Football Oceania Championship 2002

Football Oceania Championship 2002
OFC Nations Cup 2002
Number of nations	8  (of 12 applicants)
Oceania Champion	New Zealand (3rd title)
venue	New Zealand ( Albany , Auckland )
Opening game	July 5, 2002
Endgame	July 14, 2002
Games	16
Gates	64  (⌀: 4 per game)
spectator	16,700  (⌀: 1,044 per game)
Top scorer	Joel Porter (6 goals)

The OFC Nations Cup 2002 ( Engl. : OFC Nations Cup ) was the sixth playout of oceanic continental championship in football and found in New Zealand from 5 to 14 July 2002 instead. The games were played at North Harbor Stadium in Albany and Ericsson Stadium in Auckland. For the second time since 1980, eight teams took part in the tournament with Australia , the Cook Islands , New Zealand , Tahiti , the Solomon Islands , Vanuatu , New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea . The six weaker teams of Oceania had to play a qualifying round in advance, which took place in March 2002 at the Toleafoa JS Blatter Soccer Stadium in Apia , Samoa . The game was played in two groups of three teams each. The two best in the group qualified for the semifinals.

New Zealand were Oceania champions for the third time and qualified for the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup in France.

qualification

The qualifying round took place in March 2002 at the Toleafoa JS Blatter Soccer Stadium in Apia , Samoa . Before the start of the tournament, the Cook Islands withdrew their participation, so that only five teams competed against each other.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Papua New Guinea	4th	4th	0	0	020: 200	+18	12
2.	New Caledonia	4th	3	0	1	025: 400	+21	09
3.	Samoa	4th	2	0	2	008: 900	−1	06th
4th	Tonga	4th	1	0	3	007:180	−11	03
5.	American Samoa	4th	0	0	4th	002:290	−27	00

9th March
New Caledonia	-	American Samoa	10-0
Samoa	-	Tonga	2-0
March 12th
Tonga	-	American Samoa	7: 2
Papua New Guinea	-	New Caledonia	4: 1
the 14th of March
Papua New Guinea	-	Tonga	5-0
Samoa	-	American Samoa	5-0
March 16
New Caledonia	-	Tonga	9-0
Samoa	-	Papua New Guinea	1: 4
March 18th
Papua New Guinea	-	American Samoa	7-0
Samoa	-	New Caledonia	0: 5

Papua New Guinea and New Caledonia qualified as top finishers in the qualifying tournament for the 2002 Oceania Championship.

Main competition

Group stage

Group A

All games took place at the Ericsson Stadium in Auckland.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Australia	3	3	0	0	021: 000	+21	09
2.	Vanuatu	3	2	0	1	002: 200	± 0	06th
3.	Fiji	3	1	0	2	002:100	−8	03
4th	New Caledonia	3	0	0	3	001:140	−13	00

July 6th
Fiji	-	New Caledonia	2: 1 (1: 0)
Australia	-	Vanuatu	2: 0 (0: 0)
8th of July
Vanuatu	-	Fiji	1: 0 (1: 0)
Australia	-	New Caledonia	11: 0 (5: 0)
10th of July
Vanuatu	-	New Caledonia	1: 0 (0: 0)
Australia	-	Fiji	8: 0 (5: 0)

Group B

All games took place at the North Harbor Stadium in Albany.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	New Zealand	3	3	0	0	019: 200	+17	09
2.	Tahiti	3	2	0	1	006: 700	−1	06th
3.	Solomon Islands	3	0	1	2	003: 900	−6	01
4th	Papua New Guinea	3	0	1	2	002:120	−10	01

5th July
Papua New Guinea	-	Solomon Islands	0-0
New Zealand	-	Tahiti	4: 0 (1: 0)
July 7, 2002
Tahiti	-	Solomon Islands	3: 2 (1: 2)
New Zealand	-	Papua New Guinea	9: 1 (4: 1)
July 9, 2002
Tahiti	-	Papua New Guinea	3: 1 (1: 1)
New Zealand	-	Solomon Islands	6: 1 (3: 0)

Semifinals

July 12 in Auckland ( Ericsson Stadium )
Australia	-	Tahiti	2: 1 n.GG. (1: 1, 0: 1)
July 12 in Auckland ( Ericsson Stadium )
New Zealand	-	Vanuatu	3: 0 (2: 0)

3rd place match

July 14 in Auckland ( Ericsson Stadium )
Tahiti	-	Vanuatu	1: 0 (0: 0)

final

New Zealand		Australia
	Sunday 14 July 2002 in Auckland ( Ericsson Stadium ) Result: 1: 0 (0: 0) Spectators: 6,000 Referee: Charles Ariiotima ( Tahiti )
	Jason Batty (58th James Bannatyne ) - Chris Zoricich , Duncan Oughton , Ryan Nelsen , Gerard Davis , Ivan Vicelich , Aaran Lines , Chris Jackson , Simon Elliott , Mark Burton , Chris Killen Trainers: Mick Waitt	Jason Petkovic - Patrick Kisnorbo , Ante Juric , Fausto De Amicis (82nd Tom Pondeljak ), Jade North (82nd Robbie Middleby ), Steve Horvat , Mehmet Durakovic , Angelo Costanzo , Scott Chipperfield , Joel Porter (73rd Bobby Despotovski ), Damian Mori Trainer: Frank Farina
	1-0 Ryan Nelsen (78th)
	Chris Zoricich, Ivan Vicelich, Aaran Lines, Chris Jackson	Fausto De Amicis, Scott Chipperfield

Best goal scorers

rank	player	Gates
1	Joel Porter	6th
2	Bobby Despotovski	5
	Jeff Campbell	5
4th	Chris Killen	4th
	Mark Burton	4th
6th	Damian Mori	3
	Ryan Nelsen	3
	Ivan Vicelich	3
	Félix Tagawa	3
10	Scott Chipperfield	2
	Paul Trimboli	2
	Paul Urlovic	2

Another 22 players with one goal each.

Web links

• Details on the 2002 competition at rsssf.com