The Oceania Youth Handball Championship is an Under 19 for Boys and Under 18 for Girls handball tournament organised by the Oceania Continent Handball Federation. The winners of these competition qualify for the IHF Men's Youth World Championship and IHF Women's Youth World Championship respectively.
For the boys there have only been two tournaments held. In 2007 Australia won and they proceeded to the 2007 Men's Youth World Handball Championship in Bahrain finishing 16th (last). Australia traveled to Tahiti for the second installment. The hosts won two of the three games to claim the title. The third was won by New Zealand in April 2011.http://handball.org.nz/wp/?m=201107 YOUTH TEAM READY FOR THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ARGENTINA. NZHF 5 July 2011https://sites.google.com/a/ochf.org/ochf/calendar-1 Calendar on OCHF webpage They proceeded to the 2011 Men's Youth World Handball Championship in Argentina finishing 20th (last).https://sites.google.com/a/ochf.org/ochf/calendar OCHF Webpage The Cook Islands represented Oceania 2010 World Youth Games in Singapore finishing 6th (last). New Zealand and Australia did not take up their option. After a lengthy lay off, the Championship had its third title in New Caledonia 2018. New Zealand retained their title.
The girls first tournament was in 2009 in New Caledonia. The hosts beat Australia four games to nil but Australia did represent Oceania in the 2010 World Youth Games in Singapore. The second tournament, a decade later, was again in New Caledonia where the hosts retained their title.
Champions
Men's competition YearVenueFinalWinnerScoreRunner-up3rd PlaceScore4th Place 2007 Australia Unknown only 2 teams 2009 Tahiti Unknown only 2 teams 2011 Cook Islands Unknown only 3 teams 2016 Cook IslandsCancelled - tournament was to be played in December 2016 2018 New Caledonia round robin round robin 2020 TahitiPostponed due to COVID-19 pandemic 2022 Cook Islands round robin round robin 2024 Tahiti 47 - 27 39 - 31
Participating nations Nation 2007 2009 2011 2018 2022 2024 Years - - - - - 6th 1 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 4th 3rd 6 - - 3rd 6th 5th 5th 4 - - - 4th - - 1 - 1st - - 1st 4th 3 - - - 2nd 3rd 1st 3 2nd - 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 5 - - - 5th - - 1 - - - - 6th - 1
Women's competition YearVenueFinalWinnerScoreRunner-up3rd PlaceScore4th Place 2009 New Caledonia unknown only two teams 2016 Cook IslandsCancelled - tournament was to be played in December 2016 2019 New Caledonia round robin round robin 2023 New Caledonia round robin only three teams
Participating nations Nation 2009 2019 2023 Years 2nd 4th - 2 - 6th - 1 - 3rd 2nd 2 1st 1st 1st 3 - 2nd 3rd 2 - 5th - 1
References
External links Oceania Continent Handball Federation web page Oceania on the International Handball Federation web page