2002 OFC Nations Cup

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

2002 OFC Nations Cup
2002 OFC Kapu o Kīngitanga
Tournament details
Host countryNew Zealand
Dates5–14 July
Teams8 (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 played16
Goals scored64 (4 per match)
Top scorer(s) Bobby Despotovski
Joel Porter
Chris Killen
Jeff Campbell (5 goals)

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 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.

Squads
See 2002 OFC Nations Cup squads.

Group stage

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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:
Fiji 2–1 New Caledonia
Toma  23'
Bukaudi  49'		 Sinedo  79'
Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Derek Rugg (New Zealand)
Australia 2–0 Vanuatu
Mori  69'
Despotovski  85'
Ericsson Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti)
Vanuatu 1–0 Fiji
Marango  6'
Ericsson Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 800
Referee: Joakim Sosongan (Papua New Guinea)
Australia 11–0 New Caledonia
Despotovski  2', 56' (pen.), 76', 77'
Horvat  15'
Chipperfield  22', 35'
Mori  34'
Costanzo  83'
Porter  86'
Trimboli  90+'
Ericsson Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 200
Referee: Derek Rugg (New Zealand)
Vanuatu 1–0 New Caledonia
Iwai  76'
Ericsson Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 500
Referee: Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti)
Australia 8–0 Fiji
Milicic  4'
Porter  7', 12', 45', 52'
Juric  36'
Trimboli  46'
De Amicis  89'
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
3  Solomon Islands 3 0 1 2 3 9 −6 1
4  Papua New Guinea 3 0 1 2 2 12 −10 1
Source:
Papua New Guinea 0–0 Solomon Islands
Attendance: 1,000
New Zealand 4–0 Tahiti
Nelsen  30'
Vicelich  49'
Urlovic  80'
Campbell  88'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Harry Attison (Vanuatu)
Tahiti 3–2 Solomon Islands
Booene  42'
Tagawa  57'
Fatupua-Lecaill  90+'		 Daudau  8'
Menapi  25'
Attendance: 1,000
New Zealand 9–1 Papua New Guinea
Killen  9', 10', 28', 51'
Campbell  27', 85'
Nelsen  54'
Burton  87'
De Gregorio  90+'		 Aisa  35' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)
Tahiti 3–1 Papua New Guinea
Garcia  29'
Tagawa  49', 64'		 Davani  43'
Attendance: 800
Referee: Leonie Rakaroi (Fiji)
New Zealand 6–1 Solomon Islands
Vicelich  28', 45'
Urlovic  42'
Campbell  50', 75'
Burton  88'		 Fa'arodo  73'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Harry Attison (Vanuatu)

Knockout stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 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

Semifinals
Australia 2–1 (a.e.t.) Tahiti
Porter  88'
Mori  96'		 Zaveroni  38'
Ericsson Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 400
Referee: Derek Rugg (New Zealand)
New Zealand 3–0 Vanuatu
Burton  13', 65'
Killen  23'
Ericsson Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

Third place match
Tahiti 1–0 Vanuatu
Auraa  65'
Ericsson Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)

Final
New Zealand 1–0 Australia
Nelsen  78'
Ericsson Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti)
 2002 OFC Nations Cup Winners 

New Zealand
Third title

Goalscorers
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
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