The 2002 OFC Nations Cup was an international football tournament that was held in Auckland, New Zealand from 5 to 14 July 2002. The 8 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament. An initial six-team qualifying phase took place in Samoa from 9 to 18 March 2002 allowing the top two, New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea, to move on and join Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Tahiti and Vanuatu at the main tournament.
Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad. Players' club teams and players' age are as of 5 July 2002 – the tournament's opening day.
Group A
Australia Coach: Frank Farina
Fiji Coach: Billy Singh
New Caledonia Coach: Serge Martinengo de Novack
Vanuatu Coach: Juan Carlos Buzzetti
Group B
New Zealand Coach: Mick Waitt
Papua New Guinea Coach: Steve Cain
Solomon Islands Coach: George Cowie
Tahiti Coach: Patrick Jacquemet
Player representation
By club nationality Players Clubs 30 Australia 20 Papua New Guinea, Tahiti 19 New Caledonia, Vanuatu 17 Fiji 13 Solomon Islands 4 United States 2 England, New Zealand 1 Belgium, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Scotland, Singapore, Switzerland Nations in italics are not represented by their national teams in the finals.
By representatives of domestic league National Squad No. 19 17 19 1 20 13 20 19
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