2002 TAC Cup season

2002 premiership season
Teams	14, *16
Premiers	Eastern Ranges 1st premiership
Minor premiers	Eastern Ranges 2nd minor premiership
Wooden spooners	Western Jets 3rd wooden spoon

The 2002 TAC Cup season was the 11th season of the TAC Cup competition. Eastern Ranges have won there 1st premiership title after defeating the Calder Cannons in the grand final by a 1-point thriller.

Ladder

2002 TAC Cup Ladder
	TEAM	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	PTS
1	Eastern Ranges (P)	18	18	0	0	1746	1024	170.51	72
2	Murray Bushrangers	18	13	5	0	1757	1364	128.81	52
3	Oakleigh Chargers	18	13	5	0	1593	1333	119.50	52
4	Calder Cannons	18	12	5	1	1877	1279	146.76	50
5	North Ballarat Rebels	18	11	7	0	1507	1401	107.57	44
6	Dandenong Stingrays	18	10	7	1	1742	1545	112.75	42
7	Northern Knights	18	7	9	2	1436	1466	97.95	32
8	Tassie Mariners	18	8	10	0	1304	1580	82.53	32
9	Gippsland Power	18	7	11	0	1464	1585	92.37	28
10	Bendigo Pioneers	18	6	11	1	1421	1523	93.30	26
11	Geelong Falcons	18	5	13	0	1542	1803	85.52	20
12	NSW/ACT Rams	18	5	13	0	1260	1708	73.77	20
13	Sandringham Dragons	18	4	14	0	1005	1412	71.18	16
14	Western Jets	18	4	14	0	1107	1800	61.50	16
15	Queensland U18s	2	1	0	1	195	127	153.54	6
16	NT Thunder U18s	2	1	1	0	122	128	95.31	4
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers

Grand Final

	2002 TAC Cup Grand Final
Saturday 28 September (9:00 am)	Eastern Ranges	def.	Calder Cannons	MCG
	3.1 (19) 5.1 (31) 8.4 (52)  10.5 (65)	Q1 Q2 Q3  Final	2.2 (14) 7.5 (47) 7.9 (51)  9.10 (64)