2002 OFC Nations Cup

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)	Bobby Despotovski ; Joel Porter ; Chris Killen ; Jeff Campbell (5 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.^[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

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	21	0	+21	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Vanuatu	3	2	1	2	2	0	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Fiji	3	1	2	2	10	−8	3
4	New Caledonia	3	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)

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)

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	Advance to knockout stage
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)

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)

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)

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