The 2016 Australian Handball Club Championship was again split into two categories, with the beach championships held on Coolangatta Beach in conjunction with the 2016 Oceania Beach Handball Championship in February http://www.handballaustralia.org.au/tags/beach-handball Australia and New Zealand to play for Oceania Beach Handball titles. Handball Australia. Wed, 27 January 2016http://heyevent.com/event/5yka3zhq5hhiea/beach-handball-championships-coolangatta Beach Handball Championships Coolangatta. HeyEvent.com. Thursday, 25 Februaryhttp://104.131.122.36/en/2016-australian-beach-handball-championships/3479008 2016 Australian Beach Handball Championship. Nizzino.com. Thursday, 25. February 2016https://allevents.in/coolangatta,%20qld/2016-australian-beach-handball-championships/1061442453874753 2016 Australian Beach Handball Championships. Allevents.in. Thu Feb 25 2016http://www.wherevent.com/detail/Ryan-Roselli-2016-Australian-Beach-Handball-Championships 2016 Australian Beach Handball Championships. WherEvent. 25 Feb, 2016 and the indoor held at Geelong, Victoria between June 2–5, 2016 in conjunction with the 2016 Oceania Handball Champions Cup.
The beach titles, held in glorious sunshine on Queensland's Gold Coast, was dominated by New South Wales teams. In the mixed, it was an all New South Wales final with Maroubra Bluebottles beating Harbourside. The women's had Maroubra Bluebottles also winning against defending champions RUOK? from Queensland. The men's saw Victorian side East Melbourne Spartans beat surprise packet Drop Bears from South Australia.
In the indoor event Seven teams from four states and two countries entered the men's division and five teams from three states entered the women's. For the first time there was also a wheelchair category.
Beach Results
Men's Final
Women's Final
Mixed Final
University Mixed
Results - Men's Indoor
Round Robin - Pool A
Round Robin - Pool B
Fifth-Seventh round robin
Semi Final round robin
Fifth Place Play off
Third Place play off
Final
Final standings - Men Classification Sydney University West Adelaide St Kilda HC 4 University of Technology Sydney 5 Wolves HC 6 Olympique de Nouméa 7 Deakin University
Results - Women's Indoor
Round robin
Third Place play off
Final
Final standings - Women Classification Melbourne HC University of Technology Sydney University of Queensland 4 Sydney University 5 Southside
References
Australian Handball League
See main page 2016 Australian Handball League
External references 2016 Australian Beach Handball Championships. Change her game. 25 Feb, 2016 2016 Beach titles. Beach titles report. WHM Magazine pages 64-65. Competition details on Handball Australia webpage NSW CLUBS TO COMPETE IN AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS. NSWHF webpage. 31 May 2016. Geelong ready to host Australian club championships. Handball Australia. 1 June 2016. Sydney University aiming to defend title. 2 June 2016. Draw on Handball Victoria Webpage Day three report. Handball Australia. 4 June 2016.