The 2017 Men's Oceania Handball Challenge Trophy was held at the Bluesky Sports Arena, Rarotonga, Cook Islands in between 31 July and 6 August 2017.
The competition participants were defending champions Tahiti, Australia, host Cook Islands, New Zealand, New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea. [1]
Defending Champions Tahiti won over New Caledonia. Australia took the bronze, next was New Zealand. Papua New Guinea were fifth with tournament hosts Cook Islands sixth. Voted best player was Teva’i Hanere from Tahiti. [2] Tahiti qualify for the 2017 IHF Inter-Continental Trophy in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 197 | 79 | +118 | 10 | |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 175 | 118 | +57 | 8 | |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 138 | 110 | +28 | 6 | |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 151 | 130 | +21 | 4 | |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 118 | 190 | −72 | 2 | |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 59 | 211 | −152 | 0 |
31 July, 2017 11:00 | French Polynesia | 34 – 18 | Bluesky Sports Arena, Cook Islands | |
(14-11) | ||||
31 July, 2017 13:00 | Australia | 39 – 9 | Bluesky Sports Arena, Cook Islands | |
(22-1) | ||||
31 July, 2017 15:00 | New Caledonia | 46 - 18 | Bluesky Sports Arena, Cook Islands | |
(23-8) | ||||
1 August, 2017 11:00 | New Zealand | 21 - 28 | Bluesky Sports Arena, Cook Islands | |
(9-13) | ||||
1 August, 2017 13:00 | French Polynesia | 51 - 17 | Bluesky Sports Arena, Cook Islands | |
(28-10) | ||||
1 August, 2017 15:00 | Cook Islands | 14 - 46 | Bluesky Sports Arena, Cook Islands | |
(9-26) | ||||
2 August, 2017 11:00 | Cook Islands | 8 - 46 | Bluesky Sports Arena, Cook Islands | |
(5-18) | ||||
2 August, 2017 13:00 | Australia | 25 - 32 | Bluesky Sports Arena, Cook Islands | |
(14-15) | ||||
2 August, 2017 15:00 | New Zealand | 45 - 27 | Bluesky Sports Arena, Cook Islands | |
(15-20) | ||||
3 August, 2017 11:00 | Australia | 29 - 16 | Bluesky Sports Arena, Cook Islands | |
(17-11) | ||||
3 August, 2017 13:00 | New Caledonia | 19 - 34 | Bluesky Sports Arena, Cook Islands | |
3 August, 2017 15:00 | New Zealand | 40 - 9 | Bluesky Sports Arena, Cook Islands | |
4 August, 2017 11:00 | Papua New Guinea | 40 - 19 | Bluesky Sports Arena, Cook Islands | |
4 August, 2017 13:00 | New Zealand | 27 - 32 | Bluesky Sports Arena, Cook Islands | |
(13-15) | ||||
4 August, 2017 15:00 | French Polynesia | 32 - 17 | Bluesky Sports Arena, Cook Islands | |
(13-7) | ||||
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