2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Oceanian zone (OFC). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification.

A total of 10 teams entered the competition. The Oceanian zone was allocated 0.5 places (out of 32) in the final tournament.

There would be two rounds of play:

• First Round: The 10 teams were divided into two groups of five teams each. The teams played against each other once. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.
• Final Round: The two teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would advance to the CONMEBOL/OFC Intercontinental Play-off.

Australia's 32–0 win over American Samoa established a World Cup record for the highest margin of victory in a qualifying match.

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	International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour Attendance: 500 Referee: Ronan Leaustic (Tahiti)
		Report	Taufahema  86'

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7 April 2001 19:00	Fiji	13 – 0	American Samoa	International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour Attendance: 500 Referee: Derek Rugg (New Zealand)
	Masi  3' (pen.), 12', 53', 54' Lal  23', 24', 28', 39', 45' Mateiwai  31' Nasema  56' Samy  70', 75'	Report

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9 April 2001 16:30	Tonga	0 – 22	Australia	International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Harry Attison (Vanuatu)
		Report	Chipperfield  3', 83' Mori  13', 23', 40', 58' Aloisi  14', 24', 37', 45', 52', 63' Muscat  18', 30', 54', 82' Popovic  67' Vidmar  74' Zdrilic  78', 90' Thompson  80' Boutsianis  87'

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9 April 2001 19:00	American Samoa	0 – 8	Samoa	International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour Attendance: 200 Referee: Brian Precious (New Zealand)
		Report	Leututu  8' (o.g.) Gabriel  36' Faaisuaso  42', 52', 72', 87' Lemana  58', 60' Michael  63'

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11 April 2001 16:30	Samoa	1 – 6	Fiji	International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour Attendance: 400 Referee: Henry Attison (Vanuatu)
	Lemana  33' (pen.)	Report	Mateiwai  5' Masi  21', 41' Tokuma  48' (o.g.) Prasad  84', 86'

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11 April 2001 19:00	Australia	31 – 0	American Samoa	International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ronan Leaustic (Tahiti)
	Boutsianis  10', 50', 84' Thompson  12', 23', 27', 29', 32'  37', 42', 45', 56', 60'  65', 85', 88' Zdrilic  13', 21', 25', 33', 58'  66', 78', 89' Vidmar  14', 80' Popovic  17', 19' Colosimo  51', 81' De Amicis  55'	Report

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14 April 2001 16:30	Fiji	0 – 2	Australia	International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Derek Rugg (New Zealand)
		Report	Corica  23' Foxe  81'

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14 April 2001 19:00	American Samoa	0 – 5	Tonga	International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Brian Precious (New Zealand)
		Report	Taufahema  2', 24', 51' Moa  71' (pen.) Fakava  86'

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16 April 2001 16:30	Australia	11 – 0	Samoa	International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Brian Precious (New Zealand)
	A. Vidmar  5', 50' Zdrillic  28', 57' Foxe  44' Popovic  55', 89' Thompson  75', 88' Chipperfield  76' Bureta  81' (o.g.)	Report

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16 April 2001 19:00	Tonga	1 – 8	Fiji	International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ronan Leaustic (Tahiti)
	Taufahema  78'	Report	Leka  4' Masi  30', 34', 37', 48', 90' Vurukania  56' Nasema  62'

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	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland Attendance: 400 Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)
	Lauru  56'	Report	Senechal  26' Bennett  36', 41', 81' Amaru  52' Tagawa  82'

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4 June 2001 16:30	Solomon Islands	9 – 1	Cook Islands	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland Attendance: 1,542 Referee: Brett Hugo (Australia)
	Suri  14' Daudau  19', 54', 75' Menapi  31', 52', 85' Firisua  84' Konofilla  89'	Report	Temiha  4'

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6 June 2001 16:30	Tahiti	0 – 5	New Zealand	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland Attendance: 2,052 Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)
		Report	Coveny  41', 56', 71' Lines  53' Perry  88'

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6 June 2001 16:30	Cook Islands	1 – 8	Vanuatu	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland Attendance: 600 Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)
	Pukoku  13'	Report	Ben  4' Lauru  27' Maki  38' Iwai  50', 59', 66' P. Maki  74' Waiwai  82'

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8 June 2001 16:30	Vanuatu	2 – 7	Solomon Islands	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland Attendance: 1,674 Referee: Edward Lennie (Australia)
	Iwai  18', 48'	Report	Wickham  17', 47' Menapi  46', 73' Waita  48' Samani  62' Suri  79'

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8 June 2001 16:30	New Zealand	2 – 0	Cook Islands	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland Attendance: 500 Referee: Brett Hugo (Australia)
	Hickey  64', 66'	Report

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11 June 2001 16:30	Solomon Islands	1 – 5	New Zealand	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)
	Suri  85'	Report	Coveny  27', 50' Jackson  32', 55' Urlovic  67'

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11 June 2001 16:30	Cook Islands	0 – 6	Tahiti	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland Attendance: 300 Referee: Edward Lennie (Australia)
		Report	Senechal  2', 45' Tagawa  19', 64', 87' Bennett  51'

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13 June 2001 16:30	New Zealand	7 – 0	Vanuatu	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)
	Coveny  2', 7', 30' Jackson  25' Lines  27' Burton  62' Vicelich  68'	Report

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13 June 2001 16:30	Tahiti	2 – 0	Solomon Islands	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland Attendance: 250 Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)
	Garcia  25' (pen) Fatupua  77'	Report

Final 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	Newtown Park, Wellington Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)
		Report	Emerton  5', 80'

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24 June 2001 15:00	Australia	4 – 1	New Zealand	Stadium Australia, Sydney Attendance: 41,976 Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (Korea Republic)
	Zdrilic  5', 82' Emerton  40' Aloisi  56'	Report	Coveny  44' (pen.)

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

Did not enter

• Papua New Guinea
• New Caledonia

See also

• Australia 31–0 American Samoa