).


1996 ATP Tour, Schedule
This is the complete schedule of events on the 1996 ATP Tour, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.


1996 ATP Tour World Championships
The 1996 ATP Tour World Championships and the Phoenix ATP Tour World Doubles Championships were tennis tournaments played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 27th edition of the year-end singles championships, the 23rd edition of the year-end doubles championships and both were part of the 1996 ATP Tour. The singles tournament took place at the EXPO 2000 Tennis Dome in Hanover in Germany from November 19 through November 24, 1996, while the doubles tournament took place at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut, in the United States from November 13 through November 17, 1996.


1996 ATP Tour World Championships, Finals, Singles
Pete Sampras defeated  Boris Becker 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4), 6–7(11–13), 6–4


1996 ATP Tour World Championships, Finals, Doubles
Todd Woodbridge /  Mark Woodforde defeated  Sébastien Lareau /  Alex O'Brien 6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 7–6(7–3).


1996 ATP Tour World Championships – Doubles
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1996 ATP Tour World Championships – Doubles
Grant Connell and Patrick Galbraith were the defending champions but only Connell competed that year with Byron Black.


1996 ATP Tour World Championships – Doubles
Black and Connell lost in the semifinals to Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde.


1996 ATP Tour World Championships – Doubles
Woodbridge and Woodforde won in the final 6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 7–6(7–3) against Sébastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien.


1996 ATP Tour World Championships – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1996 ATP Tour World Championships – Doubles, Draw, Green Group
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


1996 ATP Tour World Championships – Doubles, Draw, Yellow Group
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


1996 ATP Tour World Championships – Singles
Boris Becker was the defending champion but lost in the final 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4), 6–7(11–13), 6–4 against Pete Sampras.


1996 ATP Tour World Championships – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1996 ATP Tour World Championships – Singles, Draw, Red Group
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


1996 ATP Tour World Championships – Singles, Draw, White Group
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


1996 Abierto Mexicano de Tenis
The 1996 Abierto Mexicano de Tenis, also known by its sponsored name Abierto Mexicano Telcel, was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Mexico City, Mexico and was part of the World Series of the 1996 ATP Tour. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and took place from 4 March through 10 March 1996. First-seeded Thomas Muster won his fourth consecutive singles title at the event and he regained the world No. 1 ranking from Pete Sampras.


1996 Abierto Mexicano de Tenis, Finals, Doubles
Donald Johnson /  Francisco Montana defeated  Nicolás Pereira /  Emilio Sánchez 6–2, 6–4


1996 Abierto Mexicano de Tenis – Doubles
Javier Frana and Leonardo Lavalle were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Luis Lobo and Javier Sánchez.


1996 Abierto Mexicano de Tenis – Doubles
Donald Johnson and Francisco Montana won in the final 6–2, 6–4 against Nicolás Pereira and Emilio Sánchez.


1996 Abierto Mexicano de Tenis – Singles
Thomas Muster was the defending champion and won in the final 7–6(7–3), 6–2 against Jiří Novák.


1996 Abkhazian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Abkhazia on 23 November 1996, with a second round on 7 December. There was also a simultaneous referendum held amongst Abkhazian Refugees.


1996 Abkhazian parliamentary election, Background
The election was held to replace the former Abkhaz Autonomous Republic's Supreme Soviet which had split during the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict in 1993 with 28 deputies continuing in Abkhazia as the Abkhaz Supreme Soviet. The remaining 24 formed a parliament in exile in Georgia.


1996 Abkhazian parliamentary election, Background
However, international organisations and the most important international political leaders declared that the election would be invalid.


1996 Abkhazian parliamentary election, Electoral system
The elections were held using the two-round system; candidates had to receive over 50% of the vote in the first round to be elected, otherwise a second round would be held.


1996 Abkhazian parliamentary election, Electoral system
Voters could chose by crossing off all the names on the list of candidates that they didn't want to be the elected, except for the one they preferred.


1996 Abkhazian parliamentary election, Campaign
The number of registered candidates contesting the 35 seats was initially reported to be 85, three of whom being Georgian, later there were only 78 with 2 Georgians. All candidates ran as independents.


1996 Abkhazian parliamentary election, Results
Of the 35 seats, 30 were filled already in the first round. These 30 MPs elected included 19 Abkhazians, four Russians, three Armenians, two Georgians, one Greek and one Kabardian. Voter turnout was reported to be 81%.


1996 Abkhazian parliamentary election, Referendum
In response to the elections, Georgia organised a referendum among refugees from Abkhazia, with polling stations opened in Moscow, St Petersburg, Podolsk and Sochi in Russia, Kiev in Ukraine, Trabzon in Turkey, Minsk in Belarus, Yerevan in Armenia, as well as in Greece and Israel. The Georgian government stated that over 99% of refugees agreed that the elections were invalid until refugees were allowed to return and its political status as part of Georgia was agreed.


1996 Acura Classic
The 1996 Acura Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Manhattan Country Club in Manhattan Beach, California in the United States that was part of Tier II of the 1996 WTA Tour. It was the 23rd edition of the tournament and was held from August 12 through August 18, 1996.


1996 Acura Classic, Finals, Doubles
Lindsay Davenport /  Natasha Zvereva defeated  Amy Frazier /  Kimberly Po 6–1, 6–4


1996 Acura Classic – Doubles
Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but only Zvereva competed that year with Lindsay Davenport.


