2002 OFC U-20 Championship

2002 OFC U-20 Championship
Championnat d'Océanie de football des moins de 20 ans 2002
Tournament details
Dates	7 December - 22 December
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (11th title)
Runners-up	Fiji
Third place	New Zealand
Fourth place	New Caledonia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	65 (4.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Scott McDonald (7 goals)

The 2002 OFC U-20 Qualifying Tournament was held in Fiji and Vanuatu from December 7 to December 22, 2002 to determine the entrant into the 2003 FIFA U-20 World Cup. The match schedule was revised following the late withdrawal of the Cook Islands from Group A.

Participating teams

Referees

New Zealand

Derek Rugg
Ken Wallace

Papua New Guinea

Job Minan
Gidas Bayung

Fiji

Leone Rakaroi

Australia

Con Diomis
Doug Rennie

Vanuatu

Ron Wilbur
Harry Atisson

Tahiti

Charles Ariiotima

Matches

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDF
Australia	6	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8
Vanuatu	1	2	0	1	1	2	4	-2
Papua New Guinea	1	2	0	1	1	2	8	-6

Vanuatu v Australia

7 December 2002
14:30 UTC+11

Vanuatu	0 - 2	Australia
	Report Summary	McDonald 10' Valeri 22'

Korman Stadium, Port Villa

Australia v Papua New Guinea

9 December 2002
14:30 UTC+11

Australia	6 - 0	Papua New Guinea
Lepani 10' (o.g.) McDonald 38', 56', 58' Lia 76' Brosque 89'	Report Summary

Korman Stadium, Port Villa

Papua New Guinea v Vanuatu

11 December 2002
14:30 UTC+11

Papua New Guinea	2 - 2	Vanuatu
Davani 13' Mesak 62'		Salai 17' Waiwai 60'

Korman Stadium, Port Villa

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GDF
Fiji	12	4	4	0	14	1	+13
New Zealand	9	4	3	1	17	2	+15
New Caledonia	6	4	2	2	12	10	+2
Samoa	3	4	1	3	6	12	-6
Tonga	0	4	0	4	4	28	-24

Fiji v Tonga

8 December 2002
14:00 UTC+12

Fiji	8 - 1	Tonga
Wise 13' Vidovi 39' Rokobici 47', 50', 52' Kumar 61', 73', 76'	Summary	Papani 59'

Govind Park, Ba

New Zealand v New Caledonia

8 December 2002
16:00 UTC+12

New Zealand	8 - 0	New Caledonia
McGarrison 8' Brydon 32', 58', 90+1', 90+2' Fisher 34' McKenzie 49', 78'	Summary

Govind Park, Ba

New Zealand v Samoa

10 December 2002
14:00 UTC+12

New Zealand	2 - 1	Samoa
Strom 78' McGarrison 84'	Summary	Faaiuaso 6'

Govind Park, Ba

Fiji v New Caledonia

10 December 2002
16:00 UTC+12

Fiji	1 - 0	New Caledonia
Dau 19'	Summary

Govind Park, Ba

Samoa v New Caledonia

12 December 2002
14:00 UTC+12

Samoa	0 - 4	New Caledonia
	Summary	Wahopie 14', 51', 90+5' Wanakaija 81'

Govind Park, Ba

New Zealand v Tonga

12 December 2002
16:00 UTC+12

New Zealand	7 - 0	Tonga
Rooker 9' Fisher 15' Hogg 18', 49' Adams 39' Boyens 44' Smith 70'	Summary

Govind Park, Ba

Fiji v New Zealand

14 December 2002
14:00 UTC+12

Fiji	1 - 0	New Zealand
Vakatalesau 68'	Summary

Govind Park, Ba

Tonga v Samoa

14 December 2002
16:00 UTC+12

Tonga	2 - 5	Samoa
Vaitaki 14' Nafe 40'	Summary	Timo 13' Duffy 15' Alofa 65' Hellesoe 88' Slade 90+2'

Govind Park, Ba

New Caledonia v Tonga

16 December 2002
14:00 UTC+12

New Caledonia	8 - 1	Tonga
Wanakaija 25', 30' Wahopie 50', 82' Mapone 77' Toto 85' Kahlemu 86' Selefen 87'	Summary	Nafe 44'

Govind Park, Ba

Samoa v Fiji

16 December 2002
16:00 UTC+12

Samoa	0 - 4	Fiji
	Summary	Rokobici 5', 43' Kumar 46' Kumar 89'

Govind Park, Ba

Final

1st Leg

Australia v Fiji

21 December 2002
13:30 AEST

Australia	11 - 0	Fiji
Wells 12' Baird 13', 14', 78', 85' McDonald 25' Tarka 27' Brosque 50', 80' Lia 68' Parisi 76'	Report Summary

Bob Jane Stadium, Melbourne
Referee:

Charles Ariiotima

2nd Leg

Fiji v Australia

23 December 2002
14:30 UTC+12

Fiji	0 - 4	Australia
	Report Summary	McDonald 11', 87' Parisi 21' McKay 85'

Govind Park, Ba
Attendance: 1,000
Referee:

Derek Rugg

Australia win 15-0 on aggregate.

Winners

2002 OFC U-20 Championship Winners
Australia Eleventh title

Australia qualified for the 2003 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Goalscorers

There were 65 goals scored during the tournament, not including the 1 own goal scored.

7 goals

Scott McDonald

5 goals

Patrick Wahopie
Isoa Rokobici

4 goals

Michael Baird
Mitchell Brydon
Roderick Kumar

3 goals

Alex Brosque
Leopold Wanakaija

2 goals

Franco Parsi
Vince Lia
Teukihakausiu Nafe
Morgan Mcgarrison

Stuart Hogg
Ross Mckenzie
Brent Fisher

1 goal

Alex Davani
Ricky Mesak
James Salai
Roger Waiwai
Carl Valeri
David Tarka
Matt McKay
Dustin Wells
Master Papani
Viliami Vaitaki
Andy Boyens
Nathan Strom

Matthew Adams
Jarrod Smith
Wayen Rooker
Kiwi Timo
Alofa Alatise
Kevin Duffy
Desmond Faaiuaso
Robert Hellesoe
Junior Slade
Fabrice Toto
Henri Selefen
Kevin Kahlemu
Josue Mapone
Luke Vidovi
Robert Wise
Ronil Kumar
Lorima Dau
Osea Vakatalesau

External links

OFC U-20 Championship

Tournaments	Tahiti 1974 New Zealand 1978 Fiji 1980 Papua New Guinea 1982 Australia 1985 New Zealand 1986 Fiji 1988 Fiji 1990 Tahiti 1992 Fiji 1994 Tahiti 1997 Samoa 1998 New Caledonia/Cook Islands 2001 Vanuatu/Fiji 2002 Solomon Islands 2005 New Zealand 2007 Tahiti 2008 New Zealand 2011 Fiji 2013 Fiji 2014 Vanuatu 2016

Squads	1974 1978 1980 1982 1985 1987 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2001 2003 2005 2007 2008 2011 2013 2014 2016

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