2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
Tournament details
Dates	7 April – 25 November 2001
Teams	10^[1] (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	180 (7.5 per match)
Attendance	87,894 (3,662 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Archie Thompson (16 goals)

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.

7 April 2001

16:30

Samoa	0–1	Tonga
	Report	Taufahema 86'

International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour

Attendance: 500

Referee: Ronan Leaustic (Tahiti)

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)

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)

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)

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)

11 April 2001

19:00

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

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)

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)

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)

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

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.

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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.	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)

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

Did not enter

Papua New Guinea

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)

References

↑ Papua New Guinea chose not to participate.
↑ "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.
↑ "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.
↑ "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.
↑ "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.