1996 Acura Classic – Doubles
Davenport and Zvereva won in the final 6–1, 6–4 against Amy Frazier and Kimberly Po.


1996 Acura Classic – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.


1996 Acura Classic – Singles
Conchita Martínez was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


1996 Acura Classic – Singles
Lindsay Davenport won in the final 6–2, 6–3 against Anke Huber.


1996 Acura Classic – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.


1996 Adams
1996 Adams, provisional designation 1961 UA, is a stony Eunomia asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 13 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 16 October 1961, by the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana, United States. It was later named after mathematician John Couch Adams.


1996 Adams, Classification and orbit
The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL) classifies Adams as a member of the Eunomia family, a large group of stony S-type asteroid and the most prominent family in the intermediate main-belt. However, based on its concurring orbital elements, Alvarez-Candal from the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, groups the asteroid into the Maria family, which is named after 170 Maria (also see 9175 Graun).


1996 Adams, Classification and orbit
Adams orbits the Sun in the central main-belt at a distance of 2.2–2.9 AU once every 4 years and 1 month (1,495 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.14 and an inclination of 15° with respect to the ecliptic. Adams was first identified as 1932 RM at Johannesburg Observatory. It first used observation was a precovery made at the discovering observatory just ten days prior to the official discovery observation.


1996 Adams, Physical characteristics
Several rotational lightcurves of Adams were obtained from photometric observations in 2010 and 2012. Best-rated lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 3.311 hours with a brightness variation between 0.40 and 0.46 magnitude (U=3/3/3/3). Additional photometric observations gave similar periods of 3.316, 3.27 and 3.560 hours with an amplitude of 0.60, 0.28 and 0.34, respectively (U=2+/1/3).


1996 Adams, Physical characteristics
According to the surveys carried out by the Japanese Akari satellite and NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Adams measures between 10.1 and 13.5 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.141 and 0.395. The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.21 – derived from 15 Eunomia, the family's largest member and namesake – and calculates a diameter of 13.9 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 11.6.


1996 Adams, Naming
This minor planet was named after John Couch Adams (1819–1892), British mathematician and astronomer, who predicted the existence and position of Neptune, simultaneously with French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier, (also see 1997 Leverrier). The lunar crater Adams is also named in his honour. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 15 October 1977 (M.P.C. 4237).


1996 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia
The 1996 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Philadelphia Civic Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States that was part of Tier II of the 1996 WTA Tour. It was the 14th edition of the tournament and was held from November 11 through November 17, 1996.


1996 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia, Finals, Doubles
Lisa Raymond /  Rennae Stubbs defeated  Nicole Arendt /  Lori McNeil 6–4, 3–6, 6–3


1996 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia – Doubles
Lori McNeil and Helena Suková were the defending champions but only McNeil competed that year with Nicole Arendt.


1996 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia – Doubles
Arendt and McNeil lost in the final 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 against Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs.


1996 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1996 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia – Singles
Steffi Graf was the defending champion but was forced to retire in the final losing 6–4 against Jana Novotná.


1996 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.


1996 Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships
The 2nd Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships were held in The Hague, Netherlands on 19 and 20 October 1996.


1996 African Championships in Athletics
The 10th African Championships in Athletics were held in Yaoundé, Cameroon between 13 and 16 June 1996 at the Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo.


1996 African Cup Winners' Cup
The 1996 African Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by El Mokawloon El Arab in two-legged final victory against AC Sodigraf. This was the twenty-third season that the tournament took place for the winners of each African country's domestic cup. Thirty-seven sides entered the competition. Teams from Mauritania were disqualified because their federation was in debt to CAF. Great Olympics, Posta and Zasmure all withdrew before the 1st leg of the first round while Chapungu withdrew after the 1st leg. Olympique Béja withdrew before 1st leg of the second round and finally, Pretoria City withdrew before the 1st leg of the quarterfinals.


1996 African Cup Winners' Cup Final
The 1996 CAF African Cup Winners' Cup Final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between AC Sodigraf from Zaire and Al Mokawloon Al Arab from Egypt, The first leg was hosted by AC Sodigraf at Stade des Martyrs in Kinshasa on 24 November 1996, while the second leg was hosted by Al Mokawloon Al Arab at Cairo International Stadium in Cairo on 8 December 1996.


1996 African Cup Winners' Cup Final
Al Mokawloon Al Arab won 4–0 on aggregate, earned the right to participate in the 1997 CAF Super Cup against the other Egyptian team Zamalek; the winner of the 1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs.


1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs
The 1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs was the 32nd edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region (Africa), the African Cup of Champions Clubs. It determined that year's club champion of association football in Africa.


1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Zamalek from Egypt won that final, and became for the fourth time CAF club champion.


1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs, Preliminary round
1 ASC Sonalec were disqualified for late payment of the entry fee.


1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs, First round
1 RC Bafoussam withdrew after 1st leg, and Fantastique FC advanced to Second Round.


1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs, Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:


1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs Final
The 1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs Final was a football tie held over two legs in December 1996 between Shooting Stars, and Zamalek.


1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs Final
Zamalek from Egypt won that final, became the 1st African team to win Cup of Champions for fourth time.


1996 African Cup of Nations
The 1996 African Cup of Nations was the 20th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by South Africa, who replaced original hosts Kenya. The field expanded for the first time to 16 teams, split into four groups of four; the top two teams in each group advancing to the quarterfinals. However, Nigeria withdrew from the tournament at the final moment under pressure from then-dictator Sani Abacha, reducing the field to 15. South Africa won its first championship, beating Tunisia in the final 2–0.


1996 African Cup of Nations, Qualified teams
For full qualification see: 1996 African Cup of Nations qualification


1996 African Cup of Nations, Qualified teams
* Nigeria withdrew prior to the start of the finals. Guinea, as the best side to not qualify, was offered Nigeria's spot in the finals, but declined due to a lack of preparation time.


