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]
| 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) |
Table edit
| 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 |
Results edit
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) | ||||
| 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) | ||||
| 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 edit
- ^ "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) - ^ 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