2018 Oceania Youth Handball Championship

The 2018 Men's Oceania Youth Handball Championship is to be held at the L'Arene du Sud, New Caledonia between 10 - 15 June 2018.

This is the first championship since 2011. The competition participants were defending champions New Zealand, Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, hosts New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea.

New Zealand successfully defended their title, beating out New Caledonia for first place. Third was Australia followed by Fiji, Papua New Guinea and The Cook Islands.

Results

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New Zealand	5	5	0	0	170	79	+91	10
New Caledonia	5	4	0	1	176	95	+81	8
Australia	5	3	0	2	136	108	+28	6
Fiji	5	2	0	3	116	164	−48	4
Papua New Guinea	5	1	0	4	157	149	+8	2
Cook Islands	5	0	0	5	28	188	−160	0

Source:

10 June, 2018 18:00	New Caledonia	31 - 3	Cook Islands	L'Arene du Sud, New Caledonia

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11 June 2018 10:00	New Zealand	41 - 20	Fiji	L'Arene du Sud, New Caledonia

12:00	Cook Islands	4 - 50	Papua New Guinea	L'Arene du Sud, New Caledonia

14:00	New Caledonia	37 - 23	Australia	L'Arene du Sud, New Caledonia

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12 June 2018 10:00	New Zealand	34 - 18	Papua New Guinea	L'Arene du Sud, New Caledonia

12:00	Fiji	15 - 46	New Caledonia	L'Arene du Sud, New Caledonia

14:00	Cook Islands	3 - 35	Australia	L'Arene du Sud, New Caledonia

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13 June 2018 10:00	Australia	33 - 27	Papua New Guinea	L'Arene du Sud, New Caledonia

12:00	Cook Islands	8 - 29	Fiji	L'Arene du Sud, New Caledonia

14:00	New Caledonia	20 - 27	New Zealand	L'Arene du Sud, New Caledonia

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14 June 2018 10:00	Cook Islands	10 - 43	New Zealand	L'Arene du Sud, New Caledonia

12:00	Australia	34 - 16	Fiji	L'Arene du Sud, New Caledonia

14:00	Papua New Guinea	27 - 42	New Caledonia	L'Arene du Sud, New Caledonia

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15 June 2018 10:00	New Zealand	25 - 11	Australia	L'Arene du Sud, New Caledonia

12:00	Papua New Guinea	35 - 36	Fiji	L'Arene du Sud, New Caledonia

Rankings

Classification
	New Zealand
	New Caledonia
	Australia
4	Fiji
5	Papua New Guinea
6	Cook Islands

References

• La Nouvelle-Zélande domine les Cagous chez les U18 La Nouvelles Calledoniennes (French)
• https://www.lnc.nc/article/sports/aux-oceania-les-cagous-aurontla-revanche-dans-la-peau La Nouvelles Calledoniennes (French)
• Faire le lien entre l’ancienne et la nouvelle génération La Nouvelles Calledoniennes (French)
• Critical for the development of handball in our region. IHF webpage. 26 June 2018.
• Strong Hornsby contingent in Australian Youth team contesting for Oceania Challenge Trophy. Hornsby Advocate. June 12, 2018
• The Arc News. University of New South Wales web page. Retrieved 26 Dec 2019