2022 Oceania Men's Handball Challenge Trophy

The 2022 Men's Oceania Handball Challenge Trophy was held at Rarotonga, Cook Islands between 5 and 9 December 2022.[1][2]

This is the seventh ever championship. The competition participants were defending champions Australia, the hosts Cook Islands, New Zealand, hosts New Caledonia and Tonga.[3]

Australia won their fifth title in the round robin event.[4] Hosts New Caledonia were second followed by New Zealand, the Cook Islands and Tonga.[5][6] The Under-18 competition was won by Tahiti.[7]

Australia now qualify for the 2023 Men's Junior World Handball Championship in Germany[2] and the 2023 IHF Inter-Continental Trophy

Results

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Australia 4 4 0 0 120 61 +59 8
  New Caledonia 4 3 0 1 131 87 +44 6
  New Zealand 4 2 0 2 112 91 +21 4
  Cook Islands 4 1 0 3 68 131 −63 2
  Tonga 4 0 0 4 63 124 −61 0
Source: Report
5 December 2022
12:00
New Caledonia   28 - 30   Australia

18:00
Cook Islands   31 - 25   Tonga

6 December 2022
12:00
Tonga   9 - 31   Australia

18:00
Cook Islands   14 - 35   New Zealand

7 December 2022
12:00
New Caledonia   30 - 29   New Zealand

18:00
Australia   30 - 6   Cook Islands

8 December 2022
12:00
New Zealand   18 - 29   Australia

18:00
Tonga   11 - 32   New Caledonia

9 December 2022
12:00
Tonga   18 - 30   New Zealand

18:00
New Caledonia   41 - 17   Cook Islands

Rankings

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Classification
    Australia
    New Caledonia
    New Zealand
4   Cook Islands
5   Tonga

References

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  1. ^ "TEAMS FROM SIX NATIONS TO FIGHT FOR IHF TROPHY OCEANIA". IHF. 2 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b Al Williams (13 December 2022). "Cooks get international exposure". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  3. ^ "TEAMS FROM SIX NATIONS TO FIGHT FOR IHF TROPHY OCEANIA". IHF. 2 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Australian juniors are 2022 IHF Trophy Oceania champions". Handball Australia. 10 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  5. ^ "TAHITI AND AUSTRALIA SECURE TITLES AT IHF TROPHY OCEANIA". IHF. 9 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Trophy Oceania Finished In Rarotonga". IHF. 12 December 2022.
  7. ^ Al Williams (10 December 2022). "Tahiti and Aussie prove their strength in handball tournament". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 14 December 2022.