2002 OFC Nations Cup qualification 5787002 218248234 2008-06-09T20:35:10Z Lightbot 7178666 Units/dates/other ==Qualified teams== {| style=border-collapse:collapse border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5 |- align=center bgcolor=#efefef !width=160|Team !width=80|Appearance !width=50|Streak !width=80|Previous appearance |- align=center style="background:#f5f5f5;" |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|AUS}} |5th||5||[[Oceania Nations Cup 2000|2000]] |- align=center style="background:#f5f5f5;" |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|FIJ}} |4th||1||[[Oceania Nations Cup 1998|1998]] |- align=center style="background:#f5f5f5;" |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|NCL}} |3rd||1||[[Oceania Nations Cup 1980|1980]] |- align=center style="background:#f5f5f5;" |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|NZL}} |6th||6||[[Oceania Nations Cup 2000|2000]] |- align=center style="background:#f5f5f5;" |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|SOL}} |4th||2||[[Oceania Nations Cup 2000|2000]] |- align=center style="background:#f5f5f5;" |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|PNG}} |2nd||1||[[Oceania Nations Cup 1980|1980]] |- align=center style="background:#f5f5f5;" |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|TAH}} |6th||6||[[Oceania Nations Cup 2000|2000]] |- align=center style="background:#f5f5f5;" |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|VAN}} |5th<sup>('''[[#1|1]]''')</sup>||2||[[Oceania Nations Cup 2000|2000]] |} <div id="1"><sup>'''1'''</sup>Includes two pre-independence appearances as the ''New Hebrides''</div> ==Qualification Procedure== With the end of the [[Polynesia Cup|Polynesian]] and [[Melanesia Cup|Melanesian]] Cups between the [[Oceania Nations Cup 2000|2000]] and [[Oceania Nations Cup 2002|2002]] tournaments, (the two competitions formerly served a secondary function as qualifiers for the [[Oceania Nations Cup]]), a new format was created to decide the teams which would be accepted for the Nations Cup. Retaining their [[round-robin tournament|round-robin]] group qualifier style, the [[OFC]] this time chose to adopt the FIFA rankings to order all the entrants. With [[New Caledonia national football team|New Caledonia]] not yet a FIFA member, they were placed last by default. The lowest six teams were then made to compete for two places via a [[round-robin tournament|round-robin]] group stage, with the highest-placed two teams qualifying for the Oceania Nations Cup. The Rankings of all the teams involved in the [[OFC Nations Cup]] are below. The positions were taken as of October, 2001, with the eleven ranked teams appearing in the following order: {| class="wikitable" |- !Rank!!Team!!Points by Oct 2001 |- |48||{{fb|AUS}}||586 |- |84||{{fb|NZL}}||477 |- |123||{{fb|FIJ}}||349 |- |128||{{fb|TAH}}||336 |- |134||{{fb|SOL}}||309 |- |168||{{fb|VAN}}||182 |- |172||{{fb|SAM}}||158 |- |175||{{fb|TGA}}||151 |- |176||{{fb|COK}}||147 |- |195||{{fb|PNG}}||56 |- |201||{{fb|ASA}}||16 |- |} {{fb start}} {{International football}} {{Oceania Nations Cup}} {{fb end}} [[Category:OFC Nations Cup]]