the 2002 wizard home loans cup was the australian football league competition played in its entirety before the australian football league's 2002 premiership season 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 in the final.