1996 African Cup of Nations Final
The 1996 African Cup of Nations Final was a football match that took place on 3 February 1996 at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, to determine the winner of the 1996 African Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).


1996 African Cup of Nations Final
South Africa won their first title, beating Tunisia 2–0. The match was attended by both then-president Nelson Mandela, deputy president F. W. de Klerk and by then Sport Minister Steve Tshwete, and Bafana Bafana were congratulated by them, lifting the trophy in front of the multiracial home crowd.


1996 African Cup of Nations qualification
The Qualification for the 1996 African Cup of Nations took place in 7 groups of 6 teams each, with the top 2 teams from each group progressing to the tournament. Nigeria and South Africa qualified automatically, as champions and hosts respectively. Qualification began in September 1994 and ended in July 1995.


1996 African Cup of Nations qualification, Qualifying round, Group 1
Lesotho withdrew after competing 6 matches (1 win, 5 losses); Their results were annulled. Swaziland withdrew without playing any matches.


1996 African Cup of Nations qualification, Qualifying round, Group 2
Guinea Bissau withdrew after competing 3 matches (1 draw, 2 losses); their results were annulled.


1996 African Cup of Nations qualification, Qualifying round, Group 3
Gambia and Niger withdrew after competing 5 matches each; their results were annulled. Central African Republic withdrew without playing any match.


1996 African Cup of Nations qualification, Qualifying round, Group 4
Match awarded 2–0 to Algeria following a protest to CAF.


1996 African Cup of Nations qualification, Qualifying round, Group 5
South Africa withdrew from qualification (played 3 matches) after they were awarded hosting rights. They were replaced by Kenya, which later withdrew. Madagascar withdrew after one match (lost to South Africa). Seychelles withdrew before playing any match. All results of the withdrawn teams were annulled.


1996 African Cup of Nations qualification, Qualifying round, Group 7
Benin, Cape Verde and Equatorial Guinea withdrew without playing any matches.


1996 African Cup of Nations qualification, Qualified teams
* Nigeria withdrew prior to the start of the finals. Guinea, as the best side to not qualify, was offered Nigeria's spot in the finals, but declined due to a lack of preparation time.


1996 African Cup of Nations squads
Below is a list of squads used in the 1996 African Cup of Nations.


1996 African Cup of Nations squads, Group B, Burkina Faso
Head coach:  Idrissa Traore, then  Calixte Zagre for the last match


1996 African Cup of Nations squads, Group C, Zaire
Head coach:  Muhsin Ertuğral, then  Lusadusu Basilwa for the last two games


1996 African Futsal Championship
The 1996 African Futsal Championship took place in Cairo, Egypt from September 25 to September 30, 1996. The tournament served as a qualifying tournament for the 1996 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Spain.


1996 African Judo Championships
The 1996 African Judo Championships took place from May 16 to May 19, 1996, in South Africa.


1996 African Men's Handball Championship
The 1996 African Men's Handball Championship was the twelfth edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held in Cotonou, Benin, from 18 to 27 October 1996. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1997 World Championship in Japan.


1996 African Men's Handball Championship
Algeria win their sixth title beating Tunisia in the final game 21–19 after the first extra time of the history in the finals of the competition.


1996 African Women's Handball Championship
The 1996 African Women's Handball Championship was the twelfth edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, held in Benin from 16 to 29 October 1996. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1997 World Women's Handball Championship.


1996 Air Africa crash
The 1996 Air Africa crash occurred on 8 January when an overloaded Air Africa Antonov An-32B aircraft, wet leased from Moscow Airways and bound for Kahemba Airport, overshot the runway at N'Dolo Airport in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) after failing to take off and ploughed into Kinshasa's Simbazikita street market. Although four of the aircraft's six crew survived, between 225 and 348 fatalities and around 253 serious injuries occurred on the ground.


1996 Air Africa crash, Background
After decades of conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa, the air transport business is complex and often illegal. As Johan Peleman explained:


1996 Air Africa crash, Background
The relationship between the charterers, who operate the plane, the shipping agent who organises the delivery for his clients and the company that actually owns the plane, is often very complex. This makes it difficult to see which of the contracting parties is actually responsible for the illegal aspects of the transactions. The Antonov that crashed in Kinshasa in January 1996 was operated by African Air. The company had rented the plane and crew from Scibe CMMJ, the company of Bemba Saolona. Scibe's Belgium based sales agent had leased the plane to the company in Zaïre. The Belgian company in turn had contracted with Moscow Airways.


1996 Air Africa crash, Background
It has been reported that this flight was carrying weapons to UNITA:


1996 Air Africa crash, Background
Scibe Airlift, an airline owned by Bemba Saolona and (at least in 1985) Mobutu himself (Forbes, 18 November 1985), was also found to be transporting arms to UNITA when, in January 1996, an Antonov 32 crashed on take-off from Kinshasa en route to Angola, killing an estimated 370 people (Agence France Presse, 10 January 1996). The aircraft and crew, chartered by African Air from Scibe, had, in turn, been leased from Moscow Airways through Scibe's sales agent, Scibe CMMJ, in Ostend (The Washington Post, 21 March 1997).


1996 Air Africa crash, Crash
While attempting to take off fully fuelled and overloaded from N'Dolo Airport's short runway, the An-32B did not achieve sufficient speed to bring its nose up, yet began to lift. It crashed into the open-air Simbazikita produce market, full of shacks, pedestrians and cars, and its full fuel load ignited. The number of casualties cited varies from 225 (per the manslaughter charges) to 348.


