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
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 61 | +59 | 8 | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 131 | 87 | +44 | 6 | |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 112 | 91 | +21 | 4 | |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 68 | 131 | −63 | 2 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 63 | 124 | −61 | 0 |
| 5 December 2022 12:00 | New Caledonia | 28 - 30 | ||
18:00 | Cook Islands | 31 - 25 | ||
| 6 December 2022 12:00 | Tonga | 9 - 31 | ||
18:00 | Cook Islands | 14 - 35 | ||
| 7 December 2022 12:00 | New Caledonia | 30 - 29 | ||
18:00 | Australia | 30 - 6 | ||
| 8 December 2022 12:00 | New Zealand | 18 - 29 | ||
18:00 | Tonga | 11 - 32 | ||
| 9 December 2022 12:00 | Tonga | 18 - 30 | ||
18:00 | New Caledonia | 41 - 17 | ||
| Classification | |
|---|---|
| 4 | |
| 5 | |