# 2002 OFC Nations Cup

The 2002 OFC Nations Cup took place in New Zealand, between 5 and 14 July 2002.
The competition was divided into two group stages, with a knockout tournament at the end. Before the tournament, 11 of the nations were seeded according to their 2001 FIFA ranking, while New Caledonia was placed last by default, as it was not a FIFA member.
The six lowest-ranked teams took part in the first stage of qualifying, in which the two highest placed teams at the end of the round-robin stage gained qualification to the second group stage, made up of the six highest-ranked teams. The remaining eight teams were then split into two groups of four, with the top two nations from each group progressing to the knockout stage.
Australia failed to defend the title they won in 2000. They were beaten by New Zealand in the final, with Ryan Nelsen scoring the winning goal.

## Qualification

Teams who automatically entered the 2002 OFC Nations Cup :
| Team | Rank |
| Australia (title holders) | 48 |
| New Zealand | 84 |
| Fiji | 123 |
| Tahiti | 128 |
| Solomon Islands | 134 |
| Vanuatu | 169 |
Teams qualifiled via 2002 OFC Nations Cup qualifying stage :
| Team | Rank |
| Papua New Guinea | 195 |
| New Caledonia | N/A |

## Venues

| Auckland |
| Auckland | Auckland | Auckland Suburb (Albany) |
| Auckland | Mount Smart Stadium | North Harbour Stadium |
| Auckland | Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 25,000 |

## Squads

    See 2002 OFC Nations Cup squads.

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | +21 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Vanuatu | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Fiji | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 3 | |
| 4 | New Caledonia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | +17 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Tahiti | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Solomon Islands | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 1 | |
| 4 | Papua New Guinea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 1 | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 12 July – Auckland | 12 July – Auckland |
| Australia | 2 |
| Australia | 2 | 14 July – Auckland | 14 July – Auckland |
| Tahiti | 1 | 14 July – Auckland | 14 July – Auckland |
| Tahiti | 1 | Australia | 0 |
| 12 July – Auckland | 12 July – Auckland | | Australia | 0 |
| 12 July – Auckland | 12 July – Auckland | New Zealand | 1 |
| New Zealand | 3 | New Zealand | 1 |
| Vanuatu | 0 | | |
| Vanuatu | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 14 July – Auckland | 14 July – Auckland |
| | | Tahiti | 1 |
| | | Vanuatu | 0 |

### Final

* 2002 OFC Nations Cup winners
* New Zealand Third title

## Goalscorers
### 5 goals

* Bobby Despotovski
* Joel Porter
* Chris Killen
* Jeff Campbell

### 4 goals

* Mark Burton

### 3 goals

* Damian Mori
* Ivan Vicelich
* Ryan Nelsen
* Felix Tagawa

### 2 goals

* Paul Trimboli
* Scott Chipperfield
* Paul Urlovic

### 1 goal

* Steve Horvat
* Angelo Costanzo
* Ante Milicic
* Ante Juric
* Fausto De Amicis
* Mehmet Duraković
* Junior Bukaudi
* Veresa Toma
* Andre Sinedo
* Raf de Gregorio
* Joe Aisa
* Reginald Davani
* Commins Menapi
* Henry Fa'arodo
* Patterson Daudau
* Samuel Garcia
* Steve Fatupua-Lecaill
* Sylvain Booene
* Tetahio Auraa
* Teva Zaveroni
* Richard Iwai
* Willie August Marango