1996 Air Africa crash, Aftermath
The first injured went to the Mama Yemo Hospital (now Kinshasa General Hospital), which was quickly overwhelmed. Two other hospitals took the additional victims. A worker with the International Committee of the Red Cross, Vincent Nicod, stated that 217 bodies were found at the market, in addition to 32 more bodies possibly already at morgues within the city.


1996 Air Africa crash, Aftermath
Mobutu and Saolona both attended the funeral on 10 January 1996 at the Protestant Cathédrale du Centenaire.


1996 Air Africa crash, Aftermath
The Russian pilots, Nicolai Kazarin and Andrei Gouskov, were charged and convicted of manslaughter, each receiving the maximum two-year sentence. At trial, they admitted they were using borrowed clearance papers from Scibe Airlift, that they knew the flight was illegal, and that the flight was actually bound for Angola. Scibe Airlift and African Air paid fines of US$1.4 million to the families and the injured.


1996 Air Africa crash, Aftermath
The underlying hazards of overloaded aircraft overflying densely populated areas were not addressed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and on 4 October 2007 a virtual repeat occurred in the 2007 Africa One Antonov An-26 crash at Ndjili International Airport.


1996 Air Canada Cup
The 1996 Air Canada Cup was Canada's 18th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, played April 16–21, 1996 at the Kamloops Memorial Arena in Kamloops, British Columbia. The Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy defeated the Thunder Bay Kings in the championship game to win the gold medal. The host North Kamloops Lions won the bronze medal. Future National Hockey League players competing in this tournament were Brad Stuart and Simon Gagné.


1996 Air Force Falcons football team
The 1996 Air Force Falcons football team competed for the United States Air Force Academy in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by 13th-year head coach Fisher DeBerry and played its home games at Falcon Stadium. It finished the season with a 6–5 record overall and a 5–3 record in Western Athletic Conference games.


1996 Akron Zips football team
The 1996 Akron Zips football team represented Akron University in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season as members of the Mid-American Conference. They were led by second–year head coach Lee Owens. The Zips played their home games at the Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio. They finished the season with a record of 4–7, 3–5 in MAC play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place.


1996 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team
The 1996 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team is a baseball team that represented the University of Alabama in the 1996 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Crimson Tide were members of the Southeastern Conference and played their home games at Sewell–Thomas Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. They were led by second-year head coach Jim Wells.


1996 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
The 1996 Alabama Crimson Tide football team represented the University of Alabama for the 1996–97 college football season, competing in the Western Division in the Southeastern Conference. Gene Stallings led the Crimson Tide to a 10–3 record in his final year with the program. The team played their home games at Bryant–Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama.


1996 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
Alabama's loss to Mississippi State broke a 15-game winning streak Alabama had in the series and was their first loss to the Bulldogs since a dramatic upset MSU posted over the #1 ranked Tide in 1980.


1996 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
Following a victory in the annual Iron Bowl on November 23, head coach Gene Stallings announced his retirement, which would go into effect at the end of the season.


1996 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Bowling Green
Alabama wins its sixth straight season opener over newly Division 1 opponent Bowling Green.


1996 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss
Alabama would hold Southern Miss to 104 yards of offense to win for the sixth straight year over the Golden Eagles.


1996 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt
In the first home game at Bryant-Denny Stadium for 1996, a shootout would unfold as the Crimson Tide would use a 21 point 3rd quarter to beat the Commodores.


1996 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Arkansas
A defensive struggle goes the Crimson Tide way as they avenge their loss of a year ago to Arkansas.


1996 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Kentucky
Former Alabama coach Bill Curry returned to Tuscaloosa for the first time since leaving Alabama for Kentucky in 1989. Despite being heavy underdogs, Curry's Wildcats forced a 7-7 tie at halftime which brought a chorus of boos from the homecoming crowd. The Crimson Tide then would use a 28 point third quarter to beat Kentucky.


1996 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, North Carolina State
Despite giving up a season high 418 yards of offense, The Crimson Tide survived on the road to stay undefeated.


1996 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss
The Crimson Tide put its most complete game together to date in 1996 to roll to a shutout win of Ole Miss.


1996 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Tennessee
Tennessee used 14 unanswered points in the 4th quarter to beat Alabama for the second year in a row and for the first time in Knoxville since 1984.


1996 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, LSU
For the second time in three weeks, Alabama defense would shut out its opponent. The Crimson tide offense went through one man Redshirt Freshman Shaun Alexander rushed for a School record 291 yards and all four Alabama touchdowns.


1996 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State
For the first time since 1980, Alabama would lose to Mississippi State in one of the biggest upset of the Gene Stallings era.


1996 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Auburn
After the game, head coach Gene Stallings announced his resignation effective at the end of the season.


1996 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Florida
Alabama would be in its fourth SEC Championship game in five seasons and once again would face Florida, as they had the previous three meetings. The Gators would use nearly 500 yards of offense to win its fourth straight SEC title, a record that still holds to this day.


1996 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Michigan
Two 4th quarter touchdowns proved to be enough as Alabama would win its 10th game of the season and the 70th and final for Gene Stallings as head coach.


1996 Alamo Bowl
The 1996 Alamo Bowl featured the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Iowa Hawkeyes.


1996 Alamo Bowl, Background
Iowa was in their eighth week (non consecutive) of being ranked, with one highlight win being over #10 Penn State. Though they finished tied for 2nd in the Big Ten Conference, they were invited to their fifth bowl game in five years. In their first season in the Big 12 Conference following the fall of the Southwest Conference, the Red Raiders finished in 2nd place in the Southern Division, though they were invited to their fourth bowl game in three years.


