2002 OFC Nations Cup

2002 OFC Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
Dates	5 July - 15 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (3rd title)
Runners-up	Australia
Third place	Tahiti
Fourth place	Vanuatu
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	64 (4 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Joel Porter (6)
← 2000 Championship 2004 Championship →

The 2002 OFC Nations Cup doubled as the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup qualification tournament for the OFC, as well as to select the Oceanic team to compete in the AFC/OFC Cup Challenge.

The competition were divided in two Group stages, and a knockout tournament at the end. Before the tournament, all twelve teams were seeded, for most according to their 2001 FIFA ranking, although New Caledonia was placed last by default, as it was not a FIFA member.

The lowest-ranked six teams were placed in a round-robin group qualification stage, in which the highest placed two teams at the end of the round were deemed qualifiers for the actual tournament. In the tournament proper, the remaining eight sides (now including the six higher-ranked teams, effectively given a bye past the qualifications) were split into two groups of four, which then played their own round-robin tournaments. The highest-placed two teams in each group then qualified for a final knockout tournament.

Australia sent a severely weakened team (Scott Chipperfield was the only European-based player) and as a result failed to defend the title they won in 2000. They were beaten by New Zealand in the final, with Ryan Nelsen scoring the winning goal.

Qualifying Tournament

Before the first group stage began, the  Cook Islands withdrew, resulting in the group stage being played between only five nations.

Results

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Papua New Guinea	12	4	4	0	0	20	2	+18
New Caledonia	9	4	3	0	1	25	4	+21
Samoa	6	4	2	0	2	8	9	−1
Tonga	3	4	1	0	3	7	18	−11
American Samoa	0	4	0	0	4	2	29	−27
Cook Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Match Schedule

9 March 2002	New Caledonia	10–0	American Samoa	Toleofoa J.B. Soccer Complex, Apia, Samoa
	Case 10' Pibke 11', 40', 54', 58', 70' Jose 25' Kauma 36' Wanakaija 55' Voudjo 74'	(Report)

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9 March 2002	Samoa	2–0	Tonga	Toleofoa J.B. Soccer Complex, Apia, Samoa
	Timo 52' Lemana 83'	(Report)

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12 March 2002	Tonga	7–2	American Samoa	Toleofoa J.B. Soccer Complex, Apia, Samoa
	Suli 3', 72', 80' Maamaloa 5' Taufahema 19' Uele 29' Fifita 39'	(Report)	Atualevao 15' Afu 70'

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12 March 2002	Papua New Guinea	4–1	New Caledonia	Toleofoa J.B. Soccer Complex, Apia, Samoa
	Kombi 31' Tomda 57' Aisa 70' Davani 85'	(Report)	Voudjo 40'

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14 March 2002	Papua New Guinea	5–0	Tonga	Toleofoa J.B. Soccer Complex, Apia, Samoa
	Lohai 19' Moiyap 61' Davani 70' Aisa 84' Andrew Kassam 89'	(Report)

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14 March 2002	Samoa	5–0	American Samoa	Toleofoa J.B. Soccer Complex, Apia, Samoa
	Timo 3' Faaiuaso 24', 68' Lemana 31' Fasavalu 48'	(Report)

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16 March 2002	New Caledonia	9–0	Tonga	Toleofoa J.B. Soccer Complex, Apia, Samoa
	Faye 17', 85' Pibke 18', 26', 85' Voudjo 18' Kabeu 45' Kauma 74' Jose 90'	(Report)

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16 March 2002	Samoa	1–4	Papua New Guinea	Toleofoa J.B. Soccer Complex, Apia, Samoa
	Lemana 56'	(Report)	Kombi 20' Wasi 30' Elizah 60' Moiyap 76'

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18 March 2002	Papua New Guinea	7–0	American Samoa	Toleofoa J.B. Soccer Complex, Apia, Samoa
	Davani 12', 20', 43' Posman 32' Aisa 46' Lohai 61' Wasi 90+'	(Report)

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18 March 2002	Samoa	0–5	New Caledonia	Toleofoa J.B. Soccer Complex, Apia, Samoa
		(Report)	Kauma 10' David Hay 41', 69' Pibke 59' Mapou 89'

 Papua New Guinea and  New Caledonia progress to the second group stage.

