2002 OFC Nations Cup

2002 OFC Nations Cup
2002 OFC Kapu o Kīngitanga
Tournament details
Host country New Zealand
Dates 5 July – 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)
Top scorer(s) Australia Joel Porter (6 goals)

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

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.

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 sent a severely weakened team (Scott Chipperfield was the only European-based player) and as a result 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

See 2002 OFC Nations Cup qualification.

Final tournament

Group A

Results

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Australia 93300210+21
 Vanuatu 63201220
 Fiji 33102210−8
 New Caledonia 03003114−13

Match Schedule

6 July 2002
Fiji  2–1  New Caledonia
Toma  23'
Bukaudi  49' 		(Report) Sinedo  79'
Ericsson Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Rugg (New Zealand)

6 July 2002
Australia  2–0  Vanuatu
Mori  69'
Despotovski  85' 		(Report)
Ericsson Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ariiotima (Tahiti)

8 July 2002
Vanuatu  1–0  Fiji
Marango  6' (Report)
Ericsson Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 800
Referee: 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: Rugg (New Zealand)

10 July 2002
Vanuatu  1–0  New Caledonia
Iwai  76' (Report)
Ericsson Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 500
Referee: 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: Rugg (New Zealand)

 Australia and  Vanuatu progressed to the knockout tournament.

Group B

Results

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 New Zealand 93300192+17
 Tahiti 6320167−1
 Solomon Islands 1301239−6
 Papua New Guinea 13012212−10

Match Schedule

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: Attison (Vanuatu)

7 July 2002
Tahiti  3–2  Solomon Islands
Booene  42'
Tagawa  57'
Fatupua-Lecaill  90+' 		(Report) Daudau  8'
Menapi  25'

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: 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: 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: Attison (Vanuatu)

 New Zealand and  Tahiti progressed to the knockout tournament.

Knockout Rounds

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

Semi-Finals

12 July 2002
Australia  2–1
(a.e.t.) 		 Tahiti
Porter  88'
Mori  96' 		(Report) Zaveroni  38'
Ericsson Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 400
Referee: Rugg (New Zealand)

12 July 2002
New Zealand  3–0  Vanuatu
Burton  13', 65'
Killen  23' 		(Report)
Ericsson Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Breeze (Australia)

Third Place

14 July 2002
Tahiti  1–0  Vanuatu
Auraa  65' (Report)
Ericsson Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Rakaroi (Fiji)

Final

14 July 2002
New Zealand  1–0  Australia
Nelsen  78' (Report)
Ericsson Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ariiotima (Tahiti)

 New Zealand became the 2002 Oceania Nations Cup Champions.

Awards

 2002 OFC Nations Cup Winners 

New Zealand
Third title

Goalscorers

6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

External links

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