2008 Oceania Handball Championship

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]

2008 Oceania Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	7–10 April
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	New Caledonia (1st title)
Runner-up	Australia
Third place	Cook Islands
Fourth place	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	286 (47.67 per match)
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Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New Caledonia	3	3	0	0	103	35	+68	6
Australia	3	2	0	1	85	48	+37	4
Cook Islands	3	1	0	2	50	98	−48	2
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	15–20	New Caledonia	TSB Bank Arena, Wellington
		(7–10)

7 April 2008	Cook Islands	27–23	New Zealand	TSB Bank Arena, Wellington
		(11–9)

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8 April 2008	Cook Islands	11–32	Australia	TSB Bank Arena, Wellington
		(6–15)

8 April 2008	New Zealand	8–40	New Caledonia	TSB Bank Arena, Wellington
		(5–21)

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10 April 2008	Cook Islands	12–43	New Caledonia	TSB Bank Arena, Wellington
		(9–20)

10 April 2008	New Zealand	17–38	Australia	TSB Bank Arena, Wellington
		(8–23)

References

1. . 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

External links

• Report on Tudor Handball