Oceania Youth Handball Championship

The Oceania Youth Handball Championship is an Under 19 for Boys and Under 18 for Girls handball tournament organised by the Oceania Continent Handball Federation. The winners of these competition qualify for the IHF Men's Youth World Championship and IHF Women's Youth World Championship respectively.

For the boys there have only been two tournaments held. In 2007 Australia won and they proceeded to the 2007 Men's Youth World Handball Championship in Bahrain finishing 16th (last). Australia traveled to Tahiti for the second installment. ^{[1] [2]} The hosts won two of the three games to claim the title. The third was won by New Zealand in April 2011. ^{[3] [4]} They proceeded to the 2011 Men's Youth World Handball Championship in Argentina finishing 20th (last). ^[5] The Cook Islands represented Oceania 2010 World Youth Games in Singapore finishing 6th (last). New Zealand and Australia did not take up their option. ^[6] After a lengthy lay off, the Championship had its third title in New Caledonia 2018. New Zealand retained their title.

The girls first tournament was in 2009 in New Caledonia. ^[7] The hosts beat Australia four games to nil ^[8] but Australia did represent Oceania in the 2010 World Youth Games in Singapore. ^[9] The second tournament, a decade later, was again in New Caledonia where the hosts retained their title.

Champions

Men's competition

Year	Venue	Final
		Winner	Score	Runner-up	3rd Place	Score	4th Place
2007	Australia	Australia	Unknown	New Zealand	only 2 teams
2009	Tahiti	French Polynesia	Unknown	Australia	only 2 teams
2011	Cook Islands	New Zealand	Unknown	Australia	Cook Islands	only 3 teams
2016	Cook Islands	Cancelled - tournament was to be played in December 2016
2018	New Caledonia	New Zealand	round robin	New Caledonia	Australia	round robin	Fiji
2020	Tahiti	Postponed due to Covid-19 pandemic
2022	Cook Islands	French Polynesia	round robin	New Zealand	New Caledonia	round robin	Australia

Participating nations

Nation	2007	2009	2011	2018	2022	Years
Australia	1st	2nd	2nd	3rd	4th	5
Cook Islands	-	-	3rd	6th	5th	3
Fiji	-	-	-	4th	-	1
French Polynesia	-	1st	-	-	1st	2
New Caledonia	-	-	-	2nd	3rd	2
New Zealand	2nd	-	1st	1st	2nd	4
Papua New Guinea	-	-	-	5th	-	1
Tonga	-	-	-	-	6th	1

Women's competition

Year	Venue	Final
		Winner	Score	Runner-up	3rd Place	Score	4th Place
2009	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	unknown	Australia	only two teams
2016	Cook Islands	Cancelled - tournament was to be played in December 2016
2019	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	round robin	New Zealand	French Polynesia	round robin	Australia
2023	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	round robin	French Polynesia	New Zealand	only three teams

Participating nations

Nation	2009	2019	2023	Years
Australia	2nd	4th	-	2
Fiji	-	6th	-	1
French Polynesia	-	3rd	2nd	2
New Caledonia	1st	1st	1st	3
New Zealand	-	2nd	3rd	2
Papua New Guinea	-	5th	-	1

References

1. "December 2009 – Australian U17 Boys tour Tahiti – NSW Handball Association". 2010-05-13. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
2. "u16 Handball Championships | NY Hockey Online". 2009-07-15. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
3. http://handball.org.nz/wp/?m=201107 YOUTH TEAM READY FOR THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ARGENTINA. NZHF 5 July 2011
4. https://sites.google.com/a/ochf.org/ochf/calendar-1 Calendar on OCHF webpage
5. https://sites.google.com/a/ochf.org/ochf/calendar OCHF Webpage
6. "Overwhelmed teams from Cook Islands and Australia remain enthusiastic – Team Handball News". teamhandballnews.com. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
7. "November 2009 – Australian Girls U17 tour New Caledonia – NSW Handball Association". 2010-05-13. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
8. "U17 Girls Australian Team in New Caledonia Tournament | NY Hockey Online". www.nyhockeyonline.com. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
9. "Overwhelmed teams from Cook Islands and Australia remain enthusiastic – Team Handball News". teamhandballnews.com. Retrieved 2024-10-24.

External links

• Oceania Continent Handball Federation web page
• Oceania on the International Handball Federation web page