Ngomhla wesi-9 kuTshazimpuzi ka-2001, iTonga kunye neOstreliya zadlala umdlalo webhola ekhatywayo wamazwe ngamazwe kwiBala Lemidlalo laMazwe ngaMazwe eCoffs Harbour kwiphondo laseOstreliya eNew South Wales . Umdlalo ibingumdlalo weOceania Football Confederation (OFC) kumjikelo wokuqala wokungenela iNdebe yeHlabathi yeFIFA ka-2002 . ITonga, ebizwa ngokuba liqela lasekhaya kulo mdlalo wokuhlungela i-robin, yabethwa ngo’0–22 yi-Australia. Oku kwabetha irekhodi yamazwe ngamazwe yangaphambili ye-20-0 ukususela ngo-Oktobha 2000 xa i-Kuwait yahlula i-Bhutan ngomhla we-12 ngoFebruwari 2000 kwi- qualification ye-2000 AFC Asian Cup. Umda wokoyiswa uphinde wabetha irekhodi langaphambili kumdlalo wokuhlungela iNdebe yeHlabathi yeFIFA, isiphumo se-19-0 phakathi kwe-Iran neGuam eTabriz ngoNovemba ka-2000. Umda wagqithiswa kwiintsuku ezimbini kamva xa i-Australia yaphinda yaphumelela, yoyisa iqela lase-American Samoa eliphelelweyo ngamanqaku angama-31-0.
- ↑ Climate Data Online. Bureau of Meteorology. 9 April 2001