Australia at the OFC Nations Cup

The Australia national association football team represented Australia at the OFC Nations Cup from 1980 to 2004.[1]

## OFC Nations Cup record

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Australia's OFC Nations Cup record

Year  | Result  | Position  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA
1973 | Did not participate
1980 | Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4
1996 | Champions | 1st | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0
1998 | Runners-up  | 2nd | 4  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 23  | 3
2000 | Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0
2002 | Runners-up  | 2nd | 5  | 4  | 0  | 1  | 23  | 2
2004 | Champions | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 4
2008–present  | Not an OFC member
Total  | 4 titles  | 6/7  | 28  | 24  | 2  | 2  | 142  | 13

## 1980 OFC Nations Cup

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Australia squad – 1980 Oceania Cup winners (1st title)

* GK Banovic
* GK Woodhouse
* DF Bozanic
* DF Davidson
* DF Hogg
* DF Moulis
* MF Bertogna
* MF Blair
* MF Christopoulos
* MF Kay
* MF Raskopoulos
* MF Selemidis
* MF Sharne
* FW Brusasco
* FW Hunter
* FW Krncevic
* Coach: Gutendorf

### Group B

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1 |  Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 6
2 |  New Caledonia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 4
3 |  Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 2
4 |  New Hebrides | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0

February 24, 1980

Australia | 8–0|  New Caledonia

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Danny Moulis
Ian Hunter 2
Paul Kay 2
Eddie Krncevic 3 | (Report) |

Noumea, New Caledonia

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February 26, 1980

Australia | 11–2|  Papua New Guinea

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Danny Moulis
Arno Bertogna
Vic Bozanic
Ian Hunter 3
Eddie Krncevic
Peter Sharne 4 | (Report) | Mouagi
Torea

Noumea, New Caledonia

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February 28, 1980

Australia | 1–0|  New Hebrides

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Eddie Krncevic | (Report) |

Noumea, New Caledonia

### Final

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March 3, 1980

Australia | 4–2|  Tahiti

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Paul Kay 4' 29'
Danny Moulis
Vic Bozanic | (Report) | Andre Wabealo
Erroll Bennett

Noumea, New Caledonia

## 1996 OFC Nations Cup

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Australia squad – 1996 OFC Nations Cup winners (2nd title)

* GK Juric
* GK Kalac
* DF Blagojevic
* DF Hooker
* DF Ivanović
* DF Popovic
* DF Tobin
* MF Bingley
* MF Cranney
* MF Enes
* MF Foster
* MF Marth
* MF Polak
* MF Tapai
* MF Tiatto
* MF Wade (c)
* FW Edwards
* FW Markovski
* FW Mori
* FW Spink
* FW Spiteri
* FW Trajanovski
* FW Trimboli
* Coach: Thomson & Blanco

### Semi-final

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1995-11-10

New Zealand | 0 - 0|  Australia

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Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Barry Tasker (NZL)

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1995-11-15

Australia | 3 - 0|  New Zealand

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Damian Mori 33'
Paul Wade 45' pen
Joe Spiteri 51' | (Report) |

Breakers Stadium, Newcastle

Attendance: 8,858

Referee: Simon Micallef (AUS)

### Final

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1996-10-27

Tahiti | 0 - 6|  Australia

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| (Report) | Ernie Tapai 5'
Paul Trimboli 20'
Kris Trajanovski 25', 28', 44', 89'

Olympic Stadium, Papeete

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Barry Tasker (NZL)

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1996-11-01

Australia | 5 - 0|  Tahiti

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Robbie Hooker 11'
Kris Trajanovski 21', 36', 54'
Rupena Raumati 31' (og) | (Report) |

Bruce Stadium, Canberra

Attendance: 9,421

Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)

## 1998 OFC Nations Cup

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Australia squad – 1998 OFC Nations Cup runners-up

* GK Petkovic
* DF Babic
* DF Ceccoli
* DF Colosimo
* DF De Amicis
* DF Gwynne
* DF Longo
* DF Tobin (c)
* DF Trajkovski
* MF Chipperfield
* MF Halpin
* MF Lozanovski
* MF Maloney
* MF Tapai
* MF Wehrman
* FW Mori
* FW Trajanovski
* FW Trimboli
* FW Veart
* Coach: Farina

### Group B

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Team  | Pts  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | GD

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Australia | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | +18
Fiji | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1
Cook Islands | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | -19

25 September 1998

Australia | 3–1|  Fiji

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Mori 2', 25', 44' | (Report) | Masinisau 62'

Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

Attendance: 900

Referee: Bruce Grimshaw (New Zealand)

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28 September 1998

Australia | 16–0|  Cook Islands

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Trimboli 1', 12', 63'
Mori 8', 15', 30', 34'
Maloney 17', 89'
Ceccoli 42'
Trajanovski 48', 68', 76' (pen), 88'
Chipperfield 66'
Halpin 80' | (Report) |

Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

Attendance: 600

Referee: Massimo Raveino (Tahiti)

