2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (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)
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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.

First round

Group 1

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 Goal 86'
International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ronan Leaustic (Tahiti)
Fiji 13–0 American Samoa
Masi Goal 3' (pen.), 12', 53', 54'
Lal Goal 23', 24', 28', 39', 45'
Mateiwai Goal 31'
Nasema Goal 56'
Samy Goal 70', 75'		 [2]
International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour
Attendance: 500
Referee: Derek Rugg (New Zealand)
See the main article: Tonga 0–22 Australia
Tonga 0–22 Australia
Report Chipperfield Goal 3', 83'
Mori Goal 13', 23', 40', 58'
Aloisi Goal 14', 24', 37', 45', 52', 63'
Muscat Goal 18', 30', 54', 82'
Popovic Goal 67'
T.Vidmar Goal 74'
Zdrilic Goal 78', 90'
Thompson Goal 80'
Boutsianis Goal 87'
International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Harry Attison (Vanuatu)
American Samoa 0–8 Samoa
[3] Leututu Goal 8' (o.g.)
Gabriel Goal 35'
Fa'aiuaso Goal 41', 52', 73', 84'
Lemana Goal 55'
Michael Goal 63'
International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour
Attendance: 200
Referee: Brian Precious (New Zealand)
Samoa 1–6 Fiji
Lemana Goal 33' (pen.) Report Mateiwai Goal 5'
Masi Goal 21', 41'
Tokuma Goal 48' (o.g.)
Prasad Goal 84', 86'
International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour
Attendance: 400
Referee: Henry Attison (Vanuatu)
See the main article: Australia 31–0 American Samoa
Australia 31–0 American Samoa
Boutsianis Goal 10', 50', 84'
Thompson Goal 12', 23', 27', 29', 32', 37', 42', 45', 56', 60'
Zdrilic Goal 13', 21', 25', 33', 58', 66', 78', 89'
A.Vidmar Goal 14', 80'
Popovic Goal 17', 19'
Colosimo Goal 51', 81'
De Amicis Goal 55'		 [4]
International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ronan Leaustic (Tahiti)
Fiji 0–2 Australia
Report Corica Goal 23'
Foxe Goal 81'
International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Derek Rugg (New Zealand)
American Samoa 0–5 Tonga
[5] Taufahema Goal 2', 24', 51'
Moa Goal 71' (pen.)
Fakava Goal 86'
International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Brian Precious (New Zealand)
Australia 11–0 Samoa
A. Vidmar Goal 5', 50'
Zdrilic Goal 28', 57'
Foxe Goal 44'
Popovic Goal 55', 89'
Thompson Goal 75', 88'
Chipperfield Goal 76'
Bureta Goal 81' (o.g.)		 Report
International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Brian Precious (New Zealand)
Tonga 1–8 Fiji
Taufahema Goal 78' Report Leka Goal 4'
Masi Goal 30', 37', 38', 90'
Vurukania Goal 34', 56'
NasemaGoal 62'
International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ronan Leaustic (Tahiti)