1996 Alamo Bowl, Game summary
Iowa opened the scoring with a 1-yard touchdown run from quarterback Matt Sherman, opening up a 6–0 lead. In the second quarter, Sedrick Shaw rushed 20 yards for a touchdown. The ensuing two-point conversion attempt was successful, and Iowa built a 14–0 lead. Zach Bromert added field goals of 36 and 26 yards, as Iowa's lead ballooned to 20–0. In the fourth quarter, Rodney Filer scored on a 14-yard touchdown run to finalize the score.


1996 Alamo Bowl, Game summary
The win was somewhat bittersweet for Iowa, as linebacker Mark Mitchell had lost his mother in a fatal car accident while she drove to San Antonio to attend what would be her son's final collegiate game. Therefore, as a symbolic gesture of mourning, the entire Iowa team stripped their helmets of all markings, the game ball was also given to Mitchell. Sedrick Shaw rushed 113 yards on 20 carries as the Red Raiders were held scoreless for the first time since 1987.


1996 Alaska Milkmen season
The 1996 Alaska Milkmen season was the 11th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


1996 Alaska Milkmen season, Notable achievements
The Alaska Milkmen won all three conferences in the season to become the fourth team in league history to capture the Grandslam, joining the 1976 and 1983 Crispa Redmanizers and 1989 San Miguel Beermen.


1996 Alaska Milkmen season, Summary
During the off-season, the Milkmen lost only two players from their roster, Alejandro Araneta and Dondon Ampalayo, who both retired from active playing. The only new player in their lineup is Kevin Ramas, who was acquired from Pepsi when Alaska gave up their first round pick in the rookie draft.


1996 Alaska Milkmen season, Summary
In the All-Filipino Cup, the Milkmen had a 4-3 won-loss slate in the first round of eliminations, they won six of their seven games in the second round to finish on top of the standings with 10 wins and four losses. Alaska lost their first four outings in the semifinals but bounces back to win three of their last four assignments and defeated Ginebra San Miguel in a playoff match, 96-83 on May 14, for the right to meet Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs in the All-Filipino finals. The Alaska Milkmen won the series, four games to one, for their second straight championship and fourth overall. The Milkmen becomes the 9th team to win the All-Filipino crown.


1996 Alaska Milkmen season, Summary
Last year's reinforcement Derrek Hamilton, who led the Milkmen to a runner-up finish, returns as Alaska's import for the Commissioner's Cup. The Milkmen were unbeaten in six starts before losing to Formula Shell on July 12. Alaska were once again on top of the standings with eight wins and two losses and two games ahead of second placers Ginebra and Sta.Lucia, both with six wins and four losses after the elimination round.


1996 Alaska Milkmen season, Summary
During the first round of semifinals, Import Derrek Hamilton was tested positive on traces of Marijuana on a drug test conducted by the PBA and was not allowed to play by league officials. Luckily for Alaska, they won their next game against Sta.Lucia playing without an import. The PBA suspended Hamilton and was permanently banned from playing in the league. Resident import Sean Chambers was around and replaces Hamilton and the Milkmen won their next three games and clinch the first finals seat with a come-from-behind 102-98 victory over Ginebra on August 20.


1996 Alaska Milkmen season, Summary
Alaska battled surprise finalist Formula Shell in the best-of-seven championship series and with Shell import Kenny Redfield enjoying a height advantage over his smaller counterpart Sean Chambers, the Zoom Masters took a 2-1 series lead but the Milkmen fought back and won in seven hard-fought games, taking the deciding match, 83-77, to win their fifth PBA title.


1996 Alaska Milkmen season, Summary
Alaska lost three of their first four games in the Governors Cup before they rolled to a seven-game winning streak and on top of the standings anew with eight wins and three losses. The Milkmen advances in the best-of-five semifinal series outright along with Ginebra San Miguel. Their winning streak reaches to 10 games following a 3-0 sweep over Formula Shell in their semifinals duel and enters into the championship round. Alaska went on to play crowd-favorite Ginebra San Miguel in the Governors Cup finals.


1996 Alaska Milkmen season, Summary
The Milkmen were up three games to none and on a threshold of a four-game sweep. Ginebra decided to change their import Fred Cofield in favor of Derek Rucker in a hope of winning one game in the series. In the fourth game, the Milkmen's 13-game winning run was halted when Ginebra prevailed by one point, 97-96. Alaska came back to win Game five, 91-83, and makes history by becoming the fourth team to win the coveted Grandslam.


1996 Albanian local elections
The Albanian local elections in 1996 was the second local election held in Albania. The elections were held on 20 and 27 October 1996 and the winner was the Democratic Party of Albania.


1996 Albanian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Albania on 26 May 1996, with a second round of voting for 25 seats on 2 June. The result was a victory for the ruling Democratic Party of Albania, which won 122 of the 140 seats. Voter turnout was 89.1%.


1996 Albanian parliamentary election
On the day of the first round of voting, six opposition parties led by the Socialist Party of Albania withdrew from the election, accusing the Democratic Party of intimidation. International observers noted that the elections were marred by "a number of irregularities and technical shortcomings" and concluded that the election "did not meet international standards for free and fair elections", nor the standards of Albanian law. After the first round results were released on 29 May, the Socialist Party of Albania announced that they would not take up their seats in the National Assembly. Almost all opposition parties boycotted the second round as a result.


1996 Albany Firebirds season
The 1996 Albany Firebirds season was the seventh season for the Albany Firebirds. They finished the 1996 Arena Football League season 10–4 and finished the season with a loss in the semifinals of the playoffs to the Iowa Barnstormers.


