2014 Oceania Women's Handball Challenge Trophy

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The 2014 Women's Oceania Handball Challenge Trophy was held at the ASB Sports Centre in Wellington, New Zealand between December 8 and 13, 2014.

The competition participants were defending champions Australia, host New Zealand, regulars Vanuatu and Cook Islands. New to the championship were America Samoa, New Caledonia, and Samoa.

Hosts New Zealand were the winner upsetting Australia in the final and going through undefeated. Third was New Caledonia over Vanuatu. Fifth was Cook Islands, then Samoa and America Samoa.

Women's results[edit]

Pool A[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 New Zealand 2 2 0 0 47 12 +35 4
 Vanuatu 2 1 0 1 21 32 −11 2
 American Samoa 2 0 0 2 18 42 −24 0
Source: [citation needed]

8 December 2014 New Zealand  27 – 6  American Samoa ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand

9 December 2014 New Zealand  20 – 6  Vanuatu ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand

10 December 2014 American Samoa  12 – 15  Vanuatu ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand

Pool B[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia 3 3 0 0 66 39 +27 6
 New Caledonia 3 2 0 1 76 52 +24 4
 Cook Islands 3 1 0 2 55 62 −7 2
 Samoa 3 0 0 3 35 83 −48 0
Source: [citation needed]
8 December 2014 New Caledonia  16 – 21  Australia ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand
Samoa  10 – 30  Cook Islands ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand

9 December 2014 Australia  23 – 12  Cook Islands ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand
New Caledonia  31 – 14  Samoa ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand

10 December 2014 Australia  22 – 11  Samoa ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand
New Caledonia  29 – 17  Cook Islands ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand

5th to 7th place[edit]

Each team to play each other once. Round robin rounds and additional games to finalize positions.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Cook Islands 2 2 0 0 65 26 +39 4
 Samoa 2 1 0 1 20 30 −10 2
 American Samoa 2 0 0 2 45 16 +29 0
Source: [citation needed]

8 December 2014 Samoa  10 – 30  Cook Islands ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand

12 December 2014 Cook Islands  35 – 16  American Samoa ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand

13 December 2014 Samoa  10 – 0
(forfeit)
 American Samoa ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand

Semi finals[edit]

12 December 2014 New Caledonia  11 – 13  New Zealand ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand
Vanuatu  11 – 28  Australia ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand

Third place game[edit]

13 December 2014 Vanuatu  12 – 30  New Caledonia ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand

Final[edit]

13 December 2014 New Zealand  11 – 7  Australia ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand
Referees: Robert Ridley, Richard Ridley (AUS)

Rankings[edit]

Classification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  New Zealand
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  New Caledonia
4  Vanuatu
5  Cook Islands
6  Samoa
7  American Samoa

References[edit]