2002_OFC_Nations_Cup_qualification
2002 OFC Nations Cup qualification
Qualifier for 2002 OFC Nations Cup
The 2002 OFC Nations Cup qualification tournament was a football competition that was played in March 2002 to determine the two of OFC's five lowest-ranked members men's national teams to advance to the 2002 OFC Nations Cup final tournament played in New Zealand in July 2002. The national teams of six OFC member associations entered the qualifying process. Cook Islands withdrew from the competition.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 9 March 2002 – 18 March 2002 |
| Teams | 5 |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 10 |
| Goals scored | 62 (6.2 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Joris Pibke (9 goals) |
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[upper-alpha 1] |
|---|---|---|---|
 Papua New Guinea | Qualifying tournament winners | 18 March 2002 | 1 (1980) |
| New Caledonia | Qualifying tournament runners-up | 18 March 2002 | 2 (1973, 1980) |
With the end of the Polynesian and Melanesian Cups between the 2000 and 2002 tournaments, (the two competitions formerly served a secondary function as qualifiers for the Oceania Nations Cup), a new format was created to decide the teams which would be accepted for the Nations Cup. Retaining their round-robin group qualifier style, the OFC this time chose to adopt the FIFA rankings to order all the entrants.[1] With New Caledonia not yet a FIFA member, they were placed last by default. The lowest six teams were then made to compete for two places via a round-robin group stage, with the highest-placed two teams qualifying for the Oceania Nations Cup.
The Rankings of all the teams involved in the OFC Nations Cup are below. The positions were taken as of October, 2001, with the eleven ranked teams appearing in the following order:
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Tiebreakers
The ranking of teams in the standings were based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 15):[1]
- Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss)
- Overall goal difference
- Overall goals scored
- Score from direct
- Drawing of lots by the OFC Organising Committee
Below was the schedule of the 2002 OFC Nations Cup qualification.[2]
| Stage | Matchday | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Qualifying tournament | Matchday 1 | 9 March 2002 |
| Matchday 2 | 12 March 2002 | |
| Matchday 3 | 14 March 2002 | |
| Matchday 4 | 16 March 2002 | |
| Matchday 5 | 18 March 2002 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Papua New Guinea |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | +18 | 12 | Qualification to 2002 OFC Nations Cup |
| 2 | New Caledonia |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 4 | +21 | 9 | |
| 3 |  Samoa (H) |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 6 | |
| 4 |  Tonga |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 3 | |
| 5 |  American Samoa |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 29 | −27 | 0 | |
| 6 |  Cook Islands |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
Before the first group stage began, the Cook Islands withdrew, resulting in the group stage being played between only five nations.
| New Caledonia | 10–0 | American Samoa |
|---|---|---|
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Report |
| Tonga | 7–2 | American Samoa |
|---|---|---|
Suli  3', 72', 80'Maamaloa 5'Taufahema 19'Uele 29'Fifita 39' |
(Report) | Atualevao 15' Afu 70' |
| Papua New Guinea | 4–1 | New Caledonia |
|---|---|---|
| Kombi 31' Tomda 57'Aisa 70'Davani 85' |
(Report) | Voudjo 40' |
| Papua New Guinea | 5–0 | Tonga |
|---|---|---|
| Lohai 19' Moiyap 61'Davani 70'Aisa 84'Andrew Kassam 89' |
(Report) |
| Samoa | 5–0 | American Samoa |
|---|---|---|
| Timo 3' Faaiuaso 24', 68'Lemana 31'Fasavalu 48' |
(Report) |
| New Caledonia | 9–0 | Tonga |
|---|---|---|
| Faye 17', 85' Pibke 18', 26', 85'Voudjo 18'Kabeu 45'Kauma 74'Jose 90' |
(Report) |
| Samoa | 1–4 | Papua New Guinea |
|---|---|---|
| Lemana 56' |
(Report) | Kombi 20' Wasi 30'Elizah 60'Moiyap 76' |
| Papua New Guinea | 7–0 | American Samoa |
|---|---|---|
| Davani 12', 20', 43' Posman 32'Aisa 46'Lohai 61'Wasi 90+' |
(Report) |
| Samoa | 0–5 | New Caledonia |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Kauma 10' David Hay 41', 69'Pibke 59'Mapou 89' |
Papua New Guinea and New Caledonia progress to the second group stage.
Goalscorers
There were 62 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 6.2 goals per match.
9 goals
5 goals
3 goals
Robert Kauma- Tell Voudjo
Joe Aisa
Pualele Lemana
Amone Suli
2 goals
- Yves Faye
- David Hay
- Jose Euribora Jose
- Paul Kombi
- Michael Lohai
- Francis Moiyap
- Maori Wasi
- Desmond Faaiuaso
- Ben Timo
1 goal
Savaliga Afu- Duane Atualevao
- Jean-Marc Case
- Jamel Kabeu
- Marvis Mapou
- Michel Wanakaija
- Selan Elizah
- Andrew Kassam
- Tapas Posman
- Yanding Tomda
- Tama Fasavalu
- Siua Maamaloa
- Klifi Uele
- Heweli Vete Fifita
- "Regulations for the 2002 OFC Nations Cup". SportingPulse. Archived from the original on 31 August 2006. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- "Oceanian Nations Cup 2002". RSSSF. 21 March 2004.