2018 Oceania Youth Handball Championship

The 2018 Men's Oceania Youth Handball Championship is to be held at the L'Arene du Sud, New Caledonia between 10 - 15 June 2018.^[1][2]

This is the first championship since 2011. The competition participants were defending champions New Zealand, Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, hosts New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea.^[3]

New Zealand successfully defended their title, beating out New Caledonia for first place. Third was Australia followed by Fiji, Papua New Guinea and The Cook Islands.^[4]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New Zealand	5	5	0	0	170	79	+91	10
New Caledonia	5	4	0	1	176	95	+81	8
Australia	5	3	0	2	136	108	+28	6
Fiji	5	2	0	3	116	164	−48	4
Papua New Guinea	5	1	0	4	157	149	+8	2
Cook Islands	5	0	0	5	28	188	−160	0

10 June, 2018 18:00	New Caledonia	31 - 3	Cook Islands	L'Arene du Sud, New Caledonia

11 June 2018 10:00	New Zealand	41 - 20	Fiji	L'Arene du Sud, New Caledonia

12:00	Cook Islands	4 - 50	Papua New Guinea	L'Arene du Sud, New Caledonia

14:00	New Caledonia	37 - 23	Australia	L'Arene du Sud, New Caledonia

12 June 2018 10:00	New Zealand	34 - 18	Papua New Guinea	L'Arene du Sud, New Caledonia

12:00	Fiji	15 - 46	New Caledonia	L'Arene du Sud, New Caledonia

14:00	Cook Islands	3 - 35	Australia	L'Arene du Sud, New Caledonia

13 June 2018 10:00	Australia	33 - 27	Papua New Guinea	L'Arene du Sud, New Caledonia

12:00	Cook Islands	8 - 29	Fiji	L'Arene du Sud, New Caledonia

14:00	New Caledonia	20 - 27	New Zealand	L'Arene du Sud, New Caledonia

14 June 2018 10:00	Cook Islands	10 - 43	New Zealand	L'Arene du Sud, New Caledonia

12:00	Australia	34 - 16	Fiji	L'Arene du Sud, New Caledonia

14:00	Papua New Guinea	27 - 42	New Caledonia	L'Arene du Sud, New Caledonia

15 June 2018 10:00	New Zealand	25 - 11	Australia	L'Arene du Sud, New Caledonia

12:00	Papua New Guinea	35 - 36	Fiji	L'Arene du Sud, New Caledonia

Classification
	New Zealand
	New Caledonia
	Australia
4	Fiji
5	Papua New Guinea
6	Cook Islands

• La Nouvelle-Zélande domine les Cagous chez les U18 La Nouvelles Calledoniennes (French)
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• Faire le lien entre l’ancienne et la nouvelle génération La Nouvelles Calledoniennes (French)
• Critical for the development of handball in our region. IHF webpage. 26 June 2018.
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• The Arc News. University of New South Wales web page. Retrieved 26 Dec 2019