2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

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

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

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.

### Group 1

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|align="left"||4|4|0|0|66|0|+66|**12**|||||||||
|align="left"||4|3|0|1|27|4|+23|**9**|||||||||
|align="left"||4|2|0|2|7|30|−23|**6**|||||||||
|align="left"||4|1|0|3|9|18|−9|**3**|||||||||
|align="left"||4|0|0|4|0|57|−57|**0**|||||||||

_Australia_ advanced to the Final Round.

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### Group 2

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|align="left"||4|4|0|0|19|1|+18|**12**|||||||||
|align="left"||4|3|0|1|14|6|+8|**9**|||||||||
|align="left"||4|2|0|2|17|10|+7|**6**|||||||||
|align="left"||4|1|0|3|11|21|−10|**3**|||||||||
|align="left"||4|0|0|4|2|25|−23|**0**|||||||||

_New Zealand_ advanced to the Final Round.

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## Second round

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_Australia advanced to the CONMEBOL / OFC Intercontinental Play-off by the aggregate score of 6–1._

## Goalscorers

There were 180 goals scored in 24 matches (including 2 international play-offs), for an average of 7.5 goals per match.
- 16 goals

- Archie Thompson

- 14 goals

- David Zdrilic

- 9 goals

- Esala Masi
- Vaughan Coveny

- 7 goals

- John Aloisi

- 5 goals

- Kevin Muscat
- Tony Popovic
- Shailemdra Lal
- Commins Menapi
- Richard Iwai

- 4 goals

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

- 3 goals

- Scott Chipperfield
- Brett Emerton
- Chris Jackson
- Ben Lemana
- Patteson Daudau
- Batram Suri
- Tony Senechal

- 2 goals

- Simon Colosimo
- Hayden Foxe
- Manoa Masi
- Valerio Nasema
- Atnesh Prasad
- Abinesh Samy
- Noah Hickey
- Aaran Lines
- Vivian Wickham
- Simon Lauru

- 1 goal

- Fausto De Amicis
- Steve Corica
- Tony Vidmar
- Junior Pukoku
- Niki Temiha
- Jope Namawa Leka
- Ulaiasi Mateiwai
- Ul Radike Mateiwai
- 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 (playing against Samoa)
- Filipo Bureta (playing against Australia)
- Molesi Tokuma (playing against Fiji)

## Infobox (international football competition)

- **tourney name**: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
- **dates**: 7 April – 25 November 2001
- **num teams**: 10
- **confederations**: 1
- **matches**: 24
- **goals**: 180
- **attendance**: 87894
- **top scorer**: Archie Thompson (16 goals)
- **prevseason**: 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC), 1998
- **nextseason**: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC), 2006