Australian Handball Club Championship

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Handball Australia hosts two separate national club championships. The first is a Beach Handball nationals competition and the second is the Australia Handball Club Championships featuring the state champions for Handball. The winner of the Handball Club Championships qualifies to represent Australia in the Oceania Handball Champions Cup.

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The inaugural winner of the Handball Club Championships competition was New South Wales based Sydney Uni over Victorian based St Kilda HC. [1] The tournament was held at Sydney Olympic Park and featured teams from New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland.

The inaugural winners of the beach competition for men was won by the East Melbourne Spartans from Victoria. The women's and the mixed event was won by Tang from New South Wales. [2]

Champions

Men's Handball

YearVenueFinalThird Place Match
WinnerScoreRunner-up3rd PlaceScore4th Place
2014 Sydney Olympic Park Sydney University 34–28 St. Kilda HC Hill Heat24–17Logan Wizards
2015 Sydney Olympic Park Sydney University 47–36
two legs
St. Kilda HC Canberra HCround robin University of Queensland
2016 Geelong, Victoria Sydney University 30-18West Adelaide St. Kilda HC 37-26 University of Technology Sydney
2017 Geelong, Victoria Sydney University 30-24 University of Technology Sydney St. Kilda HC 32-23 Brisbane Wolves
2018 Geelong, Victoria Sydney University 30-14 University of Technology Sydney University of Queensland 24-23 St. Kilda HC
2019 Gold Coast, Queensland Sydney University 33-32 University of Queensland Handball SA35-27 St. Kilda HC
2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 [3] Gold Coast, Queensland University of Queensland 27-17 St. Kilda HC Brisbane Handball Club27-17 University of South Australia
2022 [4] Gold Coast, Queensland Sydney University 26-21 University of Queensland Canberra HC20-18 University of Technology Sydney
2023 [5] Canberra, ACT University of Queensland 31-25 St. Kilda HC Sydney University 23-17Canberra HC
2024 [6] Canberra, ACT Sydney University 23-20 University of Queensland St. Kilda HC 34-31 University of Technology Sydney

Women's Handball

YearVenueFinalThird Place Match
WinnerScoreRunner-up3rd PlaceScore4th Place
2016 Geelong, Victoria Melbourne HC24 - 17 University of Technology Sydney University of Queensland 26 - 12 Sydney University
2017 Geelong, Victoria AS Dumbea 24 - 17Melbourne HC University of Technology Sydney 24 - 20Auckland Region
2018 Geelong, Victoria Melbourne HC18 - 13 University of Queensland Handball West25 - 13 JS Mont Dore
2019 Gold Coast, Queensland University of Queensland 18 - 11Melbourne HCUniversity of Technology Sydney-No match played
2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 [7] Gold Coast, Queensland Canberra HCUTSBrisbane HC
2022 [8] Gold Coast, Queensland Sydney University 28 - 15Canberra HC University of Technology Sydney 23 - 16Brisbane HC
2023 [9] Canberra, ACT Sydney University 25 - 20 University of Technology Sydney Brisbane HCNo match played, group ranking usedCanberra HC
2024 Canberra, ACT University of Queensland 28 - 24 Sydney University Melbourne HC26 - 15Canberra HC

Men's Beach Handball

YearVenueFinalThird Place Match
WinnerScoreRunner-up3rd PlaceScore4th Place
2011 Kirra Beach Monash GreyunknownMonash Blueunknownunknownunknown
2012 St Kilda Beach Brisbane Tigers2 legs 0 Australian Capital Territory unknownunknownunknown
2013 Maroubra Beach unknownunknownunknownunknownunknownunknown
2014 Scarborough Beach East Melbourne Spartans (VIC)2 legs 0Tang (NSW)WA Gold (WA)2 legs 0NT Harbourside
(NT,NSW,ACT)
2015 Glenelg Beach St Kilda HC (VIC)2 legs 0East Melbourne Spartans (VIC)Melbourne Kicks (VIC)unknownunknown
2016 Coolangatta Beach East Melbourne Spartans (VIC)2 legs 0Drop Bears (SA)unknownunknownunknown
2017 Glenelg Beach East Melbourne Spartans (VIC)unknownMaroubra Bluebottles (NSW)SA Vikings (SA)unknownunknown
2018 Glenelg Beach
2019 Glenelg Beach
2020 Coolangatta Beach
2021 Coolangatta Beach
2022 Coolangatta Beach
2023 Coolangatta Beach

Women's Beach Handball

YearVenueFinalThird Place Match
WinnerScoreRunner-up3rd PlaceScore4th Place
2011 Kirra Beach South Coast (NSW)unknownUTS IIunknownunknownunknown
2012 St Kilda Beach New South Wales 2 legs 0 Western Australia unknownunknownunknown
2013 Maroubra Beach unknownunknownunknownunknownunknownunknown
2014 Scarborough Beach Tang (NSW)2 legs 0Melbourne BHC (VIC)WA Foxes (WA)2 legs 0SA Sharknados (SA)
2015 Glenelg Beach RUOK (QLD) 2 legs 0S Betta (NSW)Sharknachos (SA)unknownunknown
2016 Coolangatta Beach Maroubra Bluebottles (NSW)2 legs 1 RUOK (QLD) unknownunknownunknown
2017 Glenelg Beach Maroubra Bluebottles (NSW)unknown RUOK (QLD) The Beachsters (VIC)unknownunknown
2018 Glenelg Beach
2019 Glenelg Beach
2020 Coolangatta Beach
2021 Coolangatta Beach
2022 Coolangatta Beach
2023 Coolangatta Beach

Mixed Beach

YearVenueFinalThird Place Match
WinnerScoreRunner-up3rd PlaceScore4th Place
2012 St Kilda Beach New South Wales 2 legs 0Monash University (VIC)unknownunknownunknown
2013 Maroubra Beach unknownunknownunknownunknownunknownunknown
2014 Scarborough Beach Tang (NSW)2 legs 0NT Harbourside
(NT/NSW/ACT)
Monash (VIC)2 legs 1WA Vipers (WA)
2015 Glenelg Beach Spinners2 legs 0S Betta (NSW)Monash University (VIC)unknownWildfire Tigersharks (SA)
2016 Coolangatta Beach Maroubra Bluebottles (NSW)2 legs 0Harbourside (NSW)unknownunknownunknown
2017 Glenelg Beach Parrots (NZ/QLD)unknownMaroubra Bluebottles (NSW)Made In France (VIC)unknownunknown

Men's wheelchair

YearVenueFinalThird Place Match
WinnerScoreRunner-up3rd PlaceScore4th Place
2017 Geelong, Victoria Darebin City WHC (VIC)unknownCoconut WHC (VIC)only two teams

Handball League Australia

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