2010 Oceania Men's Handball Challenge Trophy

The 2010 Men's Oceania Handball Challenge Trophy was held in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia between December 7 and 17, 2010.

The competition participants were defending champions from 1998 and host Australia, and 1998 runners up New Zealand. New to the championship were Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, and Samoa. Vanuatu arrived late due to Visa problems and had to forfeit their first two games.

Hosts Australia were the winners and undefeated all tournament beating New Zealand in the final. Third was Vanuatu over Cook Islands. Fifth was Samoa over Solomon Islands.

Results

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Group results

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Australia 5 5 0 0 168 62 +106 10
  New Zealand 5 4 0 1 169 72 +97 8
  Cook Islands 5 3 0 2 87 97 −10 6
  Vanuatu 5 2 0 3 77 87 −10 4
  Samoa 5 1 0 4 73 122 −49 2
  Solomon Islands 5 0 0 5 43 177 −134 0
Source: [citation needed]
7 December 2010
13:30
Australia   10 – 0
Forfeit
  Vanuatu Ipswich, Australia

15:00
New Zealand   34 – 6   Samoa Ipswich, Australia
(21 - 1)

16:30
Cook Islands   22 – 8   Solomon Islands Ipswich, Australia
(12 - 4)

8 December 2010
13:30
Australia   38 – 14   Samoa Ipswich, Australia
(19 - 6)

15:00
Cook Islands   10 – 0
Forfeit
  Vanuatu Ipswich, Australia

16:30
New Zealand   38 – 7   Solomon Islands Ipswich, Australia
(23 - 4)

9 December 2010
13:30
Samoa   18 – 8   Solomon Islands Ipswich, Australia
(11 - 2)

15:00
Australia   38 – 14   Cook Islands Ipswich, Australia
(17 - 9)

16:30
New Zealand   37 – 13   Vanuatu Ipswich, Australia
(20 - 7)

10 December 2010
13:30
Samoa   15 – 20   Cook Islands Ipswich, Australia
(7 - 10)

15:00
Vanuatu   42 – 10   Solomon Islands Ipswich, Australia
(24 - 4)

16:30
Australia   25 – 24   New Zealand Ipswich, Australia
(9 - 14)

11 December 2010
13:30
New Zealand   36 – 21   Cook Islands Ipswich, Australia
(17 - 9)

15:00
Australia   57 – 10   Solomon Islands Ipswich, Australia
(31 - 8)

16:30
Vanuatu   22 – 20   Samoa Ipswich, Australia
(10 - 12)

Semi finals

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12 December 2010
14:00
Cook Islands   20 – 33   New Zealand Ipswich, Australia
(11 - 16)

16:00
Vanuatu   25 – 44   Australia Ipswich, Australia
(14 - 22)

Fifth place game

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17 December 2010
13:00
Samoa   24 – 10   Solomon Islands Ipswich, Australia
(4 - 6)

Third place game

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17 December 2010
14:30
Vanuatu   26 – 20   Cook Islands Ipswich, Australia
(14 - 14)

Final

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17 December 2010
16:00
Australia   35 – 31   New Zealand Ipswich, Australia
(18 - 13)

Rankings

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Classification
    Australia
    New Zealand
    Vanuatu
4   Cook Islands
5   Samoa
6   Solomon Islands

References

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