2002 OFC Nations Cup qualification

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Qualified teams

Team Appearance Streak Previous appearance
 Australia 5th 5 2000
 Fiji 4th 1 1998
 New Caledonia 3rd 1 1980
 New Zealand 6th 6 2000
 Solomon Islands 4th 2 2000
 Papua New Guinea 2nd 1 1980
 Tahiti 6th 6 2000
 Vanuatu 5th(1) 2 2000
1Includes two pre-independence appearances as the New Hebrides

Qualification Procedure

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. 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:

Rank Team Points by Oct 2001
48  Australia 586
84  New Zealand 477
123  Fiji 349
128  Tahiti 336
134  Solomon Islands 309
168  Vanuatu 182
172  Samoa 158
175  Tonga 151
176  Cook Islands 147
195  Papua New Guinea 56
201  American Samoa 16

Qualifying Tournament

Before the first group stage began, the  Cook Islands withdrew, resulting in the group stage being played between only five nations.

Results

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Papua New Guinea (H) 4 4 0 0 20 2 +18 12 Advance to 2002 OFC Nations Cup
2  New Caledonia 4 3 0 1 25 4 +21 9
3  Samoa 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 Withdraw
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

Match Schedule

New Caledonia 10–0 American Samoa
Case 10'
Pibke 11', 40', 54', 58', 70'
Jose 25'
Kauma 36'
Wanakaija 55'
Voudjo 74'		 (Report)
Samoa 2–0 Tonga
Timo 52'
Lemana 83'		 (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.

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