2002 Women's National Soccer League

Women's National Soccer League
Season2002
Dates12 October – 14 December 2002
ChampionsQueensland Sting
3rd title
PremiersQueensland Sting
2nd title
Matches played31
Goals scored99 (3.19 per match)
2003 →

The 2002 Women's National Soccer League was the seventh season of the Women's National Soccer League. The season began on 12 October 2002, and concluded with the grand final on 14 December 2002.[1]

Canberra Eclipse were the defending champions, as Queensland Sting won their third championship in a 1–0 win over NSW Sapphires in the grand final.[2]

Teams

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Locations of the 2001–02 Women's National Soccer League

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Queensland Sting 10 8 0 2 26 7 +19 24 Qualification for Grand final
2 NSW Sapphires 10 5 3 2 21 14 +7 18
3 Canberra Eclipse 10 4 4 2 14 8 +6 16
4 Adelaide Sensation 10 3 3 4 14 20 −6 12
5 Northern NSW Pride 10 3 1 6 18 28 −10 10
6 Victoria Vision 10 1 1 8 5 21 −16 4
Source: OzFootball
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away ADE CAN NOR NSW QLD VIC
Adelaide Sensation 0–2 2–2 1–2 2–0 0–4
Canberra Eclipse 1–1 4–0 2–2 0–2 1–0
Northern NSW Pride 1–2 0–2 5–4 1–9 4–0
NSW Sapphires 3–3 1–1 2–1 0–1 3–0
Queensland Sting 4–0 2–1 3–1 0–2 2–0
Victoria Vision 1–3 0–0 0–3 0–2 0–3
Source: OzFootball
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Grand final

Queensland Sting1–0NSW Sapphires
  • Dawney 40'
 Report

References

  1. ^ "Women's National Soccer League - Season 2002/2003". OzFootball.
  2. ^ Mar, Janene; Mark, Adam (17 December 2002). "QUEENSLAND TAKE WNSL CROWN". Australian & British Soccer Weekly. Vol. 23, no. 1118. p. 24.