2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
Appearance
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 7 April – 25 November 2001 |
Teams | 10[a] (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 22 |
Goals scored | 179 (8.14 per match) |
Attendance | 87,894 (3,995 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (16 goals) |
OFC Qualifiers |
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Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Oceanian zone (OFC).
A total of 10 teams played in the competition for 0.5 allocated places out of 32 in the final tournament. Papua New Guinea chose not to participate.
Australia's 31–0 win over American Samoa established a World Cup record for the highest margin of victory in a qualifying match.
Format
[edit]There would be two rounds of play:
- First round: The 10 teams were divided into two groups of five teams each. The teams played against each other once. The group winners advanced to the second round.
- Second round: The two teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner advanced to the OFC–CONMEBOL inter-confederation play-off.
First round
[edit]Group 1
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 0 | +66 | 12 | Second round | — | — | — | 11–0 | 31–0 | |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 4 | +23 | 9 | 0–2 | — | — | — | 13–0 | ||
3 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 30 | −23 | 6 | 0–22 | 1–8 | — | — | — | ||
4 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 3 | — | 1–6 | 0–1 | — | — | ||
5 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 57 | −57 | 0 | — | — | 0–5 | 0–8 | — |
Source: [1]
Fiji ![]() | 13–0 | ![]() |
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Masi ![]() Lal ![]() Mateiwai ![]() Nasema ![]() Samy ![]() |
[2] |
Tonga ![]() | 0–22 | ![]() |
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Report | Chipperfield ![]() Mori ![]() Aloisi ![]() Muscat ![]() Popovic ![]() T. Vidmar ![]() Zdrilic ![]() Thompson ![]() Boutsianis ![]() |
American Samoa ![]() | 0–8 | ![]() |
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[3] | Leututu ![]() Gabriel ![]() Fa'aiuaso ![]() Lemana ![]() Michael ![]() |
Australia ![]() | 11–0 | ![]() |
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A. Vidmar ![]() Zdrilic ![]() Foxe ![]() Popovic ![]() Thompson ![]() Chipperfield ![]() Bureta ![]() |
Report |
Group 2
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | +18 | 12 | Second round | — | — | — | 7–0 | 2–0 | |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 9 | 0–5 | — | 2–0 | — | — | ||
3 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 6 | 1–5 | — | — | — | 9–1 | ||
4 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 21 | −10 | 3 | — | 1–6 | 2–7 | — | — | ||
5 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 25 | −23 | 0 | — | 0–6 | — | 1–8 | — |
Source: [1]
Solomon Islands ![]() | 9–1 | ![]() |
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Suri ![]() Daudau ![]() Menapi ![]() Firisua ![]() Konofilla ![]() |
Report | Temiha ![]() |
Cook Islands ![]() | 1–8 | ![]() |
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Pukoku ![]() |
Report | Ben ![]() Lauru ![]() G. Maki ![]() Iwai ![]() P. Maki ![]() Waiwai ![]() |
Vanuatu ![]() | 2–7 | ![]() |
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Iwai ![]() |
Report | Wickham ![]() Menapi ![]() Waita ![]() Samani ![]() Suri ![]() |
New Zealand ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Hickey ![]() |
Report |
Solomon Islands ![]() | 1–5 | ![]() |
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Suri ![]() |
Report | Coveny ![]() Jackson ![]() Urlovic ![]() |
Tahiti ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Garcia ![]() Fatupua-Lecaill ![]() |
Report |
Second round
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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New Zealand ![]() |
1–6 | ![]() |
0–2 | 1–4 |
New Zealand ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Emerton ![]() |
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Australia won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the OFC–CONMEBOL play-off.
Inter-confederation play-off
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Australia ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–3 |
Did not enter
[edit]Goalscorers
[edit]There were 179 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 8.14 goals per match.
16 goals
14 goals
9 goals
7 goals
5 goals
Tony Popovic
Shalendra Lal
Commins Menapi
Richard Iwai
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
Simon Colosimo
Hayden Foxe
Manoa Masi
Ulaiasi Mateiwai
Valerio Nasema
Atnesh Prasad
Abinesh Samy
Noah Hickey
Aaran Lines
Ben Lemana
Vivian Wickham
Simon Lauru
1 goal
Fausto De Amicis
Steve Corica
Tony Vidmar
Junior Pukoku
Niki Temiha
Jope Namawa Leka
Leone Vurukania
Mark Burton
Jonathan Perry
Paul Urlovic
Ivan Vicelich
Dominic Gabriel
Junior Michael
David Firisua
Joel Konofilla
Jack Samani
Stanley Waita
Harold Amaru
Samuel Garcia
Steve Fatupua-Lecaill
Teu Fakava
Penieli Moa
Fillisione Taufahema
Jimmy Ben
Gerard Maki
Pita Maki
Waren Waiwai
1 own goal
Lisi Leututu (against Samoa)
Filipo Bureta (against Australia)
Molesi Tokuma (against Fiji)
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Papua New Guinea chose not to participate.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) 2002, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan Preliminaries Fiji - American Samoa". www.fifa.com. FIFA. 7 April 2001. Archived from the original on 23 June 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ^ "2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan Preliminaries American Samoa - Samoa". www.fifa.com. FIFA. 9 April 2001. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ^ "2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan Preliminaries Australia - American Samoa". www.fifa.com. FIFA. 11 April 201. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ^ "2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan Preliminaries American Samoa - Tonga". www.fifa.com. FIFA. 14 April 2001. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2019.