The Pacific Handball Cup is the official competition for senior national handball teams of Oceania, where dependent territories of other countries such as New Caledonia, Tahiti and Wallis and Futuna (France); America Samoa and Guam (United States); and the Marshall Islands, who are ineligible for International Handball Federation (IHF) world championship events, compete against Oceania nations. This is organised by the Oceania Continent Handball Federation (OCHF).
| Year | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
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| 2004 |  Australia | 28 - 19 |  New Caledonia |  French Polynesia | 34 - 29 |  New Zealand | ||
| 2006 | Australia | Round robin | New Caledonia | New Zealand | Round robin |  Cook Islands | ||
| 2018 | cancelled | cancelled | ||||||
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| 2003 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| 2005 | Australia | Round robin | New Caledonia | French Polynesia | Round robin | New Zealand | ||
| 2007 | New Caledonia | Round robin | New Zealand | French Polynesia | Round robin |  Vanuatu | ||
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The Oceania Continent Handball Federation (OCHF) is the governing body for the Olympic sport of Handball in Oceania. It is affiliated to the International Handball Federation (IHF).
The Oceania Handball Nations Championship was the official competition for senior national handball teams of Oceania, and took place every two years. In addition to crowning the Oceania champions, the tournament also served as a qualifying tournament for the World Handball Championship. Also played is the Pacific Handball Cup where states of other countries such as New Caledonia, Tahiti and Wallis and Futuna (France) and Marshall Islands, Guam and America Samoa (USA) who are ineligible for International Handball Federation world championship events, compete against member nations.
Qualification matches for the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship took place in 2006, mostly as continental championships. According to the IHF rules, each continent had three places, and the host (Germany) and holders (Spain) were automatically qualified. The other nine places are allocated to the continents according to performance in the 2005 World Men's Handball Championship. Thus:
The International Handball Federation (IHF) is the administrative and controlling body for handball and beach handball. IHF is responsible for the organisation of handball's major international tournaments, notably the IHF World Men's Handball Championship, which commenced in 1938, and the IHF World Women's Handball Championship, which commenced in 1957.
The Australian Handball Federation (AHF) is the governing body for the Olympic sport of handball in Australia.
The 2013 Women's Oceania Handball Championship was held on 26–27 April 2013 at Wellington, New Zealand.
The Vanuatu Handball Association, (FVH) is the governing body for the sport of handball and beach handball in Republic of Vanuatu. FVH is member of the Oceania Continent Handball Federation (OCHF) and the International Handball Federation (IHF) since 1990.
The Oceania Handball Champions Cup is an international club championship for men featuring teams from the Oceania region.
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.
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.
The Oceania Handball Champions Cup is an international club championship featuring teams from the Oceania region.
The 1997 Oceania Women's Handball Championship took place in Brisbane, Australia from 22-23 March. Entered nations were Australia, Vanuatu and the New Zealand, but Vanuatu did not compete. Australia won the right represent Oceania in the World Cup.
The French Pacific Handball Cup is the official competition for the senior national handball teams of the overseas departments and territories of France based in the Oceania region, namely New Caledonia, Tahiti and Wallis and Futuna. This competition is organised by the Oceania Continent Handball Federation (OCHF).
The Jeunesse Sportive du Mont Dore is a handball club in New Caledonia.
The Association Sportive Dumbea is a handball club in New Caledonia.
The French Polynesia national junior handball team is the national men's junior handball team of French Polynesia. They won the Oceania Handball Challenge Trophy in Wellington at their first attempt.
The Oceania Beach Handball Championship is the official competition for senior national beach handball teams of Oceania region. It was first organized by the Oceania Continent Handball Federation in 2013. In addition to crowning the Oceania champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournament for the World Championships.
The New Zealand Handball Federation (NZHF) is the governing body for the sport of handball and beach handball in New Zealand. NZHF is member of the Oceania Continent Handball Federation (OCHF), International Handball Federation (IHF) and the Commonwealth Handball Association.
The Oceania Beach Handball Championship is the official competition for Under 17 years national beach handball teams of Oceania region. It was first organized by the Oceania Continent Handball Federation in 2017. The first champions for boys were Australia and for girls America Samoa. In addition to crowning the Oceania champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournament for the World Championships and also the Youth Olympic Games. The first competition was held in Raratonga in the Cook Islands from 3 May 2017 until 5 May 2017.
The 2018 Pacific Handball Cup is a multi venue Handball tournament featuring countries based on the Pacific Ocean from April to December 2018. This will be the first tournament since 2006 and the first to feature countries from the American continent.