2008 Oceania Handball Champions Cup

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The 2008 Oceania Handball Champions Cup was in New Caledonia 2 - 8 November, 2008 [1] with seven teams from five countries competing for the third edition of the Men Oceania Champions Cup.

The Oceania Handball Champions Cup is an international club championship for men featuring teams from the Oceania region.

New Caledonia overseas territory of France in the southwest Pacific Ocean

New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France in the southwest Pacific Ocean, located to the south of Vanuatu, about 1,210 km (750 mi) east of Australia and 20,000 km (12,000 mi) from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Chesterfield Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of Pines, and a few remote islets. The Chesterfield Islands are in the Coral Sea. Locals refer to Grande Terre as Le Caillou.

The final saw AS Dumbea from New Caledonia finally winning a Oceania Champions Cup over former champions JS Mont Dore. The third place play off saw the Wellington Falcons of New Zealand beat Tahitian side AS Faa'a. A Sydney regional team were fifth and Tahitian side AS Tohieva were sixth. HB Kafika from Wallis and Futuna rounded out the field in seventh.

The Association Sportive Dumbea is a handball club in New Caledonia.

The Jeunesse Sportive du Mont Dore is a handball club in New Caledonia.

New Zealand Constitutional monarchy in Oceania

New Zealand is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The country geographically comprises two main landmasses—the North Island, and the South Island —and around 600 smaller islands. New Zealand is situated some 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and roughly 1,000 kilometres (600 mi) south of the Pacific island areas of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. Because of its remoteness, it was one of the last lands to be settled by humans. During its long period of isolation, New Zealand developed a distinct biodiversity of animal, fungal, and plant life. The country's varied topography and its sharp mountain peaks, such as the Southern Alps, owe much to the tectonic uplift of land and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, while its most populous city is Auckland.

Final standings

Classification
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of FLNKS.svg AS Dumbea
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of FLNKS.svg JS Mont Dore
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of New Zealand.svg Wellington
4 Flag of French Polynesia.svg AS Faa'a
5 Flag of Australia.svg Sydney Region
6 Flag of French Polynesia.svg AS Tohieva
7 Flag of France.svg HB Kafika

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