The Oceania Handball Challenge Trophy is a handball competition for Under 20 year old men and Under 19 year old women organised by the Oceania Continent Handball Federation. The winner of this competition qualifies for the Men's and Women's Junior World Handball Championship's.
Year | Venue | Final | |||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd Place | Score | 4th Place | ||
1998 | Mittagong, Australia | Australia | 72 – 46 (2 legs) | New Zealand | only 2 teams | ||
2010 | Brisbane, Australia | Australia | 35 – 31 | New Zealand | Vanuatu | 26 – 20 | Cook Islands |
2012 | Apia, Samoa | Australia | 29 – 28 | New Zealand | Vanuatu | group table | Cook Islands |
2014 | Wellington, New Zealand | French Polynesia | 20 – 17 | Australia | New Caledonia | 29 – 25 | New Zealand |
2017 | Rarotonga, Cook Islands | French Polynesia | round robin | New Caledonia | Australia | round robin | New Zealand |
2018 | New Caledonia | Australia | round robin | French Polynesia | New Caledonia | round robin | New Zealand |
2020 | Tahiti | Postponed due to Covid-19 pandemic | |||||
2022 | Cook Islands | Australia | round robin | New Caledonia | New Zealand | round robin | Cook Islands |
Nation | 1998 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2017 | 2018 | 2022 | Years |
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American Samoa | - | - | - | 8th | - | - | - | 1 |
Australia | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 7 |
Cook Islands | - | 4th | 4th | 9th | 6th | 6th | 4th | 6 |
Fiji | - | - | - | - | - | 5th | - | 1 |
French Polynesia | - | - | - | 1st | 1st | 2nd | - | 3 |
New Caledonia | - | - | - | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 4 |
New Zealand | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 7 |
Papua New Guinea | - | - | - | 6th | 5th | - | - | 2 |
Samoa | - | 5th | 5th | 7th | - | - | - | 3 |
Solomon Islands | - | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Tonga | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5th | 1 |
Vanuatu | - | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | - | - | - | 3 |
Year | Venue | Final | |||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd Place | Score | 4th Place | ||
1997 | Melbourne, Australia | Australia | 30 – 23 (2 legs) | New Zealand | only 2 teams | ||
2012 | Apia, Samoa | Australia | 22 – 15 | New Zealand | Vanuatu | group table | Cook Islands |
2014 | Wellington, New Zealand | New Zealand | 11 – 7 | Australia | New Caledonia | 32 – 12 | Vanuatu |
2019 | New Caledonia | New Caledonia | round robin | Australia | New Zealand | round robin | American Samoa |
2023 | New Caledonia | New Zealand | round robin | French Polynesia | New Zealand | round robin | Australia |
Nation | 1997 | 2012 | 2014 | 2019 | 2023 | Years |
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American Samoa | - | - | 7th | 4th | - | 2 |
Australia | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 5 |
Cook Islands | - | 4th | 5th | - | 5th | 3 |
Fiji | - | - | - | 6th | - | 1 |
French Polynesia | - | - | - | - | 2nd | 1 |
New Caledonia | - | - | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 3 |
New Zealand | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 5 |
Papua New Guinea | - | - | - | 5th | - | 1 |
Samoa | - | 5th | 6th | - | - | 2 |
Vanuatu | - | 3rd | 4th | - | - | 2 |
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