2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

For an overview of the qualification rounds, see 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification.

2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

Tournament details
Dates	7 April – 25 November 2001
Teams	10 [a]  (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	179 (8.14 per match)
Attendance	87,894 (3,995 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Archie Thompson (16 goals)
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Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Oceanian zone (OFC).

A total of 10 teams played in the competition for 0.5 allocated places out of 32 in the final tournament. Papua New Guinea chose not to participate.

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

Format

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.

First round

Group 1

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]

7 April 2001

16:30

Samoa	0–1	Tonga
	Report	Taufahema 86'

International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour

Attendance: 500

Referee: Ronan Leaustic (Tahiti)

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7 April 2001

19:00

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)

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Main article: Tonga 0–22 Australia

9 April 2001

16:30

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)

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9 April 2001

19:00

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)

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11 April 2001

16:30

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)

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Main article: Australia 31–0 American Samoa

11 April 2001

19:00

Australia	31–0	American Samoa
Boutsianis 10', 50', 84' Thompson 12', 23', 27', 29', 32', 37', 42' Thompson (cont.) 45', 56', 60', 65', 85', 88' 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)

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14 April 2001

16:30

Fiji	0–2	Australia
	Report	Corica 23' Foxe 81'

International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Derek Rugg (New Zealand)

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14 April 2001

19:00

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)

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16 April 2001

16:30

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)

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16 April 2001

19:00

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

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]

4 June 2001

16:30

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)

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4 June 2001

16:30

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)

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6 June 2001

16:30

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)

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6 June 2001

16:30

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)

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8 June 2001

16:30

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)

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8 June 2001

16:30

New Zealand	2–0	Cook Islands
Hickey 64', 66'	Report

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 500

Referee: Brett Hugo (Australia)

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11 June 2001

16:30

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)

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11 June 2001

16:30

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)

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13 June 2001

16:30

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)

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13 June 2001

16:30

Tahiti	2–0	Solomon Islands
Garcia 25' (pen.) Fatupua-Lecaill 77'	Report

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 250

Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

Second round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
New Zealand	1–6	Australia	0–2	1–4

20 June 2001

19:30

New Zealand	0–2	Australia
	Report	Emerton 5', 80'

WestpacTrust Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand

Attendance: 19,500

Referee: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)

New Zealand

Australia

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24 June 2001

15:00

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

New Zealand

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

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

Goalscorers

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

16 goals

• Archie Thompson

14 goals

• David Zdrilic

9 goals

• Esala Masi
• Vaughan Coveny

7 goals

• John Aloisi

5 goals

• Tony Popovic
• Shalendra Lal
• Commins Menapi
• Richard Iwai

4 goals

• Con Boutsianis
• Damian Mori
• Kevin Muscat
• Aurelio Vidmar
• Desmond Fa'aiuaso
• Naea Bennett
• Felix Tagawa
• Lokoua Taufahema

3 goals

• Scott Chipperfield
• Brett Emerton
• Chris Jackson
• Patteson Daudau
• Batram Suri
• Tony Senechal

2 goals

• Simon Colosimo
• Hayden Foxe
• Manoa Masi
• Ulaiasi Mateiwai
• Valerio Nasema
• Atnesh Prasad
• Abinesh Samy
• Noah Hickey
• Aaran Lines
• Ben Lemana
• Vivian Wickham
• Simon Lauru

1 goal

• Fausto De Amicis
• Steve Corica
• Tony Vidmar
• Junior Pukoku
• Niki Temiha
• Jope Namawa Leka
• Leone Vurukania
• Mark Burton
• Jonathan Perry
• Paul Urlovic
• Ivan Vicelich
• Dominic Gabriel
• Junior Michael
• David Firisua
• Joel Konofilla
• Jack Samani
• Stanley Waita
• Harold Amaru
• Samuel Garcia
• Steve Fatupua-Lecaill
• Teu Fakava
• Penieli Moa
• Fillisione Taufahema
• Jimmy Ben
• Gerard Maki
• Pita Maki
• Waren Waiwai

1 own goal

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

See also

• Tonga 0–22 Australia
• Australia 31–0 American Samoa

Notes

1. Papua New Guinea chose not to participate.

References

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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.