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2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

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.

2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
Tournament details
Dates7 April – 25 November 2001
Teams10[a] (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored179 (8.14 per match)
Attendance87,894 (3,995 per match)
Top scorer(s)Australia Archie Thompson
(16 goals)
← 1998
2006 →

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 edit

There would be two rounds of play:

  • First round: The 10 teams were divided into two groups of five teams each. The teams played against each other once. The group winners advanced to the second round.
  • Second round: The two teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner advanced to the OFC–CONMEBOL inter-confederation play-off.

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 edit

Group 1 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification          
1   Australia 4 4 0 0 66 0 +66 12 Second round — — — 11–0 31–0
2   Fiji 4 3 0 1 27 4 +23 9 0–2 — — — 13–0
3   Tonga 4 2 0 2 7 30 −23 6 0–22 1–8 — — —
4   Samoa 4 1 0 3 9 18 −9 3 — 1–6 0–1 — —
5   American Samoa 4 0 0 4 0 57 −57 0 — — 0–5 0–8 —
Source: [1]
Samoa  0–1  Tonga
Report Taufahema   86'
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]
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'
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'
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'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Henry Attison (Vanuatu)
Main article: Australia 31–0 American Samoa
Australia  31–0  American Samoa
 [4]
Attendance: 3,000
Fiji  0–2  Australia
Report Corica   23'
Foxe   81'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Derek Rugg (New Zealand)
American Samoa  0–5  Tonga
[5] Taufahema   2', 24', 51'
Moa   71' (pen.)
Fakava   86'
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
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'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ronan Leaustic (Tahiti)

Group 2 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification          
1   New Zealand 4 4 0 0 19 1 +18 12 Second round — — — 7–0 2–0
2   Tahiti 4 3 0 1 14 6 +8 9 0–5 — 2–0 — —
3   Solomon Islands 4 2 0 2 17 10 +7 6 1–5 — — — 9–1
4   Vanuatu 4 1 0 3 11 21 −10 3 — 1–6 2–7 — —
5   Cook Islands 4 0 0 4 2 25 −23 0 — 0–6 — 1–8 —
Source: [1]
Vanuatu  1–6  Tahiti
Lauru   56' Report Senechal   26'
Bennett   36', 41', 81'
Amaru   52'
Tagawa   82'
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'
Attendance: 1,542
Referee: Brett Hugo (Australia)
Tahiti  0–5  New Zealand
Report Coveny   41', 56', 71'
Lines   53'
Perry   88'
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'
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'
Attendance: 1,674
Referee: Edward Lennie (Australia)
New Zealand  2–0  Cook Islands
Hickey   64', 66' Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Brett Hugo (Australia)
Solomon Islands  1–5  New Zealand
Suri   85' Report Coveny   27', 50'
Jackson   32', 55'
Urlovic   67'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)
Cook Islands  0–6  Tahiti
Report Senechal   2', 45'
Tagawa   19', 64', 87'
Bennett   51'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Edward Lennie (Australia)
New Zealand  7–0  Vanuatu
Coveny   2', 7', 30'
Jackson   25'
Lines   27'
Burton   62'
Vicelich   68'		 Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)
Tahiti  2–0  Solomon Islands
Garcia   25' (pen.)
Fatupua-Lecaill   77'		 Report
Attendance: 250
Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

Second round edit

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'
Attendance: 19,500
Australia  4–1  New Zealand
Zdrilic   5', 82'
Emerton   40'
Aloisi   56'		 Report Coveny   44' (pen.)
Attendance: 41,976

Australia won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the OFC–CONMEBOL play-off.

Inter-confederation play-off edit

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

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Goalscorers edit

There were 179 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 8.14 goals per match.

16 goals

14 goals

9 goals

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  •   Lisi Leututu (against Samoa)
  •   Filipo Bureta (against Australia)
  •   Molesi Tokuma (against Fiji)

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Papua New Guinea chose not to participate.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) 2002, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  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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