2002 OFC Nations Cup

The 2002 OFC Nations Cup took place in New Zealand, between 5 and 14 July 2002.

2002 OFC Nations Cup

2002 OFC Kapu o Kīngitanga
Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
Dates	5–14 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)
Attendance	16,700 (1,044 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Joel Porter (6 goals)
← 2000 2004 →

The competition was divided into two group stages, with a knockout tournament at the end. Before the tournament, 11 of the nations were seeded according to their 2001 FIFA ranking, while New Caledonia was placed last by default, as it was not a FIFA member.^[1]

The six lowest-ranked teams took part in the first stage of qualifying, in which the two highest placed teams at the end of the round-robin stage gained qualification to the second group stage, made up of the six highest-ranked teams. The remaining eight teams were then split into two groups of four, with the top two nations from each group progressing to the knockout stage.

Australia 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.

Qualification

Main article: 2002 OFC Nations Cup qualification

Teams who automatically entered the 2002 OFC Nations Cup Team Rank  Australia (title holders) 48  New Zealand 84  Fiji 123  Tahiti 128  Solomon Islands 134  Vanuatu 169

Teams qualifiled via 2002 OFC Nations Cup qualifying stage Team Rank  Papua New Guinea 195  New Caledonia N/A

Venues

Auckland
	Auckland	Auckland Suburb (Albany)
	Mount Smart Stadium	North Harbour Stadium
	Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 25,000

Squads

See 2002 OFC Nations Cup squads.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	21	0	+21	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Vanuatu	3	2	0	1	2	2	0	6
3	Fiji	3	1	0	2	2	10	−8	3
4	New Caledonia	3	0	0	3	1	14	−13	0

Source: ^[1]

6 July 2002

Fiji	2–1	New Caledonia
Toma 23' Bukaudi 49'	Report	Sinedo 79'

Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Derek Rugg (New Zealand)

6 July 2002

Australia	2–0	Vanuatu
Mori 69' Despotovski 85'	Report

Ericsson Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti)

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8 July 2002

Vanuatu	1–0	Fiji
Marango 6'	Report

Ericsson Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 800

Referee: Joakim Sosongan (Papua New Guinea)

8 July 2002

Australia	11–0	New Caledonia
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: Derek Rugg (New Zealand)

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10 July 2002

Vanuatu	1–0	New Caledonia
Iwai 76'	Report

Ericsson Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 500

Referee: Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti)

10 July 2002

Australia	8–0	Fiji
Milicic 4' Porter 7', 12', 45', 52' Juric 36' Trimboli 46' De Amicis 89'	Report

Ericsson Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Derek Rugg (New Zealand)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	0	19	2	+17	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Tahiti	3	2	0	1	6	7	−1	6
3	Solomon Islands	3	0	1	2	3	9	−6	1
4	Papua New Guinea	3	0	1	2	2	12	−10	1

Source: ^[1]

5 July 2002

Papua New Guinea	0–0	Solomon Islands
	Report

North Harbour Stadium, Albany

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

5 July 2002

New Zealand	4–0	Tahiti
Nelsen 30' Vicelich 49' Urlovic 80' Campbell 88'	Report

North Harbour Stadium, Albany

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Harry Attison (Vanuatu)

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7 July 2002

Tahiti	3–2	Solomon Islands
Booene 42' Tagawa 57' Fatupua-Lecaill 90+'	Report	Daudau 8' Menapi 25'

North Harbour Stadium, Albany

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

7 July 2002

New Zealand	9–1	Papua New Guinea
Killen 9', 10', 28', 51' Campbell 27', 85' Nelsen 54' Burton 87' De Gregorio 90+'	Report	Aisa 35' (pen.)

North Harbour Stadium, Albany

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)

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9 July 2002

Tahiti	3–1	Papua New Guinea
Garcia 29' Tagawa 49', 64'	Report	Davani 43'

North Harbour Stadium, Albany

Attendance: 800

Referee: Leonie Rakaroi (Fiji)

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9 July 2002

New Zealand	6–1	Solomon Islands
Vicelich 28', 45' Urlovic 42' Campbell 50', 75' Burton 88'	Report	Fa'arodo 73'

North Harbour Stadium, Albany

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Harry Attison (Vanuatu)

Knockout stage

Bracket

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

Semi-finals

12 July 2002

Australia	2–1 (a.e.t./g.g.)	Tahiti
Porter 88' Mori 96'	Report	Zaveroni 38'

Ericsson Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 400

Referee: Derek Rugg (New Zealand)

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12 July 2002

New Zealand	3–0	Vanuatu
Burton 13', 65' Killen 23'	Report

Ericsson Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

Third place play-off

14 July 2002

Tahiti	1–0	Vanuatu
Auraa 65'	Report

Ericsson Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)

Final

Main article: 2002 OFC Nations Cup final

14 July 2002

New Zealand	1–0	Australia
Nelsen 78'	Report

Ericsson Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti)

2002 OFC Nations Cup winners
New Zealand Third title

Goalscorers

6 goals

• Joel Porter

5 goals

• Bobby Despotovski
• Chris Killen
• Jeff Campbell

4 goals

• Mark Burton

3 goals

• Damian Mori
• Ivan Vicelich
• Ryan Nelsen
• Felix Tagawa

2 goals

• Paul Trimboli
• Scott Chipperfield
• Paul Urlovic

1 goal

• Steve Horvat
• Angelo Costanzo
• Ante Milicic
• Ante Juric
• Fausto De Amicis
• Mehmet Duraković
• Junior Bukaudi
• Veresa Toma
• Andre Sinedo
• Raf de Gregorio
• Joe Aisa
• Reginald Davani
• Commins Menapi
• Henry Fa'arodo
• Patterson Daudau
• Samuel Garcia
• Steve Fatupua-Lecaill
• Sylvain Booene
• Tetahio Auraa
• Teva Zaveroni
• Richard Iwai
• Willie August Marango