 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Sevakwikwidzi ve2000 OFC Nations Cup, Australia yakaenda kuSouth Korea nokuda kwe2001 FIFA Confederations Cup. Vakakandwa muboka nevakagamuchira South Korea; 1998 FIFA World Cup uye UEFA Euro 2000 vakundi, France neMexico, vakundi ve1999 FIFA Confederations Cup. Australia yakakunda Mexico mumutambo wokutanga nechinangwa chehafu yekutanga kuna Shaun Murphy uye chimwe kuna Josip Skoko muhafu yepiri. Ipapo vakawana rukundo runoshamisa pamusoro peFrance apo Clayton Zane akarova chibodzwa bedzi chomutambo wacho. Kunyangwe vakarasikirwa nemutambo wechitatu 10 kuSouth Korea, Australia yakapedza yechipiri muboka pane mutsauko wechinangwa kuti ienderere mberi kuenda kumatanho e semi-fainari. Vaifanira kuenda kuYokohama kunotamba neJapan, nyika dzakanga dzatambira mutambo uyu pamwe chete, uye vakarasikirwa nemutambo uyu 10. Australia yakapedza mutambo wacho neimwezve rukundo runoshamisa kuti itore nzvimbo yechitatu. Nguva ino yaive ichirwisana neBrazil apo Murphy akarova muminiti yechi84 nokuda kwekukunda 10. 