2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
Tournament details
Dates7 April – 25 November 2001
Teams10[1] (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored180 (7.5 per match)
Attendance87,894 (3,662 per match)
Top scorer(s)Australia Archie Thompson (16 goals)
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OFC Qualifiers
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Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Oceanian zone (OFC). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Papua New Guinea chose not to participate.

A total of 10 teams entered the competition. The Oceanian zone was allocated 0.5 places (out of 32) in the final tournament.

Format

There would be two rounds of play:

Australia's 31–0 win over American Samoa established a World Cup record for the highest margin of victory in a qualifying match.

First round

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia 4 4 0 0 66 0 +66 12
 Fiji 4 3 0 1 27 4 +23 9
 Tonga 4 2 0 2 7 30 −23 6
 Samoa 4 1 0 3 9 18 −9 3
 American Samoa 4 0 0 4 0 57 −57 0

Australia advanced to the Final Round.

Samoa 0–1 Tonga
Report Taufahema 86'
International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ronan Leaustic (Tahiti)
Fiji 13–0 American Samoa
Masi 3' (pen.), 12', 53', 54'
Lal 23', 24', 28', 39', 45'
Mateiwai 31'
Nasema 56'
Samy 70', 75'		 [2]
International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour
Attendance: 500
Referee: Derek Rugg (New Zealand)

Main article: Tonga 0–22 Australia
Tonga 0–22 Australia
Report Chipperfield 3', 83'
Mori 13', 23', 40', 58'
Aloisi 14', 24', 37', 45', 52', 63'
Muscat 18', 30', 54', 82'
Popovic 67'
T.Vidmar 74'
Zdrilic 78', 90'
Thompson 80'
Boutsianis 87'
International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Harry Attison (Vanuatu)
American Samoa 0–8 Samoa
[3] Leututu 8' (o.g.)
Gabriel 35'
Fa'aiuaso 41', 52', 73', 84'
Lemana 55'
Michael 63'
International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour
Attendance: 200
Referee: Brian Precious (New Zealand)
Samoa 1–6 Fiji
Lemana 33' (pen.) Report Mateiwai 5'
Masi 21', 41'
Tokuma 48' (o.g.)
Prasad 84', 86'
International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour
Attendance: 400
Referee: Henry Attison (Vanuatu)

Main article: Australia 31–0 American Samoa
Australia 31–0 American Samoa
Boutsianis 10', 50', 84'
Thompson 12', 23', 27', 29', 32', 37', 42', 45', 56', 60'
Zdrilic 13', 21', 25', 33', 58', 66', 78', 89'
A.Vidmar 14', 80'
Popovic 17', 19'
Colosimo 51', 81'
De Amicis 55'		 [4]
International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ronan Leaustic (Tahiti)
Fiji 0–2 Australia
Report Corica 23'
Foxe 81'
International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Derek Rugg (New Zealand)
American Samoa 0–5 Tonga
[5] Taufahema 2', 24', 51'
Moa 71' (pen.)
Fakava 86'
International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Brian Precious (New Zealand)
Australia 11–0 Samoa
A. Vidmar 5', 50'
Zdrilic 28', 57'
Foxe 44'
Popovic 55', 89'
Thompson 75', 88'
Chipperfield 76'
Bureta 81' (o.g.)		 Report
International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Brian Precious (New Zealand)
Tonga 1–8 Fiji
Taufahema 78' Report Leka 4'
Masi 30', 37', 38', 90'
Vurukania 34', 56'
Nasema 62'
International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ronan Leaustic (Tahiti)

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 New Zealand 4 4 0 0 19 1 +18 12
 Tahiti 4 3 0 1 14 6 +8 9
 Solomon Islands 4 2 0 2 17 10 +7 6
 Vanuatu 4 1 0 3 11 21 −10 3
 Cook Islands 4 0 0 4 2 25 −23 0

New Zealand advanced to the Final Round.

Vanuatu 1–6 Tahiti
Lauru 56' Report Senechal 26'
Bennett 36', 41', 81'
Amaru 52'
Tagawa 82'
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 400
Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)
Solomon Islands 9–1 Cook Islands
Suri 14'
Daudau 19', 54', 75'
Menapi 31', 52', 85'
Firisua 84'
Konofilla 89'		 Report Temiha 4'
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 1,542
Referee: Brett Hugo (Australia)
Tahiti 0–5 New Zealand
Report Coveny 41', 56', 71'
Lines 53'
Perry 88'
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 2,052
Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)
Cook Islands 1–8 Vanuatu
Pukoku 13' Report Ben 4'
Lauru 27'
G. Maki 38'
Iwai 50', 59', 66'
P. Maki 74'
Waiwai 82'
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 600
Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)
Vanuatu 2–7 Solomon Islands
Iwai 18', 48' Report Wickham 17', 47'
Menapi 46', 73'
Waita 48'
Samani 62'
Suri 79'
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 1,674
Referee: Edward Lennie (Australia)
New Zealand 2–0 Cook Islands
Hickey 64', 66' Report
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 500
Referee: Brett Hugo (Australia)
Solomon Islands 1–5 New Zealand
Suri 85' Report Coveny 27', 50'
Jackson 32', 55'
Urlovic 67'
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)
Cook Islands 0–6 Tahiti
Report Senechal 2', 45'
Tagawa 19', 64', 87'
Bennett 51'
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 300
Referee: Edward Lennie (Australia)
New Zealand 7–0 Vanuatu
Coveny 2', 7', 30'
Jackson 25'
Lines 27'
Burton 62'
Vicelich 68'		 Report
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)
Tahiti 2–0 Solomon Islands
Garcia 25' (pen.)
Fatupua-Lecaill 77'		 Report
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 250
Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

Second round

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC second round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
New Zealand  1–6  Australia 0–2 1–4
New Zealand 0–2 Australia
(report) Emerton 5', 80'
WestpacTrust Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand
Attendance: 19,500
Referee: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)
Australia 4–1 New Zealand
Zdrilic 5', 82'
Emerton 40'
Aloisi 56'		 (report) Coveny 44' (pen.)
Stadium Australia, Sydney, Australia
Attendance: 41,976
Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (South Korea)

Australia advanced to the CONMEBOL / OFC Intercontinental Play-off by the aggregate score of 6–1.

Inter-confederation play-off

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC–CONMEBOL play-off)
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Australia  1–3  Uruguay 1–0 0–3

Did not enter

Goalscorers

There were 180 goals scored in 24 matches (including 2 international play-offs), for an average of 7.5 goals per match.

16 goals
14 goals
9 goals
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

See also

References

  1. ^ Papua New Guinea chose not to participate.
  2. ^ "2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan Preliminaries Fiji - American Samoa". www.fifa.com. FIFA. 7 April 2001. Archived from the original on 23 June 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  3. ^ "2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan Preliminaries American Samoa - Samoa". www.fifa.com. FIFA. 9 April 2001. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  4. ^ "2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan Preliminaries Australia - American Samoa". www.fifa.com. FIFA. 11 April 201. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  5. ^ "2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan Preliminaries American Samoa - Tonga". www.fifa.com. FIFA. 14 April 2001. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
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