The 2002 OFC Nations Cup took place in New Zealand, between 5 and 14 July 2002. The competition was divided into two group stages, with a knockout tournament at the end. Before the tournament, 11 of the nations were seeded according to their 2001 FIFA ranking, while New Caledonia was placed last by default, as it was not a FIFA member. The six lowest-ranked teams took part in the first stage of qualifying, in which the two highest placed teams at the end of the round-robin stage gained qualification to the second group stage, made up of the six highest-ranked teams. The remaining eight teams were then split into two groups of four, with the top two nations from each group progressing to the knockout stage. Australia failed to defend the title they won in 2000. They were beaten by New Zealand in the final, with Ryan Nelsen scoring the winning goal. Qualification See 2002 OFC Nations Cup qualification. Venues Squads See 2002 OFC Nations Cup squads. Group stage Group A Group B Knockout stage Semifinals Third place match Final Goalscorers 5 goals Bobby Despotovski Joel Porter Chris Killen Jeff Campbell 4 goals Mark Burton 3 goals Damian Mori Ivan Vicelich Ryan Nelsen Felix Tagawa 2 goals Paul Trimboli Scott Chipperfield Paul Urlovic 1 goal Steve Horvat Angelo Costanzo Ante Milicic Ante Juric Fausto De Amicis Mehmet Duraković Junior Bukaudi Veresa Toma Andre Sinedo Raf de Gregorio Joe Aisa Reginald Davani Commins Menapi Henry Fa'arodo Patterson Daudau Samuel Garcia Steve Fatupua-Lecaill Sylvain Booene Tetahio Auraa Teva Zaveroni Richard Iwai Willie August Marango External links RSSSF Accessed 21 February 2010. 2002 2002 Nations 2002 in New Zealand association football 2002 in Australian soccer July 2002 sports events in New Zealand