2002 OFC Nations Cup qualification

Qualified teams

Team	Appearance	Streak	Previous appearance
Australia	5th	5	2000
Fiji	4th	1	1998
New Caledonia	3rd	1	1980
New Zealand	6th	6	2000
Solomon Islands	4th	2	2000
Papua New Guinea	2nd	1	1980
Tahiti	6th	6	2000
Vanuatu	5th⁽¹⁾	2	2000

¹Includes two pre-independence appearances as the New Hebrides

Qualification Procedure

With the end of the Polynesian and Melanesian Cups between the 2000 and 2002 tournaments, (the two competitions formerly served a secondary function as qualifiers for the Oceania Nations Cup), a new format was created to decide the teams which would be accepted for the Nations Cup. Retaining their round-robin group qualifier style, the OFC this time chose to adopt the FIFA rankings to order all the entrants. With New Caledonia not yet a FIFA member, they were placed last by default. The lowest six teams were then made to compete for two places via a round-robin group stage, with the highest-placed two teams qualifying for the Oceania Nations Cup.

The Rankings of all the teams involved in the OFC Nations Cup are below. The positions were taken as of October, 2001, with the eleven ranked teams appearing in the following order:

Rank	Team	Points by Oct 2001
48	Australia	586
84	New Zealand	477
123	Fiji	349
128	Tahiti	336
134	Solomon Islands	309
168	Vanuatu	182
172	Samoa	158
175	Tonga	151
176	Cook Islands	147
195	Papua New Guinea	56
201	American Samoa	16

Qualifying Tournament

Before the first group stage began, the Cook Islands withdrew, resulting in the group stage being played between only five nations.

Results

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Papua New Guinea	12	4	4	0	20	2	+18
New Caledonia	9	4	3	1	25	4	+21
Samoa	6	4	2	2	8	9	−1
Tonga	3	4	1	3	7	18	−11
American Samoa	0	4	0	4	2	29	−27
Cook Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Match Schedule

New Caledonia v American Samoa

9 March 2002

New Caledonia	10–0	American Samoa
Case 10' Pibke 11', 40', 54', 58', 70' Jose 25' Kauma 36' Wanakaija 55' Voudjo 74'	(Report)

Toleofoa J.B. Soccer Complex, Apia, Samoa

Samoa v Tonga

9 March 2002

Samoa	2–0	Tonga
Timo 52' Lemana 83'	(Report)

Toleofoa J.B. Soccer Complex, Apia, Samoa

Tonga v American Samoa

12 March 2002

Tonga	7–2	American Samoa
Suli 3', 72', 80' Maamaloa 5' Taufahema 19' Uele 29' Fifita 39'	(Report)	Atualevao 15' Afu 70'

Toleofoa J.B. Soccer Complex, Apia, Samoa

Papua New Guinea v New Caledonia

12 March 2002

Papua New Guinea	4–1	New Caledonia
Kombi 31' Tomda 57' Aisa 70' Davani 85'	(Report)	Voudjo 40'

Toleofoa J.B. Soccer Complex, Apia, Samoa

Papua New Guinea v Tonga

14 March 2002

Papua New Guinea	5–0	Tonga
Lohai 19' Moiyap 61' Davani 70' Aisa 84' Andrew Kassam 89'	(Report)

Toleofoa J.B. Soccer Complex, Apia, Samoa

Samoa v American Samoa

14 March 2002

Samoa	5–0	American Samoa
Timo 3' Faaiuaso 24', 68' Lemana 31' Fasavalu 48'	(Report)

Toleofoa J.B. Soccer Complex, Apia, Samoa

New Caledonia v Tonga

16 March 2002

New Caledonia	9–0	Tonga
Faye 17', 85' Pibke 18', 26', 85' Voudjo 18' Kabeu 45' Kauma 74' Jose 90'	(Report)

Toleofoa J.B. Soccer Complex, Apia, Samoa

Samoa v Papua New Guinea

16 March 2002

Samoa	1–4	Papua New Guinea
Lemana 56'	(Report)	Kombi 20' Wasi 30' Elizah 60' Moiyap 76'

Toleofoa J.B. Soccer Complex, Apia, Samoa

Papua New Guinea v American Samoa

18 March 2002

Papua New Guinea	7–0	American Samoa
Davani 12', 20', 43' Posman 32' Aisa 46' Lohai 61' Wasi 90+'	(Report)

Toleofoa J.B. Soccer Complex, Apia, Samoa

Samoa v New Caledonia

18 March 2002

Samoa	0–5	New Caledonia
	(Report)	Kauma 10' David Hay 41', 69' Pibke 59' Mapou 89'

Toleofoa J.B. Soccer Complex, Apia, Samoa

Papua New Guinea and New Caledonia progress to the second group stage.

International association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Debuts Codes Player of the Century Achievements by nation Women's football

OFC Nations Cup

Tournaments	New Zealand 1973 New Caledonia 1980 1996 Australia 1998 Tahiti 2000 New Zealand 2002 Australia 2004 2008 Solomon Islands 2012 Papua New Guinea 2016

Qualifying	1973 1980 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2008 2012 2016

Squads	1973 1980 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2008 2012

Finals	1973 1980 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2008 2012

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