Fiji 2002

Super Premier League (First Level)

[teams playing represent districts!]


Table (based on known results):
 
 1.Ba             19 14  3  2 33-12 45  Champions
 2.Lautoka        19 11  3  5 35-18 36
 3.Rewa           20 10  4  6 35-23 34 
 4.Navua          19  8  2  9 28-20 26
 5.Nadroga        20  7  5  8 29-28 26
 6.Suva           19  7  3  9 31-27 24
 7.Nasinu         19  7  3  9 20-25 24    
 8.Nadi           19  7  3  9 18-29 24
 9.Labasa         18  5  6  7 24-27 21   
10.Olympians      18  6  3  9 18-23 21
11.Tavua          18  3  3 12  9-48 12

Reported Final Table:

 1.Ba             20 15  3  2 34-12 48
 2.Lautoka        20 11  4  5 35-18 36  [?]
 3.Rewa           20 11  4  5 33-19 36  [?]
 4.Nadroga        20  7  6  7 30-28 27
 5.Navua          20  8  2 10 30-20 26
 6.Labasa         20  7  6  7 27-26 26  [?]
 7.Nadi           20  7  4  9 19-30 25
 8.Nasinu         20  7  4  9 20-24 24  [?]
 9.Olympians      20  6  5  9 20-25 23
10.Suva           20  6  4 10 30-28 22
11.Tavua          20  3  4 13  9-50 13 

NB: 2 more wins than losses; 7 goals more scored than conceded;
    inconsistent data for four clubs.

NB: the match on May 5 (Lautoka 1-0 Nadi) is not included as it
    is not clear whether this counted for the league

Round 1 [Feb 9,10]
Labasa          2-3     Suva             [win Labasa?]      
Olympians       1-0     Nadi
Nadroga         1-2     Nasinu      
Ba              1-0     Lautoka          [protest Lautoka]
Rewa            2-1     Navua
Tavua           bye

Round 2 [Feb 16,17]
Lautoka         1-2     Ba               [protest Lautoka]
Nadi            1-0     Olympians
Navua           1-0     Rewa
Suva            2-1     Labasa           [win Labasa?]
Nasinu          1-0     Nadroga
Tavua           bye

Round 3 
[Feb 23,24]
Ba              2-0     Nasinu
Lautoka         3-0     Tavua
[Jul 5]
Rewa             -      Labasa
Nadi            ppd     Nadroga
Olympians       ppd     Navua
Suva            bye

Round 4 [Mar 2,3]
Nadroga         4-0     Nadi
Nasinu          0-2     Ba
Tavua           0-4     Lautoka
Labasa          0-3     Rewa
Navua           2-1     Olympians
Suva            bye

Round 5 
[Mar 9,10]
Nadi            0-2     Rewa
Ba              0-2     Nadroga
Lautoka         2-2     Labasa
Navua           5-3     Tavua
[Jun 22,23]
Suva            0-1     Nasinu
Olympians       bye

Round 6 
[Mar 16,17]
Rewa             -      Nadi
Nadroga         1-1     Ba
Labasa          1-3     Lautoka
Tavua           0-5     Navua
[Jun 30]
Suva            abd     Nasinu        [abandoned at 1-1 due to poor light]
Olympians       bye

Round 7 [Mar 23,24]
Nadi            2-1     Labasa
Ba              3-2     Olympians
Lautoka         2-0     Navua
Rewa            3-2     Suva
Nasinu          0-0     Tavua
Nadroga         bye

Round 8 [Apr 6,7]
Labasa          2-3     Nadi
Olympians       0-2     Ba
Navua           1-2     Lautoka
Suva            2-2     Rewa
Tavua           0-4     Nasinu
Nadroga         bye

Round 9 [Apr 13,14]
Nadi            1-3     Suva
Tavua           ppd     Ba
Lautoka         0-1     Olympians
Rewa            ppd     Nadroga
Nasinu          1-0     Navua
Labasa          bye

Round 10 [Apr 20,21]
Suva            0-1     Nadi
Ba              5-0     Tavua
Olympians       0-2     Lautoka
Nadroga         1-1     Rewa
Navua           1-0     Nasinu        [1-1?]
Labasa          bye

Round 11 
[May 11,12]
Labasa          1-1     Nadroga
Ba              1-0     Navua
[Jul 6]
Lautoka         2-0     Suva
Nadi            ppd     Nasinu
Tavua           1-0     Olympians
Rewa            bye

Round 12
[Jul 6]
Nasinu          1-4     Nadi
[Jul 7]
Navua           ppd     Ba
Olympians       0-1     Tavua
Nadroga         0-1     Labasa
Suva            ppd     Lautoka
Rewa            bye

Round 13
[Jun 8]
Tavua           1-1     Suva
Nasinu          2-2     Labasa
[Jun 9]        
Rewa            1-1     Ba
Navua           3-0     Nadi

Round 14 [Jun 22,23]
Rewa            4-2     Olympians
Labasa          ppd     Tavua
Nadi            ppd     Lautoka
Navua           4-0     Nadroga
Ba              ppd     Suva
Nasinu          bye     

