The Indonesian national team made a tour of Australia from 12 to 30 November 2002 in preparation for the upcoming Tiger Cup, which is to be held in Jakarta next month. During its tour, the Indonesian national team visited Canberra on 28 to 29 November 2002 and played a friendly match against the Belconnen Blue Devils Club on Thursday, 28 November 2002 at the club's new McKellar ground in Canberra.

        In an exciting and closely contested tussle, the Belconnen Blue Devils gained a victory over the Indonesian national team 2-1. The match itself was watched by hundreds of spectators from the Australian and Indonesian communities in Canberra. The organisers of the match collected a gold coin donation from the spectators with proceeds to be forwarded to the Indonesian Red Cross in Bali.

        After the match, the Indonesian Embassy in Canberra invited all the members of the Indonesian team to have a breaking fast dinner at the Embassy.