2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Oceanian zone (OFC). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification.

A total of 10 teams entered the competition. The Oceanian zone was allocated 0.5 places (out of 32) in the final tournament.

There would be two rounds of play:

Australia's 31–0 win over American Samoa established a World Cup record for the highest margin of victory in a qualifying match.

Contents

First round

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia 4 4 0 0 66 0 +66 12
 Fiji 4 3 0 1 27 4 +23 9
 Tonga 4 2 0 2 7 30 −23 6
 Samoa 4 1 0 3 9 18 −9 3
 American Samoa 4 0 0 4 0 57 −57 0

Australia advanced to the Final Round.

7 April 2001
16:30
 Samoa  0 – 1  Tonga International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ronan Leaustic (Tahiti)
Report Taufahema  86'
7 April 2001
19:00
 Fiji  13 – 0  American Samoa International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour
Attendance: 500
Referee: Derek Rugg (New Zealand)
Masi  3' (pen.), 12', 53', 54'
Lal  23', 24', 28', 39', 45'
Mateiwai  31'
Nasema  56'
Samy  70', 75'		 Report
9 April 2001
16:30
 Tonga  0 – 22  Australia International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Harry Attison (Vanuatu)
Report Chipperfield  3', 83'
Mori  13', 23', 40', 58'
Aloisi  14', 24', 37', 45', 52', 63'
Muscat  18', 30', 54', 82'
Popovic  67'
Vidmar  74'
Zdrilic  78', 90'
Thompson  80'
Boutsianis  87'
9 April 2001
19:00
 American Samoa  0 – 8  Samoa International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour
Attendance: 200
Referee: Brian Precious (New Zealand)
Report Leututu  8' (o.g.)
Gabriel  36'
Faaisuaso  42', 52', 72', 87'
Lemana  58', 60'
Michael  63'
11 April 2001
16:30
  Samoa 1 – 6  Fiji International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour
Attendance: 400
Referee: Henry Attison (Vanuatu)
Lemana  33' (pen.) Report Mateiwai  5'
Masi  21', 41'
Tokuma  48' (o.g.)
Prasad  84', 86'
11 April 2001
19:00
 Australia  31 – 0  American Samoa International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ronan Leaustic (Tahiti)
Boutsianis  10', 50', 84'
Thompson  12', 23', 27', 29', 32'
 37', 42', 45', 56', 60'
 65', 85', 88'
Zdrilic  13', 21', 25', 33', 58'
 66', 78', 89'
Vidmar  14', 80'
Popovic  17', 19'
Colosimo  51', 81'
De Amicis  55'		 Report
14 April 2001
16:30
 Fiji  0 – 2  Australia International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Derek Rugg (New Zealand)
Report Corica  23'
Foxe  81'
14 April 2001
19:00
 American Samoa  0 – 5  Tonga International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Brian Precious (New Zealand)
Report Taufahema  2', 24', 51'
Moa  71' (pen.)
Fakava  86'
16 April 2001
16:30
 Australia  11 – 0  Samoa International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Brian Precious (New Zealand)
A. Vidmar  5', 50'
Zdrillic  28', 57'
Foxe  44'
Popovic  55', 89'
Thompson  75', 88'
Chipperfield  76'
Bureta  81' (o.g.)		 Report
16 April 2001
19:00
 Tonga  1 – 8  Fiji International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ronan Leaustic (Tahiti)
Taufahema  78' Report Leka  4'
Masi  30', 34', 37', 48', 90'
Vurukania  56'
Nasema  62'

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 New Zealand 4 4 0 0 19 1 +18 12
 Tahiti 4 3 0 1 14 6 +8 9
 Solomon Islands 4 2 0 2 17 10 +7 6
 Vanuatu 4 1 0 3 11 21 −10 3
 Cook Islands 4 0 0 4 2 25 −23 0

New Zealand advanced to the Final Round.

4 June 2001
16:30
 Vanuatu  1 – 6  Tahiti North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 400
Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)
Lauru  56' Report Senechal  26'
Bennett  36', 41', 81'
Amaru  52'
Tagawa  82'
4 June 2001
16:30
 Solomon Islands  9 – 1  Cook Islands North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 1,542
Referee: Brett Hugo (Australia)
Suri  14'
Daudau  19', 54', 75'
Menapi  31', 52', 85'
Firisua  84'
Konofilla  89'		 Report Temiha  4'
6 June 2001
16:30
 Tahiti  0 – 5  New Zealand North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 2,052
Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)
Report Coveny  41', 56', 71'
Lines  53'
Perry  88'
6 June 2001
16:30
 Cook Islands  1 – 8  Vanuatu North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 600
Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)
Pukoku  13' Report Ben  4'
Lauru  27'
Maki  38'
Iwai  50', 59', 66'
P. Maki  74'
Waiwai  82'
8 June 2001
16:30
 Vanuatu  2 – 7  Solomon Islands North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 1,674
Referee: Edward Lennie (Australia)
Iwai  18', 48' Report Wickham  17', 47'
Menapi  46', 73'
Waita  48'
Samani  62'
Suri  79'
8 June 2001
16:30
 New Zealand  2 – 0  Cook Islands North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 500
Referee: Brett Hugo (Australia)
Hickey  64', 66' Report
11 June 2001
16:30
 Solomon Islands  1 – 5  New Zealand North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)
Suri  85' Report Coveny  27', 50'
Jackson  32', 55'
Urlovic  67'
11 June 2001
16:30
 Cook Islands  0 – 6  Tahiti North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 300
Referee: Edward Lennie (Australia)
Report Senechal  2', 45'
Tagawa  19', 64', 87'
Bennett  51'
13 June 2001
16:30
 New Zealand  7 – 0  Vanuatu North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)
Coveny  2', 7', 30'
Jackson  25'
Lines  27'
Burton  62'
Vicelich  68'		 Report
13 June 2001
16:30
 Tahiti  2 – 0  Solomon Islands North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 250
Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)
Garcia  25' (pen)
Fatupua  77'		 Report

Final round

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
 New Zealand 1–6  Australia 0–2 1–4
20 June 2001
19:30
 New Zealand  0 – 2  Australia Newtown Park, Wellington
Attendance: 19,500
Referee: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)
Report Emerton  5', 80'
24 June 2001
15:00
 Australia  4 – 1  New Zealand Stadium Australia, Sydney
Attendance: 41,976
Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (Korea Republic)
Zdrilic  5', 82'
Emerton  40'
Aloisi  56'		 Report Coveny  44' (pen.)

Australia advanced to the CONMEBOL / OFC Intercontinental Play-off by the aggregate score of 6–1.

Did not enter

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