2002 Women's National Soccer League

Women's National Soccer League

Season	2002
Dates	12 October – 14 December 2002
Champions	Queensland Sting 3rd title
Premiers	Queensland Sting 2nd title
Matches played	31
Goals scored	99 (3.19 per match)
← 2001–02 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.

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.

Teams

Adelaide Sensation

Canberra Eclipse

Northern NSW Pride

NSW Sapphires

Queensland Sting

Victoria Vision

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

• Adelaide Sensation
• Canberra Eclipse
• Northern NSW Pride
• NSW Sapphires
• Queensland Sting
• Victoria Vision

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

14 December 2002

Queensland Sting	1–0	NSW Sapphires
Dawney 40'	Report

Carmichael Park, Brisbane