Listed below are the dates and results for the
2002 FIFA World Cup
The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea/Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams organized by ...
qualification
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Processes
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rounds for the Oceanian zone (
OFC).
A total of 10 teams played in the competition for 0.5 allocated places out of 32 in the final tournament.
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...
chose not to participate.
Australia's 31–0 win over American Samoa established a
World Cup record for the highest margin of victory in a qualifying match.
Format
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 advanced to the second round.
* Second round: The two teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner advanced to the OFC–CONMEBOL inter-confederation play-off.
First round
Group 1
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Group 2
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Second round
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Australia won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the
OFC–CONMEBOL play-off.
Inter-confederation play-off
Goalscorers
See also
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Tonga 0–22 Australia
On 9 April 2001, Tonga and Australia played an international soccer match at the International Sports Stadium in Coffs Harbour in the Australian state of New South Wales. The match was an Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) first round qualifyi ...
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Australia 31–0 American Samoa
Notes
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:2002 Fifa World Cup Qualification (Ofc)
OFC
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International association football competitions hosted by Australia
International association football competitions hosted by New Zealand
Fifa World Cup Qualification (ofc), 2002
Fifa World Cup Qualification (ofc), 2002
FIFA World Cup qualification
The FIFA World Cup qualification is a set of competitive matches that a national association football team plays in order to qualify for one of the available berths at the final tournament of the men's FIFA World Cup.
Qualifying tournaments ar ...
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