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Oceania Handball Nations Cup

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Oceania Handball Nations Cup
SportHandball
Founded1994
First season1994
Ceased2018
No. of teamsVarious
ContinentOCHF (Oceania)
Most titlesMen:  Australia (8 titles)
Women:  Australia (7 titles)

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.

Men's tournament

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Summary

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Year Hosts Final Third place match
Champions Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
1994
Details
Australia Canberra
Australia
59–22
2 legs

New Zealand
Two teams only
1996
Details
New Zealand Porirua
Australia
48–33
2 legs

New Zealand
Two teams only
2002
Details
Australia Sydney
Australia
Round robin
Vanuatu

Cook Islands
Three teams only
2004
Details
Australia Sydney
Australia
Round robin
New Zealand

Cook Islands
Three teams only
2006
Details
Australia Sydney
Australia
Round robin
New Zealand

Cook Islands
Three teams only
2008
Details
New Zealand Wellington
New Caledonia
Round robin
Australia

Cook Islands
Round robin
New Zealand
2010
Details
New Zealand Porirua
Australia
Round robin
New Zealand

Cook Islands
Three teams only
2012
Details
Australia Sydney
Australia
62–20
2 legs

New Zealand
Two teams only
2014
Details
New Zealand Auckland
Australia
54–36
2 legs

New Zealand
Two teams only
See Asian Handball Championship

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Australia8109
2 New Caledonia1001
3 New Zealand0707
4 Vanuatu0101
5 Cook Islands0055
Totals (5 entries)99523

Participating nations

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Nation Australia
1994
New Zealand
1996
Australia
2002
Australia
2004
Australia
2006
New Zealand
2008
New Zealand
2010
Australia
2012
Australia
2014

Years

 Australia 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 9
 Cook Islands 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 5
 New Caledonia 1st 1
 New Zealand 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 4th 2nd 2nd 2nd 8
 Vanuatu 2nd 1
Teams 2 2 3 3 3 4 3 2 2

Women's tournament

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Summary

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Year Hosts Final Third place match
Champions Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
1997
Details
Australia Melbourne
Australia
49–22
2 legs

New Zealand
Two teams only
2005
Details
Australia Sydney
Australia
69–29
2 legs

New Zealand
Two teams only
2007
Details
Australia Sydney
Australia
Round robin
NZ Handball Federation[note 1]

Handball New Zealand[note 1]
Round robin Three teams only
2009
Details
Australia Brisbane
Australia
Round robin
Queensland

NZ Handball Federation[note 1]
Round robin
Handball New Zealand[note 1]
2011
Details
New Zealand Wellington
Australia
47–28
2 legs

New Zealand
Two teams only
2013
Details
New Zealand Wellington
Australia
50–35
2 legs

New Zealand
Two teams only
2016
Details
Australia Sydney
Australia
57–21
2 legs

New Zealand
Two teams only
See Asian Handball Championship

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Australia7007
2 New Zealand0628
3 Queensland0101
Totals (3 entries)77216

Participating nations

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Nation Australia
1997
Australia
2005
Australia
2007
Australia
2009
New Zealand
2011
New Zealand
2013
Australia
2016
Years
 Australia 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 7
 NZ Handball Federation 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 5
 Handball New Zealand 2nd 2nd 3rd 4th 4
Queensland 2nd 1
Teams 2 2 3 4 2 2 2

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d There were two NGOs for handball in New Zealand. The Handball New Zealand (HNZ) and New Zealand Handball Federation (NZHF). The HNZ was suspended by New Zealand Olympic Committee in 2006.[1] Both NGOs sent teams to the qualification.
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References

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  1. ^ "Handball New Zealand v New Zealand Olympic Committee". Sports Tribunal of New Zealand. 9 June 2010. Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.