Round 15
[Jun 29]
Nadi            1-4     Lautoka
[Jun 30]
Labasa          2-0     Tavua
Rewa            0-1     Olympians
Nadroga         2-1     Navua
Suva            ppd     Ba
Nasinu          bye

Moved Match 
[Jul 7]
Navua            -      Suva

Round 16
[Jul 13]
Nadi            0-0     Lautoka
Labasa          1-0     Nasinu
Olympians       4-3     Nadroga
[Jul 14]
Suva            6-0     Tavua
Nadi            1-0     Navua
Nadroga         1-0     Olympians

Round 17
[Jul 20]
Nadi            0-1     Rewa
Olympians       0-0     Navua
Lautoka         3-2     Suva
[Jul 21]
Rewa            2-0     Nadroga
Ba              2-0     Tavua

[Jul 26]
Suva            1-1     Olympians
[Jul 27]
Tavua           0-1     Nadi
Lautoka         1-4     Nadroga
Navua           0-1     Labasa        
[Jul 28]
Rewa            1-3     Nasinu
Suva            1-2     Ba
[Jul 31]
Olympians       ppd     Suva

[Aug 24]
Tavua           0-6     Rewa
Ba              1-0     Suva
[Aug 25]
Nasinu          ppd     Lautoka
Nadi            0-2     Ba
[Aug 28]
Nasinu          0-2     Suva
[Aug 31]
Labasa          0-1     Olympians
Lautoka         2-0     Nasinu
Nadroga         2-1     Suva
[Sep 1]
Olympians       2-2     Labasa
Nadi            0-2     Ba
Rewa            0-1     Tavua
[Sep 4]
Olympians       2-0     Nasinu

[Sep 14]
Tavua           0-2     Nadroga
Suva            1-2     Navua
[Sep 15]
Nadroga         0-2     Lautoka
Nadi            1-1     Nasinu
Ba              2-0     Rewa
[Sep 18]
Ba              1-1     Labasa

[Sep 21]
Nadi            2-2     Nadroga
Nasinu          2-3     Rewa
Ba              1-3     Labasa
Lautoka         1-2     Rewa
Suva            2-1     Nadroga
[Sep 22]
Suva            2-1     Navua       
Navua           1-1     Labasa      
Nadroga         2-2     Tavua
Rewa            1-2     Nasinu
[Sep 25]
Rewa            1-1     Lautoka

Table (based on known results):
 
 1.Ba             19 14  3  2 33-12 45  Champions
 2.Lautoka        19 11  3  5 35-18 36
 3.Rewa           20 10  4  6 35-23 34 
 4.Navua          19  8  2  9 28-20 26
 5.Nadroga        20  7  5  8 29-28 26
 6.Suva           19  7  3  9 31-27 24
 7.Nasinu         19  7  3  9 20-25 24    
 8.Nadi           19  7  3  9 18-29 24
 9.Labasa         18  5  6  7 24-27 21   
10.Olympians      18  6  3  9 18-23 21
11.Tavua          18  3  3 12  9-48 12

Reported Final Table:

 1.Ba             20 15  3  2 34-12 48
 2.Lautoka        20 11  4  5 35-18 36  [?]
 3.Rewa           20 11  4  5 33-19 36  [?]
 4.Nadroga        20  7  6  7 30-28 27
 5.Navua          20  8  2 10 30-20 26
 6.Labasa         20  7  6  7 27-26 26  [?]
 7.Nadi           20  7  4  9 19-30 25
 8.Nasinu         20  7  4  9 20-24 24  [?]
 9.Olympians      20  6  5  9 20-25 23
10.Suva           20  6  4 10 30-28 22
11.Tavua          20  3  4 13  9-50 13 

NB: 2 more wins than losses; 7 goals more scored than conceded;
    inconsistent data for four clubs.

NB: the match on May 5 (Lautoka 1-0 Nadi) is not included as it
    is not clear whether this counted for the league

Note: Labasa will not participate in the 2003 national soccer league
      competition; they have been exempted from the competition due
      to the unavailability of a suitable ground to train and host 
      competitive matches.

Labasa Local League

[Dec 12?]
Valebasonga Tropikboard Ltd.    2-1     Walevu


Lautoka Super Premier League [Start Feb 18]

Lautoka General 0-0 Press
Val United      3-1 Service Two


Suva Super Premier League 

Championship Playoff [Dec]
Marist           -  Combine



Cup Tournaments 2002


Fiji Bitter FACT 2002

[May 2-5, Ratu Cakobau Park] 
[postponed to May 24-28, moved to Lawaqa Park Sigatoka]

Pool A 

[May 24]
Rewa     1-0 Nadi
Tavua    0-0 Navua
[May 25]
Nasinu   1-1 Navua
Rewa     0-1 Tavua
Tavua    0-1 Nasinu
Nadi     1-0 Navua
[May 26]
Nasinu   1-0 Rewa
Nadi     2-0 Tavua
Rewa     4-0 Navua
Nadi      -  Nasinu