### Semi-final

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2 October 1998

Australia | 4-1|  Tahiti

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Mori 1', 32', 81'
Veart 86' | (Report) | Labaste 55'

Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)

### Final

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4 October 1998

New Zealand | 1-0|  Australia

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Burton 24' | (Report) |

Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Massimo Raveino (Tahiti)

## 2000 OFC Nations Cup

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Australia squad – 2000 OFC Nations Cup winners (3rd title)

* 1 Kalac
* 2 Muscat
* 3 Murphy
* 4 Okon
* 5 Popovic
* 6 Foster
* 7 Tiatto
* 8 Lazaridis
* 9 Zdrilic
* 10 Emerton
* 11 Agostino
* 13 Vidmar
* 15 Zane
* Bolton
* Cardozo
* Chipperfield
* Colosimo
* Corica
* Horvat
* Laybutt
* Coach: Farina

### Group A

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Team  | Pts  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | GD

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Australia | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | +23
Solomon Islands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -2
Cook Islands | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 22 | -21

19 June 2000

Australia | 17-0|  Cook Islands

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Agostino 18', 68'
Muscat 21', 45' (pen)
Tiatto 24'
Foster 30', 42', 51', 80'
Zdrilic 35', 65'
Lazaridis 55'
Popovic 60'
Corica 70'
Zane 82', 87', 89' | (Report) |

Stade Pater, Papeete, Tahiti

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Leaustic (Tahiti)

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23 June 2000

Australia | 6-0|  Solomon Islands

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Chipperfield 6'
Zane 13', 35'
Omokirio 36' (OG)
Muscat 39' (pen)
Cardozo 43' | (Report) |

Stade Pater, Papeete, Tahiti

Attendance: 300

Referee: Sosongan (Papua New Guinea)

### Semi-final

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25 Jun 2000

Australia | 1 – 0|  Vanuatu

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Kevin Muscat 5' pen | (Report) |

Stade Pater
Papeete, Tahiti

Attendance: 300

### Final

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28 Jun 2000

Australia | 2 – 0|  New Zealand

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Shaun Murphy 40'
Craig Foster 66' | (Report) |

Stade Pater
Papeete, Tahiti

Attendance: 300

## 2002 OFC Nations Cup

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Australia squad – 2002 OFC Nations Cup runners-up

* 1 Petkovic
* 2 De Amicis
* 3 North
* 4 Duraković
* 5 Horvat
* 6 Kisnorbo
* 7 Middleby
* 8 Porter
* 9 Mori (c)
* 10 Despotovski
* 11 Chipperfield
* 12 Pondeljak
* 13 Blagojevic
* 14 Costanzo
* 15 Milicic
* 16 Trimboli
* 17 Juric
* 18 Anastasiadis
* Coach: Farina

### Group A

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Team  | Pts  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | GD

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Australia | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | +21
Vanuatu | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0
Fiji | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -8
New Caledonia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | -13

6 July 2002

Australia | 2–0|  Vanuatu

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Mori 69'
Despotovski 85' | (Report) |

Ericsson Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Ariiotima (Tahiti)

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8 July 2002

Australia | 11–0|  New Caledonia

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Despotovski 2', 56' (pen), 76', 77'
Horvat 15'
Chipperfield 22', 35'
Mori 34'
Costanzo 83'
Porter 86'
Trimboli 90+' | (Report) |

Ericsson Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 200

Referee: Rugg (New Zealand)

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10 July 2002

Australia | 8–0|  Fiji

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Milicic 4'
Porter 7', 12', 45', 52'
Juric 36'
Trimboli 46'
De Amicis 89' | (Report) |

Ericsson Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Rugg (New Zealand)

### Semi-final

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12 July 2002

Australia | 2–1
(AET)|  Tahiti

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Porter 88'
Mori 96' | (Report) | Zaveroni 38'

Ericsson Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 400

Referee: Rugg (New Zealand)

### Final

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14 July 2002

New Zealand | 1–0|  Australia

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Nelsen 78' | (Report) |

Ericsson Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Ariiotima (Tahiti)

## 2004 OFC Nations Cup

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Australia squad – 2004 OFC Nations Cup winners (4th title)

* 1 Schwarzer
* 2 North
* 3 Laybutt
* 4 Colosimo
* 5 Vidmar
* 6 Chipperfield
* 7 Emerton
* 8 Skoko
* 9 Aloisi
* 10 Cahill / Kewell
* 11 Lazaridis
* 12 Brosque
* 13 Grella
* 14 Kisnorbo
* 15 Sterjovski
* 16 Tarka
* 17 Zdrilic
* 18 Kalac
* 19 Vieri
* 20 Madaschi
* 21 Elrich
* 22 Jones
* 23 Bresciano
* Coach: Farina

### Group stage

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Pos | Team

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1  |  Australia | 5  | 4  | 1  | 0  | 21  | 3  | +18  | 13  | Advance to final
2  |  Solomon Islands | 5  | 3  | 1  | 1  | 9  | 6  | +3  | 10
3  |  New Zealand | 5  | 3  | 0  | 2  | 17  | 5  | +12  | 9  |
4  |  Fiji | 5  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 3  | 10  | −7  | 4
5  |  Tahiti | 5  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 2  | 24  | −22  | 4
6  |  Vanuatu | 5  | 1  | 0  | 4  | 5  | 9  | −4  | 3

