2022 Oceania Men's Handball Challenge Trophy

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The 2022 Men's Oceania Handball Challenge Trophy was held at Rarotonga, Cook Islands between 5 and 9 December 2022.[1][2]

This is the seventh ever championship. The competition participants were defending champions Australia, the hosts Cook Islands, New Zealand, hosts New Caledonia and Tonga.[3]

Australia won their fifth title in the round robin event.[4] Hosts New Caledonia were second followed by New Zealand, the Cook Islands and Tonga.[5][6] The Under-18 competition was won by Tahiti.[7]

Australia now qualify for the 2023 Men's Junior World Handball Championship in Germany[2] and the 2023 IHF Inter-Continental Trophy

Results[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia 4 4 0 0 120 61 +59 8
 New Caledonia 4 3 0 1 131 87 +44 6
 New Zealand 4 2 0 2 112 91 +21 4
 Cook Islands 4 1 0 3 68 131 −63 2
 Tonga 4 0 0 4 63 124 −61 0
Source: Report
5 December 2022
12:00
New Caledonia  28 - 30  Australia

18:00
Cook Islands  31 - 25  Tonga

6 December 2022
12:00
Tonga  9 - 31  Australia

18:00
Cook Islands  14 - 35  New Zealand

7 December 2022
12:00
New Caledonia  30 - 29  New Zealand

18:00
Australia  30 - 6  Cook Islands

8 December 2022
12:00
New Zealand  18 - 29  Australia

18:00
Tonga  11 - 32  New Caledonia

9 December 2022
12:00
Tonga  18 - 30  New Zealand

18:00
New Caledonia  41 - 17  Cook Islands

Rankings[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ "TEAMS FROM SIX NATIONS TO FIGHT FOR IHF TROPHY OCEANIA". IHF. 2 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b Al Williams (13 December 2022). "Cooks get international exposure". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  3. ^ "TEAMS FROM SIX NATIONS TO FIGHT FOR IHF TROPHY OCEANIA". IHF. 2 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Australian juniors are 2022 IHF Trophy Oceania champions". Handball Australia. 10 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  5. ^ "TAHITI AND AUSTRALIA SECURE TITLES AT IHF TROPHY OCEANIA". IHF. 9 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Trophy Oceania Finished In Rarotonga". IHF. 12 December 2022.
  7. ^ Al Williams (10 December 2022). "Tahiti and Aussie prove their strength in handball tournament". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 14 December 2022.