Table:

 1.Nasinu     3  2  1  0  3- 1  7  Qualified
 2.Rewa       4  2  0  2  5- 2  6
 3.Nadi       3  2  0  1  3- 1  6  Qualified
 4.Tavua      4  1  1  2  1- 3  4
 5.Navua      4  0  2  2  1- 6  2

Pool B

[May 24]
Lautoka  2-0 Labasa
Nadroga  0-0 Ba
[May 25]
Suva     2-2 Labasa
Ba       1-1 Suva
Nadroga  0-0 Labasa
Lautoka  0-1 Ba
[May 26]
Lautoka  0-0 Nadroga
Nadroga  2-1 Suva
Ba       0-1 Labasa
Lautoka  2-0 Suva

Table:

 1.Lautoka    4  2  1  1  4- 1  7  Qualified
 2.Nadroga    4  1  3  0  2- 1  6  Qualified
 3.Ba         4  1  2  1  2- 2  5
 4.Labasa     4  1  2  1  3- 4  5
 5.Suva       4  0  2  2  4- 7  2

Semifinals [May 27?]
Lautoka  2-1 Nadi
Nasinu   1-0 Nadroga

Final [May 27]
Lautoka  1-1 Nasinu          [aet, 3-2 pen]


Battle of the Giants

Pool A
[Aug 8]
Lautoka  0-0 Nasinu
Labasa   2-0 Nadroga
[Aug 9]
Nadroga  3-1 Nasinu
Nadi     1-2 Lautoka
Labasa   2-1 Nasinu
Nadi     1-3 Nadroga
[Aug 10]
Labasa   0-0 Nadi
Nadi     2-1 Nasinu
Labasa   1-1 Lautoka
Lautoka  0-1 Nadroga

Table:

 1.Nadroga    4  3  0  1  7- 4  9  Qualified
 2.Labasa     4  2  2  0  5- 2  8  Qualified
 3.Lautoka    4  1  2  1  3- 3  5
 4.Nadi       4  1  1  2  4- 6  4
 5.Nasinu     4  0  1  3  3- 7  1

Pool B
[Aug 8]
Rewa     0-0 Navua
Ba       2-0 Suva
[Aug 9]
Tavua    0-3 Ba
Rewa     1-0 Suva
Tavua    1-3 Navua
Ba       0-0 Rewa
[Aug 10]
Rewa     0-0 Tavua
Navua    2-3 Suva
Ba       3-0 Navua
Suva     1-2 Tavua

Table:

 1.Ba         4  3  1  0  8- 0 10  Qualified
 2.Rewa       4  1  3  0  1- 0  6  Qualified
 3.Navua      4  1  1  2  5- 7  4
 4.Tavua      4  1  1  2  3- 7  4
 5.Suva       4  1  0  3  4- 7  3

Semifinals [Aug 11]
Nadroga  2-1 Rewa
Ba       3-4 Labasa

Final [Aug 11]
Nadroga  2-1 Labasa


Interdistrict Championship

[Oct 3]
Rewa     2-0 Lautoka
Tavua    0-0 Labasa
Nadroga  0-0 Navua
Nadi     0-0 Ba
[Oct 4]
Nasinu   2-0 Tavua
Nadroga  1-1 Nadi
Lautoka  0-0 Labasa
Ba       1-0 Suva
[Oct 5]
Nasinu   2-1 Labasa
Suva     2-0 Nadroga
Lautoka  0-0 Tavua
Rewa     0-1 Nasinu
Ba       3-0 Navua
Suva     1-2 Nadi
[Oct 6]
Rewa      -  Tabua
Suva      -  Navua
Rewa     0-1 Labasa
Nadi     2-1 Navua
Lautoka   -  Nasinu
Ba       0-0 Nadroga

Tables:

Pool A
 1.Nasinu     3  3  0  0  5- 1  9
 2.Rewa       3  1  0  2  2- 2  3
 3.Labasa     4  1  2  1  2- 2  5
 4.Lautoka    3  0  2  1  0- 2  2 
 5.Tavua      3  0  2  1  0- 2  2

Pool B
 1.Ba         4  2  2  0  4- 0  8
 2.Nadi       4  2  2  0  5- 3  8
 3.Nadroga    4  0  3  1  1- 3  3
 4.Navua      3  0  1  2  1- 5  1
 5.Suva       3  1  0  2  3- 3  3

Semifinals [Oct 7]
Nasinu   1-2 Nadi            [asdet]
Ba       1-1 Rewa            [asdet, 1-4 pen]

Final [Oct 7]
Nadi     1-1 Rewa            [asdet, 4-2 pen]

NB: matches 2x30 mins with 2x10 mins extra time

Second Level Final [Oct 7]
Savusavu 1-0 Tailevu/Naitasiri
  [6th win for Savusavu]


Champions of Champions

First Leg [Jan 26, 2003]
Nadi     0-3 Ba

Second Leg [Feb 1, 2003]
Ba       4-1 Nadi



2001

2003

list of champions

list of cup winners


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