# 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).
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 | — |

### 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 | — |

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

## Inter-confederation 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

* Papua New Guinea

## 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)