1996 Albany Firebirds season, Schedule, Playoffs
The Firebirds were awarded the No. 4 seed in the AFL playoffs.


1996 Algarve Cup
The 1996 Algarve Cup was the third edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's association football tournament. It took place between 11  and 17 March 1996 in Portugal with Norway winning the event for the second time in its history, defeating Sweden, 4-0 in the final-game.


1996 Algarve Cup, Format
China, Iceland and Russia were all invited to appear in the Algarve Cup for the first time replacing Italy, the Netherlands and the United States. China became the first team to compete in the tournament representing the Asian Football Confederation.


1996 Algarve Cup, Format
The eight invited teams were split into two groups that played a round-robin tournament. On completion of this, the fourth placed teams in each group would play each other to determine seventh and eighth place, the third placed teams in each group would play each other to decide fifth and sixth place, the second placed teams in each group would play to determine third and fourth place and the winners of each group would compete for first and second place overall.


1996 Algarve Cup, Format
Points awarded in the group stage followed the standard formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.


1996 Algarve Cup, Seventh Place
Portugal finished bottom of their group for the third year in a row but defeated Finland 3–0 to finish seventh in the final overall standings.


1996 Algarve Cup, Fifth Place
Russia and Iceland faced each other in the fifth place deciding match and with the score level after normal time and an added period of sudden death extra-time, contested the outcome with a penalty shootout. Russia won this 3–2.


1996 Algarve Cup, Third Place
China reached the third place play-off in their first appearance at the Algarve Cup and defeated Denmark to take the bronze medal.


1996 Algarve Cup, Final
An all Scandinavian final saw 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup winners Norway beat Sweden 4–0 and become champions for the second time in the competition's history.


1996 Algerian Cup Final
The 1996 Algerian Cup Final was the 32nd final of the Algerian Cup. The final took place on July 5, 1996, at Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers. MC Oran beat USM Blida 1-0 to win their 4th Algerian Cup.


1996 Algerian constitutional referendum
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1996 Algerian constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Algeria on 28 November 1996. Held amidst the Algerian Civil War, the amendments would prohibit the use of Islam and ethnic identity in domestic politics. Despite calls for a boycott, the amendments were approved by 85.8% of voters with a 79.8% turnout. Parliamentary elections were held the following year.


1996 All England Open Badminton Championships
The 1996 Yonex All England Open was the 86th edition of the All England Open Badminton Championships. It was held from 11 to 16 March 1996, in Birmingham, England.


1996 All England Open Badminton Championships
It was a five-star tournament and the prize money was US$125,000.


1996 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship
The 1996 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the fourth season of Japan Automobile Federation GT premiere racing. It was marked as well as the fourteenth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The GT500 class champion was the #61 Team Lark McLaren F1 GTR driven by David Brabham and John Nielsen, and the GT300 class champion was the #26 Team Taisan Jr Porsche 964 driven by Keiichi Suzuki and Morio Nitta.


1996 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship
For the 1996 season, the names of the two classes of the JGTC were changed to GT500 and GT300, replacing the previous GT1 and GT2 names from the 1994 and 1995 season. This season also mandated two-driver teams for all races. On November 17, the series held its first non-championship "All-Star Race" at Central Circuit.


1996 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship
The arrival of the McLaren F1 GTRs, prepared by Team Goh, was the biggest story of the 1996 season. The number 60 McLaren of Naoki Hattori and Ralf Schumacher led a 1-2 finish at the season opening round at Suzuka. However, despite winning three races, Hattori and Schumacher also suffered three retirements, and were beaten to the title by their senior teammates, Brabham and Nielsen. Despite massive performance handicaps instituted by the GTA, the two McLaren F1 GTRs combined to win four of the six championship races, and won pole position and set fastest lap in all six. At odds with the GTA over further performance handicaps that were to be proposed, Team Goh withdrew from the series after the championship finale at Miné Circuit, and after an aborted attempt to return in 2006, they would not return to the series until 2019.


1996 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship
The season also featured the debut of the Honda NSX in the series, although direct factory support would not appear until the following season; as such, the car entered by Team Kunimitsu was mostly mechanically identical to the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans GT2 class winner.


1996 All-Big 12 Conference football team
The 1996 All-Big 12 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big 12 Conference players for the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. The conference recognizes two official All-Big 12 selectors: (1) the Big 12 conference coaches selected separate offensive and defensive units and named first-, second- and third-team players (the "Coaches" team); and (2) a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the Big 12 also selected offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Media" team).


1996 All-Big 12 Conference football team
This was the first year of competition for the Big 12 Conference.


1996 All-Big 12 Conference football team, Key
Bold = selected as a first-team player by both the coaches and media panel


1996 All-Big Ten Conference football team
The 1996 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big Ten Conference players for the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. The conference recognizes two official All-Big Ten selectors: (1) the Big Ten conference coaches selected separate offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Coaches" team); and (2) a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the Big Ten also selected offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Media" team).


1996 All-Big Ten Conference football team, Key
Bold = selected as a first-team player by both the coaches and media panel


1996 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
The 1996 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 65th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.


1996 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Westmeath entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Leinster Championship.


1996 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
On 15 September 1996, Laois won the championship following a 2-11 to 1-11 defeat of Kerry in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title. It remains their only All-Ireland title.


1996 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
The 1996 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 66th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928. The championship began on 1 May 1996 and ended on 29 September 1996.


1996 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
Cork entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Tipperary in the Munster semi-final.


1996 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
On 29 September 1996 Tipperary won the championship following a 2-14 to 2-12 defeat of Galway in a replay of the All-Ireland final. This was their 16th All-Ireland title and their first title since 1982.


1996 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
Tipperary's Eugene O'Neill  was the championship's top scorer with 3-48.


