2014 Oceania Men's Handball Challenge Trophy

The 2014 Men's Oceania Handball Challenge Trophy was held at the ASB Sports Centre in Wellington, New Zealand between 8 and 13 December 2014.

The competition participants were defending champions Australia, host New Zealand, regulars Vanuatu and Cook Islands. New to the championship were America Samoa, Tahiti (French Polynesia), New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and Samoa.

Tahiti were the winner upsetting Australia in the final and going through undefeated. Third was New Caledonia over host New Zealand. Fifth was Vanuatu, then Papua New Guinea, Samoa, America Samoa and Cook Islands.

Men's Results

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Pool A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 New Caledonia 3 3 0 0 99 69 +30 6
 New Zealand 3 2 0 1 112 68 +44 4
 Vanuatu 3 1 0 2 90 83 +7 2
 American Samoa 3 0 0 3 33 114 −81 0
Source: [citation needed]
8 December 2014 New Zealand  27 – 29  New Caledonia ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand
American Samoa  10 – 32  Vanuatu ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand

9 December 2014 New Zealand  34 – 26  Vanuatu ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand
American Samoa  10 – 31  New Caledonia ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand

10 December 2014 New Zealand  51 – 13  American Samoa ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand

11 December 2014 New Caledonia  39 – 32  Vanuatu ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand

Pool B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 French Polynesia 4 4 0 0 145 65 +80 8
 Australia 4 3 0 1 139 61 +78 6
 Papua New Guinea 4 2 0 2 69 109 −40 4
 Cook Islands 4 1 0 3 72 116 −44 2
 Samoa 4 0 0 4 55 129 −74 0
Source: [citation needed]
8 December 2014 French Polynesia  26 – 19  Australia ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand
Samoa  17 – 22  Cook Islands ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand
Australia  40 – 11  Papua New Guinea ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand

9 December 2014 Cook Islands  15 – 20  Papua New Guinea ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand
Australia  37 – 13  Samoa ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand
French Polynesia  36 – 15  Papua New Guinea ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand

10 December 2014 Australia  43 – 11  Cook Islands ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand
French Polynesia  47 – 7  Samoa ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand

11 December 2014 French Polynesia  36 – 24  Cook Islands ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand
Samoa  18 – 23  Papua New Guinea ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand

5th to 9th place

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Each team to play each other once. Round robin rounds and additional games to finalize positions.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Vanuatu 4 3 0 1 146 69 +77 6
 Papua New Guinea 4 3 0 1 86 93 −7 6
 Samoa 4 2 0 2 84 92 −8 4
 American Samoa 4 1 0 3 77 100 −23 2
 Cook Islands 4 1 0 3 72 111 −39 2
Source: [citation needed]
8 December 2014 American Samoa  10 – 32  Vanuatu ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand
Samoa  17 – 22  Cook Islands ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand

9 December 2014 Cook Islands  15 – 20  Papua New Guinea ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand
Report

11 December 2014 Samoa  18 – 23  Papua New Guinea ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand

12 December 2014 American Samoa  29 – 30  Samoa ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea  25 – 43  Vanuatu ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand
Cook Islands  15 – 53  Vanuatu ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand

13 December 2014 American Samoa  17 – 18  Papua New Guinea ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand
Samoa  19 – 18  Vanuatu ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand
Cook Islands  20 – 21  American Samoa ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand

Semi finals

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12 December 2014 New Caledonia  21 – 23  Australia ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand
New Zealand  29 – 31  French Polynesia ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand

Third place game

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13 December 2014
13:45
New Zealand  25 – 29  New Caledonia ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand

Final

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13 December 2014 French Polynesia  20 – 17  Australia ASB Sports Centre, Wellington,
New Zealand
Referees: Robert Ridley, Richard Ridley (AUS)

Rankings

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Classification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  French Polynesia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  New Caledonia
4  New Zealand
5  Vanuatu
6  Papua New Guinea
7  Samoa
8  American Samoa
9  Cook Islands

References

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