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2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

international football competition

Below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Oceanian zone (OFC).

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)
← 1998
2006 →

Papua New Guinea chose not to play.

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

Format change

There would be two rounds of play:

  • First Round: The 10 teams were split into two groups of five teams each. The teams played against each other once. The group winners would go to the Final Round.
  • Second Round: The two teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would go to the CONMEBOL/OFC Intercontinental Play-off.

Australia has beaten American Samoa with 31-0. A world record in an international football match. And it broke another record. most goals from a player in a match, Archie Thompson scored 13 times.

First round change

Group 1 change

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'
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)
See the 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)
See the 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]
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 change

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'
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 change

See the main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC second round
Team 1 Agg. 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 advanced to the CONMEBOL / OFC Intercontinental Play-off by the aggregate score of 6–1.

Did not enter change

Goalscorers change

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

References change

  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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