Group 2

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 Goal 56' Report Senechal Goal 26'
Bennett Goal 36', 41', 81'
Amaru Goal 52'
Tagawa Goal 82'
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 400
Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)
Solomon Islands 9–1 Cook Islands
Suri Goal 14'
Daudau Goal 19', 54', 75'
Menapi Goal 31', 52', 85'
Firisua Goal 84'
Konofilla Goal 89'		 Report Temiha Goal 4'
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 1,542
Referee: Brett Hugo (Australia)
Tahiti 0–5 New Zealand
Report Coveny Goal 41', 56', 71'
Lines Goal 53'
Perry Goal 88'
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 2,052
Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)
Cook Islands 1–8 Vanuatu
Pukoku Goal 13' Report Ben Goal 4'
Lauru Goal 27'
G. Maki Goal 38'
Iwai Goal 50', 59', 66'
P. Maki Goal 74'
Waiwai Goal 82'
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 600
Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)
Vanuatu 2–7 Solomon Islands
Iwai Goal 18', 48' Report Wickham Goal 17', 47'
Menapi Goal 46', 73'
Waita Goal 48'
Samani Goal 62'
Suri Goal 79'
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 1,674
Referee: Edward Lennie (Australia)
New Zealand 2–0 Cook Islands
Hickey Goal 64', 66' Report
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 500
Referee: Brett Hugo (Australia)
Solomon Islands 1–5 New Zealand
Suri Goal 85' Report Coveny Goal 27', 50'
Jackson Goal 32', 55'
Urlovic Goal 67'
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)
Cook Islands 0–6 Tahiti
Report Senechal Goal 2', 45'
Tagawa Goal 19', 64', 87'
Bennett Goal 51'
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 300
Referee: Edward Lennie (Australia)
New Zealand 7–0 Vanuatu
Coveny Goal 2', 7', 30'
Jackson Goal 25'
Lines Goal 27'
Burton Goal 62'
Vicelich Goal 68'		 Report
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)
Tahiti 2–0 Solomon Islands
Garcia Goal 25' (pen.)
Fatupua-Lecaill Goal 77'		 Report
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 250
Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

Second round

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 Goal 5', 80'
WestpacTrust Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand
Attendance: 19,500
Referee: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)
Australia 4–1 New Zealand
Zdrilic Goal 5', 82'
Emerton Goal 40'
Aloisi Goal 56'		 (report) Coveny Goal 44' (pen.)
Attendance: 41,976
Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (South Korea)

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

Did not enter

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
14 goals
  • Australia David Zdrilic
9 goals
  • Fiji Esala Masi
  • New Zealand Vaughan Coveny
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
  • Australia Con Boutsianis
  • Australia Damian Mori
  • Australia Aurelio Vidmar
  • Samoa Desmond Fa'aiuaso
  • French Polynesia Naea Bennett
  • French Polynesia Felix Tagawa
  • Tonga Lokoua Taufahema
3 goals
  • Australia Scott Chipperfield
  • Australia Brett Emerton
  • New Zealand Chris Jackson
  • Samoa Ben Lemana
  • Solomon Islands Patteson Daudau
  • Solomon Islands Batram Suri
  • French Polynesia Tony Senechal
2 goals
  • Australia Simon Colosimo
  • Australia Hayden Foxe
  • Fiji Manoa Masi
  • Fiji Valerio Nasema
  • Fiji Atnesh Prasad
  • Fiji Abinesh Samy
  • New Zealand Noah Hickey
  • New Zealand Aaran Lines
  • Solomon Islands Vivian Wickham
  • Vanuatu Simon Lauru
1 goal
  • Australia Fausto De Amicis
  • Australia Steve Corica
  • Australia Tony Vidmar
  • Cook Islands Junior Pukoku
  • Cook Islands Niki Temiha
  • Fiji Jope Namawa Leka
  • Fiji Ulaiasi Mateiwai
  • Fiji Ul Radike Mateiwai
  • Fiji Leone Vurukania
  • New Zealand Mark Burton
  • New Zealand Jonathan Perry
  • New Zealand Paul Urlovic
  • New Zealand Ivan Vicelich
  • Samoa Dominic Gabriel
  • Samoa Junior Michael
  • Solomon Islands David Firisua
  • Solomon Islands Joel Konofilla
  • Solomon Islands Jack Samani
  • Solomon Islands Stanley Waita
  • French Polynesia Harold Amaru
  • French Polynesia Samuel Garcia
  • French Polynesia Steve Fatupua-Lecaill
  • Tonga Teu Fakava
  • Tonga Penieli Moa
  • Tonga Fillisione Taufahema
  • Vanuatu Jimmy Ben
  • Vanuatu Gerard Maki
  • Vanuatu Pita Maki
  • Vanuatu Waren Waiwai
1 own goal
  • American Samoa Lisi Leututu (playing against Samoa)
  • Samoa Filipo Bureta (playing against Australia)
  • Samoa Molesi Tokuma (playing against Fiji)

References

  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.