Final tournament

First round

Group A

Results

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
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

Match Schedule

6 July 2002	Fiji	2–1	New Caledonia	Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Rugg (New Zealand)
	Toma 23' Bukaudi 49'	(Report)	Sinedo 79'

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6 July 2002	Australia	2–0	Vanuatu	Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ariiotima (Tahiti)
	Mori 69' Despotovski 85'	(Report)

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8 July 2002	Vanuatu	1–0	Fiji	Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Attendance: 800 Referee: Sosongan (Papua New Guinea)
	Marango 6'	(Report)

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8 July 2002	Australia	11–0	New Caledonia	Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Attendance: 200 Referee: Rugg (New Zealand)
	Despotovski 2', 56' (pen), 76', 77' Horvat 15' Chipperfield 22', 35' Mori 34' Costanzo 83' Porter 86' Trimboli 90+'	(Report)

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10 July 2002	Vanuatu	1–0	New Caledonia	Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Attendance: 500 Referee: Ariiotima (Tahiti)
	Iwai 76'	(Report)

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10 July 2002	Australia	8–0	Fiji	Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Rugg (New Zealand)
	Milicic 4' Porter 7', 12', 45', 52' Juric 36' Trimboli 46' De Amicis 89'	(Report)

 Australia and  Vanuatu progress to the knockout tournament.

Group B

Results

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
New Zealand	9	3	3	0	0	19	2	+17
Tahiti	6	3	2	0	1	6	7	-1
Solomon Islands	1	3	0	1	2	3	9	-6
Papua New Guinea	1	3	0	1	2	2	12	-10

Match Schedule

5 July 2002	Papua New Guinea	0–0	Solomon Islands	North Harbour Stadium, Albany Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Breeze (Australia)
		(Report)

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5 July 2002	New Zealand	4–0	Tahiti	North Harbour Stadium, Albany Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Attison (Vanuatu)
	Nelsen 30' Vicelich 49' Urlovic 80' Campbell 88'	(Report)

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7 July 2002	Tahiti	3–2	Solomon Islands	North Harbour Stadium, Albany Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Breeze (Australia)
	Booene 42' Tagawa 57' Fatupua-Lecaill 90+'	(Report)	Daudau 8' Menapi 25'

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7 July 2002	New Zealand	9–1	Papua New Guinea	North Harbour Stadium, Albany Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Rakaroi (Fiji)
	Killen 9', 10', 28', 51' Campbell 27', 85' Nelsen 54' Burton 87' De Gregorio 90+'	(Report)	Aisa 35' (pen)

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9 July 2002	Tahiti	3–1	Papua New Guinea	North Harbour Stadium, Albany Attendance: 800 Referee: Rakaroi (Fiji)
	Garcia 29' Tagawa 49', 64'	(Report)	Davani 43'

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9 July 2002	New Zealand	6–1	Solomon Islands	North Harbour Stadium, Albany Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Attison (Vanuatu)
	Vicelich 28', 45' Urlovic 42' Campbell 50', 75' Burton 88'	(Report)	Fa'arodo 73'

 New Zealand and  Tahiti progress to the knockout tournament.

Knockout Rounds

	Semifinals				Final
	12 July - Auckland
	Australia	2
	Tahiti	1
					14 July - Auckland
					Australia	0
					New Zealand	1
					Third place
	12 July - Auckland			14 July - Auckland
	New Zealand	3		Tahiti	1
	Vanuatu	0			Vanuatu	0

Semi-Finals

12 July 2002	Australia	2–1 (AET)	Tahiti	Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Attendance: 400 Referee: Rugg (New Zealand)
	Porter 88' Mori 96'	(Report)	Zaveroni 38'

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12 July 2002	New Zealand	3–0	Vanuatu	Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Breeze (Australia)
	Burton 13', 65' Killen 23'	(Report)

Third Place

14 July 2002	Tahiti	1–0	Vanuatu	Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Rakaroi (Fiji)
	Auraa 65'	(Report)

Final

14 July 2002	New Zealand	1–0	Australia	Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ariiotima (Tahiti)
	Nelsen 78'	(Report)

 New Zealand become the 2002 Oceania Nations Cup Champions.

Awards

2002 OFC Nations Cup Winners
New Zealand Third title

External links

• RSSF. Accessed 21 February 2010.