Source: [2]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

29 May 2004

Australia | 1 - 0|  New Zealand

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Bresciano 40' | (Report) |

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 12,130

Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

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31 May 2004

Australia | 9 - 0|  Tahiti

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Cahill 14', 47'
Skoko 43'
Simon 44' (o.g.)
Sterjovski 51', 61', 74'
Zdrilic 85'
Chipperfield 89' | (Report) |

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Harry Attison (Vanuatu)

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2 June 2004

Australia | 6 - 1|  Fiji

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Madaschi 6', 50'
Cahill 39', 66', 75'
Elrich 89' | (Report) | Gataurua 19'

Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide

Attendance: 2,200

Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

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4 June 2004

Vanuatu | 0 - 3|  Australia

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| (Report) | Aloisi 25', 85'
Emerton 81'

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti)

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6 June 2004

Solomon Islands | 2 - 2|  Australia

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Menapi 43', 75' | (Report) | Cahill 50'
Emerton 52'

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

### Final

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9 October 2004

Solomon Islands | 1 – 5|  Australia

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Batram Suri 60' | (Report) | Skoko 5', 28'
Milicic 19'
Emerton 43'
Elrich 79'

Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

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12 October 2004

Australia | 6 – 0|  Solomon Islands

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Milicic 5'
Kewell 8'
Vidmar 60'
Thompson 79'
Elrich 82'
Emerton 89' | (Report) |

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 19,208

Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)

## Goalscorers

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See also: List of OFC Nations Cup goalscorers

Player  | Goals  | 1980 | 1996 | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004

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Damian Mori | 14  |  |  | 10 | 1 | 3 |
Kris Trajanovski | 11  |  | 7 | 4 |  |  |
Paul Trimboli | 6  |  | 1 | 3 |  | 2 |
Joel Porter | 6  |  |  |  |  | 6 |
Tim Cahill | 6  |  |  |  |  |  | 6
Vaughan Coveny | 6  |  |  |  |  |  | 6
Ian Hunter | 5  | 5 |  |  |  |  |
Eddie Krnčević | 5  | 5 |  |  |  |  |
Craig Foster | 5  |  |  |  | 5 |  |
Clayton Zane | 5  |  |  |  | 5 |  |
Bobby Despotovski | 5  |  |  |  |  | 5 |
Paul Kay | 4  | 4 |  |  |  |  |
Scott Chipperfield | 4  |  |  | 1 |  | 2 | 1
Kevin Muscat | 4  |  |  |  | 4 |  |
Danny Moulis | 3  | 3 |  |  |  |  |
Ante Milicic | 3  |  |  |  |  | 1 | 2
Josip Skoko | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 3
Mile Sterjovski | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 3
Ahmad Elrich | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 3
Brett Emerton | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 3
Vic Bozanic | 2  | 2 |  |  |  |  |
Peter Sharne | 2  | 2 |  |  |  |  |
Brad Maloney | 2  |  |  | 2 |  |  |
Paul Agostino | 2  |  |  |  | 2 |  |
Adrian Madaschi | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 2
John Aloisi | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 2
Arno Bertogna | 1  | 1 |  |  |  |  |
Paul Wade | 1  |  | 1 |  |  |  |
Joe Spiteri | 1  |  | 1 |  |  |  |
Ernie Tapai | 1  |  | 1 |  |  |  |
Robbie Hooker | 1  |  | 1 |  |  |  |
Alvin Ceccoli | 1  |  |  | 1 |  |  |
Troy Halpin | 1  |  |  | 1 |  |  |
Carl Veart | 1  |  |  | 1 |  |  |
Mark Burton | 1  |  |  | 1 |  |  |
Danny Tiatto | 1  |  |  |  | 1 |  |
Stan Lazaridis | 1  |  |  |  | 1 |  |
Tony Popovic | 1  |  |  |  | 1 |  |
Steve Corica | 1  |  |  |  | 1 |  |
Pablo Cardozo | 1  |  |  |  | 1 |  |
Shaun Murphy | 1  |  |  |  | 1 |  |
Steve Horvat | 1  |  |  |  |  | 1 |
Angelo Costanzo | 1  |  |  |  |  | 1 |
Ante Jurić | 1  |  |  |  |  | 1 |
Fausto De Amicis | 1  |  |  |  |  | 1 |
Mark Bresciano | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
David Zdrilic | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Harry Kewell | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Tony Vidmar | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Archie Thompson | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Total  | 139  | 22 | 12 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 36

## See also

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* Australia at the AFC Asian Cup
* Australia at the FIFA World Cup
* Australia at the FIFA Confederations Cup

## References

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1. ^ "Country Info". FIFA. Archived from the original on June 26, 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
2. ^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) 2006, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 16 April 2024.

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Team appearances

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1 Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under another name(s). 2 Have been member of multiple confederations.
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