2008 Oceania Handball Championship

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2008 Oceania Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryFile:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates7–10 April
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flags of New Caledonia.svg New Caledonia (1st title)
Runner-upFile:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Third placeFile:Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands
Fourth placeFile:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored286 (47.67 per match)
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The 2008 Oceania Handball Championship was the sixth edition of the Oceania Handball Nations Cup, which took place in Wellington, New Zealand from 7 to 10 April 2008. Entered nations were Australia, Cook Islands, New Caledonia and New Zealand.[1] Although New Caledonia won the tournament, they are ineligible to go to the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship as they are a French colony. Australia won the right to represent Oceania by coming second.[2]

Table

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg New Caledonia 3 3 0 0 103 35 +68 6
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 3 2 0 1 85 48 +37 4
File:Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands 3 1 0 2 50 98 −48 2
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (H) 3 0 0 3 48 105 −57 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

Results

All times are local (UTC+12).

7 April 2008 Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg 15–20 File:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg New Caledonia TSB Bank Arena, Wellington
(7–10)
7 April 2008 Cook Islands File:Flag of the Cook Islands.svg 27–23 File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand TSB Bank Arena, Wellington
(11–9)

8 April 2008 Cook Islands File:Flag of the Cook Islands.svg 11–32 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia TSB Bank Arena, Wellington
(6–15)
8 April 2008 New Zealand File:Flag of New Zealand.svg 8–40 File:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg New Caledonia TSB Bank Arena, Wellington
(5–21)

10 April 2008 Cook Islands File:Flag of the Cook Islands.svg 12–43 File:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg New Caledonia TSB Bank Arena, Wellington
(9–20)
10 April 2008 New Zealand File:Flag of New Zealand.svg 17–38 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia TSB Bank Arena, Wellington
(8–23)

References

  1. "Men Handball Oceania 2008 Welington [sic] (NZL) 07-10.04 – Winner Australia". Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. http://teamhandballnews.com/2008/04/australia-on-target-to-win-oceania-championship/ AUSTRALIA ON TARGET TO WIN OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIP. Team Handball News by John Ryan. 8 April 2008

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