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)

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.

Contents

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)
9 March 2002
 Samoa  2–0  Tonga Toleofoa J.B. Soccer Complex, Apia, Samoa
Timo 52'
Lemana 83'		 (Report)
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'
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'
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)
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)
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)
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'
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)
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'
6 July 2002
 Australia  2–0  Vanuatu Ericsson Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ariiotima (Tahiti)
Mori 69'
Despotovski 85'		 (Report)
8 July 2002
 Vanuatu  1–0  Fiji Ericsson Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 800
Referee: Sosongan (Papua New Guinea)
Marango 6' (Report)
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)
10 July 2002
 Vanuatu  1–0  New Caledonia Ericsson Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ariiotima (Tahiti)
Iwai 76' (Report)
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)
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)
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'
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)
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'
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

  Semi-finals 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'
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

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