1996 All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship
The All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship of 1996 was the 23rd staging of Ireland's secondary hurling knock-out competition. Derry won the championship, beating Wicklow 1-14 to 0-10 in the final at Croke Park, Dublin.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
The 1996 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the Bórd na Gaeilge All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons—was the high point of the 1996 season. The championship was won for the first time in the county’s history by Galway who defeated Killkenny by a two-point margin in the final. The match drew an attendance of 10,235, then the highest in the history of camogie.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Semi-finals
Martina Harkin retrieved a ball near the end line and set up the 15-year-old Veronica Curtin for a goal for Galway against Wexford after just two minutes of the All Ireland semi-final for what proved to be the decisive goal of the match. Cork defeated Kilkenny by four points in a disappointing second semi-final at Páirc Uí Rinn. The Connacht Tribune reported:


1996 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Semi-finals
They built up a nine point lead in the first half and showed a resolve after the break that never let Wexford back into the game. The Wexford goal proved little more than a consolation score, coming in the last few minutes when all was already lost.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Semi-finals
Cork had to fight all the way to Beat Kilkenny by four points at Páirc Uí Rinn, having led 0-7 to 0-4 at half-time Sinéad Millea had picked off some fine points to raise Kilkenny hopes before Lynn Dunlea struck for the decisive goal for Cork.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final
Two goals either side of half time from Denise Gilligan decided the outcome of the final. When midfielder Sharon Glynn pointing from a free in the first minute in the final, the score was not recorded. Galway manager Tony Ward had clarified with referee Aine Derham that the point stood. The players were unaware that the score was actually closer than displayed.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final
Shortly after scoring, Glynn took a blow to the head which affected her for long periods, particularly in the opening half, with her accuracy deserting her. Her long pucks from midfield frequently went wide, and Galway had five wides in the opening 30 minutes.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final
Cork, edged ahead 0-5 to 0-4 by the 20th minute, with all their scores coming from frees as Lynn Dunlea and Fiona O'Driscoll displayed their accuracy have thought that the game was theirs for the taking when Lynn Dunlea displayed remarkable persistence in shaking off the attentions of Olive Costello to put her side ahead 1-7 to 0-4."


1996 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final
Cork led by three points at half time, it would have been six had not Denise Gilligan scored the first of her two goals. Denise Gilligan received from Sharon Glynn for the first of two goals in three minutes at the start for the second half. Two minutes later Gilligan was also involved in the move that saw the winners edge in front when she found Harkin. Kathleen Costine saved again but Marian Harkin retained her composure to score Galway’s third goal. Galway now led by 3-6 to 1-9.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final
They set about consolidating their position, and Sharon Glynn pointed from a 30. A further goal from Dympna Maher, who was another to display remarkable coolness under pressure, made the Cork task that much more difficult, although they still had 18 minutes to retrieve their title. Cork brought it back to a two-point margin, they spurned some easy point chances in search of a goal. Galway won their first All-Ireland in their tenth final appearance 63 years after their first.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final
Lynn Dunlea gave the winners moments of anxiety right at the end when she pointed twice one from a placed ball to leave the victory margin only two points.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final
"I knew that if we were below six points behind them at the break that we would win the All Ireland. Those goals just after the break were an almighty boost for us.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final
"I can't believe it. I thought the final whistle would never go. When Cork were ahead we knew we had it all to play for. But in the second half we got in front of the backs and that was the difference. We were also playing the ball in low to the forwards."


