 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - mitambo yeAustralia chete muna 2002 yaive apo yaikwikwidza mu2002 OFC Nations CupmuNew Zealand. Kunze kwaScott Chipperfield, Australia yakatumira chikwata chakaumbwa nevatambi veNSL. Vakakunda mitambo yavo yeboka vachipesana neVanuatu, New Caledonia neFiji vasina kubvuma chinangwa. Mumutambo we semi-final Tahiti yakarova muminiti ye 38th uye yakanga isati yasvika muminiti ye 88th kuti Mehmet Duraković akarova muchengeti weAustralia kuti atore mutambo kune nguva yakawedzerwa. Muminiti yechi96, Damian Mori akahwina chibodzwa chegoridhe chakapinza Australia mufainari vachipesana neNew Zealand. New Zealand yakakunda mutambo wekupedzisira 1-0 kuti vawane mukombe wavo wechitatu weOFC Nations Cup uye vanokodzera kuenda ku2003 FIFA Confederations Cup sevamiriri veOceania. 