Oceania Youth Handball Championship

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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.

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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). Both 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

YearVenueFinal
WinnerScoreRunner-up3rd PlaceScore4th Place
2007 Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia 		UnknownFlag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand 		only 2 teams
2009 Tahiti Flag of French Polynesia.svg
French Polynesia 		UnknownFlag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia 		only 2 teams
2011 Cook Islands Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand 		UnknownFlag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia 		Flag of the Cook Islands.svg
Cook Islands 		only 3 teams
2016 Cook Islands Cancelled - tournament was to be played in December 2016
2018 New Caledonia Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand 		round robinFlags of New Caledonia.svg
New Caledonia 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia 		round robinFlag of Fiji.svg
Fiji
2020 Tahiti Postponed due to Covid-19 pandemic
2022 Cook Islands Flag of French Polynesia.svg
French Polynesia 		round robinFlag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand 		Flags of New Caledonia.svg
New Caledonia 		round robinFlag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia

Participating nations

Nation Flag of Australia (converted).svg
2007 		Flag of French Polynesia.svg
2009 		Flag of the Cook Islands.svg
2011 		Flags of New Caledonia.svg
2018 		Flag of the Cook Islands.svg
2022 		Years
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1st2nd2nd3rd4th5
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands --3rd6th5th3
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji ---4th-1
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  French Polynesia -1st--1st2
Flags of New Caledonia.svg  New Caledonia ---2nd3rd2
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2nd-1st1st2nd4
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea ---5th-1
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga ----6th1

Women's competition

YearVenueFinal
WinnerScoreRunner-up3rd PlaceScore4th Place
2009 New Caledonia Flags of New Caledonia.svg
New Caledonia 		unknownFlag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia 		only two teams
2016 Cook Islands Cancelled - tournament was to be played in December 2016
2019 New Caledonia Flags of New Caledonia.svg
New Caledonia 		round robinFlag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand 		Flag of French Polynesia.svg
French Polynesia 		round robinFlag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
2023 New Caledonia Flags of New Caledonia.svg
New Caledonia 		round robinFlag of French Polynesia.svg
French Polynesia 		Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand 		only three teams

Participating nations

Nation Flags of New Caledonia.svg
2009 		Flags of New Caledonia.svg
2019 		Flags of New Caledonia.svg
2023 		Years
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2nd4th-2
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji -6th-1
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  French Polynesia -3rd2nd2
Flags of New Caledonia.svg  New Caledonia 1st1st1st3
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand -2nd3rd2
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea -5th-1

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.nswhandball.com.au/december-2009-australian-u17-boys-tour-tahiti-2/ December 2009 – Australian U17 Boys tour Tahiti. New South Wales Handball news. Retrieved 20 December 2019
  2. ↑ https://www.nyhockeyonline.com/u16-handball-championships/ u16 Handball Championships. NY Hockey Online. 15 July 2009. Retrieved 23 Dec 2019
  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. ↑ http://teamhandballnews.com/wordpress/2010/08/overwhelmed-teams-from-cook-islands-and-australia-remain-enthusiastic/ Overwhelmed teams from Cook Islands and Australia remain enthusiastic. Team Handball News, 24 August 2010.
  7. ↑ http://www.nswhandball.com.au/november-2009-australian-girls-u17-tour-new-caledonia-2/ November 2009 – Australian Girls U17 tour New Caledonia. New South Wales Handball News. Retrieved 19 December 2019
  8. ↑ https://www.nyhockeyonline.com/u17-girls-australian-team-in-new-caledonia-tournament/ U17 Girls Australian Team in New Caledonia Tournament. NY Hockey Online. 17 Nov 2009. Retrieved 23 Dec 2019
  9. ↑ http://teamhandballnews.com/wordpress/2010/08/overwhelmed-teams-from-cook-islands-and-australia-remain-enthusiastic/ Overwhelmed teams from Cook Islands and Australia remain enthusiastic. Team Handball News, 24 August 2010.
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