2002 OFC Nations Cup

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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)

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International football competition

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

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Main article: 2002 OFC Nations Cup qualification

Teams who automatically entered the 2002 OFC Nations Cup  | Team  | Rank

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Australia (title holders)  | 48
New Zealand | 84
Fiji | 123
Tahiti | 128
Solomon Islands | 134
Vanuatu | 169
Teams qualifiled via 2002 OFC Nations Cup qualifying stage  | Team  | Rank

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Papua New Guinea | 195
New Caledonia | N/A

## Venues

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Auckland

Auckland | Auckland Suburb (Albany)
Mount Smart Stadium | North Harbour Stadium
Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 25,000

## Squads

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See 2002 OFC Nations Cup squads.

## Group stage

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### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Australia | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 21  | 0  | +21  | 9  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  Vanuatu | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 2  | 0  | 6
3  |  Fiji | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 2  | 10  | −8  | 3  |
4  |  New Caledonia | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 14  | −13  | 0

Source: [1]

6 July 2002

Fiji | 2–1|  New Caledonia

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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

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Mori 69'
Despotovski 85' | Report |

Ericsson Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti)

* * *

8 July 2002

Vanuatu | 1–0|  Fiji

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Marango 6' | Report |

Ericsson Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 800

Referee: Joakim Sosongan (Papua New Guinea)

8 July 2002

Australia | 11–0|  New Caledonia

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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

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Iwai  76' | Report |

Ericsson Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 500

Referee: Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti)

10 July 2002

Australia | 8–0|  Fiji

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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

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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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
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

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| Report |

North Harbour Stadium, Albany

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

5 July 2002

New Zealand | 4–0|  Tahiti

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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### Bracket

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| Semi-finals| | Final

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|  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

### Semi-finals

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12 July 2002

Australia | 2–1 (a.e.t./g.g.)|  Tahiti

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Porter 88'
Mori 96' | Report | Zaveroni 38'

Ericsson Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 400

Referee: Derek Rugg (New Zealand)

* * *

12 July 2002

New Zealand | 3–0|  Vanuatu

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Burton 13', 65'
Killen 23' | Report |

Ericsson Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

### Third place play-off

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14 July 2002

Tahiti | 1–0|  Vanuatu

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Auraa 65' | Report |

Ericsson Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)

### Final

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Main article: 2002 OFC Nations Cup final

14 July 2002

New Zealand | 1–0|  Australia

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Nelsen 78' | Report |

Ericsson Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti)

2002 OFC Nations Cup winners

New Zealand
Third title

## Goalscorers

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5 goals

* Bobby Despotovski
* Joel Porter
* Chris Killen
* Jeff Campbell

4 goals

* Mark Burton

3 goals

* Damian Mori
* Ivan Vicelich
* Ryan Nelsen
* Felix Tagawa

2 goals

* Paul Trimboli
* Scott Chipperfield
* Paul Urlovic

1 goal

* Steve Horvat
* Angelo Costanzo
* Ante Milicic
* Ante Juric
* Fausto De Amicis
* Mehmet Duraković
* Junior Bukaudi
* Veresa Toma
* Andre Sinedo
* Raf de Gregorio
* Joe Aisa
* Reginald Davani
* Commins Menapi
* Henry Fa'arodo
* Patterson Daudau
* Samuel Garcia
* Steve Fatupua-Lecaill
* Sylvain Booene
* Tetahio Auraa
* Teva Zaveroni
* Richard Iwai
* Willie August Marango

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Oceanian Nations Cup 2002". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 July 2023.

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