2010 Oceania Women's Handball Champions Cup

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The 2010 Oceania Women's Handball Champions Cup was held in Tahiti with six teams from four countries competing for the fourth edition of the Women's Oceania Champions Cup.

Tahitian and New Caledonian teams dominated the tournament with AS Dragon winning from New Caledonia team AS Dumbea in finale 29-21 [1] . Local Tahitian side AS Excelsior were beaten in the bronze medal playoff by New Caledonia team ACB Poya. Then Canterbury Region from New Zealand were fifth and HB Kafika from Wallis and Futuna sixth.

Final standings

Classification
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of French Polynesia.svg AS Dragon
Silver medal icon.svg Flags of New Caledonia.svg AS Dumbea
Bronze medal icon.svg Flags of New Caledonia.svg ACB Poya
4 Flag of French Polynesia.svg AS Excelsior
5 Flag of New Zealand.svg Canterbury Region
6 Flag of France.svg HB Kafika

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References

  1. "L'équipe Féminine de Handball du club de l'as Dragon remporte le championnat d'OCEANIE 2010 ". Tahiti Infos (in French). 12 November 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2022.