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
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
Classification
1st place, gold medalist(s) Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) New Caledonia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) New Zealand
4 Cook Islands
5 Tonga

References
  1. "TEAMS FROM SIX NATIONS TO FIGHT FOR IHF TROPHY OCEANIA". IHF. 2 December 2022.
  2. 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.
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