2018 Oceania Youth Handball Championship Explained

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.^{[1] [2]}

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.^[3]

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.^[4]

Results

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Rankings

Classification
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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

Notes and References

1. http://www.nswhandball.com.au/latest/march-ihf-jnr-mens-oceania-trophy-in-june/ IHF JNR MEN’S OCEANIA TROPHY IN JUNE. New South Wales Handball webpage. March 2018
2. https://archive.ihf.info/en-us/mediacentre/announcements/announcementdetails.aspx?ID=258 International Handball Federation
3. https://archive.ihf.info/en-us/mediacentre/news/newsdetails.aspx?ID=5690 International Handball Federation
4. http://ihf.info/en-us/mediacentre/news/newsdetails.aspx?ID=5710 Australia and New Zealand take continental honours. International Handball Federation webpage. Retrieved 20.6.2018