Tournament details | |
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Host country | New Zealand |
Dates | 7–10 April |
Teams | 4 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | New Caledonia (1st title) |
Runner-up | Australia |
Third place | Cook Islands |
Fourth place | New Zealand |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches | 6 |
Goals scored | 286 (48 per match) |
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The 2008 Oceania Handball Championship was the sixth edition of the Oceania Handball Nations Cup, which took place in Wellington, New Zealand from 7 to 10 April 2008. Entered nations were Australia, Cook Islands, New Caledonia and New Zealand. [1] Although New Caledonia won the tournament, they are ineligible to go to the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship as they are a French colony. Australia won the right to represent Oceania by coming second. [2]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New Caledonia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 35 | +68 | 6 |
Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 48 | +37 | 4 |
Cook Islands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 98 | −48 | 2 |
New Zealand (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 105 | −57 | 0 |
All times are local (UTC+12).
7 April 2008 | Australia | 15–20 | New Caledonia | TSB Bank Arena, Wellington |
(7–10) | ||||
7 April 2008 | Cook Islands | 27–23 | New Zealand | TSB Bank Arena, Wellington |
(11–9) | ||||
8 April 2008 | Cook Islands | 11–32 | Australia | TSB Bank Arena, Wellington |
(6–15) | ||||
8 April 2008 | New Zealand | 8–40 | New Caledonia | TSB Bank Arena, Wellington |
(5–21) | ||||
10 April 2008 | Cook Islands | 12–43 | New Caledonia | TSB Bank Arena, Wellington |
(9–20) | ||||
10 April 2008 | New Zealand | 17–38 | Australia | TSB Bank Arena, Wellington |
(8–23) | ||||
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