2017 Oceania Men's Handball Challenge Trophy

The 2017 Men's Oceania Handball Challenge Trophy was held at the Bluesky Sports Arena, Rarotonga, Cook Islands in between 31 July and 6 August 2017.

The competition participants were defending champions Tahiti, Australia, host Cook Islands, New Zealand, New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea.[1]

Defending Champions Tahiti won over New Caledonia. Australia took the bronze, next was New Zealand. Papua New Guinea were fifth with tournament hosts Cook Islands sixth. Voted best player was Teva’i Hanere from Tahiti.[2] Tahiti qualify for the 2017 IHF Inter-Continental Trophy in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Results
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 French Polynesia 5 5 0 0 197 79 +118 10
 New Caledonia 5 4 0 1 175 118 +57 8
 Australia 5 3 0 2 131 110 +21 6
 New Zealand 5 2 0 3 151 130 +21 4
 Papua New Guinea 5 1 0 4 118 190 −72 2
 Cook Islands 5 0 0 5 59 211 −152 0
Source:
31 July, 2017
11:00		 French Polynesia  34 – 18  New Zealand Bluesky Sports Arena, Cook Islands
(14-11)
31 July, 2017
13:00		 Australia  39 – 9  Cook Islands Bluesky Sports Arena, Cook Islands
(22-1)
31 July, 2017
15:00		 New Caledonia  46 - 18  Papua New Guinea Bluesky Sports Arena, Cook Islands
(23-8)
1 August, 2017
11:00		 New Zealand  21 - 28  Australia Bluesky Sports Arena, Cook Islands
(9-13)
1 August, 2017
13:00		 French Polynesia  51 - 17  Papua New Guinea Bluesky Sports Arena, Cook Islands
(28-10)
1 August, 2017
15:00		 Cook Islands  14 - 46  New Caledonia Bluesky Sports Arena, Cook Islands
(9-26)
2 August, 2017
11:00		 Cook Islands  8 - 46  French Polynesia Bluesky Sports Arena, Cook Islands
(5-18)
2 August, 2017
13:00		 Australia  25 - 32  New Caledonia Bluesky Sports Arena, Cook Islands
(14-15)
2 August, 2017
15:00		 New Zealand  45 - 27  Papua New Guinea Bluesky Sports Arena, Cook Islands
(15-20)
3 August, 2017
11:00		 Australia  29 - 16  Papua New Guinea Bluesky Sports Arena, Cook Islands
(17-11)
3 August, 2017
13:00		 New Caledonia  19 - 34  French Polynesia Bluesky Sports Arena, Cook Islands
3 August, 2017
15:00		 New Zealand  40 - 9  Cook Islands Bluesky Sports Arena, Cook Islands
4 August, 2017
11:00		 Papua New Guinea  19 - 40  Cook Islands Bluesky Sports Arena, Cook Islands
4 August, 2017
13:00		 New Zealand  27 - 32  New Caledonia Bluesky Sports Arena, Cook Islands
(13-15)
4 August, 2017
15:00		 French Polynesia  32 - 17  Australia Bluesky Sports Arena, Cook Islands
(13-7)

Rankings
Classification
 French Polynesia
 New Caledonia
 Australia
4 New Zealand
5 Papua New Guinea
6 Cook Islands
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References
  1. International Handball Federation Oceania teams ready for IHF Trophy. International Handball Federation webpage. 30 July, 2017
  2. http://www.tntv.pf/Handball-Les-champions-d-Oceanie-de-retour-a-Tahiti_a20425.html TNTV News. 7 August, 2017 (in French)
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