The 2002 Wizard Home Loans Cup was the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

 competition played in its entirety before the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

's 2002 Premiership Season

2002 AFL season

-Round 2:-Round 3:-Round 4:-Round 5 :-Ladder:All teams played 22 games during the home and away season, for a total of 176...

 began. The AFL National Cup is also sometimes referred to as the pre-season cup because it is played in its entirety before the Premiership Season begins. Teams were split into 4 groups, each comprising 4 teams. Each team would play the other three teams in its group once, with the winners of the four groups advancing to the semi finals. Port Adelaide won their second pre-season cup defeating Richmond

Richmond Football Club

The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...

 in the final.

Groups

|-
! Group 1
| Hawthorn || Collingwood || Kangaroos || Sydney
|-
! Group 2
| Fremantle || Western Bulldogs || Port Adelaide || Essendon
|-
! Group 3
| Geelong || Richmond || West Coast || Carlton
|-
! Group 4
| St. Kilda || Melbourne || Brisbane || Adelaide
|-

Round 1

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
|Home team||Home team score||Away team||Away team score||Ground||Crowd||Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 16.13 (109) || || 5.11 (41) || Colonial Stadium || 13,814 || Friday, 15 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 13.9 (87) || || 10.8 (68) || Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...

 || 13,304 || Friday, 15 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 12.7 (79) || || 7.13 (55) || Baytec Stadium || 11,531 || Saturday, 16 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 12.9 (81) || || 17.14 (116) || Optus Oval || 5,217 || Saturday, 16 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 14.7 (91) || || 14.9 (93) || Gabba

Brisbane Cricket Ground

The Brisbane Cricket Ground, commonly known as The Gabba, is a major sports stadium in Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. It is named after the suburb of Woolloongabba, in which it is located....

 || 17,236 || Saturday, 16 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 13.10 (88) || || 11.10 (76) || York Park

Aurora Stadium

York Park is a sports ground in the Inveresk and York Park Precinct, Launceston, Australia. Holding 20,000 people—more than any other stadium in Tasmania—York Park has been known as Aurora Stadium under a six-year naming rights agreement signed with Aurora Energy in 2004...

 || 12,861 || Sunday, 17 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 18.11 (119) || || 5.9 (39) || Manuka Oval

Manuka Oval

Manuka Oval is a 13,550 capacity ground located in the suburb of Griffith, adjacent to Manuka, a business district of Canberra, Australia's capital....

 || 7,826 || Sunday, 17 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 13.8 (86) || || 8.10 (58) || Football Park || 15,576 || Sunday, 17 February

Round 2

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
|Home team||Home team score||Away team||Away team score||Ground||Crowd||Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 12.8 (80) || || 10.11 (71) || Bundaberg Rum Stadium

Cazaly's Stadium

Cazaly's Stadium, also known by its sponsorship name as Bundaberg Rum Stadium, is a sports stadium in Cairns, Australia, that is named after former VFL legend Roy Cazaly....

 || 13,814 || Friday, 22 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 7.11 (53) || || 11.12 (78) || Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...

 || 17,646 || Friday, 22 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 13.10 (88) || || 11.10 (76) || Optus Oval || 5,069 || Saturday, 23 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 12.16 (88) || || 18.8 (116) || Colonial Stadium || 12,445 || Saturday, 23 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 17.14 (116) || || 7.8 (50) || Football Park || 10,234 || Saturday, 23 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 16.8 (104) || || 11.17 (83) || Manuka Oval

Manuka Oval

Manuka Oval is a 13,550 capacity ground located in the suburb of Griffith, adjacent to Manuka, a business district of Canberra, Australia's capital....

 || 7,826 || Sunday, 24 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 17.11 (113) || || 11.11 (77) || Football Park || 14,351 || Sunday, 24 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 12.13 (85) || || 10.8 (68) || Colonial Stadium || 13,795 || Sunday, 24 February

Round 3

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
|Home team||Home team score||Away team||Away team score||Ground||Crowd||Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 14.13 (97) || || 10.11 (71) || Colonial Stadium || 16,375 || Friday, 1 March
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 14.14 (98) || || 12.12 (84) || Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...

 || 13,049 || Friday, 1 March
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 10.12 (72) || || 16.17 (113) || Colonial Stadium || 5,391 || Saturday, 2 March
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 17.6 (108) || || 7.11 (53) || Gabba

Brisbane Cricket Ground

The Brisbane Cricket Ground, commonly known as The Gabba, is a major sports stadium in Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. It is named after the suburb of Woolloongabba, in which it is located....

 || 13,025 || Saturday, 2 March
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 13.10 (88) || || 8.7 (55) || Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...

 || 11,228 || Saturday, 2 March
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 8.9 (57) || || 15.9 (99) || Optus Oval || 4,208 || Sunday, 3 March
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 22.10 (142) || || 4.11 (35) || Football Park || 16,122 || Sunday, 3 March
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 9.13 (67) || || 19.13 (127) || Colonial Stadium || 11,455 || Sunday, 3 March

Group 1

	Team	Won	Lost	Draw	For	Against	%	Points
1		2	1	0	301	200	150.5	8
2		2	1	0	307	238	128.9	8
3		2	1	0	230	243	95.7	8
4		0	3	0	174	331	52.6	0

Group 2

	Team	Won	Lost	Draw	For	Against	%	Points
1		3	0	0	315	180	175.0	12
2		2	1	0	225	237	94.9	8
3		1	2	0	256	288	88.9	4
4		0	3	0	199	290	68.6	0

Group 3

	Team	Won	Lost	Draw	For	Against	%	Points
1		2	1	0	230	203	113.3	8
2		2	1	0	240	289	83.0	8
3		1	2	0	267	243	109.9	4
4		1	2	0	239	241	99.2	4

Group 4

	Team	Won	Lost	Draw	For	Against	%	Points
1		3	0	0	348	203	171.4	12
2		2	1	0	279	217	128.6	8
3		1	2	0	239	262	91.22	4
4		0	3	0	147	331	44.4	0

Semi finals

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
|Home team||Home team score||Away team||Away team score||Ground||Crowd||Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 16.11 (107) || || 9.14 (68) || Colonial Stadium || 11,265 || Friday, 8 March
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 13.6 (84) || || 10.10 (70) || Football Park || 14,162 || Saturday, 9 March

Final