2002 OFC U-20 Championship

The 2002 OFC U-20 Qualifying Tournament was held in Fiji and Vanuatu from December 7 to December 22, 2002 to determine the entrant into the 2003 FIFA U-20 World Cup. The match schedule was revised following the late withdrawal of the Cook Islands from Group A.

2002 OFC U-20 Championship

Championnat d'Océanie de football des moins de 20 ans 2002
Tournament details
Dates	7–22 December
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (11th title)
Runners-up	Fiji
Third place	New Zealand
Fourth place	New Caledonia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	80 (5.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Scott McDonald (7 goals)
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Participating teams

•  Fiji
•  Vanuatu
•  New Zealand
•  New Caledonia
•  Australia
•  Papua New Guinea
•  Samoa
•  Tonga

Referees

New Zealand Derek Rugg Ken Wallace Papua New Guinea Job Minan Gidas Bayung Fiji Leone Rakaroi

Australia Con Diomis Doug Rennie Vanuatu Ron Wilbur Harry Atisson Tahiti Charles Ariiotima

Matches

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDF
Australia	6	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8
Vanuatu	1	2	0	1	1	2	4	–2
Papua New Guinea	1	2	0	1	1	2	8	–6

7 December 2002

14:30 UTC+11

Vanuatu	0–2	Australia
	Report Summary	McDonald 10' Valeri 22'

Korman Stadium, Port Villa

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9 December 2002

14:30 UTC+11

Australia	6–0	Papua New Guinea
Lepani 10' (o.g.) McDonald 38', 56', 58' Lia 76' Brosque 89'	Report Summary

Korman Stadium, Port Villa

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11 December 2002

14:30 UTC+11

Papua New Guinea	2–2	Vanuatu
Davani 13' Mesak 62'		Salai 17' Waiwai 60'

Korman Stadium, Port Villa

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Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDF
Fiji	12	4	4	0	0	14	1	+13
New Zealand	9	4	3	0	1	17	2	+15
New Caledonia	6	4	2	0	2	12	10	+2
Samoa	3	4	1	0	3	6	12	–6
Tonga	0	4	0	0	4	4	28	–24

8 December 2002

14:00 UTC+12

Fiji	8–1	Tonga
Wise 13' Vidovi 39' Rokobici 47', 50', 52' Kumar 61', 73', 76'	Summary	Papani 59'

Govind Park, Ba

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8 December 2002

16:00 UTC+12

New Zealand	8–0	New Caledonia
McGarrison 8' Brydon 32', 58', 90+1', 90+2' Fisher 34' McKenzie 49', 78'	Summary

Govind Park, Ba

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10 December 2002

14:00 UTC+12

New Zealand	2–1	Samoa
Strom 78' McGarrison 84'	Summary	Faaiuaso 6'

Govind Park, Ba

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10 December 2002

16:00 UTC+12

Fiji	1–0	New Caledonia
Dau 19'	Summary

Govind Park, Ba

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12 December 2002

14:00 UTC+12

Samoa	0–4	New Caledonia
	Summary	Wahopie 14', 51', 90+5' Wanakaija 81'

Govind Park, Ba

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12 December 2002

16:00 UTC+12

New Zealand	7–0	Tonga
Rooker 9' Fisher 15' Hogg 18', 49' Adams 39' Boyens 44' Smith 70'	Summary

Govind Park, Ba

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14 December 2002

14:00 UTC+12

Fiji	1–0	New Zealand
Vakatalesau 68'	Summary

Govind Park, Ba

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14 December 2002

16:00 UTC+12

Tonga	2–5	Samoa
Vaitaki 14' Nafe 40'	Summary	Timo 13' Duffy 15' Alofa 65' Hellesoe 88' Slade 90+2'

Govind Park, Ba

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16 December 2002

14:00 UTC+12

New Caledonia	8–1	Tonga
Wanakaija 25', 30' Wahopie 50', 82' Mapone 77' Toto 85' Kahlemu 86' Selefen 87'	Summary	Nafe 44'

Govind Park, Ba

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16 December 2002

16:00 UTC+12

Samoa	0–4	Fiji
	Summary	Rokobici 5', 43' Kumar 46' Kumar 89'

Govind Park, Ba

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Final

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1st Leg

21 December 2002

13:30 AEST

Australia	11–0	Fiji
Wells 12' Baird 13', 14', 78', 85' McDonald 25' Tarka 27' Brosque 50', 80' Lia 68' Parisi 76'	Report Summary

Bob Jane Stadium, Melbourne

Referee: Charles Ariiotima

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2nd Leg

23 December 2002

14:30 UTC+12

Fiji	0–4	Australia
	Report Summary	McDonald 11', 87' Parisi 21' McKay 85'

Govind Park, Ba

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Derek Rugg

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Australia win 15-0 on aggregate.

Winners

2002 OFC U-20 Championship winners
Australia Eleventh title

Australia qualified for the 2003 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Goalscorers

There were 65 goals scored during the tournament, not including the 1 own goal scored.

7 goals

• Scott McDonald

5 goals

• Patrick Wahopie
• Isoa Rokobici

4 goals

• Michael Baird
• Mitchell Brydon
• Roderick Kumar

3 goals

• Alex Brosque
• Leopold Wanakaija

2 goals

• Franco Parsi
• Vince Lia
• Teukihakausiu Nafe
• Morgan Mcgarrison
• Stuart Hogg
• Ross Mckenzie
• Brent Fisher

1 goal

• Alex Davani
• Ricky Mesak
• James Salai
• Roger Waiwai
• Carl Valeri
• David Tarka
• Matt McKay
• Dustin Wells
• Master Papani
• Viliami Vaitaki
• Andy Boyens
• Nathan Strom
• Matthew Adams
• Jarrod Smith
• Wayen Rooker
• Kiwi Timo
• Alofa Alatise
• Kevin Duffy
• Desmond Faaiuaso
• Robert Hellesoe
• Junior Slade
• Fabrice Toto
• Henri Selefen
• Kevin Kahlemu
• Josue Mapone
• Luke Vidovi
• Robert Wise
• Ronil Kumar
• Lorima Dau
• Osea Vakatalesau

External links

• Tournament Details
• Results by RSSSF