2002 OFC Nations Cup

April 2019 2002 OFC Kapu o Kīngitanga 2002 New Zealand 5–14 July 8 1 2 1 NZL 3 AUS TAH VAN 16 64 16700 AUS Joel Porter (6 goals) 2000 2004 The 2002 OFC Nations Cup took place in New Zealand, between 5 and 14 July 2002. 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.https://www.rsssf.org/tables/02oc.html Oceanian Nations Cup 2002 RSSSF 18 July 2023 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 2002 OFC Nations Cup qualification + Teams who automatically entered the 2002 OFC Nations Cup Team Rank FIFA World Rankings overall ranking AUS (title holders) 48 NZL 84 FIJ 123 TAH 128 SOL 134 VAN 169+ Teams qualifiled via 2002 OFC Nations Cup qualifying stage Team Rank FIFA World Rankings overall ranking PNG 195 NCL french N/A Venues New Zealand 230 center New Zealand 36 52 S 174 44 E left Auckland Red pog.svg 7Auckland Mount Smart Stadium North Harbour Stadium Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 25,000 250px 250px Squads See 2002 OFC Nations Cup squads. Group stage Group A main WDL complete AUS AUS VAN VAN FIJ FIJ NCL NCL french 3 0 0 21 0 2 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 2 10 0 0 3 1 14 Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage 6 July 2002 FIJ 2–1 Report NCL french Toma 23 Bukaudi 49 Sinedo 79 Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland 1,000 Derek Rugg (New Zealand) 6 July 2002 AUS 2–0 Report VAN Mori 69 Despotovski 85 Ericsson Stadium, Auckland 1,000 Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti) 8 July 2002 VAN 1–0 Report FIJ Marango 6 Ericsson Stadium, Auckland 800 Joakim Sosongan (Papua New Guinea) 8 July 2002 AUS 11–0 Report NCL french Despotovski 2 56 pen. 76 77 Horvat 15 Chipperfield 22 35 Mori 34 Costanzo 83 Porter 86 Trimboli 90+ Ericsson Stadium, Auckland 200 Derek Rugg (New Zealand) 10 July 2002 VAN 1–0 Report NCL french Iwai 76 Ericsson Stadium, Auckland 500 Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti) 10 July 2002 AUS 8–0 Report FIJ Milicic 4 Porter 7 12 45 52 Juric 36 Trimboli 46 De Amicis 89 Ericsson Stadium, Auckland 1,000 Derek Rugg (New Zealand) Group B main WDL complete NZL NZL TAH TAH SOL SOL PNG PNG 3 0 0 19 2 2 0 1 6 7 0 1 2 3 9 0 1 2 2 12 Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage 5 July 2002 PNG 0–0 Report SOL North Harbour Stadium, Albany 1,000 Matthew Breeze (Australia) 5 July 2002 NZL 4–0 Report TAH Nelsen 30 Vicelich 49 Urlovic 80 Campbell 88 North Harbour Stadium, Albany 1,000 Harry Attison (Vanuatu) 7 July 2002 TAH 3–2 Report SOL Booene 42 Tagawa 57 Fatupua-Lecaill 90+ Daudau 8 Menapi 25 North Harbour Stadium, Albany 1,000 Matthew Breeze (Australia) 7 July 2002 NZL 9–1 Report PNG Killen 9 10 28 51 Campbell 27 85 Nelsen 54 Burton 87 De Gregorio 90+ Aisa 35 pen. North Harbour Stadium, Albany 1,000 Leone Rakaroi (Fiji) 9 July 2002 TAH 3–1 Report PNG Garcia 29 Tagawa 49 64 Davani 43 North Harbour Stadium, Albany 800 Leonie Rakaroi (Fiji) 9 July 2002 NZL 6–1 Report SOL Vicelich 28 45 Urlovic 42 Campbell 50 75 Burton 88 Fa'arodo 73 North Harbour Stadium, Albany 1,000 Harry Attison (Vanuatu) Knockout stage Bracket 12 July – Auckland AUS 2 TAH 1 12 July – Auckland NZL 3 VAN 0 14 July – Auckland AUS 0 NZL 1 14 July – Auckland TAH 1 VAN 0 Semi-finals 12 July 2002 AUS 2–1 yes Report TAH Porter 88 Mori 96 Zaveroni 38 Ericsson Stadium, Auckland 400 Derek Rugg (New Zealand) 12 July 2002 NZL 3–0 Report VAN Burton 13 65 Killen 23 Ericsson Stadium, Auckland 1,000 Matthew Breeze (Australia) Third place play-off 14 July 2002 TAH 1–0 Report VAN Auraa 65 Ericsson Stadium, Auckland 1,000 Leone Rakaroi (Fiji) Final 2002 OFC Nations Cup final 14 July 2002 NZL 1–0 Report AUS Nelsen 78 Ericsson Stadium, Auckland 4,000 Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti) fb 2002 OFC Nations Cup winners New Zealand Third Goalscorers 6 goals AUS Joel Porter 5 goals AUS Bobby Despotovski NZL Chris Killen NZL Jeff Campbell 4 goals NZL Mark Burton 3 goals AUS Damian Mori NZL Ivan Vicelich NZL Ryan Nelsen TAH Felix Tagawa 2 goals 22em AUS Paul Trimboli AUS Scott Chipperfield NZL Paul Urlovic 1 goal 22em AUS Steve Horvat AUS Angelo Costanzo AUS Ante Milicic AUS Ante Juric AUS Fausto De Amicis AUS Mehmet Duraković FIJ Junior Bukaudi FIJ Veresa Toma NCL french Andre Sinedo NZL Raf de Gregorio PNG Joe Aisa PNG Reginald Davani SOL Commins Menapi SOL Henry Fa'arodo SOL Patterson Daudau TAH Samuel Garcia TAH Steve Fatupua-Lecaill TAH Sylvain Booene TAH Tetahio Auraa TAH Teva Zaveroni VAN Richard Iwai VAN Willie August Marango References 2002 Nations Cup Nations Cup Category:2002 in New Zealand association football 2002 Category:July 2002 sports events in New Zealand