The 2019 Women's
Oceania Handball Challenge Trophy The Oceania Handball Challenge Trophy is a handball competition for Under 20 year old men and Under 19 year old women organised by the Oceania Continent Handball Federation. The winner of this competition qualifies for the Men's Junior World Handbal ...
was held in
New Caledonia
New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ...
from 11 to 16 August 2019.
The competition participants were defending champions
New Zealand
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, host
New Caledonia
New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ...
, regulars
Australia
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and
America Samoa
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. New to the championship were
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...
, and
Fiji
Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about ...
.
Hosts
New Caledonia
New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ...
were the clear winners over
Australia
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. Third was
New Zealand
New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...
then
America Samoa
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. Fifth was
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...
ahead of
Fiji
Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about ...
on goal difference
[https://handball.org.nz/news/2019/8/17/success-for-our-womens-junior-and-youth-teams-at-ihf-trophy SUCCESS FOR OUR WOMEN'S JUNIOR AND YOUTH TEAMS AT IHF TROPHY. New Zealand Handball webpage August 17, 2019]
However, New Caledonia are ineligible for World Championship and consequently, spot for
2020 Women's Junior World Handball Championship is taken by second place Australia.
Results
Rankings
References
Report Day 1 & 2.International Handball Federation webpageResults & Report on International Handball Federation webpageAll game on You Tube - Nouvelle-Calédonie la 1ère (French)Grace Schulz to represent Australia under 18 women's handball team at Oceanic Cup. Redland City Bulletin. 23 July 2019American Samoa Handball Team crushes Fiji at U19 Women’s tourney. Samoa News. 15 August 2019TAPUA’IA SE PINE FANAU TA’A’ALO HANDBALL I NEW CALEDONIA Samoa News. 15 August 2019 (In Samoan)Handballers Natasha Lunnis and Sigrid Dobson shift sights to World Cup. South East News. August 24, 2019International Handball Success. Brisbane State High School. 9 August 2019
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Oceania Handball Challenge Trophy
Oceania Handball Challenge Trophy The Oceania Handball Challenge Trophy is a handball competition for Under 20 year old men and Under 19 year old women organised by the Oceania Continent Handball Federation. The winner of this competition qualifies for the Men's Junior World Handbal ...
Women's sports in Oceania