1996 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final
Denise later went to live in London and played for Tara in the All Ireland Junior club final of 2011, 15 years after her two goal All Ireland winning performance.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final
The 1996 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final was the 65th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1996 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, an inter-county camogie tournament for the top teams in Ireland.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final
Cork led 1-9 to 1-6 at half-time, but went on to rue missed chances. Denise Gilligan scored two goals for Galway.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
The 1996 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 1996 to determine the winners of the 1995–96 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 26th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Sixmilebridge of Clare and Dunloy of Antrim, with Sixmilebridge winning by 5-10 to 2-6.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
The All-Ireland final was a unique occasion as it was the first ever championship meeting between Sixmilebridge and Dunloy. It remains their only championship meeting in the All-Ireland series. Both sides were hoping to make history by winning their first All-Ireland title.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
Sixmilebridge struck for their first goal inside a minute when a long delivery was flicked by Gerry McInerney into the path of Danny Chaplin who pulled first time and netted from 15 metres. Dunloy recovered well and by the 16th minute Tony McGrath had sent them into a 0-4 to 1-0 lead. McInerney equalised for Sixmilebridge form a free and Danny Chaplin sent brother David in for the second goal after 21 minutes. Four minutes later Danny Chaplin created the third goal, this time for McInerney. David Chaplin and McInerney added points to open up an eight-point gap. David Chaplin was the hero scoring 2-1 while the ageless Gerry McInerney also played a vital role hitting 1-4.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
Sixmilebridge's victory secured their first All-Ireland title. They became the 18th club to win the All-Ireland title, while they were the first Clare representatives to claim the ultimate prize.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
Dunloy's All-Ireland defeat was their second successive defeat in a final after losing to Birr in 1995.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 1996 Bank of Ireland All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 110th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 12 May 1996 and ended on 29 September 1996.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Dublin entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Meath in the Leinster final.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
On 29 September 1996, Meath won the championship following a 2-9 to 1-11 defeat of Mayo in a replay of the All-Ireland final. This was their sixth All-Ireland title and their first in eight championship seasons.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Mayo's Maurice Sheridan was the championship's top scorer with 1-33. Meath's Martin O'Connell was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year, while his teammate Trevor Giles was selected as the Powerscreen Footballer of the Year.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Leinster Championship format change
The Leinster football championship pre-Quarter final had 2 First-Round & 1 Second-Round game.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The 1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 109th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. It went to a replay and was eventually won by Meath, with Mayo losing. Neither team was expected to make the final as the competition got underway; Meath were expected to lose to Carlow in their first game of the Leinster Senior Football Championship. However, it would be for the most significant breach of on-field discipline in the sport's history that the 1996 All-Ireland final would be remembered.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, The brawl
Tommy Dowd got a goal and Brendan Reilly got the winning point but none of this matters: all is forgotten now apart from the infamous brawl which broke out over by the Cusack Stand in the shadow of Hill 16. Every man on the pitch soon found himself in the middle of the melee, apart from Meath's Brendan Reilly, Mayo goalkeeper John Madden and his full-back Kevin Cahill. Almost 30 players joined in a brawl that will go down in history as one of the worst ever seen at a GAA match.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, The brawl
Referee Pat McEnaney sought to punish those he deemed the worst offenders. He decided he would send off Mayo's Liam McHale and Meath's John McDermott. "When it all settled down my gut instinct was to send off McDermott with McHale. I had my mind made up on that", McEnaney later said.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, The brawl
Then he consulted with umpire Francie McMahon, who had witnessed something dreadful. "Pat," he said. "You're going to have to send off Colm Coyle. He's after dropping about six of them". One of the linesmen, Kevin Walsh, intervened to also highlight Coyle's indiscretions.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, The brawl
McEnaney sent off McHale and Coyle. McHale has never claimed not to have been involved in the brawl that day; indeed, he is on record as saying: "I was right in the middle right from the start". Coyle had arrived later.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, The games
Ray Dempsey's 45th-minute goal gave Mayo a lead of six points; however, a Meath comeback, culminating in a last-minute Colm Coyle long-range point, saw the game end in a draw on a scoreline of 1–9 to 0–12.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, The games
The final ended in a draw, Meath getting last-minute point when Colm Coyle pumped the ball in that was allowed to bounce and ended up over the bar. As is customary, a replay followed. Meath won by a point, with goals by Trevor Giles (penalty) and Tommy Dowd. Meath's Mark O'Reilly was just a boy that day.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, The games
It was the first of two All-Ireland football titles for Meath that decade, followed by success in 1999.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, The games
This was the second consecutive All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final replay in which at least at least one player sent off; Gerry McEntee was sent off in the 1988 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final replay.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match
Inaccurate stories spread afterwards that McEnaney had received hate mail at his home, but, McEnaney later said, the only letter he received (from a Meath supporter) praised McEnaney for how he had handled the brawl.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match
The teams did not meet again the championship until 2009.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1996 (known for sponsorship reasons as the Guinness Hurling Championship 1996) was the 110th staging of Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Wexford won the championship, beating Limerick 1–13 to 0–14 in the final at Croke Park, Dublin.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, Connacht Championship
Final: (1 match) This is a lone match between the two competing Connacht teams. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the All-Ireland quarter-final where the play the winners of the All-Ireland preliminary round.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, Leinster Championship
Preliminary Round 1: (1 match) This is a single match between the first two teams drawn from the province of Leinster. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the preliminary round 2.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, Leinster Championship
Preliminary Round 2: (1 match) The winner of the preliminary round 1 game joins another Leinster team to contest this game. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the quarter-finals.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, Leinster Championship
Quarter-finals: (2 matches) The winner of the preliminary round 2 game joins three other Leinster teams to make up the two quarter-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage, while two teams advance to the Leinster semi-finals.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, Leinster Championship
Semi-finals: (2 matches) The winners of the two quarter-finals join two other Leinster teams to make up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage, while two teams advance to the Leinster final.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, Leinster Championship
Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest this game. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the All-Ireland semi-final.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, Munster Championship
Quarter-final: (2 matches) These are two lone matches between the first four teams drawn from the province of Munster. Two teams are eliminated at this stage, while two teams advance to the semi-finals.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, Munster Championship
Semi-finals: (2 matches) The winners of the two quarter-finals join the other two Munster teams to make up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage, while two teams advance to the final.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, Munster Championship
Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest this game. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the All-Ireland semi-final.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, Ulster Championship
Final: (1 match) This is a lone match between the two competing Ulster teams. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the All-Ireland semi-final where the play the Munster champions.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, All-Ireland Championship
Preliminary round 1: (1 match) This is a single match between the overseas teams of New York and London. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the preliminary round 2.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, All-Ireland Championship
Preliminary round 2: (1 match) This is a single match between the winners of the preliminary round 1 and the All-Ireland 'B' champions. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the All-Ireland quarter-final.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, All-Ireland Championship
Quarter-final: (1 match) This is a single match between the winners of the preliminary round 2 game and the Connacht champions. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the All-Ireland semi-final.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, All-Ireland Championship
Semi-finals: (2 matches) The Munster and Leinster champions will play the winners of the lone quarter-final and the Ulster champions. Two teams are eliminated at this stage, while the two winnerss advance to the All-Ireland final.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, All-Ireland Championship
Final: (1 match) The two semi-final winners will contest the final.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Player facts, Debutantes
The following players made their début in the 1996 championship:


1996 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Player facts, Retirees
The following players played their last game in the 1996 championship:


1996 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 1996 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 109th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1996 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 1 September 1996, between Wexford and Limerick. The Munster champions lost to their Leinster opponents on a score line of 1-13 to 0-14.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final
The 1996 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final was the 23rd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1996 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, an inter-county ladies' Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.


1996 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final
Monaghan won after a replay, to give Laois a fifth final loss in a row.


1996 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
The 1996 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was the 33rd staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964.